Japan’s presence at the 2026 Annecy Animation Festival marks a recent high-water mark, with 25 Japanese films selected across ...

You’d think the number of animators would grow accordingly, but it didn’t increase that much,” said Fukumiya Ayano, of Nippon ...

Story by Koji Uchida The breakout anime series "Nippon Sangoku" has officially claimed the No. 1 viewership spot among Prime ...

Toei Animation is pushing Japan's government to take stronger action against piracy, arguing that illegal streaming is ...

TOKYO - Japan's Finance Ministry is considering minting commemorative coins featuring anime and manga characters, as well as ...

The use of anime imagery online by President Trump and his administration has strained diplomatic ties with Japan and drawn ...

Japan’s anime industry reached an all-time high in 2024, climbing to JPY3.84 trillion ($25.25 billion) in total market value, according to data presented by the Association of Japanese Animations (AJA ...

A man who deliberately set fire to a three-story animation studio in the Japanese city of Kyoto in 2019, killing 36 people, has been sentenced to death for mass murder. The guilty man, Shinji Aoba, is ...