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The second season of the streaming giant’s fictionalized biopic of Japan’s notorious adult-video director and entrepreneur offers another round of cheap thrills.

Director LeSean Thomas brings the story of Yasuke, a real-life black samurai, to Netflix as "a new kind of anime action hero.”

Actor Rihito Itagaki takes on his first lead role, playing a gender-fluid character in Yomiuri TV’s new series “Colorful Love: My Androgynous Boyfriend.”

Sugako Hashida, a scriptwriter known for her work on the internationally acclaimed television drama series "Oshin" in the 1980s, died Sunday of lymphoma at her home in the city of Atami, in Shizuoka Prefecture, her foundation said Monday. She was 95. The series, which originally ...

The series created by Derrrrruq!!!, a team based in New York, calls out sexism, harassment and other issues that are prevalent in the Japanese workplace.

Disney on Thursday reported an 82% decline in quarterly operating income, the result of steep losses at its coronavirus-devastated theme park division and the postponement of major movie releases. But Wall Street had already decided that Disney’s overall results for the quarter, the fourth in ...

When studios in Japan suspended production of new programming due to concerns related to the COVID-19 pandemic this past spring, TV stations turned to nostalgia to fill the suddenly vacant spaces on their nightly schedules. Reruns of dramas, in particular, proved successful, whether they ...

Actress Son Ye-jin has scored a hit with her portrayal of a South Korean heiress who accidentally winds up in North Korea in "Crash Landing on You."

While this season features fewer anime releases than usual due to COVID-19, there are still plenty of shows to keep you entertained.