At my high school in the U.S., it was said that while the athletes were the talk of the school, it was actually the band kids who were embroiled in the juiciest drama. If "Sound! Euphonium" is any indication, that trait is international. The anime ...

"After the Rain" ("Koi wa Ame Agari no Yo Ni"), the 12-episode anime series that finished airing March 30 (and is streaming worldwide via Amazon Prime), centers around 17-year-old Akira Tachibana, a high school student who falls in love with Masami Kondo, the manager ...

If you didn't already know that the anime industry was in the middle of a boom, a quick look around the trade fair AnimeJapan would give you a pretty good indication. The annual event, held for its fifth time last week, was full of new ...

Whatever you've thought of their quality up until now, Netflix's original animated series have definitely rocked the boat in some way, whether by assembling an international production team ("Castlevania"), putting an X-rated twist on a classic franchise ("Devilman Crybaby") or, uh, inspiring people to ...

Mari Okada is one of the most prominent — and prolific — writers in anime today. A native of Chichibu, Saitama, she's perhaps best known for penning a pair of deeply personal titles that take place there, "Anohana: The Flower We Saw That Day" ...

Over the past few years, the success of several films — including, most notably, Makoto Shinkai's record-setting "Your Name." — have proven that anime directed by someone other than director Hayao Miyazaki can still attract a wider audience. Several films set for release this year ...

if "Crybaby" presages what's to come from Netflix's investment in anime, it's going to be an interesting year for the medium.

It has been 50 years since the publication of the first manga by Go Nagai, the mastermind behind classic properties such as "Devilman," "Cutie Honey" and "Mazinger Z." To mark the occasion, a number of Go Nagai anime adaptations are out this year, including ...

It takes only two words to sum up why 2016 was always going to be a hard act to follow: "Your Name." To call Makoto Shinkai's body-switching romance a hit is a little like calling Tokyo Skytree "pretty tall." The film made up nearly half ...

The world of anime in 2017 didn't give us any obvious breakout hits like last year's "Your Name.," but the past 12 months still had its share of winners: 'Night is Short, Walk on Girl' ('Yoru wa Mijikashi Arukeyo Otome') Director: Masaaki Yuasa One of two films ...