Ahead of a weekend when Asian content will be making a big impact at San Diego Comic-Con, two of Japan’s largest industrial and financial conglomerates have quietly begun to invest in Japanese ...

Midori Kato is the last original member of the cast of “Sazae-san,” a cartoon series that premiered in 1969 and never quite joined the modern world. By Motoko Rich and Hisako Ueno Reporting from Tokyo ...

If you grew up in India during the 2000s, chances are you've either been scolded for watching 'Shinchan' or secretly laughed at his "elephant dance" when your parents weren't around (or was it just me ...

Since the dawn of time (animation time at least), people who aren’t in the know have categorised Japanese anime and American cartoons under the umbrella term of ‘animation’, expecting them both to ...