Industry Insights

BlackRock Inc., the world’s largest asset supervisor, has indicated curiosity in shopping for as much as $50 million price of shares in Webtoon Leisure Inc.-backed Naver Corp. in its preliminary public providing (IPO). Webtoon Leisure Inc. owns Webtoon, the massively …

Blackstone Inc., the world’s largest various asset supervisor, plans to accumulate Infocom, Japan’s largest e-manga platform, in a deal valued at $1.7 billion. That is Blackstone’s largest personal fairness transaction in Japan up to now. Blackstone will purchase a majority …

Japanese publishers misplaced an estimated 381.8 billion yen (about $3.5 billion) in 2023 as a result of free studying materials on manga piracy websites, the ABJ reported. This estimate was revealed throughout a gathering on anti-piracy measures earlier this 12 …

The Nippon Animation Movie Tradition Affiliation (NAFCA) has launched the outcomes of its first survey into working circumstances within the anime trade. The aim of the examine was to verify whether or not the precise state of affairs matched the …