One of the best anime movies Akira (Image via Tokyo Movie Shinsha) Set in the dystopic Neo-Tokyo, the genre-defining Akira, animated by Tokyo Movie Shinsha, chronicles Kaneda and Tetsuo as their ...

After Mushi Pro folded in 1973, he worked a bit for Tokyo Movie Shinsha, drawing storyboards and directing episodes in a handful of TV series. Around 1975 he began working at Sanrio, which was just ...

Sakamoto Days is now at the halfway mark of its debut season, and Netflix is teasing what’s coming in the second half with a ...

Hong Kong director-producer has been scouting locations for an action movie in north Japan, leading to hopes that he will ...

Wright received an original request from Meiji Shrine to translate poems of Emperor Meiji (1852-1912) and Empress Shoken (1850-1914) in 1964, when he was a student at Tokyo’s Keio University.

Exams, crushes, after-school hijinks — these school anime explore all the ups and downs of life as a student — in ordinary or ...

Japanese moviegoers are famously well-behaved, even carting out their empty soda cups and popcorn containers after the screening. They also tend to make few sounds beyond titters for comedies or ...

On February 6, 2025, the new Anpanman movie announced its release date, June 27, 2025, and its official title through a promotional video on its official X account.

As previously reported, Rent-a-Girlfriend Season 4 will premiere in July 2025 – the production has now revealed it will be ...

A brand-new exhibition for the Oshi no Ko anime has been announced. Anime Tokyo Station will be hosting the "Let's Enjoy together!! History of Anime Series OSHI NO KO" exhibition from early ...

The Syndicate will oversee sales rights moving forward on a slate of Rabbits Black-backed films, including upcoming thriller ...

The top shows and movies new on Netflix this week are once again headlined by the return of a surprise hit from 2023.