If you assumed the world’s largest Neon Genesis Evangelion statue would be in the anime’s native Japan, you would’ve been right – until January 3, that is, when a new Eva statue in Shanghai, China was unveiled. The giant figure of Eva Unit-01, which was …Read more »
The Boy and the Beast was a big hit with casual fans in 2015. For folks interested in the business of anime, the release of the Association of Japanese Animation’s yearly industry report is something akin to Christmas. A dry, numbers-filled Christmas. Still, for industry geeks, …Read more »
The anime industry increased profits about 10% in 2014 over the previous year, according to a new report published by the Association of Japanese Animations due out Sept 18. The industry as a whole pulled in 1.63 trillion yen (about $13.5 billion). To what does …Read more »
China has been on a comics censoring spree this year, banning 38 manga and anime from the country last month, and 62 more back in April, issuing warnings and fines to remove this content from popular Chinese websites. You'd never know it if you're a …Read more »
38 Japanese anime and manga titles have been blacklisted from distribution in China, including popular series such as Attack on Titan , Death Note , Highschool of the Dead , and more. The Chinese Ministry of Culture announced the list on Monday, with Senior Ministry …Read more »
Estimating losses in the trillions of yen due to piracy of anime and manga, the Japanese government, plus a coalition of anime companies, will begin a five-month crackdown campaign starting in August. The campaign will mostly focus on websites in China where anime and manga …Read more »
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