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BLUE
Product + Vision
Product development, UI/UX, engineering, creative direction, community vision and brand.
ABOUT / FOUNDERSTHE PEOPLE BEHIND FANIME™
Two founders.One shared obsession.
FANIME™ started with two anime fans who believed fandom deserved something bigger - a platform where community, content, creativity, activities, rewards and culture could actually exist together.
Meet the founders↓FOUNDERS
BUILT BY ANIME FANS ★ BUILT FOR ANIME FANS ★ COMMUNITY FIRST ★ INDEPENDENT ★ FOUNDER-LED ★ DALLAS + MINNESOTA ★ BUILT BY ANIME FANS ★ BUILT FOR ANIME FANS ★ COMMUNITY FIRST ★
01MEET THE FOUNDERS
FANIME hastwo people at its core.
Different backgrounds. Different strengths. The same goal: creating a home for anime and manga fans that feels like it was actually built by people who understand the culture.
CO-FOUNDER01
01 / 02CO-FOUNDER + CEO
ASHANTI “BLUE”
The builderbehind the vision.
Blue is FANIME's co-founder and CEO, leading the product, brand and creative vision behind the platform. From designing the experience to helping build the app itself, her focus is on turning FANIME from an idea into an ecosystem made specifically for anime culture.
ROLECEO
BASED INDallas–Fort Worth
ANIME #1Naruto
BLUE
CO-FOUNDER02
02 / 02CO-FOUNDER + COO/CFO
SAJIDA AHMED
The operatorhelping move it forward.
Sajida is FANIME's co-founder and COO/CFO, helping lead the operational and business side of the company. Her work helps turn the larger FANIME vision into something that can grow, operate and expand beyond the product itself.
ROLECOO / CFO
BASED INMinnesota
FAVORITESNaruto
SAJIDA
02BETTER TOGETHER
Different strengths.Same mission.
FANIME isn't the result of a boardroom deciding anime fans are a market worth targeting. It's being built from inside the community by founders who are part of that community themselves.
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SAJIDA
Operations + Business
Operations, finance, partnerships, business development and helping FANIME scale.
03WHY WE'RE BUILDING IT
THIS IS PERSONAL.
We weren't trying toenter anime culture.We were already here.
FANIME comes from years of watching anime, talking about anime, finding community through fandom and seeing how fragmented that experience can be online. We wanted to build the kind of platform we would have wanted to use ourselves.
THE STORY CONTINUES
Two founders wereonly the beginning.
See how FANIME went from an idea to a growing anime platform and community.
Explore our history↗FANIME