Nickelodeon continues SpongeBob 25th anniversary celebration at NYCC
Plus Max & the Midknights and much more!
ANIME NYC ’24: Evan Minto’s Manga Magazine Mania
At Anime NYC, Azuki co-founder Evan Minto took the audience on a journey through the history of manga magazine publishing.
ANIME NYC ’24 INTERVIEW: kensuke ushio and Hiroyuki Aoi
At Anime NYC, we had the opportunity to speak briefly with kensuke ushio and producer Hiroyuki Aoi about the upcoming Dandadan.
Anime NYC ’24: The past present and future of MACROSS
At Anime NYC '24, Macross creator Shoji Kawamori took us on a winding trip through the history of the series.
INTERVIEW: Waki Kiyotaka + Yoshihiro Watanabe talk the evolution of Orange
Studio Orange producers Waki Kiyotaka and Yoshihiro Watanabe talk to The Beat about the evolution of the anime studio and industry
SPX 2024 updates: badges, hotel rooms etc.
Some updates on this year's Small Press Expo in Bethesda, MD - and some words of warning about booking a hotel room.
A tale of two communities: Fanatics Fest and FlameCon 2024
Fanatics Fest - Comic-Con for sports - and Flame Con - all things geeky and queer - both took place in New York over the same weekend.
Exclusive: HEAT SEEKER: COMBUSTION #1 brings GUN HONEY back in November
Titan Comics and Hard Case Crime announced Heat Seeker: Combustion at San Diego Comic-Con 2024, expanding the Gun Honey universe once more.
Otakon 2024: Exploring the Anime Home Video Museum
To wrap up The Beat's Otakon 2024 coverage, Adam Wscott details the Anime Home Video Museum, a hybrid panel and exhibition detailing the impact of video formats on anime distribution
Shocker! NYCC expands to Wednesday with “Retailer Day”
New York Comic Con expands to five days in 2024, with Retailer Day on Wednesday, including presentations from Lunar, ComicsPRO and Tiny Onion
Otakon 2024: Leviathan made me believe a jellyfish could fly
At Otakon 2024, Qubic Pictures in collaboration with the CG studio Orange previewed their upcoming project, Leviathan.
SDCC ’24: Comic-Con police blotter report
Was there a Comic-Con crime wave? TMZ looked at the police reports.




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