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1 hour ago

8 Essential Animated Films

The gunshot scene in Bambi allows the audience to build fear, making them feel as frightened as Bambi, with visuals that resemble looking through tears.
Independent films
Video games
fromThe Verge
2 days ago

The new Tomodachi Life is made to be shared - even if Nintendo doesn't want you to

The latest Switch game balances player expression with safety, offering creative freedom but restricting sharing of creations.
NYC music
fromConsequence
2 days ago

YOASOBI Announce "Never Ending Stories" North American Tour

YOASOBI will embark on their 'Never Ending Stories' tour in North America starting July 31, 2026, with eight concert dates across various cities.
#tomodachi-life
Games
fromGame Informer
1 day ago

Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream Review - You Get What You Give - Game Informer

Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream offers a quirky life-sim experience but lacks meaningful social elements, diminishing its potential for viral engagement.
Games
fromGameSpot
1 week ago

Tomodachi Life Fans Are Already Running Wild With Its Character Creator

Tomodachi Life: Living The Dream features a robust character-creation tool, but Nintendo's anti-image-sharing policy limits online sharing of creations.
Games
fromGame Informer
1 day ago

Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream Review - You Get What You Give - Game Informer

Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream offers a quirky life-sim experience but lacks meaningful social elements, diminishing its potential for viral engagement.
Games
fromGameSpot
1 week ago

Tomodachi Life Fans Are Already Running Wild With Its Character Creator

Tomodachi Life: Living The Dream features a robust character-creation tool, but Nintendo's anti-image-sharing policy limits online sharing of creations.
Independent films
fromianVisits
2 days ago

Akira is returning to the big screen in a 4K restoration

Akira's immersive experience is best appreciated on the big screen, highlighting the importance of scale in cinema.
#one-piece
fromInverse
1 week ago
Television

Netflix Is Going All In On Its One Piece Universe

Netflix continues to expand the One Piece universe with new seasons and a LEGO adaptation aimed at younger audiences.
fromGameSpot
1 month ago
OMG science

The Search For The One Piece Has Turned Into A Real-World Quest

Manga creator Eiichiro Oda sealed the secret to One Piece in a capsule at the ocean floor 651 meters deep to celebrate 600 million sales worldwide, sparking global treasure-hunting efforts.
Television
fromInverse
1 week ago

Netflix Is Going All In On Its One Piece Universe

Netflix continues to expand the One Piece universe with new seasons and a LEGO adaptation aimed at younger audiences.
Los Angeles
fromDodger Blue
1 week ago

Dodgers teammates surprised by one of Shohei Ohtani's biggest interests

Shohei Ohtani has proven his worth on and off the field, contributing positively to the Dodgers' clubhouse culture.
Music production
fromKotaku
1 week ago

Attack On Titan Studio Caught With Generative AI In Latest Anime

Wit Studio confirmed the use of generative AI in the production of Ascendance of a Bookworm's opening sequence.
Venture
fromwww.engadget.com
1 week ago

AI animation studio Toonstar will turn books into digital shows for HarperCollins

HarperCollins partners with Toonstar to adapt book franchises into AI-driven digital shows, starting with the Friendship List series.
fromKotaku
2 weeks ago

AI-Generated Interview With One Piece Actor Published By Esquire

Esquire's Joy Ling stated, 'We were stoked to have some face time with the Japanese-American actor, but his schedule prevented it. With a driving need for a feature, we had to be inventive.'
Humor
Independent films
fromInverse
3 days ago

The Director of The Best Godzilla Movie Of the Decade Is Making A Mecha Epic

Takashi Yamazaki is set to direct a sequel to Godzilla: Minus One and his English-language debut, Grandgear, featuring giant mechs.
#anime
Television
fromIndieWire
1 week ago

5 Anime Series to Check Out This Spring

The anime industry experiences a crowded debut season with numerous shows launching simultaneously, making it challenging to discern standout series.
fromIndieWire
3 weeks ago
Fashion & style

Now Is the Perfect Time to Dive Into the Wacky World of 'JoJo's Bizarre Adventure'

Television
fromIndieWire
1 week ago

5 Anime Series to Check Out This Spring

The anime industry experiences a crowded debut season with numerous shows launching simultaneously, making it challenging to discern standout series.
fromIndieWire
3 weeks ago
Fashion & style

