In a career spanning more than 50 years, Japanese artist Yoshitaka Amano has gained a following ... where Amano trained ...

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 ...

Many anime series have perfectly displayed the special bond between siblings. It is different from a friendship between two ...

We are not born to die. We are born to live." The cultural attaché at the embassy explains: "Japanese anime is very popular in Ukraine and has inspired many people to start studying the Japanese ...

Sakura Godber’s first instinct when considering baby names for her son in 2012 was to lean toward more Western names. Her own ...

Want to learn Japanese by playing video games and watching anime? A band of YouTubers — with the help of modern tools — has made learning one of the world’s most challenging languages into a ...

the 82-year-old Japanese anime master is No. 1 at the North American box office. Miyazaki’s latest enchantment, “The Boy and the Heron,” debuted with $12.8 million, according to studio ...

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 ...

A Japanese boy was stabbed on his way to school in China on Sept. 18. That’s the date when, nearly a century earlier in 1931, Japan invaded China. The child, who was 10 years old, was pronounced ...

NEW YORK--Hayao Miyazaki’s “The Boy and the Heron” nomination for best animated feature film for the 96th Academy Awards ended a five-year drought of Japanese works in the category.