IndieWire reports Sony's new exclusive first streaming window deal with Netflix doesn't include Crunchyroll movies (naturally). But it sounds like it might include Mamoru Hosoda's Scarlet, which isn't released by Crunchyroll.

This photo happened seven blocks from my house.

Hooooooooly fuck. Playmates has been a partner for TMNT since the VERY FIRST Ninja Turtles cartoon was airing. In season one. This is literally a 35-year history at this point. This would be like, say, Funimation/Crunchyroll losing the rights to Dragon Ball.

Warner Bros. has spent the last 20 years investing in anime, including leading production committees for "JoJo's Bizarre Adventure" and "Record of Ragnarok", but a possible sale of the company could impact its expansive anime portfolio. Read this and more headlines in this week's business briefing.

Hollywood producer discovers** women enjoy watching hot men romance each other **Discovers something that has been known for decades in Asia #BLDrama #HeatedRivalry www.teenvogue.com/story/inside...

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I reported this on @animenomics.com this morning: In May, the Azuki trademark used for manga publishing was reassigned by KiraKira Media to Azuki Labs as part of a settlement agreement between the two companies that took 18 months to negotiate. Neither company would comment on the settlement.

CyberAgent co-founder and CEO Susumu Fujita has named senior managing executive officer Takahiro Yamauchi as his successor. Yamauchi last year was selected to lead a new task force on IP creation as the company pivots from digital advertising to anime and content.

This is an example of why I think some business literacy for anime and manga fans and reporters is important because there are ways to distinguish the two. NFT Azuki can be identified by its corporate name Azuki Labs. Manga Azuki is a brand name of KiraKira Media. We need not rely on PR names.

The first thing that came to my mind was 重い (heavy) instead of 想い or 思い 🤦‍♂️

Studio Chizu president Yuichiro Saito has an ambitious goal for Mamoru Hosoda's upcoming film "Scarlet", which is to win an Academy Award, Nikkei Entertainment! magazine reports.

My anime viewing fell off a cliff in 2015/2016, but I'm now trying to revisit shows I never finished from that time. In the process, I noticed that Heavy Object is no longer available on SVOD. It was great to rewatch Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress though.

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Crunchyroll Manga app will not allow screenshots and screen recordings.

Sony Pictures previously said they are releasing Mamoru Hosoda's Scarlet in North America in December, but I just noticed they clarified this as being an Oscar-qualifiying run with a wider release in early 2026.

Animenomics will present a current overview of how the anime industry works this Saturday, September 13, as part of @animelockdown.bsky.social programming on twitch.tv/animelockdown. Join us to learn about anime studio financials, anime production committees, and more!

Talked to the folks at NAFCA about the English-language version of their animator skill test book for this piece.

Mini Rant: People say "manga" when they mean Shonen Jump People say "comics" when they mean Marvel/DC Those publishers are not monolithic, and are in fact unique in their industries. Not every manga artist is a Shonen Jump workhorse. Not ever comic suffers from retcons and reboots. Not even most

This whole misunderstanding is unfortunately caused by anime fans' tendency to fixate on the "studio" as the defining aspect of an anime production. It speaks to a lack of awareness that the western definition of "studio" doesn't correlate to how the anime industry works and thinks about studios.

I watched the 1954 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea film and ended up reading fascinating details about the origins of Captain Nemo's character in Verne's books and how early English language translations of Jules Verne's works butchered them. www.verniana.org/volumes/02/A...

TIL Variety, The Hollywood Reporter, Deadline, Billboard, Rolling Stone, and IndieWire are all owned by the same company???

Chinese toymaker Pop Mart is opening a store in the largest shopping mall in the United States right in my metro area.

I talked to many amazing comics retailers about tariffs for @comicsjournal.bsky.social and mostly they are very tired (but still excited about comics). www.tcj.com/tariffs-are-...

I said this in an article I was interviewed for, but I think Japan-backed companies will lead the charge in AI-translation over American companies. Japan is less precious about the English adaptation, seeing it as a secondary or even tertiary product to the Japanese original. Quality matters less.

