Mamoru Hosoda, the Academy Award-nominated director of Belle and The Girl Who Lept Through Time, is back. His new movie, Scarlet, the story of a sword-wielding princess who transcends space and time, ...

The Secretariat of Intellectual Property Strategy Headquarters, Cabinet Office Japan, and Anime Tourism Association announced ...

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Though the biggest VTubers host concerts and events, most remain in the digital realm, livestreaming footage of themselves ...

Beijing lost no time in co-opting “Ne Zha 2” as a symbol of China’s creative rise and cultural “soft power moment.” State ...

Gawr Gura, the most popular VTuber in the world, has officially announced her retirement. A computer-generated cross between ...

The fourth installment of Billboard Japan’s series exploring the trends and characteristics of MAJ will focus on the Best ...

I wanted to make a point of placing the monsters within the daily life of Tokyo,” says the photographer Tess Ayano, who spent ...

From Hello Kitty to Pikachu, the country changed what the world considers adorable. But do these characters represent joy — ...

The 2027 edition of the massive Lucasfilm fan convention will coincide with the 50th anniversary of the release of the ...

Kawara’s Ojisan Trading Card Game turns real-life older men into playable characters, connecting generations through ...

Many well-known, cute, pop culture characters and products can be traced to Japan, particularly after World War II, when Japanese animation – known as anime – and a style of Japanese comics ...