Archive for November 30th, 2005

2005.11.30

Anime in Fortune Magazine

I was a little surprised to see Fortune Magazine taking a positive interest in anime. I’ve enjoyed anime (animation) and manga (comic books) from Japan since I was a kid watching G-Force, Star Blazers and Robotech. I’m glad to see it’s come a long way since then. I used to be the geek, now I’m the regular guy… I think hell froze over when I wrote that.

The article really seems to focus on ADV which I found interesting since I’m quite new to the scene. Now I’m working for one of the largest distributors and licensers of this Japanese Invasion, VIZ Media, I should get some perspective on who else is out there, what they are doing, and how it all fits together.

I’ve started a new category here on the site for things like this, plus random Japanese language lessons, observations and thoughts. It seems easier than trying to figure out where to put this particular story in the existing goliath framework.