Oscar-nominated Japanese anime director Isao Takahata, who co-founded the Studio Ghibli and was best known for his work “Grave of the Fireflies”, has died aged 82, the studio said on Friday. “(His ...

With Japan's animation industry recording its highest-ever market value — JPY3.8 trillion ($23.7 billion), according to the Assn. of Japanese Animations — Toei Animation is in Cannes this week to make ...

Despite its ferocious popularity, people still tend to swear off anime entirely. These are usually the people whose reference ...

TOKYO (AP) — The man suspected of setting ablaze a beloved Japanese animation studio, killing 34 people, was raging about theft and witnesses and media reported he had a grudge against the company, as ...

"[Producer] Joseph Chou and I asked: How can Japanese anime reach the same level of mainstream awareness and emotional connection that major U.S. animated films have achieved with global audiences?" ...

When speaking of Anime Awards, the one that comes to most fans’ minds, at least for international anime fans, is The Crunchyroll Awards. The Crunchyroll Awards have been ongoing for years now, and ...

Warner Bros. Japan has released the main international trailer for All You Need Is Kill, the upcoming anime adaptation of Hiroshi Sakurazaka’s acclaimed sci-fi novel of the same name. The film will ...

The studio established a Global Strategy and Content Creation department last year, a formal expression of a direction it had been moving toward for some time. “The era when anime was something made ...