Anime By The Numbers
White Box Entertainment, Miles Atherton, Klaudia AmenábarThe inside scoop on the overseas anime and manga market, from industry veteran Miles Atherton and his team at White Box Entertainment.
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AnimeKai and the Piracy Apocalypse
What happens when every mole is whacked at once?
Back in March of this year, the popular bootleg streaming site HiAnime shut down. With an estimated 13 - 15M unique monthly active users worldwide, it was one of the largest piracy operation...
Everything You've Ever Wanted to Know About Manga
We were incredibly blessed to speak to the iconic manga and anime historian Helen McCarthy for this issue of Anime by the Numbers! You may have seen her recently on AnimEigo’s podcast, The Anime Business, talking about how anime and manga f...
What You Should Know About HiAnime’s Death
The top pirate site in the US just shut down. It only had anime.
HiAnime, the biggest bootleg anime streaming platform on the English-speaking internet, is reportedly dead. Piracy has a long and unique history in the world of anime, and so...
An Inside Look Into Anime Dubbing
Welcome back to Anime by the Numbers! We’re hard at work preparing to present our first report on the winter anime season to clients, so in the meantime we’ve got a great interview for you with dubbing producer Reuben Lack. I spoke to him t...
What Netflix’s 2025 Tells Us About Their Evolving Anime Strategy
Part 2 of our 2025 North American anime business year in review is all about Netflix: the MAPPA deal, non-exclusive titles, lots of love for Shueisha, and more.
While I was working on part 2 of our 2025 North American anime business in rev...
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White Box Entertainment is North America's leading agency for strategy, marketing, and intelligence in the world of anime and manga.
Head of White Box Entertainment | Anime & Entertainment Consultant | Marketing, Strategy, Intelligence | Ex-Crunchyroll, Ex-Anime Ltd.
entertainment analyst, podcast producer & critic. producer of White Box Entertainment's Anime by the Numbers. formerly social for news & kids TV. co-host of the Mystery Spotcast. opinions my own. she/her
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