Sentai Joins AMC’s Team
After a lot of rumors and back-and-forths, Sony announced they were acquiring Crunchyroll from AT&T in December 2020. However, the deal was put on hold due to needing regulatory approval, which...
The Hunt for Anime Black Friday Deals: 2022 Edition
Happy early Thanksgiving!
This year, many major retailers decided to really drag out Black Friday -- some having preview days as early as October -- and/or they've forgone traditional flyers. So you...
A Brief Stroll Through V-Scroll Comics
A ways back, I tried out a variety of manga apps to see which one was the best. I had (and still mostly use) Kindle, but I was particularly impressed with...
KADOKAWA Begins Translating and Distributing Manga and Light Novels Directly
KADOKAWA announced today at their Virtual Crunchyroll Expo panel that due to demand from English readers, they will directly translate and distribute manga and light novels for digital release. They have...
Anime NYC 2022: J-Novel Club Makes 22 Total Title Announcements; Enters Partnerships with DRECOM...
J-Novel Club made 22 total title announcements at their Anime NYC 2022 panel at the Jacob Javits Center on Saturday:
9 of their catalog light novels to be produced as audiobooks.
4 of...
The Toys R Us Drama Continues
Toys R Us. What once was a global empire has now been reduced to a shell of its former self. They have a flagship store in New Jersey, and by the...
Viewers Will Soon Discover Warner Bros. Discovery
Last May, media conglomerate AT&T announced they were undoing one of their biggest mergers ever: they were going to sell their former TimeWarner division, now operating as WarnerMedia. AT&T purchased TimeWarner...
Anime NYC 2022: The Good, the Mixed, and the Bad
Anime NYC at the Jacob Javits Center has come and gone, which means no more Javits Center stops until 2023!
All seriousness, Year 2 of Anime NYC under COVID-19 protocols means...
INTERVIEW: Yuta Hiraoka on Kodansha Exclusively Launching K MANGA in the US, its Development,...
Earlier today Kodansha announced the launch of their own manga distribution service in K MANGA. With a new official service, however, means many questions about how it ultimately functions. With assistance...
Anime NYC 2022: Industry Panels Overview
With Anime NYC being a known convention for local publishers (Kodansha, Yen Press) and those outside of New York (Crunchyroll, J-Novel Club), this is the major place to make any big...