Catnip for Industry Wonks

Chad Kime, formerly of Geneon, is the special guest at Anime News Network's podcast this week. It doesn't take hosts Zac Bertschy and Justin Sevakis all that long to coaxe him into tell-all confessions of inventory, minimum guarantees, sales figures, returns, and honest-to-God numbers. Seriously, if you have any interest in the way the anime business actually works, if you really want to get a handle on the upheavals of the last five years, then put this week's episode on your MP3 player and ...