About the studio
Tencent Video launched in April 2011 as the video streaming arm of Tencent, the Chinese tech giant behind WeChat and half the internet in China, or so it sometimes feels. It's grown into one of the major platforms licensing and streaming Japanese anime for Chinese audiences, going head to head with bilibili and iQIYI for viewers. *The anime streaming wars aren't just a Western Netflix versus Crunchyroll thing, they're happening in China too, just with different names.* Its international arm, WeTV, launched in 2018 to extend that reach beyond mainland China. With well over 100 million paid subscribers, Tencent Video is one of the largest streaming services in the world by that measure, anime being just one part of a massive entertainment catalog. For anime studios and licensors looking to reach Chinese viewers legally, Tencent Video has become one of the essential platforms to have a deal with.