Now Is the Perfect Time to Dive Into the Wacky World of 'JoJo's Bizarre Adventure'

Video games
fromFilmmaker Magazine
1 week ago

Let's Play: Genki Kawamura and Jiro Nagae on a New Kind of Video Game Cinema

Genki Kawamura adapts the indie video game into a film, merging artistry with box office potential in a unique horror narrative.
fromdesignyoutrust.com
2 weeks ago

Amazing Vibrant Worlds Blending Miyazaki Vibes With Traditional Gouache Painting

Jean Mallard's signature technique involves applying watercolors almost like oil glazes, layering colors from light to dark in a slow, meticulous process to achieve incredibly vivid colors and smooth gradients.
Paris food
fromKotaku
4 days ago

Studio Behind Umamusume: Pretty Derby Reportedly Facing Insolvency

Studio Kai has accumulated a total net loss of 565 million yen, approximately $3.5 million, over seven years, indicating a state of insolvency.
Independent films
fromKotaku
1 week ago

Pokemon Champions Has Sauceless Drip

The vibes around Pokémon Champions have been mostly bad for a number of reasons since it launched today, but really I should have caught onto how much of a disappointment the Switch battle simulator would be right when I booted up the game and it handed me the absolute most sauceless Pokémon trainer this side of the Paldea region.
Games
DC food
fromInverse
3 weeks ago

Netflix's Bloodiest Anime Adaptation Is About To Introduce A Crucial Rivalry

The second season of Netflix's Devil May Cry series will focus on Dante and Vergil's complex relationship amid a conflict between Earth and Hell.
Video games
fromGame Informer
1 week ago

Exit 8 Director Genki Kawamura Discusses Adapting The Game, Narrative Inspirations, And Advice From Shigeru Miyamoto

The Exit 8 is a horror game that challenges players to identify anomalies in a looping subway station.
fromInverse
1 week ago

How An Eerie New Thriller Revolutionizes The Video Game Movie

Kawamura found ways to give Exit 8 an emotional center that the game lacked while still capturing the uncanny experience of walking down the seemingly endless tiled hallway.
Independent films
Television
fromEngadget
2 weeks ago

Watch the trailer for Science Saru's Ghost in the Shell anime series

The upcoming The Ghost in the Shell anime features a nostalgic art style reminiscent of the original manga.
UX design
fromSmashing Magazine
1 month ago

Anime vs. Marvel/DC: Designing Digital Products With Emotion In Flow - Smashing Magazine

Design quality depends on emotional pacing and flow management, not just visual elements. Successful products guide users through emotional states coherently, while poor design creates emotional conflicts through misplaced elements.
Video games
fromKotaku
2 weeks ago

Mario Galaxy Movie Exists Because Console Growth Is Tapped Out

Movies are becoming the primary introduction to Mario characters, reflecting a shift in how audiences engage with the franchise.
fromKotaku
3 weeks ago

Dragon Quest 10 Is Getting A Google-Powered Chatbot Slime NPC

Square Enix is partnering with Google to integrate its AI large language model Gemini into Dragon Quest X, creating a Slime character that players can chat with. This character will respond with AI-generated text, offering tips, tricks, and advice as players navigate the game.
Games
Django
fromThe Verge
1 month ago

A live-action Samurai Champloo is in the works

Creator involvement is essential for successful live-action adaptations of anime, as demonstrated by lessons learned from the canceled Cowboy Bebop Netflix series.
Video games
fromKotaku
2 weeks ago

SlashZero Looks Like An Anime-Style Dead Cells (In A Good Way)

SlashZero is a stylish roguelike with anime-inspired visuals and unique gameplay mechanics, focusing on fun combat and procedural generation.
Film
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

Scarlet review Mamoru Hosoda turns Hamlet into tale of prowling knights and deep nothingness'

Mamoru Hosoda's anime adaptation of Hamlet, Scarlet, features stunning visuals but suffers from incoherent storytelling, arbitrary world-building, and heavy-handed philosophical messaging that undermines its narrative impact.
DC food
fromVulture
1 month ago

