Looking back on 2023 in the anime and manga world, the biggest topic of the year was “The Boy and the Heron,” globally acclaimed director Hayao Miyazaki’s first feature film in 10 years. Released in ...

Japan has been constantly ignored at the Oscars, but these anime films are masterpieces that deserved to win the grand prize ...

Studio Ghibli is famous for its appealing visuals, but these seven anime movies are just as gorgeous. Read on to find out.

Box office revenue in Japan reached 221.482 billion yen ($1.48 billion) in 2023, up by 3.9 percent from the previous year, according to the Motion Picture Producers Association of Japan Inc. It said ...

In recent years, we’ve seen a rapid rollout of live-action stage adaptations of the anime films of Studio Ghibli co-founder Hayao Miyazaki. "Spirited Away," "My Neighbor Totoro" and "Nausicaa of the ...

Studio Ghibli co-founder Hayao Miyazaki is well known for his fondness for doing things the old-fashioned way and distaste for digital technology. As an example, it wasn’t until 2019 that Ghibli ...

Anime has already been taking over theaters throughout the world this year, and it has a very strong chance of taking over the Academy Awards following a major update. Anime has been doing very well ...

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The 1990s are unquestionably one of the best decades of anime ever. Feature filmmakers worked on projects that felt imaginative and experimental enough to enable animation to explore new territory.