Anime streaming giant Crunchyroll has partnered with the Media & Entertainment Association of India (MEAI) to become the title sponsor for the WAVES Anime & Manga Contest (WAM!) 2025. As part of the ...

Toei Animation, Kodansha, and broadcaster TBS, among others, have invested in Japanese AI startup Preferred Networks Inc. (PFN), helping them secure ¥50 billion in fresh funding. With this investment, ...

Hollywood actor and director Michael B. Jordan recently shared his disappointment at missing the limited IMAX screening of Hayao Miyazaki’s animated classic, Princess Mononoke. The film’s first-ever ...

To mark the 15th anniversary of the NieR series, Square Enix recently published a special interview with Producer Yosuke Saito and Creative Director Yoko Taro on April 28, 2025, reflecting on their ...

A One Piece animator has sparked fresh controversy online after publicly calling for the dismissal of the anime’s sound team, criticizing their work as unprofessional. Animator Sota Shigetsugu, known ...

Following recent experiments in AI-assisted animation (remember Twins HinaHima?), a Japanese company, Animon Dream Factory Co., Ltd., officially launched Animon.ai on April 25, 2025, promoting it as ...

Stock prices for major Japanese anime and content-related companies have seen remarkable growth over the past decade, significantly outperforming the broader market. Their position continues to remain ...

Takeru Hokazono’s Kagurabachi manga will surpass 2.2 million copies in circulation, including digital sales, with the release of its seventh volume on May 2, 2025. This was revealed on the official X ...

Daniella Pineda, who portrayed Faye Valentine in Netflix’s live-action adaptation of Cowboy Bebop, believes the show was cancelled too soon and says the series deserved a second season to prove itself ...

Popular shoujo manga Beauty Pop is making a comeback after 17 years with a sequel series titled ‘Beauty Pop Returns‘. It will begin serialization on April 27 via the digital platform Ciao Plus. The ...

The official X account of Netflix unveiled a trailer for the English live-action series based on Homura Kawamoto and Toru Naomura’s Kakegurui manga, titled BET. The trailer revealed that the series ...

The recent surge in AI-generated images mimicking the distinctive style of Studio Ghibli has prompted discussions among Japanese lawmakers regarding potential copyright infringement. During a House of ...