As we learned from last year’s AJA report, the international market for anime has expanded rapidly in the recent years, and now makes up almost half of total revenue. With that in mind, anime companies are expanding their efforts abroad. Here’s the most recent example: …Read more »
Chichibu, Saitama, has seen otaku flow in since being used in anohana . If you’ve been following us for a while, you know we’re kind of obsessed with the idea of the otaku pilgrimage, where anime fans go to the real-life settings of their favorite …Read more »
Massive publishing and media conglomerate Kadokawa is buying Dark Souls developer From Software, and nobody’s quite sure how that’s going to affect the direction of future games from the scrappy Tokyo-based studio. After years of languishing in obscurity, developing niche titles like the mecha simulation …Read more »
At a press conference for Kadokawa Pictures' 2011-2012 lineup, Kadokawa Shoten President Shinichiro Inoue made an announcement regarding a new film that brings together a heavy-hitting team of anime creators. The film, Momo e no Tegami ( A Letter to Momo ), is the joint …Read more »
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