It’s why Grave of the Fireflies author Akiyuki Nosaka only agreed to let his short story be adapted into an anime film by Isao Takahata’s team at Studio Ghibli: The form could capture the emotions of ...

College of DuPage in Glen Ellyn is celebrating Japan’s iconic Shogun era with a never-seen-in-the-U.S. art exhibit. “Hokusai ...

Japan chooses its top 10 most-anticipated anime of Summer 2025, including international hits such as Dr. Stone, Sakamoto Days ...

The world-famous anime industry in Japan that hires artists to draw is now turning to AI to save money and time, but at what cost?

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Astar Network partners with Animoca Brands to expand Web3 reach by linking anime IP, NFTs, and blockchain identity tools.

Mangadex, one of the biggest manga scan sites, has been hit with a cataclysmic number of copyright strikes from Japanese publishers that removed hundreds of series all at once. And, while some of ...

In a new survey in Japan, the best anime and manga healers were revealed by fans, and the results were surprising. This character archetype is one of the most popular and common, not just in anime ...

Japan's Unfair Competition Prevention Act prohibits "the act of creating confusion with another person's goods or business by using an Indication of Goods or Business," such as selling similar ...

In the past few years, Japanese anime (a shortened transliteration of the English noun “animation”) has shifted from niche fandom to one of Japan’s most potent vectors of soft power.

Anime expert Marisa Balkus revealed Hollywood's misconceptions about anime on 'The Story Series Podcast'. She highlighted outdated views associating anime with pornography or limiting it to shonen ...