(THE CONVERSATION) At the end of Katsuhiro Otomo’s dystopian Japanese anime film “Akira,” a throbbing, white mass begins to envelop Neo-Tokyo. Eventually, its swirling winds engulf the metropolis, ...

Chika Suzugamori is a college student who has been shopping some manga pitches around to publishers ever since she won a rookie manga award, but keeps getting rejected. Just as she was about to lose ...

A new anime-inspired cocktail menu makes for a lively, animated experience at Sora Skybar in Phnom Penh, Cambodia.

According to operator West Japan Railway Co. (JR West), this marks the first time the franchise's characters have appeared on ...

Everything You Need To Know About Anime And Manga Jaat Box Office Day 3 Early Estimates: Sunny Deol's mass-actioner flirts with double digits on Saturday, growing 40 percent from Friday KNK’s Kim Hyun ...

As it turned out, the real-life Hunter Exam was nearly as merciless as the manga version. Shortly after the starting siren went off, one participant was already injured. The problem? The cross-country ...

Jujutsu Kaisenis a show about gruesome demons, beloved characters, cursed domains, and ample bloodshed, and it was named the ...

The author of “Convenience Store Woman” has gained a cult following by seeing the ordinary world as science fiction.

Twenty years ago, when I was a few months shy of turning 13, I engaged in my usual Saturday morning ritual. That ritual ...

The Great Kanto Earthquake that struck Japan in 1923 laid bare the need for a nationwide information system to keep citizens safe. Two years later, stations in three cities—Tokyo, Osaka and ...

OSAKA — West Japan Railway Co. on Saturday debuted a new Shinkansen train themed around popular anime “One Piece,” in ...

Financial magazine Barron’s published a piece arguing that Japan would be the country hurt worst by tariffs from America.