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Ever wonder why cartoon characters have four fingers? It's not just to save on animation costs (though that was one of the ...

Disney movies have a way of making us all long for a fictional, enchanted kingdom. The settings are always so magical an ...

Harry Potter has gotten an official anime and manga makeover ahead of a special new crossover coming to Japan. Harry Potter ...

Sometimes, the search for the biggest scare possible may take you overseas and into an exploration of Japanese horror movies ... they have become a subgenre all their own, identified by the ...

NIAFF also officially announced the names of three juries to evaluate all 12 films nominated ... Animation and produced Japan's first colored feature-length animation movie The Tale of the White ...

When an unconfident young woman is cursed with an old body by a spiteful witch, her only chance of breaking the spell lies with a self-indulgent yet insecure young wizard and his companions in his ...

A new concept and another international success in the sport that is set to go into a boom time in 2025 and beyond. Another big win for the sport in Japan and Asia too, moreover.

From the late 1990s and all through the early 21st century, TV saw a meteoric rise in animated shows aimed at adults.

K&K Design in Nagoya, a few hundred miles west of Tokyo, made the news last December in a story presented by Japanese public broadcaster ... which from all appearances may avoid copyright issues ...

Looking for new ways to get students reading and responding to nonfiction? Try these exercises for discussion, writing and speaking. By Peggy Dimock Lead poisoning can cause lower I.Q.s ...