Industry News Roundup – April 2020
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Project Anime provides some of the latest news in the Japanese pop culture industry during April 2020.
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[Project Anime]
Industry News Roundup – Events affected by Coronavirus (Updating)
[Anime News Network]
Twin Engine Establishes EOTA Studio Team
[Gamespot]
Beginning on May 1, Funimation and Bigscreen Will Offer Live Movie Screenings in VR
[CBR.com]
InkyPen Lets Gamers Read Kodansha Manga on Nintendo Switch
[Cartoon Brew]
Rooster Teeth And Powerhouse Animation Join To Form Austin Chapter Of Women In Animation
[Deadline]
HBO Max Streaming Service Launches on May 27
[Anime News Network]
Anime Studio Pierrot, Mobile Game Publisher KLab Form Strategic Partnership
[Anime News Network]
Manga Rock Site Shuts Down With Launch of INKR Comics
[Variety]
Sony Developing Film Based on ‘One Punch Man’ Manga Series With ‘Venom’ Writers
[Forbes]
Newly Launched Mangamo Digital Comics App Wants To Tap A Potential $1B Market
[Yahoo Finance]
CastingAsia teams up with Kodansha to launch the “Anime Manga Official” YouTube channel
[Variety]
Sony Paying $400 Million for Stake in Bilibili, Chinese Online Platform
[Bleeding Cool]
TokyoPop Put Titles on Hold Until June, Offer Free Digital Manga
[IGN]
IGN Announces ‘Summer of Gaming’ Event in June
[Animation World Network]
Crunchyroll Bolsters Executive Team with Alden Budill and Terry Li. Budill to head Global Partnerships and Content Strategy; Li to becomes Head of 360 and GM of Games.
[The Japan Times]
Anime cons ‘will never be the same’ after the coronavirus
[Sony]
Sony Establishes $100 Million COVID-19 Global Relief Fund
[LicensingSource.net]
VIZ Media Europe rebrands as Crunchyroll
[Anime News Network]
HIDIVE Postpones Future Streaming Dubcasts
[Deadline]
Amazon Prime Video & SXSW To Stream Content From Coronavirus-Cancelled Festival
[Anime News Network]
Anime Studio Yaororozu Folded Into New Company 8Million
[Otaku USA Magazine]
Eunyoung Choi is Science SARU’s New CEO After Yuasa’s Retirement
[Anime News Network]
