To recognize the impact that Animate has had in Japan, and especially in honor of the biggest anime store in the world, the otaku neighborhood of Ikebukuro in Tokyo has officially changed the name ...

TOKYO -- March is a major month for Japan's anime industry. Last weekend, the warrens of Tokyo's Ikebukuro neighborhood ...

TOKYO -- March is a major month for Japan's anime industry. Last weekend, the warrens of Tokyo's Ikebukuro neighborhood hosted the 12th annual Tokyo Anime Award Festival, whose boastful theme, "Tokyo ...

Jujutsu Kaisen fans will love the action, the demonic villains, and killer animation. The story being ... is set in the grimy and bustling city of Ikebukuro, where the supernatural mixes with ...

In addition, WACCA ikebukuro, AnimeJapan 2025, and animate Co. are lending their support. Aka Akasaka and Mengo Yokoyari’s Oshi no Ko manga series took the world by storm in recent years, and the ...

Hunting for K-pop albums or rare anime merch? These Seoul & Tokyo stores have everything a fan could want—official goods, ...

Though not technically the first animated film, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs proved the format could be profitable, and the company dominated the animation genre for decades after, often using ...

These are heady days for toons in Asia. The HKIFF Industry Project Market has seen a staggering 60% jump in animation submissions versus last year — of the 48 projects in the project market ...

2 of killing two people and injuring nine others in a 2019 traffic accident in Tokyo's Ikebukuro district and sentenced to five years in prison. Prosecutors sought a maximum seven-year prison ...

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A lot of people in the vfx and animation industries have been on edge this weekend as word spreads that Paris-based vfx conglomerate Technicolor Group is on the brink of total collapse.

Shinji Aoba, the arsonist found guilty of killing 36 people in an attack on a Kyoto Animation Co. studio in 2019, made clear he is appealing the Jan. 25 death sentence simply to buy time to ...