Anime News Network spoke with Rock is a Lady's Modesty director Shinya Watada about working with real-life group BAND-MAID, ...

How a clairvoyant manga, official government megaquake predictions, and even a horror movie have coincided to create a perfect storm of panic in Japan.

Ryo Tatsuki, a Japanese manga artist and self-proclaimed clairvoyant, has sparked widespread fear with her prophecy of a ...

Anime and Hindu mythology, though seemingly disparate, share profound thematic connections. Both traditions explore cosmic ...

In the meantime, the main cast and the English logo have been revealed. Here’s the leading lineup: ...

The show that started it all. The original Gundam introduced the mobile suit that gave the franchise its name, and tells an epic story of war and rivalry between hero Amuro Ray and the charismatic ...

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.

Viz Media, one of the leading publishers and distributors of manga and anime in North America ... and authors Matt Alt (Pure Invention: How Japan's Pop Culture Influenced the World) and Hiroko ...

Over in Japan, TBATE ranks #6 on Netflix, #2 on U-Next, and #2 on D-Anime in the latest weekly ratings. It's also ranked #9 on Prime Video in Japan. It seems Japanese otaku aren't caught up in the ...

Detective Conan's 27th movie, 'The Million-dollar Pentagram,' premiered in Japan on April 12 ... or in limited theater screenings. The anime series itself is also available on Crunchyroll and ...

Japanese anime enthusiasts have chosen their top isekai anime. Minna no Ranking revealed the list after a poll with over 47,000 votes. That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime secured the first ...

MLB has announced a new anime campaign featuring baseball stars from around the league, with one player repping the Astros in the Japanese animation promotion. This season, Major League Baseball ...