Top Ten Anime News Events of 2007 Listed

Japanese anime news site Anime! Anime! has compiled its list of 2007’s top 10 international news events related to the anime industry. They are:

• The organization of the JAniCA Japanese professional animators & creators support organization
• A decrease in the number of television anime productions
• The successive interruptions of broadcasts of TV anime [including School Days, Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Kai, Moetan]
• Geneon USA’s withdrawl from the the anime distribution market
• The increase in international recognition of illegal anime distribution
• The merger of Production I.G. and Mag Garden
• The Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music’s development of a major specializing in animation
• The surprise success of the new Evangelion motion picture
• The significant broadcast of free anime on the BS11 satellite TV network
• The 2007 Japan International Contents Festival