HANGZHOU, China, March 13, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- NetEase Cloud
Music, one of China's leading
music streaming platforms owned by leading Chinese internet company
NetEase, Inc. (NASDAQ: NTES), today announced that it has signed a
digital music distribution agreement with Studio Ghibli, one of the
most acclaimed animation studios in the world. Under this
agreement, NetEase Cloud Music will be the digital music
distributor for Studio Ghibli's music catalog, including albums and
soundtracks from its sought-after animated feature films such as
My Neighbor Totoro,
Spirited Away, Howl's Moving Castle and Ponyo on
the Cliff by the Sea, in Chinese mainland.
Studio Ghibli is famous for the exquisite and high-quality
content of its animated feature films, and have produced a handful
of Japan's highest-grossing
animated films, including the internationally beloved title
Spirited Away, directed by Hayao
Miyazaki. Moreover, they maintain a high standard of music
soundtracks. Joe Hisaishi, a famous Japanese musician, has worked
on the composition for many Ghibli films, producing iconic music
that has become part of the collective childhood memory across
generations in China.
In recent years, NetEase Cloud Music has gained access to a
robust library of Japanese music content, including a considerable
hold of popular music of Japanese animations, comics, games, J-pop
and Japanese classical music. The platform also has unique
advantages for promoting music, with record-breaking sales in the
domestic market.
The cooperation with Studio Ghibli further strengthens NetEase
Cloud Music's competitive edge as a go-to platform for high-quality
international music. With its proven copyright management
capabilities and a large user base across young generations,
NetEase Cloud Music strives to bring a variety of music from
prestigious musicians and labels to its growing user community.
About NetEase Cloud Music
NetEase Cloud Music is a leading interactive music streaming
service provider in China.
Focusing on providing a differentiated user experience, NetEase
Cloud Music has been praised for providing precise, personalized
recommendations, promoting user interaction, and creating a strong
social community. Launched in 2013 by NetEase, Inc. (NASDAQ: NTES),
NetEase Cloud Music is widely recognized as one of China's most active music platforms in terms
of user retention rate, user time spent on the platform and the
level of user-generated content. NetEase Cloud Music has more than
800 million users and over 30
million tracks.
Please see http://music.163.com/ for more information.
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