CyberAgent Opens Canvas Kyoto Creative Hub in June
The hub is a direct investment in regional talent development outside Tokyo, paired with CyberAgent's recent restructuring of its anime subsidiary Cypic.
Anime News Network
Industry
The $60 Billion Anime Market Is Credible and the Industry Is Not Ready
The industry is growing faster than its own infrastructure can handle, and the fans who built it may be the ones who lose what made it worth watching.
Anime News Network
Brave Group Raises 8 Billion Yen in Series E Round
The round, which includes investment from Gree Holdings subsidiary REALITY and Kirin Holdings, positions Brave group as one of the best-capitalized VTuber operators in Japan and signals continued institutional appetite for virtual talent IP.
Brave group
GameStop Proposes $56 Billion eBay Acquisition, Board Rejects Bid
The bid positions GameStop as a buyer with cash and conviction in physical media's value, even as eBay dismissed the offer as unrealistic.
4Gamer.net
Japanese Animation TV Rankings for April 27-May 3
The 7.5% rating for a 1995 Studio Ghibli film broadcast in prime time shows that older theatrical works can still draw a larger audience than most current weekly series in the regular rankings.
Anime News Network
Crunchyroll Adds Sony LIV As Indian Distribution Partner With Discounted Add-On Tier
The deal puts Crunchyroll's library inside one of India's largest SVOD platforms, bypassing the need for a separate app and tapping Sony LIV's existing subscriber base at a time when Indian anime fandom is growing rapidly.
Animehunch
Crunchyroll Hits 21 Million Paid Subscribers, Announces Global Summit
The 4 million subscriber gain in one year shows anime streaming growth has not plateaued, and the New York summit signals Crunchyroll's intent to position itself as the industry's central business hub beyond licensing.
Animehunch
Sony Earnings Show Anime and Crunchyroll Driving Growth as Other Businesses Struggle
Anime has shifted from a complementary business to a central growth engine inside Sony, capable of subsidizing losses in its traditional entertainment divisions.
Cartoon Brew
Bandai Namco Partners With Plott on Short Anime IP Tengutosen
The partnership marks a major publisher's first attempt to build an entertainment property from a short-form vertical anime rather than adapting an existing manga.
Animenomics
Crunchyroll Launches Inaugural Anime Leadership Summit in New York
The summit marks Crunchyroll's first attempt to formalize cross-industry collaboration between Japanese anime creators and international entertainment, tech, and gaming sectors outside of Japan.
Anime News Network, The Hollywood Reporter Anime
Japanese Developer Denied Bank Transfer Over Game Content
The refusal shows how domestic banks with ties to Western payment processors can enforce content standards even on all-ages versions of games, bypassing platform-level content policies.
Niche Gamer (Anime)
Anime Studio Execs Debate Production Committee Model at Startup Event
Public and regulatory scrutiny of the production committee model is pushing major studios to publicly advocate for ownership structures that let them keep rights to their work.
Animenomics
Illegal Webtoon Site Newtoki Reappears After Shutdown
The rapid reappearance of Newtoki illustrates a core limitation of South Korea's upcoming emergency site-blocking system: it can block access but cannot shut down sites or prevent operators from relaunching under new domains.
Anime News Network
Studio Ghibli Names Kenichi Yoda Its Next President
The handoff formalizes operational control by Nippon Television, which has been Ghibli's largest shareholder since 2023.
Anime News Network
Nielsen Says Anime Fans Are High-Value, Underserved Consumers
The report quantifies what the industry has long suspected: anime fandom is a high-income, cross-platform behavioral identity, not a narrow content vertical.
Cartoon Brew
Kadokawa Forms Subsidiary to Run Its U.S. Manga Spot Stores
The subsidiary structure signals that Kadokawa treats its U.S. stores as a permanent business line rather than a temporary marketing experiment, with a leader who shaped manga retail at two major bookstore chains now building a chain that deliberately targets areas other manga sellers have ignored.
Animenomics
Studio Ghibli Wins Spain's Princess of Asturias Award
The jury treated Ghibli's body of work as a form of public communication, not simply as cinema, the same framing that previously honored journalists and philosophers.
Anime News Network, Cartoon Brew
Anime Studios Shift Toward Full-Time Jobs, Survey Shows
The data reverses a long-held narrative that anime runs on freelancers, as studios lock in talent during a persistent labor shortage.
Animenomics
Adidas Uses Anime-Style Imagery for Mundial Campaign With Clot
Legacy athletic brands are commissioning original anime-style work instead of licensing existing properties, a shift made possible by a consumer base that increasingly accepts Japanese-inspired animation produced outside Japan.
Animenomics
Yen Press Launches Avocado House Imprint for International Novels
The imprint creates a clear shelf distinction between Yen Press's translated Japanese light novels and its growing catalog of international fiction.
TheOASG