Doraemon

If you haven't sorted out your loved one's special gift yet, On: Design this month has mined a few new ideas from Japan's metalworking industry.

This year alone, Oki Sato, founder and director of Nendo, has not one, but two major retrospective exhibitions of the design unit's work — one at the Design Museum Holon in Israel, the other at the Taiwan Design Museum. His acclaimed "50 Manga Chairs" ...

The success of a Japanese animation film recently released in China reflects a thaw in relations between the two nations as Beijing opens up to cultural exchanges, according to a Japan-based expert on the communist country. The 3-D animated movie "Stand By Me Doraemon," which ...

A veteran anime voice actress of Japan's beloved Doraemon robot cat is struggling with dementia, her talent agency and husband have revealed. Despite her disease, Nobuyo Oyama, 78, remains physically healthy and eager to continue with her voice acting duties, albeit to a limited degree, ...

With half the decade complete, we examine an industry that has significantly changed the way we think about ourselves.

Doraemon, everybody’s favorite blue robot cat, could be coming to a salad near you in the not-too-distant future.

Name: Kazu Kuzuwata Age: 34 Nationality: Japanese Occupation: IT engineer Likes: Music, the sea, Haruki Murakami, respect, advanced technology Dislikes: Pollution, disrespect 1. What does the kanji that comprises your first name mean? Would you say it matches your personality? My kanji character, 和 (wa), means peace, unity, Japan. I ...

For more than two decades, post-production, audio and creative studio Bang Zoom! Entertainment in Burbank, California, has been delivering the anime fix abroad. Founder and CEO Eric P. Sherman talks about how it all began.

This summer, TV Asahi and Roppongi Hills are working together to get you off the sofa and into the sun while still enjoying some of your favorite television programs. This is the collaboration's first grand-scale event, which is aimed at all ages and features music, ...

It took two years of work, but Eric Sherman and his employees at Bang Zoom! Entertainment have brought Japan's beloved blue robotic cat Doraemon to TV screens across the United States. With a 20-minute pilot and 26 episodes lined up, America was treated to its ...

Japan's beloved blue robotic cat from the 22nd century is finally making his U.S. debut this summer, promoted as part of the Cool Japan campaign to export the country's pop culture around the world. The Japan External Trade Organization held a "Doraemon" launch party Friday ...