At the tail end of 2020, Sony set out to purchase Crunchyroll.
AT&T, Crunchyroll’s owners, wanted to shed debt, and Sony wants to dominate the anime space. It’s a match made in business heaven.
The US government, however, has some questions.
In part 1 (On Iyashikei), we discussed the social impact lockdown has had on conventions and convention culture.
In that article, I mentioned that some cons were criticized early on for cancelling “at the last minute.”
We’re in a subculture where people literally proclaim that a brand is their “waifu.” Miku Hatsune is listed on 1,563 users’ waifu lists, according to mywaifulist.moe, a relatively niche website. Miku is a mascot character, meant to promote a brand a sell a product.