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On where anime IP meets gaming, iGaming, and slot machines. The licensing chain, the economics, what it says about anime industry priorities.

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Mobile Gacha Games Aren't Anime. They're Just Wearing Anime's Clothes.
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Mobile Gacha Games Aren't Anime. They're Just Wearing Anime's Clothes.

I have spent enough time with anime-styled gacha games to have specific criticisms of them as a medium. The most useful one…

Kenji Watanabe Kenji Watanabe May 9, 2026 5 min read
I Spent Three Years Cataloging Anime IP in Slot Machines. Here's What That Actually Tells Us.
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I Spent Three Years Cataloging Anime IP in Slot Machines. Here's What That Actually Tells Us.

I started keeping a spreadsheet in 2022. Every time I saw an anime IP licensed into a slot machine, pachinko cabinet, or…

Kenji Watanabe Kenji Watanabe May 9, 2026 4 min read

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