One of the many panels at this year’s San Diego Comic-Con was the Manga Industry Publishing Roundtable, moderated by Deb Aoki, and The Comics Beat did a story on highlights from the panelists. One of the topics was about what’s fueling manga growth. “Instead of …Read more »
Anime Busience, a Japanese magazine that covers the business and science behind the anime industry, has published a fascinating graph showing the difference in taste among Japanese and American anime viewers. The graph, created with viewership stats from Japan’s Niconico and America’s Crunchyroll, shows series …Read more »
Crunchyroll has come a long way. Originating as a site to stream user-uploaded anime content, Crunchyroll went legit in 2009, partnering with anime companies directly and quickly becoming the largest anime streaming site. Now Crunchyroll has announced they’re partnering with trading company Sumitomo to produce …Read more »
Since its debut three years ago, Zaku Tofu – tofu packaged in the shape of Mobile Suit Gundam ’s Zaku robots – has sold over 4 million units, according to Japanese news source Sankei Biz. Zaku Tofu is the result of a collaboration between Gundam …Read more »
The second time we've used sad Mario this month... Nintendo will no longer be selling games and consoles in Brazil, citing “unsustainable” business conditions. The main cause seems to be high import taxes, which make sending games to Brazil a costly proposition. A quick look …Read more »
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