Japan’s prodcos up violence to fight waning local interest in anime and focus on foreign sales

Kunihiko Sakurai is nervously slurping the last of his iced coffee. The 37-year-old animation producer needs a java jolt before heading into Tokyo's Madhouse Studio to crack the whip. It's almost 8 p.m., but the animators doing the Cardcaptors animation film...
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September 1, 2000

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