Left Hand Layup is a highly anticipated Chinese-originated anime on basketball that blew up the internet since its trailer release in December 2022. On February 2, 2023, the original high school ...

Left-hand Layup!, an original Chinese campus-basketball-themed animation, recently premiered on the international anime ...

Editor’s Note: A version of this story appeared in CNN’s Meanwhile in China newsletter, a three-times-a-week update exploring what you need to know about the country’s rise and how it ...

In Japan, Chinese tourists flock to a train intersection in Kamakura, south of Tokyo, because it appears in “Slam Dunk,” a basketball-themed anime worshipped by many Chinese fans. China’s ...

Dandadan has been a great gateway into anime and manga for new fans, but they might miss references to other influential anime that helped inspire it.

“Donghua” — much like “anime” for Japanese speakers — is simply the Chinese word for “animation.” After decades of stagnation in the animation industry, going as far back as the ...

He started his own basketball manga. He was getting guys to retweet the stuff when I first got to the Wizards. It was fun to pick his brain with anime." Why is anime so popular within the league?

Reminiscent of the outsized Chinese box office success once enjoyed ... Age of Extinction” – some Japanese anime films are now earning more in China than they are in their native Japan.