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Anime industry intelligence from Humberto Saabedra
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No word on when one of Japan's original digital bookstores will be back online
The total system blackout was triggered by “probable unauthorized external access” … Read more →
Shihei Lin's exclusive interview with French outlet details the emergence of the independent "Editor-Agency" model
OVERSCAN TRADE DISPATCH // SPECIAL CORPORATE STRUCTURE & IP AUDIT SUBJECT: Signal Extraction: Shihei Lin’s Linternaute Interview, Shueisha Talent Flight, and the MIXGREEN Architecture CLASSIFICATION: B2B Trade Intelligence // Corporate … Read more →
RASTERWIRE DESK NOTE // MANGA INDUSTRY STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS SYS.REF: RW-PUB-2026-SHIHEI-MIXGREEN THE DISINTERMEDIATION OF SHUEISHA: SHIHEI LIN, MIX GREEN, AND THE RISE OF THE HOLLYWOOD CREATOR AGENCY IN MANGA HISTORICAL … Read more →
2026-09-23T14:10:00Z | CAPITAL MARKETS & PUBLISHING | TOKYOPOP REG CF FINANCING LOS ANGELES — Tokyopop founder and CEO Stu Levy has issued a lengthy direct-to-investor retrospective as the pioneer manga … Read more →
2026-09-17T14:00:00Z | TOKYOPOP GROUP | CREDIT & EQUITY RISK MEMORANDUM MEMORANDUM FOR: Investment Committees, Credit Risk Desk, Commercial Lenders SUBJECT: Counterparty Risk Audit — TOKYOPOP / Experiential IP Initiatives RECOMMENDATION: … Read more →
Crunchyroll K.K. (Sony Group) is taking a 7.03% equity stake in Link-U Group Inc. via a ¥917.55M ($6.1M) third-party allotment, formalizing a capital alliance to anchor Link-U as the sole … Read more →
2026-09-08T13:00:00Z | RIDI (MANTA) / KADOKAWA (TSE: 9468) / SQUARE ENIX (TSE: 9684) | DIGITAL DISTRIBUTION & PLATFORM CONVERGENCE TOKYO / SEOUL — South Korean digital comic platform Manta, operated … Read more →