"Monkey Quest," Toei Animation's ambitious new production sneak peeked Monday at Annecy, was born from a simple question, says producer Yoshi Ikezawa. "[Producer] Joseph Chou and I asked: How can ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. ChaO Japan’s animation industry grew by 14.8% to hit record revenues of $25BN (JPY3.8TR) in 2024, with much of the increase coming ...

Anime conquered the mainstream, but 2026 is leaning on sequels, remakes and familiar franchises while original ideas and ...

The studio established a Global Strategy and Content Creation department last year, a formal expression of a direction it had been moving toward for some time. “The era when anime was something made ...

"The medium is so popular now," says Leigh, who remembers when anime existed mostly on home video and hardly ever played in theaters. "My friends out of state have seen the ‘Chainsaw’ movie. It was a ...

"Taro is the star of this school – and he's not actually human." Nothing New has revealed the first trailers for the animated film called We Are Aliens (『我々は宇宙人』) a Japanese drama from filmmaker Kohei ...

With Japanese animation forecast to become a $60 billion business by 2030, Sony is leveraging its assets behind the category: "We are very bullish about the overall growth of anime and what that means ...

“Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Infinity Castle,” the fourth film in a Japanese epic about a boy avenging his family, is poised to break box-office records when it’s released this month. That should ...

Chang Byung-gyu, founder and chairman of Krafton. South Korean billionaire Chang Byung-gyu’s online gaming giant Krafton has agreed to acquire Japanese advertising and animation production company ADK ...

For 'Beastars' studio Orange and 'Star Wars: Visions' producer Qubic Pictures, 'Leviathan' was a unique and rewarding anime dream project. Reading time 7 minutes Leviathan, the latest collaboration ...

Japan has officially announced the top streamed anime series of the first half of 2026, and fans will be surprised by which series didn't rank top 10.

"[Producer] Joseph Chou and I asked: How can Japanese anime reach the same level of mainstream awareness and emotional connection that major U.S. animated films have achieved with global audiences?" ...