Overview
- Crunchyroll will hold the one-day Crunchyroll Anime Future Forum on Oct. 7 at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center as a lead-in to New York Comic Con.
- Organizers say more than 400 industry figures will attend the invitation-only event that is framed as a business and creative summit.
- Speakers include Guillermo del Toro, James Gunn, Bob Persichetti and Justin K. Thompson alongside influencers such as Amber Glenn, Big Sean and Jordan Howlett.
- Panels will focus on fandom, technology, storytelling and intellectual-property protection with sessions on transmedia, theatrical strategy and the future of manga.
- Senior Sony executives Hiroki Totoki and Ravi Ahuja will speak and Crunchyroll president Rahul Purini will close the forum with observations and news, underscoring Sony’s push to make Crunchyroll a global IP and distribution hub.