I’ve related my prominent recollections of AN Entertainment’s dabbling in licensing anime. But I forgot to include the anecdote about our aborted work on character merchandising. I don’t even recollect exactly when – probably in late 2003 or sometime in 2004 – I was inspired by the idea of commissioning a Japanese illustrator to create […]
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