Hey @clarklebee.bsky.social, hope you're well. Are you briefly able to hop in DMs to discuss your work at TCJ?

Will take a deeper look! Thank you 🙌

アニメ　MAPPAは創作とライツの両立を目指す | 大塚 学 | 文藝春秋PLUS 『チェンソーマン』などヒット作を連発　昨年9月に公開された劇場版『チェンソーマン レゼ篇』は、お陰様で国内興行収入100億円を突破しました。2011年にMAPPAの立ち上げに関わって以来、70以上の…

Bunshun Plus article (paywalled):
bunshun.jp/bungeishunju...

Breakdown by Anime Corner's Chike Nwaenie (@chike00.bsky.social):
animecorner.me/mappa-ceo-op...

In a feature that he penned for Bunshun Plus, Manabu Otsuka, the CEO and president of MAPPA, discussed the studio’s past, present, and future (including its successes and failures), as well as how MAPPA managed to circumvent a stagnant production approach.

「目標は小さく、夢は大きく」38年間、毎年“最高の運”を更新し続ける株式会社IGポート 代表取締役社長 石川光久氏の飽くなき挑戦とは 〈前編〉経営者講演 〈後編〉石川社長に聞く！（受講者および、市井校長からの質問コーナー）   『攻殻機動隊』シリーズや『PSYCHO-PASS サイコパス』『ハイキュー!!』シリーズなど多くのヒット作を生み出してきたProduction I.G。そして、『進撃の巨人（Season1～3）』『SPY×FAMILY』といった話題作を手がけるWIT STUDIO。日本のアニメーション界を牽...

VIPO interview:
www.vipo.or.jp/interview/li...

Breakdown by Anime Corner's Chike Nwaenie (@chike00.bsky.social):
animecorner.me/production-i...

Last month, Mitsuhisa Ishikawa, the founder of anime studio Production I.G and its parent company IG Port, discussed the studio’s past and future as well as warning of the potential dangers if Japan does not take a long-term approach to developing global-level talents.

Crunchyroll has been hit with a second class action lawsuit in the space of a month: this time, it's related to the alleged major data breach that occurred on March 12 via a third-party vendor (Telus), which Crunchyroll says it’s investigating.

Crunchyroll Faces Second Class Action Lawsuit This Month, This Time Over Alleged Major Data Breach - Anime Corner Crunchyroll faces another class action lawsuit following an alleged major data breach this month via a third-party, which Crunchyroll says it's investigating.

Breakdown by Anime Corner's Chike Nwaenie (@chike00.bsky.social):
animecorner.me/crunchyroll-...

「アニメ好景気」の後に立ち上がったのは“格差”だった？　制作費1話1億円オーバーの「チャンピオンズリーグ」と、倒産するスタジオ――その「勢力図」＜連載：アニメノミライ・ねとらぼ支店＞ | アニメ ねとらぼ 近年、新聞等のメディアで「アニメスタジオの労働環境」について論評される機会が増えました。　しかし、一言で「アニメスタジオ」といっても、その立ち位置や役割は様々であり、近年その違いはますます際立ってきています。それにもかかわらず、「どの位置にあるアニメスタジオの話なのか？」を明確にしないままでは、業界…

ITmedia article:
nlab.itmedia.co.jp/cont/article...

Breakdown by Anime Corner's Chike Nwaenie (@chike00.bsky.social):
animecorner.me/the-costs-of...

In an interview with ITmedia, Nao Hirasawa - CEO of the anime production company ARCH and president of Graphinica, shared developments in the anime industry that have led to TV production costs rising in recent years to as much as ¥300 million per episode or ¥4 billion per movie.

Crunchyroll Hit With Class Action Lawsuit Over Allegedly Disclosing Anime Viewing Habits to Third Party - Anime Corner Major anime streamer Crunchyroll was sued for allegedly violating the Video Privacy Protection Act by disclosing anime viewing habits and personal information.

Anime Corner's Chike Nwaenie (@chike00.bsky.social) has the full story:
animecorner.me/crunchyroll-...

Crunchyroll has been hit with a class action lawsuit for alleged violations of the Video Privacy Protection Act (VPPA); most notably, the disclosure of personally identifiable information to a third party without consumer consent, since at least 2022.

#Manga Reading Platform comici MANGA Launches in 12 Countries Bringing #Manga to the World!!: Manga Reading Platform comici MANGA Launches in 12 Countries

#Manga Reading Platform comici MANGA Launches in 12 Countries

New requirements for UK’s biggest video-on-demand services Video-on-demand streaming services to meet subtitling, audio description and signing requirements that traditional broadcasters already follow

UK government's press release:
www.gov.uk/government/n....

