Here are ICv2's Top Five Anime Stories of 2001. These rankings are based on the business impact of these events on pop culture retailers. 1.Anime spreads out. A nime is reaching more deeply into America pop culture in a variety of ways, and seems stronger than ever.

Fox recently dropped its daytime cartoon block, and today Variety reports that the network is considering a number of scenarios for Saturday morning, most of which will spell the end for the four-hour, anime-laden Fox Kids Saturday lineup.

While it is true that as in the United States, boys' comics outsell girls' comics in Japan, comics aimed at girls (or shojo manga) represent up to 30% of the huge Japanese market for comics that dwarfs comic publishing efforts here in the States.

Viz Video and Pioneer have announced a few more details about the Ceres, Celestial Legend DVD they are releasing on July 31st. This will be the first in a series of eight volumes, each of which will contain three episodes of the series.

Viz Comics is publishing English language editions of a series of anime art books that should prove to be an important product line for retailers who deal in anime and manga.

Check out the new Black Costume variant covers, celebrating the 40th anniversary of Spider-Man's iconic black costume, on sale in May.

Ralph DiBernardo of Jetpack Comics shares his frustrations on street release dates being ignored and the lack of consequences.

This week, columnist Scott Thorne lays out the problems retailers have with Games Workshop and offers potential solutions.

ICv2 visited the Meijer Supercenter store at 14169 S Bell Road, Homer Glen, Illinois 60491 on Thursday May 16, 2024.

GameStop has begun to buy high grade PSA TCG and sports cards in some of their U.S. locations.