anime

So, what if Sega of America never approached DiC to make a Sonic the Hedgehog cartoon for Saturday mornings, which would eventually split and evolve into Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog, with the other half evolving into the cult favourite simply titled Sonic the Hedgehog (or retrospectively...

We all know the classic titles of Nintendo and the legacy of their characters that have persisted throughout the video game industry. But what if Nintendo instead pursued a different venture. What if Nintendo followed through the manga and anime business? 1970: Nintendo, a small playing card...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE GET KIX-ED! AND ANIMATED TO THE MAX WITH KIX! AND ANIMAX: SONY PICTURES LAUNCHES 2 NEW NETWORKS IN THE US [Tokyo, Japan - January 18, 2017 / Culver City, California - January 17, 2017] - Sony Pictures Television is excited to announce the launch of two of its new...

Hub Network (formerly known as Animation Central (1992-1995); The Hub (1995-2002)) is an American cable television channelowned by Turner Entertainment. The Hub Network was founded by Ted Turner. It launched in 1992 as Animation Central, and relaunched as the Hub in 1995, and later as Hub...

Good day. The economic crisis of the late 80s and early 90s had a profound impact on the socio-economic life of the Land of the Rising Sun. This, in turn, influenced the psychological state of the Japanese, which, in turn, was reflected in the media and culture. In the anime and manga industry...

INTERVIEW WITH STEVE MOSKO - September 14, 2022, the 20th Anniversary of Animax Steve Mosko: Back in 2001, I was heading Columbia Tristar Television, which was a subsidiary of Sony. (chuckles) Still is, actually, just under a different name. Interviewer: How did the idea for Animax come about...

Much has been said about the United Kingdom's influence in popular culture. Much has also been said about its similarities with Japan, Eurasia's other island bookend. But despite these two things, the UK is hardly known for its anime dubs. Most English-language anime localization is done in the...

Considering the news about recent events over the past year regarding the animation industry, I decided to make this thread as a way to explore, experiment, and discuss animation, specifically about what has gone wrong, and also what can go right. With no changes from before January 1st, 1901...

............ Greetings. Welcome to my first timeline of two-thousand and twenty-three...... The theme and focus of this TL should be obvious given the title and tags. Now, without further ado. I introduce you to my newest TL: TL-2K23! So, how about we get started on this adventure...

This is basically a new version of this thread: https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/more-than-meets-the-eye-an-open-collab-discussion-tl-by-otakuninja2006.524879/page-4#post-23202416 The timeline's getting rebooted, so yeah...... Also, for discussion and stuff like that, this...

This is my new test timeline to legitimately test out the waters and see how/what I do before going to bigger stuff. This timeline is focused on a earlier start in otaku culture in the United States of America. This will also cover the animation, broadcasting, television, gaming, children's...

What if disney buys crunchyroll instead of Sony in 2021?

Osamu Tezuka was perhaps the single greatest influence on manga and anime. Revered in his own lifetime to the point where his death arguably overshadowed Hirohito's the month before, his influence on the mediums he worked in remains very powerful to this day. However, few things in history can...

Orient is an alternate history manga set in the Sengoku Jidai, as mentioned in the first page of the manga, the Point of Divergence is when the Kishin appeared and killed all the famous Sengoku Daimyo. We don’t know what exactly caused the Kishin to appear in the human world, but I have a...

How early could anime become widely popular in the United States?

UPDATE 2: Nevermind, you can comment here. Turns out the guy who said to move this to Fandom AH was wrong to tell me to do that. Now the post in that forum is no longer open to replies. UPDATE: Don't comment here anymore on what your AH Theories are, I am new to this site. I have been told by...

As you may know, on 16th December, 1997, the infamous Pokémon anime episode "Electric Soldier Porygon" was aired in Japan, causing over 700 Japanese viewers of the episode to suffer adverse health effects, such as epileptic seizures, vomiting and irritated eyes, due to use of a flashing strobe...

Everyone knows the style of Anime. The animation style created in Japan. It generally focuses less on movement, and more on the detail of settings and use of "camera effects", such as panning, zooming, and angle shots, diverse art styles, and character proportions and features can be quite...

And The Award for Best picture at the 46th Academy award goes to......Beauty and the Beast!! How does Disney's Beauty and the Beast beat Silence of the Lambs? And what does this win do for animated films in the American film industry?

Disclaimer: I am not here to whitewash or excuse rape, wanton mass murder or genocide or any utterly horrible crimes, I am simply interested in exploring some fascinating pop-culture questions. In regards to some questionable threads or posts I may have made in the past on certain characters...