In Japan, "anime," pronounced "ah-nee-meh," are cartoons that date back to the early 1900s. A related Japanese term is "manga," which refers to animated cartoons and comics in general, not necessarily ...

David Heath is a List Writer from the UK specializing in video games, movies, TV shows, and the occasional anime. This work from 1979 about a kindly inventor who lives in the woods certainly looks ...

What kind of world do we live in when the Japan Society dedicates three months to “The Genius of Japanese Lacquer” and only four days to its amazing “Dawn of Japanese Animation” film series? Between ...

Since the dawn of time (animation time at least), people who aren’t in the know have categorised Japanese anime and American cartoons under the umbrella term of ‘animation’, expecting them both to ...

Japan’s most beloved pop culture icon has been Disney-fied, prompting an online conversation among devoted Japanese anime fans. Doraemon, a robotic cat from the 22nd century, first appeared in print ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about the business of fandom. “You could watch and sort of figure it out from the visuals,” Nadelman, 45, remembers. “We ...

Kristin Hart was surprised when her daughter started calling her Okaa-san. That’s “Mother” in Japanese, and it’s among the words Aimee, 12, has been increasingly using at home since she started ...

There’s an art to screaming well. It requires a lack of inhibition, a willingness to holler with a gaping maw and full-throated sincerity. Your audience will know if you don’t mean it. From inside a ...