Running · 2025–

The Anime Business

Anime

As anime has grown from modest beginnings into a multi-billion-dollar global industry, the documentary provides insights from many notable people that played important roles in helping to popularize the genre in North America at various stages of its evolution.

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Season 1 · 15 episodes
  1. S01 E01 · John O'Donnell (Part 1)
  2. S01 E02 · Robert Napton
  3. S01 E03 · How I Started The 2nd Biggest Anime Convention - Peter Tatara
  4. S01 E04 · John O'Donnell (Part 2)
  5. S01 E05 · Andy Frain and the story of Manga Video
  6. S01 E06 · Laurence Guinness - The Fall of Manga Video
  7. S01 E07 · Stu Levy - The Rise, Fall and Rebirth of TOKYOPOP
  8. S01 E08 · Kurt Hassler - On Borders, Yen Press, and making Manga A Thing
  9. S01 E09 · Jerry Beck on Akira, Streamline Pictures and Anime in Theaters
  10. S01 E10 · John Sirabella on Media Blasters, CPM, and Surviving the DVD Crash
  11. S01 E11 · Helen McCarthy on Discovering Anime, UK Fandom and the Joy of It A
  12. S01 E12 · Jonathan Clements on The History of Anime in the UK
  13. S01 E13 · John O'Donnell on The End of Central Park Media
  14. S01 E14 · Robert Woodhead
  15. S01 E15 · Jerome Mazandarani and the Rebirth (and re-death) of Manga Video

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