One Piece Is Charting Its Own Course

Netflix's One Piece adaptation successfully translates the manga's cartoonish tone and complex cast into live-action while strategically reordering source material events to enhance storytelling coherence.
#jrpg
fromKotaku
3 weeks ago
Video games

17 JRPGs You Can Add To Your Collection For Cheap During All Of The Spring Game Sales - Kotaku

Spring sales feature significant discounts on popular JRPGs across various platforms.
fromThe Mercury News
2 months ago
Video games

Preview: With 'Monster Hunter Stories 3,' a spin-off spreads its wings

Monster Hunter Stories 3: Twisted Reflection is a multi-platform JRPG emphasizing elite riders, political storytelling, and evolved turn-based Monstie combat.
Video games
fromKotaku
3 weeks ago

17 JRPGs You Can Add To Your Collection For Cheap During All Of The Spring Game Sales - Kotaku

Spring sales feature significant discounts on popular JRPGs across various platforms.
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

A young girl is knocked over at Tokyo crossing what's behind Japan's bumping' trend?

This was no accidental clash of shoulders in a crowded place, but one of the most visible examples of a spate of butsukari otoko bumping man shoving incidents in Japan that experts attribute to a combination of gender dynamics and the stresses of modern life.
Photography
Travel
fromenglish.elpais.com
1 month ago

Jimbocho: Books, cafes and guitars in the coolest neighborhood in Tokyo (and the world)

Jimbocho, Tokyo's historic bookstore district with over 180 shops, combines literary heritage with contemporary appeal, attracting both trend-seekers and independent explorers through its diverse book culture and related businesses.
Games
fromEngadget
4 weeks ago

It's time for Game Freak to finally give Pokemon some proper voice acting

Modern Pokémon games on Nintendo Switch retain 8-bit inspired cries from the original Game Boy era, which feel disconnected from current 3D graphics and open worlds despite technological advances allowing for higher-quality audio.
Television
fromInverse
1 month ago

A New Anime Adaptation Could Make Up For Netflix's Biggest Mistake

Live-action anime adaptations are improving through streaming platforms, though Shinichirō Watanabe's previous Cowboy Bebop adaptation failed to capture the original's essence despite his involvement.
Film
fromInverse
1 month ago

One Forgotten Japanese Sci-Fi Movie Predated A Beloved Anime Adaptation By Decades

Nobuhiko Obayashi's The Girl Who Leapt Through Time was a commercially successful 1983 time travel romance that became one of Japan's highest-earning films and launched lead actress Tomoyo Harada's career.
Video games
fromVG247
1 month ago

Heartopia goes to the movies with its next event

Heartopia's Dreamlight Cinematics Festival runs March 21 to May 1, celebrating classic Hollywood filmmaking with themed collectibles, cosmetics, and limited-time exhibition passes.
Arts
fromwww.npr.org
1 month ago

This quiet epic is the top-grossing Japanese live action film of all time

Kokuho depicts a decades-long journey through Kabuki theater, exploring friendship, artistic perfection, and the struggle to achieve living national treasure status within Japan's rigid theatrical tradition.
Toronto Raptors
fromDefector
1 month ago

New Japan Makes, The World Takes | Defector

Tomohiro Ishii, a 50-year-old New Japan Pro Wrestling mid-card wrestler, maintains authenticity through his unwavering commitment to a consistent wrestling formula despite being past his prime.
fromMedievalists.net
1 month ago

From Medieval Moon Princess to Anime Icon: The Many Lives of Princess Kaguya - Medievalists.net

The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter tells of an elderly bamboo cutter who discovers a tiny, radiant girl inside a glowing stalk of bamboo. He and his wife raise her as their own daughter, naming her Kaguya-hime. As she grows, she becomes extraordinarily beautiful, attracting suitors from across the land. Five noblemen seek her hand in marriage, but she tests them by assigning each an impossible task-such as retrieving the Buddha's stone begging bowl or the jewelled branch of Mount Hōrai. Each suitor fails.
History
fromFuturism
1 month ago

