GDH to Merge Group Companies GONZO Rosso Online and G-creators

Date: Friday, March 30, 2007

GDH K.K. (Head Office: Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, CEO: Shinichiro Ishikawa, Securities Code: TSE Mothers 3755, hereafter GDH) has announced that its group company GONZO Rosso Online K.K. (Head office: Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, Managing Director: Hideki Moriya, hereafter GONZO Rosso Online) will be absorbing another GDH group company G-creators K.K. (Head office: Minato-ku, Tokyo, Managing Director: Hiroyuki Nakaki, hereafter G-creators), and be renamed as GONZO Rosso K.K. (Head office: Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, Managing Director: Hideki Moriya, hereafter GONZO Rosso).



With this merger, GDH will integrate the two businesses, streamlining their operations and combining their resources. GONZO Rosso Online is renowned for creating innovative games such as MMORPGs(*1) "Knight Online" and "Master of Epic ~The Resonance Age Universe~." G-creators has been operating in two main areas of business: media businesses (production of e-commerce sites, mobile sites, and SNS sites, development of characters, etc.) and contents production businesses (production of video content, websites, etc.) The new company GONZO Rosso will fully leverage the respective expertise the two companies have accumulated, thereby enhancing the GDH group's competitiveness in the online entertainment sector.



The GDH group has been actively pursuing business in anime-related segments previously through GONZO Rosso Online and G-creators. With the establishment of the new company GONZO Rosso, it will further promote its entertainment businesses by accommodating to the most up-to-date market trends.



(*1) MMORPG: Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game





[About GONZO Rosso K.K.]

GONZO Rosso will exploit the strengths of GONZO Rosso Online and G-creators. The company will focus on:

- Development/operation of MMORPGs "Knight Online" and "Master of Epic ~The Resonance Age Universe~," provision of user-friendly services, and sales of special game items;

- Development/operation of online merchandise store "GONZO STYLE" (http://www.rakuten.ne.jp/gold/gonzo/ - Japanese only), character open-contest site "Charapre" (http://charapre.jp/ - Japanese only), and mobile sites "Mobile Newtype" and "GONZO MOBILE"; and

- Production of video content, characters, advertisement designs, websites and other Internet content leveraging GDH/GONZO's network of creators/artists.

GONZO Rosso website - http://www.gonzorosso.jp (Japanese only)






[About GDH K.K.]

GDH (Security code: TSE Mothers 3755) is a globally-focused Japanese media company founded in February 2000. The group produces cutting edge entertainment for teens and young adults through its GONZO animation brand. Kids and family product is distributed through the GONZO FILMS and GONZINO brands.

GDH is a world leader in content development targeting both domestic and international audiences with Japan's trend-setting animation culture and, usually, GDH controls licensing management and international distribution for the content it produces.

For additional information, visit www.gdh.co.jp/english (for GDH) and www.gonzo.co.jp (for GONZO).

GDH group companies include GONZO Rosso Online K.K., G-creators K.K., GONZO K.K., Future Vision Music K.K., GONZINO K.K., GDH Capital K.K. and GK Entertainment K.K.