The popular streaming platform Bilibili wanted to grow its stable of VTubers. Instead, it threw the industry into chaos.

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To revisit Bubblegum Crisis is a burst of 90s anime nostalgia where the goofy mish-mash of Cyberpunk and Super Sentai was ...

TOKYO – One of Japan’s most successful manga series will be translated into English, 19 years after it began dominating its home market. The new version of Kingdom, which chronicles ancient ...

AMAKUSA, Kumamoto Prefecture—The unlikely friendship of a Japanese cartoonist and an Italian ... Set in Takahama's hometown, the manga features romance, adventure and buried treasure connected ...

The Gekijō-ban Anime Nintama Rantaro Ninjutsu Gakuen Zenin Shutsudō! no Dan anime film aired on NHK Educational on Sunday, March 16 at 3:40 p.m. and earned a 0.9% rating. The Sing a Bit of ...

The short film, titled “Aka No Kiwoku,” is a special project commissioned by the Fukushima Map, a publication that ...

Overseas tourists are flocking to lesser-known destinations and novel services in a district on Japan’s northernmost main island. But at least one place is still trying to play catch-up in ...

(Mainichi/Daisuke Wada) TOKYO -- As Japan's capital prepares to usher in cherry blossom season, companies and local governments are taking steps to ensure they can handle the influx of foreign ...

Japan last week became the first non-host nation to qualify for the 2026 World Cup. Iran joined the Samurai Blue on Tuesday. The rest of Asia will have to wait until the final window of third ...