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Sony becomes a top Kadokawa shareholder
Plus: Crunchyroll's anime streaming growth falters; Toho earns majority of domestic box office revenue; Kadokawa CEO addresses share acquisition talks…
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New anime merchandise licenses retreat
Plus: Anime tourism participants double in number; Record companies ink anime music partnership; Toho invests in anime mobile games; and more
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Anisong concerts return to stages abroad
Plus: Nojima sees success with Animax purchase; Crunchyroll Anime Awards return to Tokyo; Digital manga platforms connect publishers to reader data; and…
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Trading houses seek profits in anime exports
Plus: Ani-One streaming service enters India; Bandai Namco remains optimistic in slowing China market; Visa Japan confirms adult media restrictions; and…
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November 2024

Short anime maker gets ¥1b growth funding
Plus: Kadokawa expands share of light novel rankings; Comitia introduces Indonesian-made manga; Piracy keeps anime licensors hesitant in India; and more
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Sony weighs bid for Kadokawa and its IPs
Plus: Acquisition could bring anime industry consolidation; Warner Bros. Discovery signs Japan content partner; Kinokuniya stabilizes U.S. manga sales…
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Anime market outside Japan up 18% in 2023
Plus: Anime industry group criticizes Netflix payment model; 2.5D musicals set record attendance in Japan; Light anime named a top consumer trend; and…
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October 2024

AI-translated anime news podcast debuts
Plus: Top business lobby urges ¥200b investment in content promotion; Japan airports see higher anime toy sales; New book details manga's winning…
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Toho acquires U.S. Ghibli film distributor
Plus: German manga translators demand fair pay; Manga artists face chronic assistant shortage; Japanese webtoon studio invests in Indonesia; and more
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Toho tests U.S. anime film release strategy
Plus: Kadokawa develops AI translation system; 'One Piece' goes to Universal Studios Hollywood; AI startup converts voice actor speech into other…
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Anime dependence on int'l market grows
Plus: Bones anime studio spins off animation department; Mandarake stays the course amid inbound tourism boom; Japan gets otaku prime minister; and more
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September 2024

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