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Dear Anime Industry: No AI “Art”
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Anime industry fights Big Tech's AI control
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Protected: Lost in Anime Industry Newsletter #1
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Anime Expo 2023: Crunchyroll Industry Panel Announcements
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This amazing video explains the anime industry's structural issues regarding corrupt working conditions and animators' low wages. It does have some issues, however, such as proposing cost-saving measures as…
Anime: The Broken Industry | The Canipa Effect
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Anime Expo 2023 – Industry Panels Master Post
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Two words to understand the anime industry
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Tonikaku Cawaii Chapter 195 (Theory of Love Inflation #Tonikawa)
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Meet Azuki at Our Anime NYC Industry Panel
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Sony builds an empire in the anime industry
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Ryza no Atelier - Episode 4 - Ryza Raises Fist
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Crowdfunding Raises Anchor from Mongol Invasion of Japan
An online campaign raises enough money to recover a piece of history: an anchor from the attempted 13th century Mongol invasions of Japan.
Spring 2021 Anime Overview And The State Of The Anime Industry
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Winter 2021 Anime Overview And The State Of The Anime Industry
Enjoy this deep dive into the unusual Winter 2021 anime season: let’s talk about its extraordinary concentration of brilliant creators and robust teams capable of supporting their ideas,…
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Sakura Trick 02 and the Anime Industry in General
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The Anime Industry Wage Crisis and the $50,000 Solution
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How the Nana anime changed the fashion industry forever
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Spice & Wolf Returns, Viz Media Raises costs, and AX Hotels might have problems | Today's Anime News
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