Sina Tech News reported on the morning of July 2,TencentMusic Entertainment Group and Japanese animation production company Comix Wave Films Inc. (CWF for short below) has officially reached a strategic cooperation. Through this collaboration, OST sound sources for 17 animations, including Makoto Shinkai's works “Five Centimeters per Second” and “The Garden of Words,” will all be launchedTencent MusicEntertainment Group owns platforms such as QQ Music, Kugou Music, Kuwo Music, and K-Song for All.

The head of CWF believes that Tencent Music Entertainment Group can help CWF quickly transform and upgrade to digitalization. Through this collaboration, CWF believes it can bring a richer music content experience to users who love animated music. It is reported that Tencent Music and Entertainment Group will try to explore more possibilities of music IP at the industrial level with CWF, or try adapting various forms such as covers, content co-creation, live online concerts, and offline music festivals.

In March of this year, Tencent Music and Entertainment Group also reached a strategic cooperation with Japan's Being Music to acquire music copyrights including “Detective Conan,” “Slam Dunk,” “Dragon Ball,” and “Little Cherry Maruko.” In recent years, Tencent Music Entertainment Group has collaborated withSonymusic companies,Warner MusicA number of record companies, including Universal Music Group, Believe Digital, Stem Music, Roba, Hillsong, and Twin Music, have reached strategic cooperation. While improving the content landscape in the vertical segmentation field, they are further advancing in the international content ecosystem layout. (He Chang)