BookWalker shops for ComiXology's gap

Published: 2026-07-30T04:09:41.340Z

Kadokawa's BookWalker is moving into Western comics for the first time, while Kuro Games builds its own animation pipeline for Wuthering Waves, two signals of IP owners pulling distribution and produc

BookWalker goes hunting for ComiXology's leftovers. BookWalker Global is officially shopping for Western comics. Kadokawa's platform, now run by Texas-based M12 Media, is in talks to add manga-adjacent titles from non-Japanese publishers, a first for a Source: https://news.animenomics.com/p/bookwalker-opens-door-to-manga-adjacent-e-books
Kuro Games opens an anime studio for Wuthering Waves. Kuro Games just launched an anime studio called Kuro Onroad, and its first project is a Wuthering Waves animated series. That's a game company building its own animation pipeline, no licensing out, no Source: https://awnchina.cn/kuro-games-%e6%ad%a3%e5%bc%8f%e6%88%90%e7%ab%8b%e5%85%a8%e6%96%b0%e5%8b%95%e7%95%ab%e5%93%81%e7%89%8c-kuro-onroad%ef%bc%8c%e4%b8%a6%e5%85%ac%e4%bd%88%e3%80%8a%e9%b3%b4%e6%bd%ae%ef%bc%9a%e6%a5%b5/
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