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that anime guy! subscribe: animebythenumbers.substack.com ceo of white box entertainment advisor @ anime trending consultant @ henshin words @ ANN & CB prev: cmo @ anime ltd, mktg @ crunchyroll
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Toho will carve out 30% of revenue and 40% of operating profit from its film business to create a new IP and anime business pillar, reinforcing the growing importance of Godzilla and anime IPs to the company's financials. Read this and more headlines in this week's business briefing.

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hey man look let's not worry about that right now okay

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"Apocalypse Hotel" is easily one of my favorites of the spring anime season so far. Surreptitiously, I recently saw a gorgeous animated Uzbeki short film very much on the same page, an adaptation of Ray Bradbury's "There Will Come Soft Rains" -- it's worth your time: www.youtube.com/watch?v=quya...

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"there's biathlon for two events and decathlon for ten...what's the one for three again?" - me

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From the latest Anime by the Numbers: which winter 2025 anime performed best with different groups of gamers?

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From the latest Anime by the Numbers: which winter 2025 anime performed best with different groups of gamers?

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Come for the analysis of tariff impacts on a niche hobby; stay be mortified at the charts that reveal Nintendo fans like Momentary Lily:

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⚠️ Anime by the Numbers Issue No. 4 ⚠️ The Trump administration's tariffs may be "paused", but even the interim minimum rate is set to have meaningful impact on the anime and manga business. 📝 Read more: animebythenumbers.substack.com/p/how-trumps...

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"if you can hear me, blame this on the fact that you're in times square"

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From Old Country Bumpkin to Master Swordsman is a top 10 title on Prime Video in quite a few countries 👀

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Good news: many printed products are exempt from Chinese tariffs for now, and Canadian paper is also still exempt

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Gunpla propaganda with the children is going well

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every day at work I am beset by this dilemma

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Which sports are most-represented in sports anime? Japan's favorite sport, baseball, is the historical winner, but recent years have shown even greater diversity in an already rich genre. Chart by me, insights by @kaludiasays.bsky.social! More: animebythenumbers.substack.com/p/the-crunch...

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this is a longer issue this week but the analysis is really good so i let miles yap! make sure you read!

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NOW AVAILABLE: "Anime by the Numbers" No. 03: The Crunchyroll & Netflix Anime Duopoly Explained The overseas anime streaming market may be mostly captured by two companies, but that's not the whole story 👀 animebythenumbers.substack.com/p/the-crunch...

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@milesofficial.bsky.social They stole your thunder, dude.

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Big day for @milesofficial.bsky.social

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Ask me anything. I will reply on a podcast in a month :)

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I believe this: You all would be *shocked* at how poor people recall which services have which titles, even amongst the most engaged viewers. It's impossible to tell from "vibe" is unless you're single genre/medium or you're Paramount+ (which is Sheridan + Trek) thestreamable.com/streamers-un...

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found her #AnimeJapan2025

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Our newsletter is live!! I'm excited to pull back the curtain on the numbers behind the anime and manga business. Please consider subscribing 👀

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FLCL is less relevant in the Western anime zeitgeist than Haruhi and it's honestly too much to expect broad awareness of titles older than a huge % of fans that are anything less than medium-defining

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if you think the tagline goes hard you should wait until you see the anime 👀

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Someone on Reddit brought up Roger Ebert, who possibly did more to shape my tastes and love of art than anyone else. I had this response. My best columns for ANN, and the ones that got the best response, were when I tried to follow this practice. I wish I had more in me.

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Not going to expect the anime news sources to promote upcoming essay collections. And - the publisher isn't really going to, either. Going to be my job? From @bloomsburyacad.bsky.social later this year! Congratulations to everyone who worked on this! www.bloomsbury.com/us/studio-gh...

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You have to salute the incredible commitment to being a boomercore anime. It wasn't even the right time to play the ending, but sometimes you really want to break into Galaxy Express 999

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