Film | Wide Angle Sep 5, 2019
Giving anime strength overseas
by Matt Schley
The Crunchyroll Expo in California sees Japanese animation enthusiasts gather to meet their heroes and embrace all aspects of anime fandom.
Culture | CULTURE SMASH Feb 25, 2018
Netflix is animated about anime
by Roland Kelts
Netflix's director of anime, Taito Okiura, tells me he feels like a local baseball player who got drafted into the U.S. Major Leagues. Except, he doesn't play the sport. A producer and entrepreneur with over a decade of experience in the industry, Okiura was offered ...
Culture | CULTURE SMASH Jul 23, 2017
Crunchyroll takes anime to a live level
by Roland Kelts
Summer is high season for live celebrations of Japan's pop culture exports. The two largest events in the West, Japan Expo in Paris and Anime Expo in LA, drew hundreds of thousands earlier this month. August will see the U.S. East Coast's biggest anime ...
National Oct 29, 2013
Kodansha manga to get same-day global release
by Tomohiro Osaki
Starting Wednesday, major publishing firm Kodansha Ltd. will make new manga installments digitally available in English worldwide on the same day they're released in Japan. Kodansha hopes the business decision will help curb the increasing threat to its overseas sales posed by bilingual anime fans ...