Anime Anime Japan symposium held on March 27th, Tokyo International Anime Fair 2008,
Title: “The Anime industry of North America and Anime Fans”
Location; Theater I, Tokyo big Site
Time schedule: PM2:30 – PM4:00
Panelists:
Mr.Christopher Macdonald,
　　（Anime News Network Editor in Chief, Protoculture Addicts Publisher.）
Mr.Ed Chavez,
　　（Freelance-Journalist, Editor）
Mr.Sean Chiochankitmun
　　（Convention Chairman, Otakon 2008）
Mr.Jim Vowles, Jr.
　　（Guests, Industry, and Press Relations Chief, […]

The Tokyo International Anime Fair (known as “TAF”) is the world’s largest anime exhibition. Held every spring at Tokyo Big Sight, the exhibition features a “trade fair” with booth exhibits by anime-related companies, “events” including spectacular stage performances and theater movie showings/displays, and the “Tokyo Anime Awards” in which outstanding anime works are presented with […]

By Tadashi Sudo
[Anime Broadcasting Business will undergo a Sudden Change]
Broadcasting business will change greatly by the complete transition to ground wave digital. In short, ground wave stations that had privilege of limited 12 channels will be equaled to many other cable broadcasting and satellite stations.
However, this change does not start suddenly in 2011. Privilege of […]

By Tadashi Sudo
[Peaceful 2007]
The year 2007 has been a relatively peaceful year for Anime business. Box-office profits of especially series works did fairly well and thus the situation remained stable.
TV broadcasting was on a decline from golden-time but business that is on the assumption of this tendency is being put forward.
Probably the biggest topic is […]

Title: Strategy Analysis SWOT –List of Main Companies of Anime Industry” [Part 1] Anime Production Company/Industry Group Edition GPC report 1, Anime 
* Strategy Analysis SWOT “Understanding Business Strategy of the Most Leading Japanese Anime Production Company”
* “List of 100 Companies, Understanding Current Main Anime Production Company Players and Business Groups that Support Japanese Anime Industry […]

By Tadashi Sudo
A lecture “Fusion of Animation and Manga” by Production I.G President Mitushisa Ishikawa was held at CEDEC/Cofesta Developers seminar on September 25.
Production I.G has recently announced management integration with a Manga publisher Mag Garden. This management integration means fusion of Manga and Anime, as well as fusion of the story giver and the […]

By Tadashi Sudo
The 6th Tokyo Anime Awards Film Festival was held from August 24 to 26 at AKIBA 3D Theatre, Akihabara, Tokyo.
This festival introduces prize winning works of Tokyo Anime Awards. In this occasion, Korean animation was screened with a cooperation of KOREA CULTURE & CONTENT AGENCY.
The selected 9 Korean animation works screened at […]

By Tadashi Sudo
The official name of the anime related event which will be held this autumn as a part of “JAPAN International Contents Festival (CoFesta)” is announced to be “Japan Animation Contents Meeting 2007 (JAM)”. “CoFesta” is an all-round event of entertainment contents such as game, anime, comics, music, broadcast, movie, etc. held by the […]

By Tadashi Sudo
Doujin-shi ; publications, coterie magazines of Manga and Anime fans
Doujin-shi are independent works centered on Manga. They includes not only Manga but also novels or games, research books derived from Manga and Anime. More than 40,000 groups, producing Doujin-Manga are currently organized and sell several thousand to tens of thousands of copies as […]

By Tadashi Sudo
JASRAC, an association which manages music copyrights and usage fees, has presented “Howl’s Moving Castle BGM” a JASRAC Grand Prize. JASRAC awards are given every year to the top 3 most used domestic works, and the works are given gold (grand prize), silver, and bronze awards. This year, Anime “Howl’s Moving Castle” which […]