Light novel and manga publisher AlphaPolis has acquired anime studio White Fox. Readers of my newsletter would have seen this coming. I reported nearly 2 months ago that AlphaPolis said they were exploring anime M&A deals.

AI manga localization company Orange has received ¥2.5 billion (US$16.7 million) in loans from four Japanese banks to continue expanding its Emaqi manga platform in North America.

As mentioned in the article, Itch has an NSFW category as well as a tag. The category has nearly 6,000 games in it. Earlier this month, it showed 28,000

Last week there were more than 7,000 video games tagged NSFW on the online marketplace @itch.io Today, there are 2 For Game File, @nicolecarpenter.bsky.social writes about the mass de-indexing/listing of sex games, why it happened and the worry about what's next www.gamefile.news/p/itchio-ste...

Microsoft discontinuing the Movies & TV storefront means Girls Band Cry will forever be the only title that's in my library.

Toho announced 1Q FY26 earnings results last week, and the appendix of the presentation is twice as long as the actual financial results portion. Thanks to that, we were able to learn about some interesting things in Toho's business. 🧵

Demon Slayer is like the Yamanote Line: if you miss it, there’ll be another one in 5 minutes.

I recently spoke with Matt Schley and gave some predictions about how Demon Slayer: Infinity Castle will perform in the Japanese box office.

Is there anyone in my network who knows someone that runs an anime cafe in Southeast Asia? Would like to interview them for a possible story on Animenomics. My DMs are open.

I should admit that I haven't actually watched all that much anime since 2015.

Crunchyroll and Sentai nearly killed my love of anime. After 26 years of watching and reviewing dvd and BD releases, those stopping felt like a limb cut off. I’m still trying to recapture what was lost as streaming is not the same.

A US$10 million pledge made by Singapore-based Kasagi Labo last year to fund co-productions of Japanese-style animation represents Southeast Asia's growing influence on productions of global anime. Read this story by Jakarta-based correspondent Yohana Belinda.

This is cool. There's a book that teaches Japanese readers English using Delicious in Dungeon content.

I forgot how humid summer in Japan is...

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NAFCA事務局長として少しお話したコメントが掲載されました。 日本アニメの強みは人の手で描いていることだと思います。誰でも作れるわけじゃない、だからこその評価ではないでしょうか？ #生成AI アニメ制作 AIでできますか　向き不向き模索/権利問題に根強い懸念 - 日本経済新聞 www.nikkei.com/article/DGKK...

Two things can be true simultaneously: 1) Lazarus is shaping up to be a weaker entry in Watanabe’s largely illustrious career. 2) Lazarus is set to be one of the most competently produced and thematically interesting anime of this season if not year.

New Hoshimachi Suisei music video is the first time I've seen karaoke-style subtitling being used in a YouTube video. It's pretty impressive.

Sony's year-end earnings presentation yesterday announced that @crunchyroll.com's anime SVOD service has surpassed 17 million paying subscribers. Here's what that subscription growth over time looks like.

Temporary reductions on U.S. and China tariffs don't appear to reinstate de minimis, so imports of Japanese anime merchandise made in China will still have tariffs on them.

South Korea's Ministry of Sports, Culture, and Tourism last week announced new investment in the country's animation industry. However, every English-language mainstream and trade publication misreported this as a US$1 billion investment. Here's a lesson on niche media reporting and translation. 🧵

Toei elevated its anime development office into an IP and anime department earlier this month, signaling that the film production and distribution giant plans to invest in more anime films outside of ones by affiliate Toei Animation. Read this and more headlines in this week's business briefing.

Sotheby's The Art of Animation charity auction to support AnimAID fundraiser for artists impacted by Los Angeles wildfires includes a key frame from Star Wars: Visions first season's "The Ninth Jedi". This episode was animated by Production I.G.

「生成AI絵はダメらしい。でもChat-GPTはセーフだよね？」という作家が急増中。

I've been curious about what the stats look like on anime websites these days. Would be nice to get a census.