About Kokoro Media

Kokoro Media’s blog is written specifically for content & licensing executives who are in and interested in working in media that originates or is purely influenced from outsides the United States: specifically the media-rich countries of Japan and the rest of the Far East.

Japanese and Asian media is one of the fastest growing media segments in the United States. This includes: Anime, Manga (Asian-style graphic novels), movies, Music, J-Dramas (Japanese Dramas), and much more. Top selling manga series hitting new highs, with continued expansion of the number of titles tied to movie and TV projects. Anime DVD licenses have been the fastest growing market segment in DVD sales. Anime is no longer distributed just on DVD, but available legally online for downloading, available at your fingertips on digital cable, or for previewing on your mobile phone. In our digitized world, this is the time when Anime and Manga can be licensed and monetized..

We cover the licensing & content distribution metrics of this rapidly growing market and its market innovations in video, music, mobile, gaming, books, and online. As with any growing pop-culture/media market, there are plenty of challenges and a multitude of success stories. We document those success stories here.

The second largest media revenue producing country in the world is Japan

In Japan, more than one third of media purchases are based on media that is created in the United States. This is common in other Asian and European countries as well—companies license media from the United States for their domestic markets.

Who are we?

Prior to founding Kokoro Media, Devin A. Brown was the COO/EVP of Consect, the mobile metrics market research firm and creator of VNU/Billboard’s Top 20 Hot Ringtones Chart. Devin has also held various executive positions at Frost & Sullivan, Silicon Alley Reporter / Venture Reporter, SourceMedia and The Deal LLC.

Contributing to Kokoro Media is Madeline Ashby. Madeline is also a regular contributor to Frames Per Second Magazine and a presenting speaker in 2007 at the International Conference for the Fantastic in the Arts and the Popular Culture Association national conferences.