Paprika, Tokyo Godfathers, and Perfect Blue are all among the best anime movies that are worthy of the Criterion Collection.

"I wanted to come face-to-face with the disaster and understand what it meant," Makoto Shinkai tells EW. The strongest earthquake in Japan's history (and the fourth most powerful since the beginning ...

Jujutsu Kaisen: Execution opened at movie theaters in Japan on November 7. For the uninitiated, the compilation movie edits ...

Hollywood’s share stayed steady, while domestic studios are eyeing bigger earnings from the American market. By Gavin J Blair Japan’s box office climbed 4 percent to a post-pandemic high of $1.5 ...

The record annual results for Japan's booming anime industry were achieved even before the recent historic success of 'Demon Slayer: Infinity Castle.' By Patrick Brzeski Asia Bureau Chief The report ...

Reminiscent of the outsized Chinese box office success once enjoyed by a certain genre of Hollywood movie – think “Expendables 3,” Pacific Rim” and “Transformers: Age of Extinction” – some Japanese ...

Hollywood doesn’t make movies like Suzume, anime auteur Makoto Shinkai’s latest, about a teen girl who traverses Japan to prevent a series of natural disasters. We get stories about young people ...

Japan’s anime industry reached an all-time high in 2024, climbing to JPY3.84 trillion ($25.25 billion) in total market value, according to data presented by the Association of Japanese Animations (AJA ...

A wild new trailer for the upcoming Batman anime movie Batman Ninja vs. Yakuza League is here, and it simply has to be seen to be believed. For one thing, the footage opens with the Yakuza literally ...