Please verify your email address. Anime popularity varies between Japan and the USA due to cultural differences. USA trending towards plot-focused anime, Japan prefers character-driven.

Move over, Marvel. The next blockbuster entertainment franchise might come from Japan. Anime is shaping up as the country’s next big export industry, beyond cars and electronics. This once-niche ...

In a career spanning more than 50 years, Japanese artist Yoshitaka Amano has gained a following as an animator, illustrator, ...

To better understand the anime audience in the U.S., we'll explore the differing tastes of the latest simulcast season here compared to the Japanese audience. While currently airing titles do not ...

Anime is Japan’s next big export industry. Japanese animation and comics were already mainstream — is the highest-grossing media franchise ever — but have expanded hugely. The market for ...

TOKYO, Nov 7, 2024 - (JCN Newswire) - Anime Tokyo Station, an anime exhibition hub that utilizes Japanese anime content with a strong fan base around the world and is operated by The Association ...

Now in its 19th year, the Japanese anime convention, Youmacon, takes place, non-stop, over the course of four days from 6 p.m. on Thursday, Oct 31 through 6 p.m. on Sunday, Nov 3 at Huntington ...

CHIBA, Japan -- Last month, dozens of gamers stood patiently in line in a dimly lit area of the Makuhari Messe convention center outside Tokyo, waiting to be summoned into the company of fantasy ...

is drawn and animated in anime art style, and she derives part of her name from dabuchi, the name for double cheeseburger items currently being sold at Japanese McDonald's locations. Anime-style ...

What does a Japanese person recall? Doraemon, the friendly robot helper of an enormously popular eponymous anime series. So goes an anecdote making the rounds in Japanese tech circles. It suggests ...