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MyAnimeList Streams 10th Seiyuu Awards Ceremony from DAISUKI

MyAnimeList announced on Monday that it is providing users access to a recording of the 10th Seiyuu Awards ceremony, which was held in Tokyo last month. The announcement is part of a continuing cooperation with streaming content provider DAISUKI to provide MyAnimeList users dire...

10 years ago

Cygames Establishes Anime Production Subsidiary

Mobile game developer Cygames announced on Tuesday that it has established a subsidiary company which will focus on animation planning and production. The entity named CygamesPictures was incorporated today with a capital of 50 million yen and is headquartered in Mitaka, a Tokyo...

10 years ago

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Construction of New P.A. Works Office Building Nears Completion

Kenji Horikawa, founder and president of P.A. Works, posted several photos of the interior of the animation studio's new premises on his Twitter account on Sunday. The new office building is estimated to be completed in the spring. Horikawa commended the construction team on the...

10 years ago

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Focus: Shogakukan Promotes Manga and Local Creators in Southeast Asia

Bunsho Kajiya, managing director of Shogakukan Asia, at the publisher's booth at Anime Festival Asia At Anime Festival Asia 2015 in Singapore, teenagers wrote congratulatory messages for the TV anime adaptation of Magi: Sinbad no Bouken (Magi: The Adventures of Sinbad) at Shogak...

10 years ago

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Polygon Pictures Nears Completion of 'Ajin' TV Anime

In a feature article by the Mainichi Shimbun on Monday, digital animation studio Polygon Pictures revealed that it has completed production on ten episodes of the Ajin TV anime. The 13-episode series will begin airing on January 16, 2016, and the tenth episode is not scheduled to...

10 years ago

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Crunchyroll and Sumitomo Corporation Establish Anime Investment Joint Venture

Streaming video distributor Crunchyroll and Japanese trading company Sumitomo Corporation announced on Thursday that the two companies are establishing a joint venture which will invest in the production of anime for the international market. That joint venture, whose entity name...

11 years ago

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Bankruptcy of Animation Studio Manglobe Rumored [Update 10/1]

Rumors are circulating pointing to the bankruptcy of animation studio Manglobe. They originated from a series of tweets by animation director Snipes (also known as Toshio Kobayashi), some of which have since been deleted. The tweets by Snipes mentioned the studio's bankruptcy, re...

11 years ago

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Mobile Game Developer Cygames Forms Anime Division

Cygames, the mobile game developer that produced Fall 2014's Shingeki no Bahamut: Genesis, has announced on its official site that the company will be forming its own anime division. Applications for Anime Producer, Production Assistant, and IP Manager were posted with the annou...

11 years ago

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NHN PlayArt Announces Anime Adaptations

It has been announced on NHN PlayArt's official site that several manga series will be receiving anime adaptations. The series to be adapted include: Nar Doma by Kaite Meetoru (announced in January) ReLIFE by Sou Yayoi Momokuri by Kurose Nanbaka by Shou Futamata Super Short Comi...

11 years ago

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Bandai Namco Pictures to be Split from Animation Studio Sunrise

As part of Bandai Namco Holdings' 3-year roadmap through March 2018, the company announced on Thursday it will spin off a new production company, Bandai Namco Pictures, from the animation studio Sunrise. The new company will be established in April 2015 and headed by current Sunr...

11 years ago

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