Industry Insights

Sony Group Company has introduced a strategic capital and enterprise alliance with Kadokawa Company, securing 12,054,100 new Kadokawa shares via a third-party allotment scheduled for January 7, 2025. This acquisition, valued at roughly 50 billion yen (roughly USD 320 million), …

The NPD BookScan launched its High 20 Greatest Promoting Graphic Novels for Adults in america for November 2024, and manga dominated the chart, taking 19 of the 20 spots. The primary a part of Takeru Hokazono’s Kagurabachi took the highest …

Style, Dragon Ball DaimaAnd Ranma 1/2earned a spot on Netflix’s Prime 10 record for non-English TV reveals for the week of October 21 to October 27, 2024, reflecting excessive viewership throughout a number of areas. Dragon Ball Daima positioned second …

At New York Comedian Con (NYCC) 2024, Kadokawa’s Wordless world manga competitors panel sheds gentle on the inside workings of Japan’s manga trade. On this panel, particulars about how a lot manga creators earn and the demanding schedules they preserve …

Amid rising earnings within the Japanese animation market, anime manufacturing studios in Japan are combating low funds, time beyond regulation and stagnant wages that threaten the longer term sustainability of the trade. A latest Nikkei Enterprise report highlighted that anime …

Manga gross sales in North America are down 14% in 2023, in keeping with information shared through the ICv2 whitepaper presentation at New York Comedian Con (NYCC). Nonetheless, regardless of the decline, manga stays the preferred phase within the comics …