from episodes that Kadokawa itself added, but from ads on MAD videos — the Japanese term for user-generated content that incorporates pre-existing audio, images, video, or animation. Kadokawa and YouTube launched a program that places ads around approved videos with Kadokawa's copyrighted materials in June. Kadokawa explained its new strategy to Nikkei Business Publications' Tech-On! website in March and to BusinessWeek magazine in August.

In the three months between September and November of 2008, those videos were seen over 50 million times. Kadokawa implemented the inVideoAd system in October that places ads directly in the videos. Since inVideoAd's introduction, Kadokawa's short-term revenue from YouTube has jumped dramatically. In August, Kadokawa announced that it will be placing the animated versions of Puyo's The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya-chan (Suzumiya Haruhi-chan no2018.

All of that comes long after the target date that White House officials have in mind for completion, with sources telling ABC News that President Trump expects a resolution by the end of the year or shortly after that.

Ty Cobb, one of Trump lawyers in the matter, told ABC News Wednesday that he appreciates the fast work of the Mueller team.

"The bulk of the credit frankly goes to the special counsel and his team and how seriously they take the fact of trying to expedite the interviews in an appropriate and thorough fashion regarding an inquiry of a president knowing the strain it puts on a country." Cobb said.