CCI Take: Luxury Can’t Afford to Ignore China’s ACG Community

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Over the past decade, China’s ACG subculture has gone increasingly mainstream, emerging as one of the most important channels for reaching millennial and Gen Z consumers, whose tastes (and spending power) can’t be ignored. Read More

Tencent Targets Japan Anime, Manga to Jump-Start Global Growth

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Tencent Holdings Ltd., spurned in years past by Japan’s guarded entertainment industry, is rekindling its courtship of the country’s fabled anime and manga houses. Read More

Will China’s Animation Soon Beat the US and Japan In the Global Market?

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Animated film 'Ne Zha' broke domestic box office records and earned US$700 million, but can Chinese animation studios beat current leaders US and Japan in the global market? Read More

How ’90s Kids Are Redrawing the Boundaries of Chinese Animation

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China’s millennials are all grown up. The country’s animation industry is finally starting. Read More

Chinese Animated Romance Film ‘White Snake’ Coming to Select U.S. Theaters

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This animated feature film from China's Light Chaser Animation and Warner Brothers will be released in select U.S. theaters in November. Read More

In Depth: Is China’s Animation Industry Ready to Take Off?

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China’s animation industry is on a rising path after a long period of slow growth, signaling huge market potential, analysts said. Investors are also turning to animation as production costs are lower without casts of real people and with relatively less regulatory risk. Read More

Animated Film About Cheeky Kid With Powers Breaks Records

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“Ne Zha” has become the highest-grossing Chinese animated movie of all time, snatching the spotlight from Disney’s ‘Lion King’ remake. Read More

The Unincredibles: Why China Isn’t an Animation Superpower

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For those trying to resuscitate China’s animation industry, it’s about more than cute flicks — it’s about national pride. Read More

Animaniacs: Understanding China’s Nostalgia-Fueled Cartoon Craze

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A remake of a beloved childhood cartoon aired in China this week, eliciting varied reactions and a wave of nostalgia among netizens. Read More

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