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 ...

Our favorite anime already exist in awesome, elaborate universes. Figuring out the nuances of those is already a full-time job. So when we find out series have shared universes, it’s extra cool. Here ...

Ever think the current wave of reincarnation isekai could be more… well… metal? Good news: now there’s one that is! Kasuga Ryo’s Isekai Metaller is coming ...

Shirobako has been one of the most pleasant surprises of the anime season: a delightful office comedy about the work of actually putting together anime. This is a very meta premise, with more than its ...

The second full trailer has arrived for the ROLL OVER AND DIE anime, based on the light novel series written by kiki and illustrated by Kinta. More cast and staff were revealed along with it ahead of ...

The Crunchyroll Anime Awards, an anime awards show hosted by the streaming service of the same name, were held this weekend in San Francisco. The event featured 15 categories, with anime from 2018 ...

Welcome to Demon School! Iruma-kun: IruMafia Edition hails from writer and artist Hiroja. The spinoff runs alongside and in collaboration with Nishi’s main series, but there are some differences right ...

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 ...

Neon Genesis Evangelion is never far from the mind of anime fans. The franchise, now 25 years old, is still a perennial favorite, as evidenced most recently by the huge number of streams each of the ...

The Association of Japanese Animations (a.k.a. AJA) had some interesting findings for its Anime Industry Report 2024. The report looks at global sales numbers in 2023. During that year, the anime ...

We truly live in a wonderful time. Thanks to the success of the JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure anime—particularly the currently-airing Stardust Crusaders, which just entered its Battle in Egypt arc—we now ...

Patlabor: The Movie and Patlabor 2: The Movie, released in 1989 and 1993, respectively, are two of my favorite Mamoru Oshii films and two of my favorite films period. So I’m pleased as punch to learn ...