This past week, I attended Licensing Expo in Las Vegas, my first time going since 2010. Catching up with my old licensees from my Capcom days as well as helping my current clients navigate the world of anime licensing made for an energizing(and exciting!) experience. Back home in Berkeley, I Read more…
When Bandai Namco recruited me in 2011, I had experience with Japanese content from both Capcom and Crunchyroll. I was in the US for Capcom and primarily in Japan for Crunchyroll, but I had never worked in Japan for a Japanese company before. So when I got to Bandai Namco, Read more…
I got to Capcom as a spunky kid who had worked all of a few months in game testing and run his own anime convention. So how, just a short time after my 2+ year stint at Capcom, did I end up becoming Crunchyroll’s licensing guy? Hint: it involves learning Read more…