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Author: Gabriel Persechino-Forest Published: June 7th, 2021 During a recent interview, Ken Akamatsu (Negima!, Love Hina) spoke about the Western push to force political correctness into the manga industry in…
Author: Gabriel Persechino-Forest Published: May 6th, 2021 It was revealed some time ago that Sony’s Funimation Global Group will acquire Crunchyroll for US$1.175 billion. Not much else has been revealed…
A look at whether or not anime has what it takes to enter the international movie scene.
A closer look at Studio Ghibli and how the situation really was over there.
A look at China's move into the Japanese market and the long term implications.
An honest look at the fate of Lelouch in both the original series and the new compilation movies.
An overview of how the Code Geass movies diverge from the series and what it means for the franchise.
A look at how the Big 3 have changed over the years and who fills the position today.
The last article analysing the recent and looming developments of a potential animegate.
Explaining Phase 4 of the currently building animegate, which involves the super corporations and their machinations.
Part 3 of a series on the mainstream impact on anime; this time dealing with social and political campaigns mounted against the medium.
In this follow up article on anime's attack by the media, I deal with the upcoming attack on the fanbase that is sure to follow.
First article on a series talking about a mainstream shift in the anime fandom and its rather serious implications.
A look at the recent media efforts to impose Western standards on the Japanese industry.
A look at how industry working conditions have changed since Netflix joined the field.
An overview of why Anime Strike failed.
Author: Gabriel Persechino-Forest Published: January 4th, 2018 With what the increasingly high profile Japanese geek culture has managed to achieve on the international stage through anime, manga and video games,…
Author: Gabriel Persechino-Forest Published: December 29th, 2017 Whether we like it or not, FUNimation is now owned by Sony. Now the question remains: What can we expect next? Funimation has…
Author: Gabriel Persechino-Forest Published: December 24th, 2017 It seems 2018 is shaping up to be the year of sequels and it begins with this winter in force. For a while…