Eiga.com (Japanese: 映画.com, Hepburn: Eiga dotto komu; lit. 'Movie.com') is a Japanese movie information website founded in August 1998. It is one of the largest movie information websites in Japan.[2][3]
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 Screenshot of the website's home page in April 2026 | |
Native name | 映画.com |
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Romanized name | eiga dotto komu |
Type of site | Movie information website |
| Available in | Japanese |
| Traded as | Eiga K.K. |
| Founded | August 1998 |
| Headquarters | 1-9-1 Higashi-Shinbashi, , Japan |
| Area served | Japan |
| Editor | Fumitaka Otsuka |
| President | Takeyuki Inoue |
| CEO | Takeyuki Inoue |
| Industry | Entertainment |
| Revenue | ¥430 million (US$3.92 million) (FY 2024) |
| Parent | Genta K.K. |
| URL | eiga |
| Advertising | yes |
| Commercial | yes |
| Registration | optional |
| Users | 20 million (2025) |
| Launched | May 27, 1998 |
| Current status | active |
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Overview
editThe site's domain was registered on May 27, 1998,[4] though the website was founded in August 1998. Eiga.com started as an independent movie information site sending emails through an email list, acting as a free electronic bi-weekly magazine.[2][5] Kakaku.com acquired 70% of the website on February 20, 2007 and made it a subsidiary of the company on April 1.[6][2] On July 23, 2025, Kakaku.com sold all shares to Genda kabushiki gaisha.[3]
Eiga.com features movie information such news, reviews by professional critics and the editorial department, user ratings and review posts,[7] and user-generated word-of-mouth information about movies.[3] In July 2015, the website added a feature called “check-in” that allows users to add “favorites” and create a “favorite page” in their accounts. Additionally, the website also launches Anime Hack (アニメハック) in cooperation with "Tokyo Anime News", which provides information about Japanese animes such as news, information on anime productions, voice actors, and theatrical information such as television schedules.[8][9]
CNET Japan reported in 2007 that the website was receiving over 250,000 monthly visitors and that it had been one of the largest independent sites before being acquired by Kakaku.com.[2] By 2025, the website received 100 million monthly views and more than 20 million unique monthly users. The websites generated ¥430 million (US$3.92 million) in revenue during the fiscal year 2024.[3]
An April Fools’s joke by the website in 2016 featured parody teaser posters of the movie 2015 film The Martian with pictures and caption of various charcters such as Sadako from the The Ring. They also produced posters mocking Donald Trump and Hirotada Ototake, who were in the news for running in the 2016 United States presidential election and for allegedly having an affair with five women, with the captions ”7 billion people want him to lose the election” (70億人が彼の落選を願っている) and ”7 billion people were astonished by his incredible stamina” (70億人が彼の絶倫にびっくりぽん). The joke was later taken down, and the website issued an apology.[10] The website issued a further apology after they overbooked the preview of the film Mufasa: The Lion King.[11]
The website operated a mini theatre called “Eiga.com Cinema” in Atsugi, Kanagawa Prefecture in collaboration with the city between April 26, 2014[12] and November 9, 2018.[13][14] The current editor-in-chief of the website since February 2026 is Fumitaka Otsuka.[15]
See also
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References
edit- ↑ 企業情報 [Company Information]. Eiga.com (in Japanese). Retrieved April 16, 2026.
- 1 2 3 4 Shimada, Noboru (February 20, 2007). カカクコム、映画情報サイト買収--エンタメ系強化で利用者層拡大 [Kakakucom acquires a movie information site -- Expanding the user base by strengthening the entertainment system]. CNET Japan (in Japanese). Retrieved April 16, 2026.
- 1 2 3 4 GENDA、エイガ・ドット・コムを買収 映画情報サイト運営 [GENDA acquires eiga.com and operates a movie information site]. The Nikkei (in Japanese). July 23, 2025. Retrieved April 16, 2026.
- ↑ "eiga.com WHOIS Domain Name Lookup - Who.is". WHOIS. Retrieved April 16, 2026.
- ↑ キネマ旬報 - Issue 1269-1273 [Kinema Junpo] (in Japanese). Nihon Eiga Publishing Co., Ltd. 1998. p. 212. Retrieved May 8, 2026.
- ↑ ご利用案内 [About Us]. Eiga.com (in Japanese). Retrieved April 16, 2026.
- ↑ 映画.comから初の電子書籍『eiga.book』発売 [The first e-book "eiga.book" released from eiga.com]. ITmedia (in Japanese). August 19, 2013. Retrieved April 16, 2026.
- ↑ 「映画.com」、アニメの総合情報サイト「アニメハック」をオープン ["Eiga.com" launches "Anime Hack," a comprehensive anime information website.] (Press release). Kakaku.com. July 9, 2015.
- ↑ Yamakawa, Akira (July 9, 2015). 「映画.com」譲りのアニメ情報総合サイト「アニメハック」オープン、自分だけのアニメ番組表を作成可能 ["Anime Hack," a comprehensive anime information site inherited from "Eiga.com," has opened, allowing users to create their own personalized anime program schedules.]. Internet Watch (in Japanese). Impress.co.jp. Retrieved April 16, 2026.
- ↑ Takahiro, Kuroki (April 1, 2016). 「映画.com」エイプリルフールが物議 ゴシップネタを扱う内容に批判も ※追記あり ["Movie.com" April Fool's Day is controversial. There are also criticisms about the content of gossip stories ※There are postscripts]. Netorabo (in Japanese). Retrieved April 16, 2026.
- ↑ 映画の試写会でオーバーブッキング、映画.com謝罪 SNSで「数十人の座席がない」「泣いている人もいた」など報告 [Over-boking at the movie preview, eiga.com apologizes, SNS reports such as "there are no seats for dozens of people" and "some people were crying"]. Netorabo (in Japanese). December 17, 2024. Retrieved April 16, 2026.
- ↑ Sugimoto, Hotaka (February 24, 2014). 市と民間共同で映画館を再生。厚木市に『映画.comシネマ』4/26オープン [The city and the private sector jointly revitalize the cinema. "Eiga.com Cinema" opens on 4/26 in Atsugi City]. HuffPost Japan. Retrieved April 16, 2026.
- ↑ 映画．cｏｍシネマ閉館へ [Eiga.com Cinema closes]. TownNews (in Japanese). November 2, 2018. Retrieved April 16, 2026.
- ↑ アミューあつぎの映画館運営会社撤退 １２月から新会社へ [Amu Atsugi's movie theater management company withdraws from December to a new company]. Kanagawa Shimbun (in Japanese). October 23, 2018. Retrieved April 17, 2026.
- ↑ 執筆者一覧 [List of authors]. eiga.com (in Japanese). Retrieved April 16, 2026.