MAPPA co-founder Masao Maruyama warns that Chinese donghua may soon overtake Japanese anime, citing Japan's creative decline.

For years, countries like China and Korea have played a behind-the-scenes role in the Japanese anime industry, often ...

Anime titles make Japanese films the second largest category of imports into China by nationality, after those from the U.S. Box office tracking service Maoyan calculates that 75 Japanese anime ...

But he also attributed the strong performance of Japanese anime in China to proactive marketing activities. He explained that his company has introduced an “integrated business strategy ...

Mappa's founder, Masao Maruyama, insinuated the prospect of China's potential domination over Japan's anime hegemony. In a recent interview, Maruyama voiced his apprehension about the uncertain ...

OSAKA, Japan — Japanese screenwriter and director Hikaru Takeuchi is an avid fan of the Chinese web novel Apocalyptic ...

Where China is creating extravagant animation ... MAPPA and studio M2), who claimed that China might take over Japan in the anime industry because Japanese animators no longer show the desire ...

CHENGDU, China -- Japanese convenience store group ... referring to the popular Japanese anime series.