AnimeJapan 2026 offers publishing professionals unprecedented access to licensing deals and market insights at Tokyo Big Sight, 30-31 March, following record-breaking public days.
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My guess is that, behind closed boardroom doors, inflation is considered – else we’d see far more companies fail – but the “real” figures do not make for good industry headlines.
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As a teacher now, I know most kids would rather read a real novel about toys and TV characters they know and love, than a poorly ghostwritten kids’ story fronted by a TV celebrity their parents like.
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Using AI to combat piracy? An outrageous idea. A slippery slope. The thin edge of the wedge. Once we start looking objectively at AI instead of taking every opportunity to demonise it, where will it end?
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We are witnesses to, and participants in, a New Global Renaissance quite unparalleled in human history, and the era of AI will help that renaissance shift up a gear as it liberates human creativity and potential.
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The Manga will be released simultaneously in English on Viz Media’s Viz Manga app starting August 13 (U.S. time) and in Japan by Shogakukan on August 14 (Japan time).
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A book part-written by AI has won a prestigious literary award. A fatal blow to the AI Resistance, but also a whole load of trouble for lawmakers and AI regulators who thought they had the topic nailed.
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This year at TNPS we’re going to try shed some light on the international rights deals happening where the English-language sun doesn’t shine.
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Imagine if an old School publishing CEO had been in charge of Apple. The iPod, iPhone and iPad...
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The group stressed the need to clarify the interpretation of, and decide whether copyright law...
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At the consumer level the unlimited consumption model for a fixed monthly fee has enormous appeal,...
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Copyright theft is theft, pure and simple, but exaggerating the losses and exaggerating the threat...
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