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Project Anime provides some of the latest news in the Japanese pop culture industry during January 2020.
[Anime News Network]
Digital Manga Sales Up 29.5% in Japan in 2019
[Verge]
[Anime News Network]
[Business Insider]
Youtube nabs exclusive streaming rights for Activision Blizzard’s Global Esports Competitions
[Publishers Weekly]
[The Japan Times]
Four NTT group companies and two others to set up Japanese esports firm
[Variety]
Netflix secures international rights to Studio Ghibli animated films
[Anime News Network]
[Cord Cutters News]
Thomas Overton (previously VP of Engineering at VentureBeat) joins Crunchyroll as CTO
[The Hollywood Reporter]
Sony’s Funimation Adds Key Hires to Grow Anime Distributor
Industry News Roundup – January 2020
Stay up to date! Project Anime provides some of the latest news in the Japanese pop culture industry during January 2020. [Anime News Network] Digital Manga Sales Up 29.5% in Japan in 2019 [Verge] Netflix has ordered a live-action show based on One Piece, which will add to the current live-action adaptations roster to court manga and anime fans [Anime News Network] Funimation will shut down access to its FunimationNow streaming service for users in Australia and New Zealand on March 30 [Business Insider] Youtube nabs exclusive streaming rights
Project Anime Returns to Tokyo for March 19 Event
B2B conference to promote international growth in anime and events Santa Ana, Calif. (January 16, 2020) – The Society for the Promotion of Japanese Animation (SPJA) is thrilled to announce Project Anime: Tokyo taking place at The Tender House on March 19. Project Anime, a business conference series created by the SPJA to increase awareness and knowledge of the anime industry throughout the world, provides Japanese Intellectual Property (IP) holders, event organizers, and global entertainment companies the insight they need to