One of Japan’s most celebrated and beloved comic book and anime creations, Urusei Yatsura delivered a total of just under 200 high-voltage weekly blasts of supernatural-and-alien-augmented ...

If you’ve looked around Twitter this month, you may have seen mention of Pui Pui Molcar. The stop-motion series is one of many short subjects featuring on children’s variety shows. But this one in ...

Manga in America have age ratings like All Ages or 16+, but who decides these ratings, how do they decide them, and how consistent are they? Some schools have pulled manga from the shelves over ...

Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba is the hot topic right now, with everyone from the New York Times to Japanese government officials talking about it. It’s a good time to be Koyoharu Gotoge, the creator ...

Senate Bill 20, which unanimously passed the Texas state senate, has some anime fans nervous because its vague wording could lead to anime and manga bans — and potentially even fans behind bars. The ...

Very sad news arrived this week out of the official staff Twitter account for Maon Kurosaki. The singer has been suffering from a chronic illness, and she suddenly passed away from its effects on ...

Part of a CBS Evening News segment on President Trump’s new tariffs gives examples of small businesses feeling the effects. They mainly decided to highlight Phantom Comics, a Washington, D.C. comic ...

The “beach episode” is an anime tradition. Characters pack up, grab their best swimsuits, and spend a day playing and soaking up sun. (And dealing out fanservice, of course.) But today, we’re not ...

A user of Japan’s social media site 2channel has unearthed a 2012 interview with Evangelion/Shin Godzilla mastermind Hideaki Anno that’s stirring up a lot of passionate comments. In the interview, ...

Ever think the current wave of reincarnation isekai could be more… well… metal? Good news: now there’s one that is! Kasuga Ryo’s Isekai Metaller is coming ...

Here’s yet another sign of Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba’s dominance throughout Japan. Now Sony is getting in on the tie-up game, releasing limited-edition Walkman music players and wireless ...

Haruki Murakami is a household name among literary enthusiasts, but whether you’ve read any of his collection of novels, essays, short stories, or not, you likely have heard of his work. Being ...