PANEL 01 Japanese Gaming Culture
About the creator
WHO DRAWS THIS.
Creator · Studio
Samurai Anime — *the things I notice from inside anime fandom about how the industry actually works*.
Most anime coverage falls into two camps. The first is fan service: episode recaps, hot takes, sakuga compilations. The second is industry trade press written by people who do not love anime and treat it as just another commodity. Neither matches what I actually want to read.
I have been inside this fandom for fifteen years, from late-night BitTorrent trackers to streaming licensing wars to the current era of anime IP showing up in slot machines and gacha apps. I write what I notice from inside. The industry analysis is honest. The fan perspective is honest. When the anime-iGaming crossover is bad, I say so. When the production committee system makes a series possible that would not otherwise exist, I say that too. Field notes from someone who never stopped being a fan but did learn to read a balance sheet.
- Anime
- Gacha
- Industry
- Fandom
- Crossover
- Honest
- Issues released
- 195
- Story arcs
- 11
- Years at the desk
- 1
— — Kenji