Plus: Anime collaborations boost Shinkansen ridership; Aniplex and Crunchyroll form joint venture; Growing U.S. demand for middle grade manga titles; and more
Another cracking episode of Animenomics. Thanks Richardson.
We can look at this week’s Hayate announcement as a counter/offensive by Sony against its major existential competitors: Amazon, Netflix and Disney.
Crunchyroll have lost some massive new anime and ver the past 12 months incl. Sakamoto Days and Gundam GQuuuuuuX. Hayate will hopefully guarantee them Triple-A manga and webtoon adaptations where Sony owned companies are the only committee members alongside the IP owner/publisher. More pie and more incentive potentially for the best studios. You can’t turn a triple-A Shonen Jump manga into a Triple-A anime without a Triple-A level creative production studio like UFotable, A1 Pictures or Science Saru.
Another cracking episode of Animenomics. Thanks Richardson.
We can look at this week’s Hayate announcement as a counter/offensive by Sony against its major existential competitors: Amazon, Netflix and Disney.
Crunchyroll have lost some massive new anime and ver the past 12 months incl. Sakamoto Days and Gundam GQuuuuuuX. Hayate will hopefully guarantee them Triple-A manga and webtoon adaptations where Sony owned companies are the only committee members alongside the IP owner/publisher. More pie and more incentive potentially for the best studios. You can’t turn a triple-A Shonen Jump manga into a Triple-A anime without a Triple-A level creative production studio like UFotable, A1 Pictures or Science Saru.