"Monkey Quest," Toei Animation's ambitious new production sneak peeked Monday at Annecy, was born from a simple question, ...

Rightsport Inc. today announced the North American debut of Opanchu Usagi, the wildly popular character by Japanese ...

The US president has angered some fans by using the images of characters like Pikachu and Naruto.

You’d think the number of animators would grow accordingly, but it didn’t increase that much,” said Fukumiya Ayano, of Nippon ...

TOKYO - Japan's Finance Ministry is considering minting commemorative coins featuring anime and manga characters, as well as ...

While anime is deeply rooted in Japanese culture, some of its most memorable characters aren’t from Japan at all. These figures come from across the globe, Germany, England, Austria, even outer space, ...

French sales banner Charades has boarded “The Keeper of the Camphor Tree,” an upcoming animated feature from Japanese entertainment company Aniplex and director Tomohiko Ito. The film is an adaptation ...

"The medium is so popular now," says Leigh, who remembers when anime existed mostly on home video and hardly ever played in theaters. "My friends out of state have seen the ‘Chainsaw’ movie. It was a ...

David Heath is a List Writer from the UK specializing in video games, movies, TV shows, and the occasional anime. Non-Japanese characters in Japanese cartoons can be a tricky topic. Most characters in ...

Take a voyage into the enchanting world of manga in this excellent short film from Japan. The 2-minute animated short is called Light Hole and it's made by a Japanese book publisher called Kodansha ...