In a career spanning more than 50 years, Japanese artist Yoshitaka Amano has gained a following as an animator, illustrator, ...

Brief films can be like great short stories. Their running times don’t need to be elongated for these movies to be meaningful ...

Japanese manga artist Kazuo Umezu ... he grew up in neighboring Nara Prefecture. Umezu started drawing comics from his childhood and made his debut as a manga artist in 1955, when he was a ...

Like any other expression or art form, different cultures ... see for even the lowest quartile of seasonal anime. For international audiences, Japanese cultural elements and iconography can ...

He also thanked original authors, publishers, editors, booksellers, and all those involved in the production and publication of manga. Chiba was nominated to the Japan Art Academy in 2022 as one ...

The Japanese animated film Look Back held its ... the story revolves around two young girls who bond over their shared passion for drawing manga. However, a tragic event alters the course of ...

is drawn and animated in anime art style, and she derives part of her name from dabuchi, the name for double cheeseburger items currently being sold at Japanese McDonald's locations. Anime-style ...

Produced by Adult Swim and Production I.G USA, the U.S. branch of legendary Japanese anime firm Production ... using black-and-white 2D drawings. To heighten tensions, producers recruited ...

Celebrated manga artist Umezu Kazuo has died aged ... Umezu was born in Wakayama Prefecture in western Japan and started drawing comics when he was still a child. He was first published in his ...

Now in its 19th year, the Japanese anime convention ... video game and table-top gaming rooms, bands and djs, art, collectibles and memorabilia, celebrity guests and more. Tens of thousands ...

The short anthology "MANGA Day to Day" is a collection of reflections ... the first 100 days of the unremitting health crisis in Japan, beginning in April 2020. The cartoonists span genres and ...