Let’s get all Harper’s Index for a moment, if you don’t mind. Some numbers to mull over:
Attendees at Worldcon 2007, Yokohama: 3,348
Tokyo-metropolitan area population: roughly 35,000,000
Attendees at Worldcon 2008, Denver: 3,752
Denver Metropolitan area population: roughly 570,000
Attendees at Tokyo’s 2007 Summer Comiket: 550,000
(Worldcon Attendance Data)
Number of monthly print magazines devoted to SF based in Japan: One.
Number [...]
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A Fan in Japan
WSJ: The Decline of Anime
The Wall Street Journal today in its print and online editions is talking about the “decline of anime“. Though it calls it a decline, it is more that the Japanese dominated industry is struggling due to increased competition and and low pay and long hours for employees. With anime’s growing popularity in the West, I [...]
