Anime feature films took 11 of the top 20 spots in the list of Japanese box office totals for 2004 as well as representing more than 60% of the total.

Topps' Wacky Packages trading cards are getting considerable regional traction in the New York metro area, with both independent retailers and chain stores reporting strong sales.

Viz, LLC and ShoPro Entertainment will merge this spring into a new company that will be jointly owned by manga giants Shogakukan and Shueisha with licensing powerhouse ShoPro Entertainment Japan.

Paula Fuge of Gnome Games in Green Bay, Wisconsin has some comments on when Upper Deck releases products to its sales channels.

TV exposure is a key driver of anime sales in the U.S. and in 2004 the nature of that exposure changed profoundly...

The ICv2 Awards are an on-line continuation of a tradition that began in Internal Correspondence, the print predecessor of ICv2, over a decade ago.

This week, Bates shares his store's experience with trading cards.

The game market began a comeback in the third quarter after declines in most game categories in the first half of the year, ICv2 reports in the ICv2 Retailer Guide to Games #6.

Bates' topic this week is making money on the biggest characters there are.

Forbes has released its list of the top ten fictional characters (based on 2003 dollar revenues), and two anime properties and two Marvel properties are included in the list.