Winter 2025 has been an exciting season for anime fans, with several new anime releases and sequels of several beloved shows.

The Super Live stage musical is touring North America beginning in March - here's what you need to know! Global manga and ...

Do You Remember Love?' was released in Japanese theaters in 1984, it changed anime forever, and this new 4K restoration is a ...

Settsu, Osaka Pref., Jan. 28 (Jiji Press)--The western Japan city of Settsu marked the 50th anniversary this fiscal year since starting to give out its originally designed “randoseru ...

With her curvy figure, long black hair, and feline traits, Kuroka wields great power and has a playful, teasing demeanor. Chizuru Mizuhara is the central female character in the romantic comedy anime ...

Japan has lagged far behind other advanced economies on lists of female representation in positions of authority, and ranks 118th among 146 nations in the World Economic Forum’s gender equity ...

Japanese TV host Masahiro Nakai, who was a member of the former pop group SMAP, said Thursday he has retired from show business following alleged sexual misconduct that led broadcasters to suspend ...

Nakai lost several of his shows on Japanese TV this month following media ... a member of the J-Pop sensation SMAP, met the woman in 2023. The network denied those allegations, but said last ...

Japan's showbiz industry was then rocked by another bombshell sexual assault scandal against Hitoshi Matsumoto, one of the country's most popular comedians. In November, Matsumoto said he was ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. This photo released by China’s Xinhua News Agency shows Masahiro Nakai, one of Japanese pop group SMAP ...

Romance anime with strong female leads create narratives that go ... often mistaken for a ghost in Japanese folklore, changes her life using courage and love. In Kimi ni Todoke, Her relationship ...

which is billed as an anime set in a near-future Japan, starring an AI-generated heroine, Ainosaki. The character is conceived as “a symbol of the generative AI era… produced with love and AI.” ...