A Heart-ful Valentine’s Day
It's almost Valentine's Day! That means it's time for my annual gift idea roundup. Chances are it's been a rough year since last Valentine's Day, and you've likely either spent a...
The State of the Stream 2
"The streaming wars are dead. Long live streaming". That's a section title from a CNN article this month called "The streaming wars are over".
While that seems somewhat counterintuitive, CNBC's analysis describes...
Crunchyroll Gets Some New VIZ-ness
Two media giants have announced teaming up before, but one of their
first moves is the opposite of what many of us expected.
Back in July 2019, Crunchyroll and VIZ Media announced...
National Comic Book Day the Manga Way
Today, September 25th, is National Comic Book Day. (Not to be confused with Free Comic Book Day!) When manga first started gaining a foothold here in America, it was in the...
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....
Bookstores Try to Turn the Page
Depending on who you ask, the economy is either booming or on the brink of disaster. If you are concerned or believe the latter, then you've probably heard about the Retail...
Sekai Shake-Up
Many employees at Sekai Project got some bad news recently: they were being let go.
According to one former employee, this included the entire marketing department. The head of Studio Élan, who...
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...
Can Anime Help Save Toys R Us?
When I first got into Sailor Moon all those years ago, I remember the excitement of finding VHS tapes of the series at my local Toys R Us. After that, I...
Is the Industry in a More Precarious Situation Than We Realize?
With news like Kodansha Comics licensing Chihayafuru or Crunchyroll's celebrating 1 million members, it seems like the anime and manga companies are just booming. But could this so-called boom end more...