Retail Check-In 3
With vaccine distribution ramping up, people and companies are slowly both returning to normal and adjusting to the new normal. That means there are a lot of little developments in the...
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...
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...
Disney+ + Anime
Do you know who these two men are?
When the man on the left with the paper was young, he spent Saturday mornings watching shows like Astro Boy and Speed Racer.
Then, in...
Warner Bros. Discovery, HBO Max, and the Need for Cash
Whether you believe the Great Streaming Wars are over or not, I think most would agree that video streaming platforms are entering a new phase. And this latest phase has been...
Kodansha USA Does Some Restructuring
You may have
heard that there's been some changes happening at Kodansha Comics and its
subsidiaries. So let's take a look at where Kodansha has been and where they're
going.
History of Kodansha Comics
While VIZ...
eBay Says Bye-Bye to Hentai and More
Chances are you've used eBay. Originally launched as an online auction site (not specifically for Pez dispensers, as the story goes), the fact that people could buy directly from other users...
Walmart+ Gets a Paramount New Benefit
Walmart, like other retailers, has tried to muscle in on Amazon's territory of being the king of online shopping. But one of the major reasons for Amazon's success has been its...
Lucky Clovers
Today is St. Patrick's Day. And because it won't fall on a Wednesday again until 2027, I decided to have a little fun and look for some St. Patrick's Day-related anime...
Kodansha Simulpubs Go MIA…For Now
I've covered quite a few manga reading platforms here, and the vast majority of the non-Japanese publisher affiliated ones included some sort of line like, "Kodansha Comics titles are available here."...