Deep down, zombie stories are rarely about the undead themselves. Rather, they offer an opportunity to examine humanity under a unique lens. And Zom 100: Bucket List of the Dead is no different… ...

Assassination Classroom, the live-action film based on the manga of the same name, revolves around a fantasy that’s run through the head of every junior high school student at least once: killing ...

One of Japan’s most celebrated and beloved comic book and anime creations, Urusei Yatsura delivered a total of just under 200 high-voltage weekly blasts of supernatural-and-alien-augmented ...

Manga: it ain’t just about the laughs. One of the most appealing parts of the medium, as our readers well know, is the wide range of genres it spans, and with it, the wide range of emotions it can ...

Sasaki and Miyano volume 1, a BL manga rated Teen, was recently banned district-wide by Florida’s Brevard County Public School Board. This occurred after a mother who hadn’t read the book put in an ...

Kouichirou Itou, an anime producer best-known for working on a number of Makoto Shinkai’s movies, is back in the news because of updates in his criminal trial. Itou was originally arrested in February ...

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 ...

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 ...

A poster that has the Japanese Red Cross Society teaming up with manga Uzaki-chan wa Asobitai! has stirred up debate online. The poster encourages readers to donate blood with a picture of Uzaki-chan ...

Episode 3 of the Gachiakuta anime made its broadcast debut in Japan, and with it came a handful of new cast members. Voice actors were revealed for Semiu, Gris, Follo and Tomme, and you can see who’s ...

Game site itch.io recently “deindexed” its NSFW content, pointing to payment processors and pressure from the pro-censorship group Collective Shout for the action. On July 28, itch.io gave an update ...

Sailor Moon shows no signs of her popularity waning after decades, with a new movie coming out and a new wedding reception theme. The Japan Broadcasting Corporation, or NHK, did a poll on which ...