History of OCE

HISTORY

Open Culture Entertainment (OCE), formerly known as the New Business Development Department of ORIX (China) Investment Co., LTD., was led by ORIX Asia Capital in 2019 and established as a startup company within ORIX Corporation in April 2020. It has been entrusted with the strategic responsibility of ORIX Corporation to layout the film, television, and entertainment industry, and build a platform that combines "IP management + industrial chain (connection)" in China,Japan and broader area in Asia.

2015

May

The New Business Development Department of ORIX (China) Investment Co., Ltd. assisted in the release of Doraemon: Stand by Me in China. The film earning a box office of 530 million yuan marks the launching of new business for ORIX entertainment movies.

2016

June

Assisted in the release of Doraemon: Nobita and the Birth of Japan in China

November

Assisted in the release of Crayon Shin-chan: Fast Asleep! The Great Assault on Dreamy World! in China

2017

June

Assisted in the release of Doraemon: Nobita's Great Adventure in the Antarctic Kachi Kochi in China

September

Assisted in the release of Sword Art Online The Movie Ordinal Scale in China

2018

June

Assisted in the release of Doraemon: Nobita's Treasure Island in China

November

Assisted in the release of Detective Conan: Zero the Enforcer in China

2019

May

Assisted in the release of Pegasus (Chinese: Feichirensheng), a Chinese New Year blockbuster, in Japan. It became the fastest domestic film to be released in Japan, setting a new record for Chinese films “going-abroad”.

June

Assisted in the release of Doraemon: Nobita's Chronicle of the Moon Exploration in China

September

Assisted in the release of Detective Conan: The Fist of Blue Sapphire in China

2020

April

Open Culture Entertainment (Shanghai) Company Limited was established

December

Assisted in the release of Doraemon: Nobita's New Dinosaur in China

2021

April

Assisted in the release of Detective Conan: The Scarlet Bullet in China, released at the same time as Japan.

May

The 3D animated movie, Doraemon: Stand by Me 2, released.

June

Assisted in the release of Rilakkuma and Kaoru in China and on major new media platforms.

July

Became the exclusive distribution agent for the release of Detective Chinatown 3 in Japan, boosting the overseas expansion of Chinese films.

2022

May

《Doraemon: Nobita’s Little Star Wars 2021 released.
Derivatives: Doraemon x Babe’s Bottle Ice Cream on sale

June

《Inu-Oh was screened at the 22nd Beijing International Film Festival and became the fastest-selling movie on the on-sale day.

September

Derivatives: Doraemon x M&G Stationery on sale

November

Derivatives: Doraemon x bilibili Cilishang (Chinese: 磁力赏) on sale

2023

January

Merchandising products: Lupin The Third Part 6 × XIYASI Wine

April

Detective Conan: The Phantom of Baker Street was released in the arthouse cinemas, winning the box office and movie attendance championship among rerun animated movies in 2023

INU-OH was released in mainland China

LUPIN THE 3rd vs. CAT’S EYE landed on the 13th Beijing International Film Festival, with tickets selling out within 4 minutes

Live-action movie TANG landed on the 25th Shanghai Film Festival

Merchandising products: Doraemon: Nobita’s Sky Utopia × luckin coffee was available for sale. The collaborative new product “Iced Coconut Latte”broke sales records with over 6.66 million cups in its first week

June

The movie, Doraemon: Nobita’s Sky Utopia, was released in mainland China

Doraemon’s first meet-and-greet event landed at the Bailian ZX Creative Center located on Nanjing East Road in Shanghai, attracting huge crowds

Support the domestic animated film, Realm of Terracotta, for its release in Japan

OCE made its debut at the Licensing Expo Shanghai (LEC) with the popular IP, New Dimension! Crayon Shin-chan the Movie: Battle of Supernatural Powers

July

Support the domestic animated film The King's Avatar: For the Glory for its release in Japan

OCE made its debut at the China International Cartoon & Game (CCG) Expo with the popular IPs, Shangri-La Frontier and LUPIN THE 3rd vs. CAT’S EYE

September

Merchandising products: New Dimension! Crayon Shin-chan the Movie: Battle of Supernatural Powers × Nayuki Tea new product "Supreme Tangerine Jasmine" is available for sale

October

OCE made its debut at the China International Licensing Expo (CLE) with the movie IP, Doraemon: Nobita's Earth Symphony

November

New Dimension! Crayon Shin-chan the Movie: Battle of Supernatural Powers was released in mainland China

The grand opening of the Crayon Shin-chan movie-themed pop-up store took place at Shanghai Sinar Mas Plaza

Merchandising products: New Dimension! Crayon Shin-chan the Movie: Battle of Supernatural Powers themed transportation physical card and virtual card are available for sale

December

Assisted in introducing Detective Conan: Black Iron Submarine for its scheduled release in mainland China

New Dimension! Crayon Shin-chan the Movie: Battle of Supernatural Powers themed Pop-up landed on Shanghai Jinhongqiao International Center

Awarded“Excellent Member Unit”at the 10th anniversary ceremony of Shanghai Broadcasting Film & Television Producers Association