All are beloved fictional baseball characters found through the decades within Japanese comic books, the artform now known ...

Since the release of Sally the Witch back in 1966, the ‘magical girl’ (maho shojo) has become one of the most popular ...

Twins Hinahima director Iizuka Naomichi explains why generative AI could help create valuable opportunities for workers in ...

An influential Japanese art form is serving as a bridge to Ukraine ... Fukuoka Prefecture. Liliia loves anime and manga, and that's what inspired her to choose Japan. From an early age, she ...

Blackboards in Japan are typically filled with equations and kanji characters. But a group of elementary school graduates in ...

Japan has produced a wide range of manga and anime about the horrors of World War II, but the recent undertaking for war-related publication has been described as “beyond imagination.” ...

but the Kyoto International Manga Museum focuses on a very current form of Japanese art. Manga is a style of comics that exploded in popularity during the post-World War II period (though some ...

In November 2024, Japan’s Agency for Cultural Affairs and other organizations released a list of manga and anime titles loved by international visitors in Japan. Starting with the top-ranked ...