Documentation
Journalism, interviews and investigations about the industry and the people in it.
Part of Anime
31 moments in this segment.
- - Anime Expo 2010 Short Documentary. A short documentary filmed at Anime Expo in 2010.
- - Investigating Anime: Greg Ayres Interview. Dub actor Greg Ayres interviewed about working in the localisation business.
- - The Anime Industry Will Die In 5 Years!?. A 2015 argument that the industry faced collapse within five years.
- - Osamu Tezuka Documentary : The Godfather Of Manga. A documentary portrait of Osamu Tezuka and his influence on manga and animation.
- - Anime: The Global Medium | The Canipa Effect. Anime's development into an internationally produced and consumed medium.
- - The Data Behind Digibro’s Stance on Anime Streaming: Legal vs. Illegal. Data on legal and unlicensed streaming compared against a commentator's argument.
- - Is Netflix Trying To Take Over The Anime Industry?. A 2017 assessment of Netflix's expanding role as an anime commissioner.
- - Will Netflix FINALLY Save The Anime Industry??. A 2018 discussion of whether streaming investment would improve the industry's finances.
- - 3D Animation | Anime Has A Bright Digital Future. The case for 3D animation in anime production, argued from studios already using it.
- - Japan's Anime Home Video Market Drops 2.9%, Streaming Grows 13% in 2017. A third report of the 2017 figures showing streaming overtaking home video.
- - Video: Japan's Anime Home Video Market Drops 2.9%, Streaming Grows 13% in 2017. A report that Japanese home video sales fell 2.9 percent while streaming grew 13 percent in 2017.
- - Japan's Anime Home Video Market Drops 2.9%, Streaming Grows 13% in 2017. The same 2017 trade figures on home video decline and streaming growth, reported separately.
- - Netflix tried to make an anime documentary it was really bad. A critique of a streaming service's documentary about anime.
- - Trouble in the Anime Industry. Structural problems reported in the anime industry, gathered as an overview.
- - The Problems With The Anime Community. Conduct within the anime fan community, raised as a criticism.
- - Scrolls to Screen 2003 Anime History Documentary. A 2003 documentary tracing anime's development for a Western audience.
- - The Depressing State Of The Anime Industry. The industry's condition assessed from schedules, budgets and staffing.
- - NHK Featured the Animator Dormitory!. A broadcaster's coverage of the animator dormitory, reported by the dormitory's own channel.
- - The Surprising Truth About Anime Industry Nobody Tells You. Aspects of how the industry operates that are little known outside it.
- - FCCJ Press Conference: Unlocking the True Value of Japanese Anime 2024. A press conference in Tokyo presenting audience demand data for Japanese animation in 2024.
- - Anime Industry Grew by 14 3% to New Record High in 2023. A report that the anime industry grew 14.3 percent to a record in 2023, drawing on trade body figures.
- - The Most Successful Anime Studio (Toei Animation). Toei Animation's output and commercial record examined across its history.
- - The Anime Business - Ep1 - John O'Donnell (Part 1). John O'Donnell, who ran a North American anime licensing house, describes how the business worked from the distributor's side.
- - Overseas manga artists make their mark in JapanーNHK WORLD-JAPAN NEWS. A 2025 broadcast report on manga artists from outside Japan working in the Japanese industry.
- - Are Animation Jobs Dying?. Whether animation employment is contracting, argued by a working animator.
- - 【３兆円超え】2023年アニメ総決算！数字で見る2023年アニメ市場【アニメコラム】. The 2023 anime market summarised from published industry figures exceeding three trillion yen.
- - Como os animes lucram? | Outros Papos com Patrick Raymundo. How anime productions earn money, explained in Portuguese.
- - Anime is Officially $3 Billion~ More Popular Internationally Than Japan, Confirms New Study. A study finding that international revenue for anime now exceeds the domestic Japanese market.
- - Mahiro Maeda: Between Frames - Reflections on a Lifetime in Animation. A lifetime spent in animation, reflected on at length by the director and designer who lived it.
- - Anime Piracy Isn’t the Problem. It’s the Solution?. A counter-argument that unlicensed distribution expands the audience where licensed access is absent.
- - Creativity and Global Expansion of Japanese Film and Anime. An academic panel on Japanese film and animation and how they came to travel internationally.