{"site":"Yomimono","license":"CC BY 4.0 (citation required)","generated_at":"2026-05-22T19:39:55.032Z","story":{"id":"r_5ce6c108bc5746cdb740ab99","slug":"crunchyroll-launches-inaugural-anime-leadership-summit-in-new-york","url":"https://yomimono.id/crunchyroll-launches-inaugural-anime-leadership-summit-in-new-york","headline":"Crunchyroll Launches Inaugural Anime Leadership Summit in New York","summary":"Crunchyroll announced on Friday that it will host its first invite-only industry summit, the Crunchyroll Anime Future Forum, in New York City on October 7. The one-day event will take place at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center, on the eve of New York Comic Con, which runs October 8 through October 11 at the same venue. The summit's theme is \"Designing for Anime's Future,\" with sessions planned around fandom, technology, storytelling, and intellectual property protection. Crunchyroll President Rahul Purini said in a statement that the event is the first and only type of industry event outside Japan where anime is the central topic of discussion. The company also announced that it has crossed 21 million paid subscribers globally. The summit will invite leaders from Japan's anime sector as well as from Hollywood, tech, gaming, and music industries. Specific speakers and programming have not yet been disclosed. The announcement came as Crunchyroll's parent company Sony Group prepared to report its fiscal-year earnings later on Friday in Tokyo.","why_it_matters":"The summit marks Crunchyroll's first attempt to formalize cross-industry collaboration between Japanese anime creators and international entertainment, tech, and gaming sectors outside of Japan.","published_at":"2026-05-17T14:16:04.000Z","source_count":2,"sources":["Anime News Network","The Hollywood Reporter Anime"],"citations":[{"source":"Anime News Network","title":"Crunchyroll Hosts Inaugural Anime Leadership Summit in New York on October 7","url":"https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2026-05-08/crunchyroll-hosts-inaugural-anime-leadership-summit-in-new-york-on-october-7/.237184"},{"source":"The Hollywood Reporter Anime","title":"Crunchyroll to Launch Inaugural Anime Leadership Summit in New York","url":"https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/crunchyroll-inaugural-anime-leadership-summit-in-new-york-1236589860/"}],"license_url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/","entities":{"anime_titles":[],"manga_titles":[],"studios":[],"people":[],"type":"event","domain":"industry","is_roundup":false}}}