Tetsu Fujimura has served as a vital bridge between the U.S. entertainment industry and Japan’s vast, IP-rich content landscape for nearly four decades. In his first act, he co-founded Gaga Communications in 1986 and built it over the next two decades into one of Japan’s leading independent film importers — specializing in high-potential Hollywood titles that the country’s major legacy studios had overlooked. After exiting Gaga not long after its 2004 acquisition by media conglomerate USEN, Fujimura launched Filosophia, a boutique consultancy and production firm designed to facilitate the flow of entertainment rights in the opposite direction — helping Japanese manga, anime and gaming IP owners collaborate with top-tier Hollywood producers on film and TV adaptations for the global market.

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