Documentary series, produced and hosted by company CEO and MediaOCD founder Justin Sevakis, features interviews with North American anime industry luminaries; Episodes 1 and 2 available on YouTube.
AnimEigo and parent company MediaOCD have announced The Anime Business Episode 3 is now available on YouTube. The documentary series features interviews with a variety of Western anime industry luminaries, providing insight into the genre’s popularization in North America.
The latest installment features Peter Tatara, an entrepreneur who launched Anime NYC and helped to build the annual event into North America’s second biggest anime convention.
Tatara recounts becoming captivated with anime after seeing Vampire Hunter D in high school and going on to found anime clubs before working at Central Park Media during the company’s waning days. He later joined Reed Pop Exhibitions and managed the event company’s extensive roster of anime convention programming as well as global business development. Tatara left to team up with Left Field Media and in 2017 launched Anime NYC, a dedicated Japanese pop culture convention in New York City. The annual event grew rapidly and drew more than 100,000 attendees in 2024.
Check out The Anime Business Episode 3 now:
Justin Sevakis, MediaOCD founder and AnimEigo CEO, produces and hosts the series. Sevakis founded the Anime News Network in 1998 and co-hosted the ANNCast from 2009-2015. He was the first in-house video and subtitle editor at anime distributor Central Park Media, and worked on Grave of the Fireflies and Project A-ko. He acquired anime distributor AnimEigo in 2024.
All episodes will be available in English. Japanese subtitles will also be available via a special grant from the Kleckner Foundation.
Episode 1 and 2 are available on the AnimEigo YouTube channel. Additional episodes and interviews are in production now.
Source: Animeigo
Dan Sarto is Publisher and Editor-in-Chief of Animation World Network.
