Step into another world with isekai, the fantasy subgenre ruling the manga market
In recent years, the manga and light novel market has been inundated with "isekai," a subgenre in which protagonists are transported to a fantasy world.
Tokyo home of ‘Astro Boy’ creator and other manga legends opens as museum
A museum replicating the Tokyo apartment building that was home to the late Osamu Tezuka and other legendary manga artists opened Tuesday, 38 years after the original wooden building was dismantled in 1982.
Tencent targets Japanese anime and manga to jump-start global growth
The Chinese firm sees Japan's entertainment exports as being ripe for optimization, with better distribution and marketing generating vastly greater revenues.
Japan bans pirated manga downloads with copyright control law
Penalties for repeat offenders will be up to two years in jail or a maximum fine of ¥2 million ($18,320), or both.
Manga artist George Akiyama, known as the author of the "Haguregumo" manga series, died on May 12, major publisher Shogakukan Inc. announced Monday. He was 77. The manga creator, whose real name was Yuji Akiyama, was born in Tokyo and grew up in Ashikaga, Tochigi ...
Fifty years of Doraemon, and still there are lessons to be learned
The original “Doraemon” comics, published in 1970, are not only a great read, but a fun resource for learning Japanese.
‘The Swamp’: One good thing to come out of 2020
Now aged 82, the influential manga artist Yoshiharu Tsuge has finally allowed translation of 11 of his works as “The Swamp.”
Manga series 'Golgo 13' sees first hiatus in 51 years due to virus threat
The decision to halt the series was made in order to protect the health of those involved in its production.
In Japan, ‘Sazae-san’ — world's longest-running TV cartoon — switches to reruns
The show, adapted from four-frame comic strips by late author Machiko Hasegawa, was acknowledged by Guinness World Records in 2013.
Leiji Matsumoto cartoon auctioned to aid Italian hospital that treated him
An illustration by famed Japanese cartoonist Leiji Matsumoto that was placed in an online auction to support a hospital in Turin, Italy, that has been hit hard by the coronavirus pandemic, was bought Sunday for €7,000 (¥810,000). There is little known about the purchaser of ...
Japan's streaming situation improved just in time to self-isolate
Doing your part to flatten the coronavirus curve by staying home? Luckily, the streaming situation has improved over the past few years so you don't have to be bored. And with local options, maybe you can pick up some Japanese while you catch up ...
When a cartoon crocodile dies, give us time to mourn
While people on social media have largely been preoccupied with the pandemic, the most buzzed-about happening online in Japan involves a crocodile — don’t roll your eyes just yet — which, at some point, transformed into a commentary on the follies of capitalism and ...
