eBay Tries to Corner the Trading Card Market
"Trading cards" -- as the name suggests, buyers are meant to interact with others to swap for their favorites or to fill in the holes in their collections. And with the...
The Sun Finally Sets on Sol Press
With the rising popularity of anime and manga over the past few years, more companies have been trying to throw their hat into the ring. Many of these, especially for manga...
GameStop 2.0 and the Future of ThinkGeek
GameStop has been in a rough patch recently, and the new numbers were hardly reasons to celebrate -- for this past first quarter, which ended May 4th, they had a 13.3%...
FAKKU Doubles the Hentai
Crunchyroll is arguably one of the biggest success stories in the anime industry. While originally one of many hosts of fansubs, Crunchyroll now actively pursues licenses, sponsors its own anime convention,...
Amazon Channel Won’t Catch ‘Em At All
It was only about a month ago that Amazon's Anime Strike service was shut down. As I stated earlier, the news was celebrated almost universally across the fandom, although I wondered...
Spotlight on Target
Target may not be a store you think of when looking to places to buy anime or manga, but at times, you may get the best deal at the home of...
AT&T Wants Warner to Discover a New Home
I have talked about AT&T several times in this column, even moreso if you add its media offerings Crunchyroll and WarnerMedia to the lists. While their bread-and-butter is telecommunications, the company...
Spotlight on Best Buy: 2020 Edition
Best Buy
is a name I'm sure you're familiar with. Let's take a look at the chain and why
anime and game fans may want to be shopping there if they aren't already....
Are Musicals Finally Getting Their Big Break?
It's becoming more and more common for anime movies to be shown in theaters. Even outside of the Ghibli movies, local theaters have shown new material (your name., A Silent Voice)...
Funimation and the Three Tiers
Funimation has announced they're planning on making some changes to their streaming service, but is this good or bad news for fans?
As many of you
can attest to, plenty of anime watchers...