He has a big red nose, two rosy cheeks and an edible head that is regularly rebaked in his uncle's oven. Yes, it's Anpanman, one of Japan's most iconic anime characters, whose heroic antics have ...

Yanase Takashi donned many hats over his long life, including soldier, poet, illustrator, and author. He is best known, though, as the creator of one of Japan’s most beloved superheroes, Anpanman, a ...

Pantan and the Promised Star. This is the 37th Anpanman movie. It will open in Japan on June 26, 2026. Comedy duo EXIT will voice guest characters. The story follows Anpanman and friends helping ...

Japan's beloved cartoon superhero, Anpanman, has his own museum in Yokohama, where children can explore the world of this character inspired by a sweet-bean bun. The first floor is free to enter, and ...

Kamitaba has taken a photo using the Anpanman Kids Camera, a toy camera designed for children that can take 300,000 pixel photos and full HD videos. One of the photos won an Honorable Mention at the ...

The bean-jam-bun hero Anpanman is one of the most iconic figures in Japan, not to mention many other markets where he and his fellow characters enjoy evergreen popularity. Today, a half-century after ...

In the Anpanman manga series, created by Takashi Yanase (1919-2013), Baikinman is Anpanman’s nemesis. But Baikinman is not your prototypical evil antihero. To elate his young fans, he only has to ...

The TV program "Anpanman" has been recognized by Guinness World Records as having the most characters in an animated series, Nippon TV said. As of March, the weekly program had featured 1,768 ...

Takashi Yanase, the creator of Anpanman, Japan’s most adored children’s character, passed away in a Tokyo hospital on Sunday. According to his agency – which went public with a statement last night – ...

Oct. 3 (Mon.) is Anpanman Day, newly declared to celebrate the 28th anniversary of the first broadcast of Anpanman on TV (Oct. 3, 1988). To celebrate, Fukuoka Anpanman Children’s Museum in Mall is ...

TAKAMATSU — Shikoku Railway Co. (JR Shikoku) has started to offer a boxed meal, or ekiben, in a case modeled after one of the famous Anpanman Trains. The meal can be purchased at JR Takamatsu and ...