UPCs Will Change, Some Prices Reduced
January 8, 2004
Bandai Entertainment has announced a temporary discontinuation of DVD backlist products released before 2004.
Second Only to U.S.
January 6, 2004
The Straits Times reported that Japanese cultural exports reached $12.5 billion in 2002, up 300% from 1992.
First 24-Hour Anime Network Outside of Japan
January 6, 2004
Sony Pictures Entertainment is launching Animax Asia, the first 24-hour-a-day anime network outside of Japan, this month.
'We Helped Make Tokyopop a Hit'
January 5, 2004
Charlie Platt of Anime Mountain in Bend, Oregon saw our recent article on Tokyopop's push into the mass market and offers his view.
Bishonen Saga Is Still Big in Japan
January 4, 2004
Tokyopop will publish the first volume of Kazuya Minekura's Gensomaden Saiyuki ( Fantasy Romance Saiyuki ) in March.
Top Publisher, Product of the Year
December 29, 2003
Our Publisher of the Year is not the biggest, but it may well be the fastest growing major publisher.
Phenomenon, Controversy, Flop of the Year
December 29, 2003
Our Phenomenon of the Year is apparent every time you open a distributor's catalog, while our 'Flop' of the Year would be a big hit for some publishers.
'Howl's Moving Castle' Out in November
December 29, 2003
Yahoo Japan is reporting that Oscar-winning director Hayao Miyazaki's new film Howl's Moving Castle will not be released in Japan until November 28, 2004.
TV Series, Movie, Comics, Videogame
December 28, 2003
Masamune Shirow's Ghost in the Shell was one of the key manga/anime properties of the 1990s, and it appears as if the property will be staging a major comeback in 2004.
Phenomenon, Deal of the Year
December 28, 2003
Our Phenomenon of the Year is a new force driving anime sales, while the biggest deal of 2003 in anime may have been the one that wasn't done.
