Puella Magi Madoka Magica turns six this year, and the latest piece in the series, Rebellion , came out back in 2013. But the popularity of Madoka appears to be evergreen. An album of music from the series released August 9 sold enough copies in …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 »
Hoping to gain more insight into where the industry is headed, Japanese site Anime Anime polled its readership late last year, asking exactly how they go about watching anime and about their home video buying habits. The first question asked was, “normally, how do you …Read more »
Frozen ’s huge. Besides winning the Academy Award for best animated feature, it’s conquered box offices worldwide, Japan being no exception. But it’s not just dominating ticket sales -- the film’s soundtrack has hit #1 on the Oricon music sales chart for three weeks straight, …Read more »
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