AKATSUKI

Los Angeles-based Akatsuki Entertainment USA to focus on films based on manga, anime, novels Smartphone game developer Akatsuki Inc. announced on Tuesday that it has founded a new subsidiary company named Akatsuki Entertainment USA in Los Angeles. The entertainment production company will focus on developing film adaptations of Japanese content, including manga, anime, and novels for a global market. Annmarie Sairrino Bailey (left in picture below), formerly of All Nippon Entertainment Works (ANEW) and later former senior vice president of Development & Production at Entertainment Media Ventures, will head the new company, and Sandy Climan, founder and President of Entertainment Media Ventures and ANEW CEO and Representative Board Director, will advise the company. Moeko Suzuki (right in picture below) will be the company's Tokyo head. Suzuki stated in the announcement that Hollywood has a strong interest in Japanese content, but "negotiations can often be complicate