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 ...

Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba is the hot topic right now, with everyone from the New York Times to Japanese government officials talking about it. It’s a good time to be Koyoharu Gotoge, the creator ...

Japanese production conglomerate Big West and Robotech producer Harmony Gold finally reached an agreement over the rights to Macross.

The Sailor Moon Museum is a traveling exhibit that’s spent limited time stationed in Tokyo, Fukuoka, Osaka, and Nagoya, but soon it will be making a trip overseas! Its organizers have shared that the ...

Punichan’s The Villainess Is Adored by the Prince of the Neighbor Kingdom light novels have an anime in the works, and the latest update has it set for a January 2026 debut. A new key visual was also ...

Detective Conan: One-eyed Flashback, the 28th film in the long-running franchise, has earned 6.34 billion yen after two weeks in theaters, making it Japan’s highest grosser of 2025 so far. The Million ...

One Reiji Miyajima series deserves the company of another, and that’s exactly what we’re getting in a new piece of art that mixes the creator’s The Shiunji Family Children and Rent-a-Girlfriend. Both ...

Out of Japan’s many specialty cafés, maid cafés might be the best known. There are sometimes different takes on maid cafés, like this one that only hires women over 65, or this one that’s a virtual ...

Part of a CBS Evening News segment on President Trump’s new tariffs gives examples of small businesses feeling the effects. They mainly decided to highlight Phantom Comics, a Washington, D.C. comic ...

Sometimes nothing beats the thrill of tossing in a couple 100 yen coins into a gachapon machine and opening up the plastic capsule to see your prize. It’s a gamble, of course, but that’s half the ...

Manga adaptations are a great way to be introduced to other forms of media you may have never considered paying attention to before or had no access to. More and more culturally significant stories by ...

Osamu Tezuka is often called the “god” of manga and anime, having pioneered many of the modern conventions and production methodologies still in use today. His works remain resonant to modern ...