From Hello Kitty to Pikachu, the country changed what the world considers adorable. But do these characters represent joy — ...

I wanted to make a point of placing the monsters within the daily life of Tokyo,” says the photographer Tess Ayano, who spent ...

The Detroit Lakes Tribune accepts community calendar items for publication online and, space permitting, in our Wednesday e-paper and Saturday print edition. Submissions must be made at least a week ...

The Secretariat of Intellectual Property Strategy Headquarters, Cabinet Office Japan, and Anime Tourism Association announced ...

Oita, a scenic region known for its natural hot springs on the Japanese island of Kyushu, has recently renamed its air hub ...

The Pokemon Company revealed a new lineup of merchandise themed after Pokemon Trading Card Game Pocket. It will sell these items in its Japanese physical and online Pokemon Center stores in early ...

The Pokemon Company announced that Pokemon Center stores in Japan, as well as the Amazon storefront that does ship to the US, will begin selling a life-size Eevee plush. Details are slim about the ...

GKIDS and Dwarf will produce Taiyo Matsumoto's manga 'Sunny.' The project was selected for a session at the Annecy Animation ...

In 2009, a research group led by Dr. Keiichi Kakui at the Faculty of Science discovered a rather unusual small crustacean ...

In a world that is overpopulated by television shows, there is one art form that I will always recommend to anyone who will ...

Netflix has revealed the official trailer for a new streaming series called Bet, adapted from a manga series. This English-language series is based on the hit Japanese manga called "Kakegurui ...

Pokemon gets an official encyclopedia that takes an academic approach to exploring the lives of over 1,000 pocket monsters in ...