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Richardson Handjaja

@rhandjaja.bsky.social

Publisher & editor of @animenomics.com, formerly news managing editor at @myanimelist.net. Documenting anime and manga's global rise since 2015. National Arts and Entertainment Journalism Awards finalist. 日本のアニメや漫画のビジネス展開を報道します。

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Richardson Handjaja@rhandjaja.bsky.social · 2w ago

There's a gap growing in the fortunes of Japan's anime studios, @mattschley.com writes. A く (ku) shaped economy, he calls it. An excellent metaphor. I'm quoted a couple times in this excellent article with my thoughts on some of the financial pressures that anime studios face.

The Japan Times@japantimes.co.jp · 2w ago

Anime is bigger than ever — and for some of the people making it, that success is finally starting to pay off. But the industry's boom is far from evenly shared. 👉 ebx.sh/5IJ4Yy

Emma@ehanashi.bsky.social · 5mo ago

We will be having a Manga Loc (and more!) Meetup on June 5th in the evening! These casual meetups are open to people working in manga, light novel, game, etc. localization. Aspiring folks are also welcome to join! If you’d like to attend or want more information, feel free to DM me.

Richardson Handjaja@rhandjaja.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Makoto Tezuka, Osamu Tezuka's heir, has a new interview in Japanese media outlet Business+IT that discusses the parallels between The Lion King and Kimba the White Lion, including alleging that NBC (which syndicated Kimba) orchestrated the accusations of copyright infringement against Disney.

Interviewer: So, I wanted to ask you this: When Disney released the animated film "The Lion King" in 1995, there was a controversy over its striking similarity to Osamu Tezuka's "Kimba the White Lion." It was a case that could have led to a lawsuit, so what were your feelings at the time? Tezuka: At the time, both NBC and BBC came to interview us. Initially, when I looked at the domestic media, there were many reports that portrayed it as a heartwarming story, saying that "Tezuka's work, which had been influenced by Walt Disney, was finally being imitated by Disney," but when I looked outside, each media outlet had a different tone in dealing with this story. For example, the BBC in the UK was calm, but it seemed to me that NBC in the US just wanted to attack Disney's new CEO at the time, and was using the striking similarity between "The Lion King" and "Kimba the White Lion" as material to do so. I think that this kind of reporting gradually spread, fueled by NBC's intentions, but from my perspective, I considered the two works to be separate from the others from that time onward. I defined "Kimba the White Lion" as having two copyrights. One is the story of animals and humans cooperating, and the second is the character setting of a white lion. I thought that this was where the originality lay. People around me said that other than those parts, for example, that "the animals' posing is similar, isn't that the problem?", but I calmly thought about it, saying things like, "Tezuka took this from the composition of (Disney's) Bambi." In the end, when I compared it to what I consider to be copyright, there is no interaction between animals and humans in The Lion King, and there is no white lion. The important parts were not copied, so I judged that it was fine.
Richardson Handjaja@rhandjaja.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Lots to think about in this retrospective by Denfaminico Gamer's editor. My favorite: "In the coming age of AI, what the media should aim for is not articles that will be spread widely, but articles that have value as original sources that will continue to be cited and referenced in the future."

良い記事は、非合理である──AI時代のメディアのあり方を、電ファミの10年をふり返りながら考える

電ファミがどういうメディアで、何を大切にして、なぜ今の姿になったのか。 なぜ「効率」ではなく「良い記事」を価値基準としたのか。 せっかくの機会なので、総括しました。

news.denfaminicogamer.jp

Animenomics@animenomics.com · 8mo ago

Japan's domestic manga market shrank by 1.7% in 2025, the first decline in eight years, amid stalling digital sales growth and an accelerating tumble in print sales. Full-year sales were estimated at ¥693 billion (US$4.4 billion). Read this and more headlines in this week's business briefing.

Japan manga market shrinks as digital sales stall

Plus: Netflix takes anime film to cinemas; Kinokuniya USA scouts new store locations; Digital manga market shifts to non-paying readers; Ibaraki recruits anime studios; and more

news.animenomics.com

Richardson Handjaja@rhandjaja.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Can someone who is familiar with Chinese media tell me how often a Chinese animation title is adapted into a live-action production? Fuji TV co-produced a live-action drama adaptation of "Link Click" with Bilibili, airing in April on a regional affiliate.

Fuji TV Accelerates Global Strategy―First International Co-Produced Terrestrial Drama―A Three-Company Co-Production with bilibili and Tokai Television - FUJI TELEVISION NETWORK, INC.

Fuji Television Network, Inc. (hereafter referred to as “Fuji TV”) has announced that its first internationally co-produced terrestrial drama series based

fujitv.com