Publisher PLAYISM and developer Silver Lining Studio will release a physical bundle of Behind the Frame: The Finest Scenery and The Star Named EOS for Switch on August 7 in Japan, the companies ...

Sibling animation studios MAPPA and Contrail produced an anime short titled "Kikasete Hoshii Kimi no Koto" (Tell Me About Yourself), which started streaming on the official YouTube channel of Tokyo's ...

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

On Mar 28, 2025, Japan's first AI anime, Twins Hinahima, was released nationwide. As already mentioned, the anime used artificial intelligence as its central means of animating. The anime was only ...

Declan Rice curled home two superb free kicks to help give Arsenal a 3-0 win over defending champion Real Madrid in the first leg of the Champions League quarterfinals on Tuesday. Rice opened the ...

In contrast, most modern-day Japanese anime often stick to a familiar formula — whether in storytelling techniques or animation styles. Much of the industry appears to rely on a proven template ...

The new anime from Shinichiro Watanabe has finally debuted. It is one of the most anticipated series in the Spring 2025 season, so it is not at all surprising to see the interest in this title after ...

What if Japan has been living under this "filter" far before the rest of the world even noticed? How did a blend of anime, diplomacy, and culture become one of the world's most powerful soft tools ...

Cheap Trick, Night Ranger and Winger are all planning to say goodbye to Japan in 2025. All three bands have announced farewell tours for the Far East island country, which has played an important ...

Toussaint Egan (he/him) is a curation editor, out to highlight the best movies, TV, anime, comics ... in the wake of the Great East Japan Earthquake of 2011 and the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear ...

Puttur, Mar 27: In a shocking incident, a young man who fell from a moving train was found 15 hours later near Savanoor. The incident occurred on March 25 when Uday Kumar, who was traveling from Kumta ...

SUMMARY Twins Hinahima is Japan's first AI-made anime with 95% usage of AI and its director thinks that it will benefit animators. Iizuka Naomichi has stated that using AI would lead to lower ...