2004 was a great year for anime, and the best series to debut that year was an innovative masterpiece that's still relevant two decades later.

Netflix does not have its own Twilight Samurai or 13 Assassins, and it has never come close to tapping into samurai classics ...

How do you follow up an anime series like Cowboy Bebop, a hard-hitting blend of sci-fi and jazz? If you're Shinichiro Watanabe the answer is with a hip-hop adventure set in alternate Edo-era Japan.

The novel is filled with distinctive characters, shady dealings, women of moral ambiguity and heroes and villains alike.

James Clavell had some of the worst luck during his military service, but he would later use all of it to shape his future writing career. In 1940, 19-year-old Clavell joined Britain's Royal Artillery ...

Ubisoft has finally announced its long-awaited Assassin’s Creed game set in feudal Japan. Subtitled Shadows, it follows dual protagonists – a ninja named Naoe and a samurai based on the historical ...