It’s hard out there for a voice actor these days. In addition to, you know, voice acting, you have to appear at live events, on the radio, and a whole host of other “extracurricular” activities. At the same time, you’ve got fans on all ends …Read more »
It’s the end of an era as we know it for one particular anime studio. Xebec is known for series ranging from Martian Successor Nadesico to Love Hina, Fafner in the Azure, To Love Ru, and many more, but the company has found itself facing financial difficulties in recent years. …Read more »
A couple years ago, we brought you an inside look at Tokyo’s animator dorm, the fan-funded dormitory helping to address the notoriously low wages paid to young animators in the anime industry. Now the folks behind the dorm have launched a new project to try to create …Read more »
We hear it a lot around here: the number of anime series goes up every year, but the actual number of animators doesn’t (no small wonder, with the money they get paid). That means production delays, wonky animation and sometimes flat-out cancelations. One group of …Read more »
It’s about to be Christmas for anime industry data crunchers: the Association of Japanese Animations, also known as the AJA, is putting out their yearly report next week. As a bit of a teaser, they’ve revealed one number every would-be Nate Silver wants to get …Read more »
Dentsu, Japan’s behemoth advertising company, has shown that despite its vast resources, it can still manage to be pretty tone-deaf. What do I mean? The company has launched an anime studio—cool!—but called it “Dentsu Japanimation Studio.” Young OUSA readers may not be aware, but there …Read more »
Otter Media, the folks who do that whole Crunchyroll thing (you know, with the streaming and anime and stuff?), have been acquired by telecommunications giant AT&T. Otter Media was the creation of The Chernin Group, who bought up Crunchyroll back in 2014 for $75 million. …Read more »
Aoba, a petite young game designer fresh out of high school, starts work at a video game company with full fangirl enthusiasm. Her coworkers represent a spectrum of geek types: an otaku animator who collects figurines and waves swords around, a shy artist who can …Read more »
In the era of streaming media, the complaint of having too much to watch is increasingly common. As shows have shifted from 24 to 12 episode seasons, it’s easier for studios to try out new ideas, but some feel overwhelmed by the sheer volume of …Read more »
Grisaia: Phantom Trigger, the latest in the popular series of Grisaia video games by Frontwing, is getting an anime adaptation this year. A key visual and promo video for the show were revealed June 22—but what really caught our attention was a tweet from Ryuichiro …Read more »
Production IMS, the anime studio behind series like Date A Live II and Active Raid has filed for bankruptcy, it was learned June 9. Twitter user @saikickmouseao posted a bankruptcy letter from the studio, writing “it’s been sent to many people in the anime industry, …Read more »
Hey, you can say whatever you want, but that doesn’t mean there won’t be repercussions. Roseanne recently learned this lesson, and so did Mine, author of the fantasy light novel series [New Life+] Young Again in Another World. The anime adaptation was supposed to premiere …Read more »
ELEVEN ARTS Anime Studio announced more plans for the English screenings of Mari Okada’s Maquia: When the Promised Flower Blooms anime film. In addition to the previously-revealed U.S. screenings, the film will make its debut at the same time in Canada on July 20. The …Read more »
A major figure in today’s manga industry is getting ready to make his first-ever professional North American appearance. Viz Media announced plans to bring My Hero Academia creator Kohei Horikoshi to Comic-Con International 2018, which takes place from July 18 to July 22 at the …Read more »
Khara, the studio founded by Hideaki Anno that has animated all the Evangelion films since 1.0, is putting out the call for animators for a “new Evangelion film.” That refers, no doubt, to the long-awaited Evangelion 4.0 (or 3.0+1.0 or whatever it’ll eventually end up …Read more »
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