Manga & Anime
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Director of Annie-Nominated ‘Look Back’ Creates Short Film for Disaster-Hit Fukushima Prefecture
FUKUSHIMA — A new animation created by Kiyotaka Oshiyama — known as the director of blockbuster a...
March 17, 2025
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Folktale-Inspired Manga Unique in Format Confronts Readers with Harsh Reality; Final Installment of Kanta on Manga
This is the final installment of this column, which began in the spring of 2015. Since last fall,...
February 21, 2025
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‘Ranma½’ Back After 30 Years; Beloved Japanese Anime Classic Transformed, Original Cast Returning
After 30 years, Rumiko Takahashi’s slapstick rom-com “Ranma1/2” is back. With its bold characters...
January 17, 2025
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Animation Legend Rintaro’s Autobiographical Manga, a Reverse Import from France
“Ginga Tetsudo 999” (“Galaxy Express 999”) in 1979, “Genma Taisen” (“Harmagedon”) in 1983 and “Me...
January 17, 2025
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Cosplaying Gaining Ground, Inspiring New Businesses; Growth Area in Japan’s Pop Culture
Cosplaying is becoming ever more popular. Once treated as only a pastime for enthusiasts, it is g...
January 2, 2025
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Konomi Suzuki: The Fiery Hot Star of the Anison World
Anison (anime song) singer Konomi Suzuki is popular for her sweet appearance and powerful voice. ...
December 27, 2024
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English Version of Japanese Classic Manga ‘Ashita No Joe’ to Go on Sale; First Volume Released in the U.S. on Tuesday
The English version of “Ashita no Joe,” a well-known classic manga about the world of boxing, is ...
December 23, 2024
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Satoru Hiura Marks 40th Anniversary of Her Career as Manga Creator; Works Still Continuously Serialized
Manga creator Satoru Hiura has been representing charming women who reflect their times in her wo...
December 20, 2024
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‘Sakamoto Days’ A Thrilling and Visually Innovative Chronicle of the Life of A Retired Assassin
Some manga series make us realize decades later that they changed the “grammar” of manga, even th...
December 20, 2024
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Bandai Namco to Allow Visitors to Enter Gundam World at 2025 Expo; Special Gundam-Related Event to be Held During Osaka-Kansai Expo
Visitors to Bandai Namco Holdings Inc.’s pavilion at the 2025 Osaka-Kansai Expo will experience l...
December 8, 2024
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2 Stories Beautifully Merge in ‘Heavenly Delusion’
For a long time, I have been interested in Masakazu Ishiguro, a manga creator with a cult followi...
November 15, 2024
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Streaming Services Boost Anime Popularity Overseas; Former ‘Geeky’ Interest More Beloved Among Gen Z than 3 Major U.S. Sports
The value of media exported by Japan, such as films, anime and manga, rivals that of steel and se...
November 8, 2024
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‘Kagurabachi’ Manga is Future of Weekly Shonen Jump after Completion of ‘My Hero Academia,’ ‘Jujutsu Kaisen’
Two mega-hits serialized in the manga magazine Shukan Shonen Jump (Weekly Shonen Jump), “My Hero ...
October 18, 2024
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Kyoto Animation to Produce First New Work Since Attack; ‘City the Animation’ to be Broadcast in 2025
Kyoto Animation Co. in Uji, Kyoto, will produce a completely new work to be broadcast in 2025, th...
September 24, 2024
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Manga on Siberian Intervention Sheds New Light on Modern Japanese History; Brutality in Senseless War
The Siberian intervention, a conflict in which Japan participated alongside other countries, cert...
September 20, 2024
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