Let’s Check Back With ANiUTa
This past week, there were a couple of new partnerships formed. I thought about covering those, but for me, one idea stood out: is ANiUTa in trouble already?
First came Tokyo Otaku...
For Crunchyroll, Is Variety Not the Spice of Life?
Crunchyroll made quite a stir recently -- but not in the way they were hoping, I'm sure.
In case you missed it, Crunchyroll's parent company, Ellation, is launching a new animation studio...
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...
Denpa-rty
Another Otakon came and went, and fans looking forward to big announcements certainly got a surprise: a new manga publisher.
The Path to Denpa
Many of you are already familiar with Ed Chavez....
J-Novel Club’s Summer Boom
It's a little hard to believe J-Novel Club hasn't even celebrated its second birthday. But with all their major announcements at Anime Expo and Otakuthon these past few weeks, it's almost...
Back to School with Anime
For a lot of you, school will be starting up sooner than you like to think. So if you're planning on doing some back to school shopping, why not show off...
The Curious Case of DMI
After some major problems with fulfilling their Kickstarters and even getting their books to retailers, fans started seeing rays of hope with Digital Manga Publishing. Kickstarter backers started receiving updates or...
Grand Song Streaming
Do you remember way back in spring 2017 when ANiUTa was announced? It was a huge announcement: for 600 yen a month (a little over $5 American), users could stream music...
Should Studios Pull the Trigger and Use Patreon?
While Japan releases some fabulous anime, the pay often isn't. In 2015, the average animator's salary was under $10,000 US, and an American who works in Japan reported he was earning...
go90 Goes Away
What could you do with $1 billion? Or even $300 million?
If you said, "Create a streaming service without a lot of focus and that nobody wants and has bad controls!", you...