“We try to invite famous animators and cartoon artists [to our ... Wang is convinced Chinese animation can become every bit as big as Japan’s anime business, a multimillion-dollar industry ...

Japan has created an unusual government post to promote animation, and named a perfect figure Wednesday to the position: a popular cartoon robot cat named Doraemon. Foreign Minister Masahiko ...

Japan’s Toei Animation and Korea’s CJ ENM unveiled a volley of new projects on Saturday flowing from their previously-established cooperation pact. The new shows include: a series that will be ...

Classic animated characters Tom and Jerry are back in anime form, giving fans a peek at a completely different look for the ...

MAPPA co-founder Masao Maruyama warns that Chinese donghua may soon overtake Japanese anime, citing Japan's creative decline.

From the late 1990s and all through the early 21st century, TV saw a meteoric rise in animated shows aimed at adults.

How Japan used animation and soft power to rebrand itself ... "For example, Dragon Ball Z was considered a violent cartoon when it was broadcast in English speaking regions," Yoshida continues.

Aoba, who was 41 at the time, walked into the building owned by Kyoto Animation, one of Japan’s premier anime production houses, on July 18, 2019, and sprayed a flammable liquid around the offic ...