Live-action 'Cowboy Bebop' shows the limitations of Netflix's originality
Netflix's adaptation of a beloved anime series has been met with groans, but the recent South Korean hit “Squid Game” demonstrates how anime can in fact be brought to life successfully.
Malaysian hip-hop artist Sya tackles misogyny to break stereotypes of Muslim women in her new single, 'PrettyGirlBop.'
Broadway legend Stephen Sondheim, whose work transformed musical theater, dead at 91
Sondheim's quick-witted lyrics made audiences sit up and listen in the 1950s, while his ground-breaking shows in the 70s and 80s thrust the American musical into the modern era.
Kyary Pamyu Pamyu: The reluctant icon?
For the better part of a 10-year career, the performer's aesthetic defined Japan's pop culture. Her latest album, “Candy Racer,” marks a fresh start.
Kiyotaka Sugiyama looks back on the glistening days of city pop
Japanese cellist Michiaki Ueno wins Geneva music competition
Supergroup Skye’s debut, 53 years in the making
Japanese pianists win second and fourth prizes in Chopin competition
Koichi Sugiyama, Japanese composer of Dragon Quest, dies at 90
Supersonic hits quiet mode on its summer party
‘Spaghetti Code Love’: Disaffected Tokyoites don’t have much to say
Takeshi Murayama’s stylish first feature about somewhat intertwining lives in Tokyo looks like a slick music video, but its characters are mostly two-dimensional.
'Gensan Punch': Japanese boxer fights his way to the pros in Philippines
‘Come and Go’: A hearty serving from Osaka’s multicultural melting pot
Lim Kah Wai creates an intricate mosaic of Osakans in ‘Come and Go’
Godzilla fetes 67th birthday with 4K remaster of iconic 1954 film
TIFF and Tokyo Filmex shakeup gets conversations going
A look behind the scenes with Godzilla, the ‘king of monsters’
Norman England's new book, "Behind the Kaiju Curtain," gives an insider's take on Japan's kaijū craftsmanship and monster movie-making.
The superheroes from House of Slay are here to stay
‘The Cat Who Saved Books’: A friendly reminder of the joys of reading
‘Ogata Korin’: The libertine artist who made beauty his business
‘The Easy Life in Kamusari’: Leave the city behind, the mountains are calling
‘North Korea in a Nutshell’: An effective introduction to an enigmatic nation
‘Mooncakes & Milk Bread’: A warm, floury hug of nostalgia for Chinese bakeries
‘Red Notice’ is a hit? Oh, yes, says Netflix’s Top 10 list
"Top 10 on Netflix” will reveal the streaming platform's most popular content — a ranking that includes its own original content, as well as the movies and TV shows it has licensed.
Japanese singer Ayumi Hamasaki taken to hospital due to anaphylactic shock
BTS took center stage at the U.N. Over 1 million fans watched live.
'Ted Lasso,' 'The Crown,' and 'Queen's Gambit' win top Emmy Awards
‘Cowboy Bebop’: Live-action riff on beloved anime hits flat notes
John Cho turns out to be one of the best things in Netflix’s good-looking but painfully square adaptation of the 1990s anime series about intergalactic bounty hunters.
First Asian American muppet arrives on ‘Sesame Street’
Yoko Kanno shaped the sound of ‘Cowboy Bebop,’ again
Yoasobi, NiziU, BiSH and Kat-Tun to sing in the new year on 'Kohaku Uta Gassen'
‘Dr. Brain’: Your new South Korean TV crush
‘Blade Runner: Black Lotus’ reinvents neo-noir nods to Japan
‘The Doctor’ diagnoses society’s afflictions
Veteran actress Shinobu Otake takes on the role of Dr. Ruth Wolff, a Jewish physician, and tackles modern ills in a Japanese production of Robert Icke's latest work.
New opera ‘Yuzuru’ cautions against the dangers of capitalism
Rena Matsui tackles Shakespeare in an all-female 'Julius Caesar'
Cameron Mackintosh's all-Japanese 'Oliver!' will have you asking for more
Kyoto Experiment calls on 'unheard voices'
Family drama hits close to home for Keito Okamoto
Obscured truths come to light in Hideki Noda’s ‘Fakespeare’
Powerful auction veterans aim new company at Asian market
Amy Cappellazzo, Yuki Terase and Adam Chinn have joined forces to reach a growing pool of young collectors in Hong Kong and beyond.
Kyotographie taps into the echoes of hardship
Hokusai exhibit featuring publicly unseen sketches to open in London
Utagawa Kuniyoshi: When censorship strikes, art gets playful
Hiroshi Sugimoto’s Jekyll and Hyde year
Kengo Kuma on the future of urban architecture … and cats
