Anime News

JDC Trust To Manage Murdock Velocity Book
Date: 9/29/2005
After it was announced earlier in the year that Gonzo would be adapting his book Murdock Scramble to animation, now comes word that To Ubukata's next literary work will be entirely managed by Japan Digital Contents Trust Ltd. JDC's future headquarters will be in Tokyo's Minato Ward, the company's president is Hiroshiaya Doi. Titled Murdock Velocity, the book to be published by Hayakawa Publishing, will be the first novel to be managed via a Japanese investment trust fund system. These trusts as ways gather investment and manage copyrights of films and animated works have recently became popular in Japan. The deal was negotiated by the agent group Tree Orentatamment Ltd. The current plan is to develop this work into a film, animation, and commercialization, etc. sometime in the future. The JDC trust will support the process on the funding side.
Source: Anime News Service