2017: The War of the Booksellers
Well, the election may be over, but Barnes & Noble's woes aren't: comparable store sales fell by just over 9% during the holiday season. This is despite a 2% gain in...
Why The Anime Strike Service is Ending, With Tweets
Kotaku's Cecilia D'Anastasio reported Amazon's ending their Anime Strike service. I bet you're wondering, aside from the double paywall, with the amount of titles they have on their service why shutter...
Attack on Simulpubs?
Did you decide to read the latest chapters of any of the above series recently? Were you in for a surprise?
Crunchyroll
While Crunchyroll was not the first company to release manga chapters...
Bet, Wish, Trend: 2017 Edition
Okay, you know all those "kiss, marry, kill"-type games that are out there? You pick three people (or choose from a list of three people) which one to kiss, which one...
Anime NYC 2019: Panels Overview
It was another panel buffet at Anime NYC this year. There were a few panels I was interested in going to, but two things stopped me -- time conflicts and uh,...
Crunchyroll Rolls Further Into Europe
Most of the
Great Streaming Wars is about what's happening in the U.S. But all the media
conglomerates are eyeing a worldwide market, and some changes are coming to
Europe and surrounding regions.
On September...
“Too Little, Too Late”: More Analyses on Barnes & Noble
Barnes & Noble came back into the spotlight thanks to a "Save Barnes & Noble" campaign, which I wrote about here. Well, a lot of attention is still on the national...
Free to Jump
Like most magazines, Shonen Jump has undergone changes over the years to keep up with the changing marketplace. It stopped releasing physical magazines in 2012, and then it went to simultaneous...
An Interview With Sho Shibamoto, The Manga Artist Using Kickstarter To Localize His Manga
With the power of crowdfunding, Flower Knight Dakini is set to be available in English. Sho Shibamoto, who has been drawing manga since 2008, was able to answer some questions I...
To Preorder or Not to Preorder?
Do you remember shopping for books, movies, and games before the Internet?
When I was young, I always looked forward to the next Disney movie. There was no preordering back then, just...