Anime Trending

I'm setting up my calendar for Anime Japan, so if you'd like to meet and learn about what we're doing to serve the anime and manga industries overseas at White Box Entertainment and Anime Trending, please reach out! Chloe Catoya, Kwok-Wai H., and I will be in Tokyo for the week and would love to share our latest.

hololive OFFICIAL CARD GAME presented by Tokyo Japanese Lifestyle is now available on the Anime Trending (AniTrendz) store! We're excited to continue bringing goods and products to fans, especially VTubery & anime fans! Check it out: https://lnkd.in/g6sbNAYE

Anime Trending had the exclusive opportunity to talk to renowned Japanese voice actor Ryotaro Okiayu about his upcoming role as Nube in Hell Teacher: Jigoku Sensei Nube from REMOW! Thank you to REMOW and partners for the opportunity.

KADOKAWA?is excited to announce that?MAKE A GIRL, the highly anticipated Japanese animation film, will debut at prestigious film festivals including Global Stage Hollywood at the TCL Chinese Theater on November 3rd at 5:00 PM! Anime Trending is proud to be supporting this premiere event tomorrow! If you'd like to join us, tickets are now available: https://lnkd.in/dKNPQ338

Anime Trending is excited to share its first anime merchandise launch featuring critically acclaimed LOOK BACK as it premieres in US theaters from GKIDS! Pre-orders are now open until 10/31 for fans in the US! https://lnkd.in/gMcvekzP

Anime Trending is proud to be hosting the "SHOSHIMIN: How to become Ordinary" ft. Anime Trending Industry Panel at Anime Expo 2024! ?? July 4, 2024 at 3:15 PM in Room 511ABC TV Asahi producer Kazuki Endo, who's also worked on the critically acclaimed The Dangers in My Heart, will be in attendance from Japan to talk about the upcoming adaptation of the series by the same author of Hyouka. If you are interested in attending, please let us know and we'll be happy to save you a seat!

Thank you to Yuna Kishita of KADOKAWA for sharing insights behind anime overseas licensing! Check out the full interview below:

On social media, anime punches above its weight class. Even while X-Men '97 and Invincible are putting out incredible seasons, My Hero Academia is still the most-discussed super hero franchise. Konosuba has had a seven year gap between seasons, but it has more momentum on social than the latest Star Wars and Star Trek *combined*. It's hard to suss out viewership numbers across platforms in the streaming era. Social media engagement may not the best proxy for viewership, but there's still plenty to be gleaned! You can read the full analysis for Anime Trending here: https://lnkd.in/gxUFVaQE

"I think just being able to explore how a female character would navigate any sports scene adds diversity to the number of stories with female characters in gaming." My latest interview for Anime Trending is with American comic artist and writer Ru Xu. We discussed the release of the first volume of her latest series, Status Royale, which explores online culture, gaming, and professional e-sports led by a dynamic female protagonist. We also went over her thought processes behind the series’ creation, and how it was developed under VIZ Media's VIZ Originals imprint. https://lnkd.in/gqmBhb-x

This image is clickbait. But that doesn't make it any less accurate: across English-language social media, the most popular anime are discussed more than the top-performing American network TV by nearly an order of magnitude. It's not really a *fair* comparison though. If you want that, check out the article I published last week with Anime Trending! https://lnkd.in/gxUFVaQE