Industry News

Industry news on Hentaidude covers the business behind anime, manga and games: partnerships and acquisitions between studios, publishers and agencies, licensing and distribution deals, streaming service prices and platform changes, box office results for anime films in Japan and abroad, sales and financial figures, and the regulation, censorship and payment-processor rules that affect what creators can publish and what fans can buy. Conventions and trade events are listed here when the news concerns the business itself rather than one title. Most reports currently come from Anime News Network and Crunchyroll News. Figures and statements can be checked against the original report, which every story names and links to directly.