Manga in America have age ratings like All Ages or 16+, but who decides these ratings, how do they decide them, and how consistent are they? Some schools have pulled manga from the shelves over ...

Lawmakers in Ohio recently called for Kent State University to no longer use the scholarly book Anime from Akira to Howl’s Moving Castle: Experiencing Contemporary Japanese Animation in their ...

A sequel is officially on the way for the Farming Life in Another World anime, which previously brought Kinosuke Naito and Yasumo’s light novels to the screen in 2023. Now Hikaru and friends are set ...

pictSPACE, a Japanese online shopping service dealing with doujinshi, is the latest Japanese retailer to soon lose the ability to take payments through Visa and Mastercard. This is part of a growing ...

The second season of the Love Live! Superstar!! anime doesn’t kick off until July 17, but ahead of that there were pre-broadcast live-streamed specials planned. That has changed, however, because ...

Minoru Ashina directs and writes once again, with Minoru Takehara returning to design characters and serve as chief animation director. Ruka Kawada is also back on music for the Studio Puyukai ...

After almost 50 years, the annual Kodansha Manga Award is one of Japan’s most prestigious, well, manga awards. The winner of this year in all three categories were just announced, so let’s check ‘em ...

Kantai Collection, better known as KanColle: it’s been a web browser game, and anime, and a pizza box. Now it’s the subject of another poll by our favorite Japanese pollsters, Goo, who have asked ...

Milky Subway takes place in a spacefaring world that’s at once futuristic and retro. There are hovercars, space subways, and aliens. But everything is lived-in and well-used, and these futuristic ...

Writer Kureha and illustrator Bodax’s Bride of the Barrier Master is a romantic fantasy light novel series from publisher Kadokawa Shoten, and it’s officially getting an anime adaptation. The main ...

I Parry Everything season 2 is officially a go! The staff behind the anime based on Nabeshiki and Kawaguchi’s I Parry Everything: What Do You Mean I’m the Strongest? I’m Not Even an Adventurer Yet!

Unrequited love is one of the most painful feelings you could ever be unfortunate enough to grapple with, and yet Scum’s Wish is one of the most beautiful anime romance series you’ll ever have the ...