CRUNCHYROLL MAKES A NEW ROUND OF LAYOFFS Another week, and another round of redundancies at Crunchyroll. This time across HR, product, and e-commerce. What's it all about?

New post re Crunchyroll's latest layoffs: HR, product, e-commerce, are about restructuring, but what does that mean for the Crunchyroll store, and the brand's important "flywheel" strategy?

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#Anime #Crunchyroll #RightStuf #PhysicalMedia #TheAccidentalOtaku

Anime fans no longer need mainstream validation. They know what they have. The corporations that moved in to monetise their love? Still desperate for it. And why Sony's billion-dollar flywheel is quietly dismantling itself.

#anime #crunchyroll #sony #animeindustry #theaccidentalotaku

A new anime distribution company launched last week. It's called #Animec = #Aniplex + #Kadokawa,
I think they want to compete with #TOHO.
Animec is Aniplex and Kadokawa saying, "We're done feeding that machine with our own IP. Over at #TheAccidentalOtaku Substack.

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TikTok - Make Your Day

Is #Anime real #Animation or is it just #Manga Adaptation?

Watch my latest #TheAccidentalOtaku video to see if I’m making yet another wildly inaccurate and exaggerated statement regarding anime purely to generate clicks. 🤨

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The Accidental Otaku - The Official JMaz Anime Substack | Jerome Mazandarani | Substack I've been at the forefront of the global anime industry for 2 decades as the ex-MD of Manga Entertainment, LTD. I write about media and entertainment with a specific focus on anime and anime-adjacent ...

Hello! I write the #ANSWERMAN column for #animenewsnetwork Z well as #TheAccidentalOtaku over on #Substack.

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