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… ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The “beach episode” is an anime tradition. Characters pack up, grab their best swimsuits, and spend a day playing and soaking up sun. (And dealing out fanservice, of course.) But today, we’re not ...

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 ...