Japan Opens School Staffed Entirely by Virtual Waifus

Virtual Cram School Wish High is a new online school by Tokyo-based company Luminaris. According to the publication, all teachers are "active VTubers," meaning streamers who use digital avatars to represent themselves instead of showing their real faces. Tuition at the online academy is the equivalent of around $63 per course per month, on subjects including mathematics, English, physics, chemistry, world history, Japanese history, and geography.
Online learning
fromdesignyoutrust.com
2 months ago

This Artist Creates Superhero and Comic Watercolors With Traditional Japanese Motifs

Justin Bieber for Calvin Klein Spring 2015 Ad Campaign In A Parallel Universe: Artist Exposes Sexism By Switching Up Gender Roles In Old-School Ads Russian Blogger Makes Parodies Out Of Celebrity Photos, And More Than 20,000 Followers On Instagram Approve 10 Famous Movie Titles Written Using Negative Space The World of Modern Graphic Design & Typography by Kyle Kemink Chinese Tech Companies Hiring 'Pretty' Girls to Motivate Male Employees by Chatting, Playing Ping Pong and Buying them Breakfast
Typography
LGBT
fromIndieWire
2 months ago

The Answer to That 'Heated Rivalry' Question Everyone Keeps Asking? It's Decades-Old

Women, especially anime/manga fans, drive interest in gay male romance through the women-created Boys' Love tradition, shaping works like Heated Rivalry.
MMA
fromCageside Press
1 month ago

ONE Championship Continues Japanese Expansion, ONE Samurai Announced

ONE Championship will launch the monthly ONE Samurai series in Japan beginning April 29, 2026 at Ariake Arena, staging 60 events over five years.
Arts
fromHyperallergic
2 months ago

Step Into the World of Studio Ghibli's "Ponyo"

The Academy Museum's interactive Studio Ghibli's PONYO exhibition recreates Ponyo's whimsy and wonder through Miyazaki's drawings and child-focused hands-on installations.
Travel
fromFortune
2 months ago

How Japan replaced France as the country young Americans obsessively romanticize-they're longing for civility | Fortune

Gen Z travelers increasingly choose Japan for perceived everyday civility, punctuality, cleanliness, and cultural appeal driven by anime and long-standing soft power.
Arts
fromArtnet News
1 month ago

Christie's Launches First New York Auction Devoted to Anime and Manga

Christie's launches its first New York auction dedicated to Japanese anime and manga, featuring iconic works from Miyazaki, Tezuka, and other artists, reflecting strong growing demand from younger collectors.
fromKotaku
1 month ago

Ikoku Nikki Is The Must-Watch Anime Of The Season

You've got your obvious bangers, such as Frieren: Beyond Journey's End and Jujutsu Kaisen, but there are at least twenty weekly releases currently airing that are worth watching. Hell's Paradise, Fate/Strange Fake, Sentenced to Be a Hero, My Hero Academia: Vigilantes, Trigun Stargaze, Golden Kamuy - I could go on, and that's without including the stuff that just finished airing, such as Spy x Family and To Your Eternity.
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fromwww.bbc.com
1 month ago

Pokemon at 30: Fans explain what the series means to them

Pokemon celebrates 30 years as the highest-grossing media franchise, maintaining global cultural phenomenon status through games, trading cards, and mobile apps that continue attracting new generations.
Film
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

Lupin the IIIrd the Movie: The Immortal Bloodline review eye-popping fan-service in latest in anime franchise

Koike's Lupin III film showcases striking animation and a darker manga-inspired style but has a thin plot and offers little for casual viewers.
Independent films
fromwww.mercurynews.com
1 month ago

Pixar filmmakers really gave a dam about making Hoppers' authentic

Pixar's Hoppers prioritizes comedy and entertainment through a collaborative creative process where a teenage activist's consciousness transfers into a robotic beaver fighting to save a pond habitat.
Arts
fromJuxtapoz
1 month ago

Juxtapoz Magazine - Takashi Murakami: Hark Back to Ukiyo-e: Tracing Superflat to Japonisme's Genesis @ Perrotin, Los Angeles

Takashi Murakami presents 24 new paintings tracing ukiyo-e's influence on Impressionism and exploring bijinga's global impact at Perrotin Los Angeles.
Film
fromItsnicethat
2 months ago

Painting the worlds of Studio Ghibli with art director and background artist, Yoji Takeshige

