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Sony Pictures Television and Aniplex Announce Global Streaming Merger

Sony Pictures Entertainment, Inc. division Sony Pictures Television and Sony Music Entertainment (Japan) Inc. subsidiary Aniplex Inc. (Aniplex) announced the merging of three anime streaming properties on Tuesday. Sony Pictures Television's Funimation headlines the global stream...

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Manga Rock Shuts Down, Aggregator MR Comics to Launch

The Manga Rock manga aggregator was removed from the App Store and Play Store on Thursday, September 5. Manga Rock developer Not a Basement Studio was behind the removal, intended as the first phase of their plan to rebrand as a new, legal manga aggregator titled MR Comics. Withi...

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Crunchyroll Acquires Majority Stake in VIZ Media Europe Group

Crunchyroll, the anime streaming division of WarnerMedia's Otter Media digital company, acquired a majority stake in VIZ Media Europe Group, the top anime distributor and manga publisher in Europe. The Hitotsubashi Group—comprised of Shogakukan., Shueisha, and Shogakukan-Shueish...

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Police Release Names of 10 Victims in Kyoto Animation Fire

Kyoto Prefectural Police announced on Friday the names of ten victims in last month's apparent arson attack on the No. 1 Studio building of animation production company Kyoto Animation. The incident has killed 35 people in one of Japan's deadliest mass murders since World War II....

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Kyoto Animation Proceeds with 'Violet Evergarden Gaiden' World Premiere

Organizers of Germany's AnimagiC anime convention announced on Tuesday that the world premiere screenings of Violet Evergarden Gaiden: Eien to Jidou Shuki Ningyou will proceed as planned on August 3 and 4, despite last week's apparent arson attack on the No. 1 Studio building of...

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Anime Industry Grapples with Aftermath of Kyoto Animation Fire [Update 10/13]

The anime industry is struggling to cope with the human and material losses of Thursday's apparent arson attack on animation production company Kyoto Animation, which has killed at least 34 people. Investigators began inspecting the burned-out No. 1 Studio building on Friday, sh...

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35 Dead in Suspected Arson at Kyoto Animation No. 1 Studio [Update 7/27]

A suspected arson attack at the No. 1 Studio building of animation production company Kyoto Animation on Thursday has left at least 33 people dead and 36 more injured. It is Japan's deadliest arson incident since 1989 and its deadliest fire incident since 2001, according to polic...

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Funimation Acquires UK Anime Distributor Manga Entertainment

Sony Pictures Television's Funimation Productions, LLC (Funimation) announced a deal to acquire UK anime distributor Manga Entertainment Ltd. (Manga Entertainment) yesterday. With the deal, Funimation will become the largest distributor of anime in the UK and Ireland. The two co...

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Square Enix to Launch English-Language Manga Imprint in Fall 2019

Square Enix, Inc., the American subsidiary of Japan's Square Enix Holdings Co., Ltd. (Square Enix), announced a multi-year deal with Penguin Random House Publisher Services on Friday. The sales and distribution agreement will see Square Enix, Inc. releasing English-language manga...

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Xebec Merges With Production I.G After 24 Years of Anime Production

Xebec, the West Tokyo-based anime production company known for titles such as Kidou Senkan Nadesico (Martian Successor Nadesico), Soukyuu no Fafner (Fafner of the Blue Sky), and To LOVE-Ru, will be broken up after 24 years in business. The decision, which was announced on Friday,...

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