Breakdown by Anime Corner's Chike Nwaenie (@chike00.bsky.social):
animecorner.me/anime-stream...

『SAO』『シャナ』などを手掛けた編集者・三木一馬氏と元KADOKAWA社長・佐藤辰男氏が対談。IPの作り方や作家との向き合い方について語る 元KADOKAWA社長・佐藤辰男氏の著書『エンタメ（IP）100年史 創業者のエウレカ、継承者の転換』の発売を記念して、

Original Dengeki Online interview:
dengekionline.com/article/2026...

Short summary by Anime Corner's Chike Nwaenie (@chike00.bsky.social):
animecorner.me/im-constantl...

This Week in Mobile Games - CTW CEO Ryuichi Sasaki Talks the Advantages of Browsers in the Anime Game Wars

How does CTW adapt anime into games? What's the curse that hit the Steam release of Granblue Fantasy? Josh has the answers!

We've got a new column at ANN: This Week In Mobile Games! Give Josh a warm welcome!

日本アニメが世界中を駆け巡る！　作品の魅力を全世界へ届ける「仕掛け」とは？ 左から、電通 岩波寿起氏、講談社 天野友里亜氏、電通 廣畑功志氏日本のアニメやマンガなどのIPコンテンツが世界的に市場を拡大しています。その中で、アニメ「ガチアクタ」のグローバルコミュニケーションが、世界中で大きな反響を呼びました。「Gac...

Japanese version:
dentsu-ho.com/articles/9584

English version (NOTE: machine translated; may not be 100% accurate)
dentsu-ho.com/en/articles/...

Small summary by Anime Corner's Chike Nwaenie (@chike00.bsky.social):
animecorner.me/gachiakuta-a...

KADOKAWA CEO Emphasizes Japan-First Approach to Stories – 'You Can Create Unique Works by Not Marketing With the Mindset of ’Let’s Make a Manga That Will Sell Globally.’' [UPDATED] KADOKAWA CEO Takeshi Natsuno emphasizes a Japan-first approach to marketing, saying that it will lead to more unique works than producing for the global market.

Anime Corner's Chike Nwaenie (@chike00.bsky.social) provided a short breakdown of this interview:

animecorner.me/kadokawa-ceo...

KADOKAWA夏野剛社長「主な言語圏全てに子会社、中東も候補」 - 日本経済新聞 日本コンテンツは2026年も世界で注目されそうだ。1月には劇場版「鬼滅の刃」が候補入りした米ゴールデン・グローブ賞が発表され、「国宝」も米アカデミー賞のノミネート候補に入った。政府もコンテンツ輸出を伸ばす計画を掲げる一方、韓国や中国との競争が激化する。勝ち抜く道を海外展開に力を入れるKADOKAWAの夏野剛社長に聞いた。――今はディズニーなどを擁する米国だけではなく、韓国や中国からも世界ヒット

Nikkei conducted an interview with KADOKAWA CEO Takeshi Natsuno: in it, he discusses about KADOKAWA's global subsidiary strategy (including possible plans for the Middle East) as well as the global potential of Japanese content.

www.nikkei.com/article/DGXZ...

EXCLUSIVE: Anime Streamer HIDIVE Exploring Sequel Rights, Co-Productions, Re-Releases, and Legacy Title Acquisitions in New Details of Sentai Deal With MBS - Anime Corner HIDIVE President John Ledford reveals to Anime Corner that Sentai Filmworks is exploring sequel rights, re-releases, and much more as part of its deal with MBS.

In Anime Corner’s new interview with Sentai Filmworks & HIDIVE president John Ledford, he mentioned that the distribution deal that was signed with Mainichi Broadcasting System (MBS) in 2023 is “dynamic by design,” starting with future exclusives, and left the room open for more possibilities.

Really appreciate it -- Probably the most hurdles I'll ever have to jump through for an interview, but I'm glad there were some nuggets to gain from it. Agreed that it would be nice to hear from Ledford more

INTERVIEW: HIDIVE President John Ledford on the Present and Future of Specialty Anime Streaming Giant - Anime Corner Anime Corner & HIDIVE President John Ledford discuss the present and future of the popular anime streaming service, and explore its biggest-ever deal with MBS.

A rare interview with Sentai/Hidive's John Ledford went up yesterday, and while most of it sounded rather "safe" & corporate there were some nuggets of neat info found within:

I logged into Bluesky for the first time in like 7 months to contact someone and oh hey I see this. Yay