Studio Ghibli builds atmosphere through painted depictions of light, humidity, and grounded detail while preserving traditional background painting techniques.
Television
fromKotaku
1 month ago

A New Evangelion Series Is Coming Written By Nier's Director

A new Neon Genesis Evangelion series was announced for the 30th anniversary, with Yoko Taro writing and Kazuya Tsurumaki and Toru Yatabe directing.
Games
fromJezebel
1 month ago

The latest Umamusume: Pretty Derby is for the horsegirls (and guys)

Umamusume: Pretty Derby expanded from Japan-exclusive niche to worldwide phenomenon, combining anime horse girls with real Japanese racing history through games, shows, and films that treat absurd premises with genuine earnestness.
fromEngadget
2 months ago

Crunchyroll increases prices for all anime streaming plans

Anime fans won't be getting any respite from the streaming service price hikes that now feel inevitable on every platform every couple of years. Crunchyroll announced today that it will be increasing the monthly costs for all its plans by $2. That means the Fan tier will now run you $10 a month, the Mega Fan Tier is $14 a month and the Ultimate Fan Tier is $18 a month.
Television
fromVulture
1 month ago

Girls Who Love Boys Who Love Boys

We can now look back on November 28, 2025, as the start of a mass-psychosis event. In an era of neo-puritanical television slop, a fresh, horny breeze swept in from Canada: Heated Rivalry, a six-episode series about two professional hockey rivals turned lovers, Shane Hollander and Ilya Rozanov, stirred something deep in the American psyche. Ordinary taxpaying adult women, many of them my friends, suddenly lost control of their faculties over "the gay hockey show."
Television
Video games
fromKotaku
2 months ago

Pokemon Fan Spends Five Years On An Insane Shiny Hunt

A player spent five years collecting Shiny costume sets in Pokémon Battle Revolution, completing full six-piece Shiny sets in both the Japanese and international versions.
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

All You Need is Kill review time loop anime offers giant alien flower for Groundhog Day with mechs

The second film adaptation of Hiroshi Sakurazaka's 2004 eponymous novel, this new one is considerably inferior to Edge of Tomorrow from 2014, Tom Cruise's own Groundhog D1ay with mechs. It's not a question of budget or aesthetics simply a gaping hole of engaging characterisation and inner spark that makes this time loop a grinding chore, rather than a thrilling jailbreak from eternal recurrence.
Film
fromInverse
1 month ago

'One Piece' Fans Can Catch The Season 2 Premiere In Theaters

Netflix has been getting cozy with more traditional (and financially concrete) release models. Its KPop Demon Hunters made a small fortune after just one weekend in theaters, while the Stranger Things finale earned around $20 million by premiering in 600 theaters.
Television
Video games
fromKotaku
1 month ago

An Ode To Pokemon's Ash Ketchum - Kotaku

After 25 years and over 1,200 episodes, Ash Ketchum retires as the Pokémon anime's protagonist, replaced by new characters Liko and Roy, marking the end of an era for longtime fans.
Film
fromVulture
2 months ago

With Zi, Kogonada Strikes Back

Kogonada returns to formalist filmmaking with Zi, a delicate Hong Kong travelogue about a violinist's disorientation, visions, and tenuous personal connections.
fromVG247
1 month ago

The Seven Deadly Sins: Origin may be your next anime gacha obsession, with a hint of Ghibli, and this latest trailer may be what sells you on it

The Seven Deadly Sins: Origin is an open-world action RPG based on the world of The Seven Deadly Sins anime and manga. The game takes place in the world of Britannia, which looks similar to the way it does in the anime. That said, the story of the game is not based on the anime or manga, Instead, it's an original story set in the universe of the show.
Video games
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 months ago

Pikachu and pals go wild: Pokemon theme park opens in Tokyo

but thanks to the opening of Pokemon's first ever amusement park on 5 February, this year, they are likely to come earlier. Unlike the rollercoaster-filled thrills of Tokyo Disney Sea or Universal Studios Japan in Osaka, PokePark Kanto is essentially a forest populated by models of the creatures from the perennially popular games. Nestled in the quiet Tokyo suburb of Inagi, half an hour from the city centre, the park is a walkable forest with more than 600 Pokemonin it.
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