Plus: Manga readers spend big on Piccoma app; Ghibli Park sets next opening dates; Reviving Japan's national manga and anime museum plans; and more
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Digital manga grows amid publishing decline
Plus: Manga readers spend big on Piccoma app; Ghibli Park sets next opening dates; Reviving Japan's national manga and anime museum plans; and more
Digital manga grows amid publishing decline
Plus: Manga readers spend big on Piccoma app; Ghibli Park sets next opening dates; Reviving Japan's national manga and anime museum plans; and more
Azuki: Your Digital Manga Cafe
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Digital Manga: Purchasing on Overdrive!
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Writers are in high demand as manga grows
Plus: Nippon TV makes Studio Ghibli a subsidiary; Anime drove up sales of musical instruments; Anime and manga museum plan faces some resistance; and more
Writers are in high demand as manga grows
Plus: Nippon TV makes Studio Ghibli a subsidiary; Anime drove up sales of musical instruments; Anime and manga museum plan faces some resistance; and more
Writers are in high demand as manga grows
Plus: Nippon TV makes Studio Ghibli a subsidiary; Anime drove up sales of musical instruments; Anime and manga museum plan faces some resistance; and more
Manga awards multiply in age of digital manga
Plus: Japanese printing giant diversifies into anime; Last year's highest-grossing anime film; Aniplex boss foresees more industry consolidation; and more
Azuki The New Digital Manga Service
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MangaPlaza - Online Digital US Manga Service
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Kodansha Announces New US Digital Manga Service
The good folks from publishing giant Kodansha have sent us details of their new US digital manga service. Called K Manga the service promise...
Do you prefer digital or physical manga?
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Welcome to Azuki: Your Digital Manga Cafe
Hi, I’m Abbas Jaffery, co-founder and CEO of Azuki. I’ve been a fan of manga and anime for over 20 years, ever since I discovered my first two…
Top 5 Reasons to Read Digital Manga
There are so many reason to chose digital manga. Join me as I try to convince myself by naming five of them!
Digital Realms
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Anime is in decline. Embrace Vubers.
Anime as of late seriously sucks. In my book, the Japanese anime industry has been going downhill since around 2015. The first to go was art style where…
Anime music releases, revenues in decline
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Review: Where Nothing Grows (2022)
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70% of manga sales in Japan are now digital
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New Digital Manga Store MangaPlaza Will Launch March 1
After their initial announcement back in December, digital manga store MangaPlaza now has an expected launch date.
The Authentic Voices Shift in Publishing
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Brief Thoughts On: Komori-san Can’t Decline
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Decline of Crunchyroll and Failure of Originals
For a while now, Crunchyroll is facing a big decline. In recent seasons, Funimation has been getting a lot of high profile shows in the past. To make…
Digital Deal Hunting
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Opposition to consumption tax reform grows
Plus: Kadokawa plans a marketing presence push in North America; Shueisha promotes former Shonen Jump chief editor; Innovations drive digital manga growth; and more
Opposition to consumption tax reform grows
Plus: Kadokawa plans a marketing presence push in North America; Shueisha promotes former Shonen Jump chief editor; Innovations drive digital manga growth; and more
Opposition to consumption tax reform grows
Plus: Kadokawa plans a marketing presence push in North America; Shueisha promotes former Shonen Jump chief editor; Innovations drive digital manga growth; and more
Kodansha Comics’ New Digital Manga Licenses For November and December
With Kodansha Comics' November and December 2020 schedule up, here's the 10 new manga they'll be releasing digitally.
Midsize publishers want a piece of the digital manga pie
Plus: The labor shortage driving AI experiments in anime; A webtoon artist's take on studio production; Investors flocking to Japanese webtoon companies; and more
Will Tourists Flock Back to Noto Peninsula Amid Quake Recovery?
Tourism in Hokuriku took a heavy hit post-quake. Are tourists ready to return to the heavily hit Noto Peninsula?
Eating Your Own Tail: Self-Publishing Websites
Are you interested in publishing your own book? Many anime bloggers aspire toward it, but when you start researching, it seems books about self publishing dominate self publishing.…
The Big Five Publishing Houses to Four
With Simon & Schuster being sold to Penguin Random House, Krystallina discusses the ramifications of this for the manga distribution market.
Eating Your Own Tail: Self-Publishing Websites
Are you interested in publishing your own book? Many anime bloggers aspire toward it, but when you start researching, it seems books about self publishing dominate self publishing.…
Eating Your Own Tail: Self-Publishing Websites
Are you interested in publishing your own book? Many anime bloggers aspire toward it, but when you start researching, it seems books about self publishing dominate self publishing.…
The Decline of Shoujo Anime: One Year Later
It has been a whole year since my second video I ever posted 'The Decline of Shoujo Anime' came out. A video that put me on the map…
What’s the best anime or manga about digital media/internet culture?
How does it elevate itself above the trap of “old man yells at cloud”? If it’s an older series, how well has it aged/is it still applicable? Is…
Physical Media > Digital Media
AstroNerdBoy learns of how Amazon utterly destroys comiXology. As such, it is time to push physical copies for anime and manga purchases.
Goodbye, little digital magpies
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BookWalker — My Digital Revolution
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Weekly Round-Up, 21-27 July 2021: Olympics Shitshow, Science SARU, and Manga Publishing Roundtable
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Authorities Failed to Search for Kazuki Takahashi Amid Chaotic Sea Rescue
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Digital Manga Subscription Service Azuki adds One Peace Books Titles to Service
The good folks from digital manga subscription service Azuki have sent news that they've partnered up with manga publishers One Peace Books ...
Anime tourism grows as visitors return to Japan
Plus: Experimenting with NFTs in the manga businesses; Saudi media group invests in anime production committees; Contracts in anime voice acting; and more
Shenmue the Animation Episode 3 – The Mystery Grows
I was thinking about how to do these episode reviews. The answer is just to do them casually. No format or anything, just going to write out my…
Anime tourism grows as visitors return to Japan
Plus: Experimenting with NFTs in manga businesses; Saudi media group invests in anime production committees; Contracts in anime voice acting; and more
Anime tourism grows as visitors return to Japan
Plus: Experimenting with NFTs in manga businesses; Saudi media group invests in anime production committees; Contracts in anime voice acting; and more
Dragon Daddy Diaries: A Girl Grows to Greatness
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Contactoons 6 Digital Release Date
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