TBS Holding, the parent company of the Japanese television station TBS, revealed in it's financial results for the first quarter of the 2011 fiscal year that it earned 1.8 Billion yen in sales of K-On! anime t-shirt and other tie-in character goods. Home video sales and licensing rights for the anime itself are not counted towards that 1.8 Billion yen total. The financial results cover the three-month period from April 1 to June 30. 

K-on!, The second television anime series based on kakifly's four-panel comedy manga about high school girls who form a rock band, premiered on April 6. Bandi Entertainment announced at Anime Expo in July that it licensed the first K-On! television series, and Yen Press licensed the original manga.




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