Japan’s The Fool (“River’s Edge”) the U.K.’s Third Window Films (“Lowlife Love”) and Germany’s Rapid Eye Movies (“Ruined Heart”) have joined forces to back “Barbara,” a live action adaptation of the ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook It was Japan’s first animated TV series, setting the foundation for the entire anime industry.

Tuesday, January 16, 2024, saw Japanese broadcast television station TV Asahi announce its intent to produce a live-action version of mangaka Osamu Tezuka’s The Shinsen-gumi manga. The full title of ...

Cancel those Rosetta Stone orders, anime fans! Dororo… has subtitles at last on Amazon Prime! And yes, it's much better when you can understand what they're saying. The story takes place in the ...

May 25 to 30 is Studio Ghibli Week at Polygon. To celebrate the arrival of the Japanese animation house’s library on digital and streaming services, we’re surveying the studio’s history, impact, and ...

Black Jack is widely regarded as being one of the greatest mangas of all time, spawning a franchise consisting of animes, films, TV series, and more. It has been revealed that this iconic manga will ...

SAN FRANCISCO --The Asian Art Museum here isn't exactly what you'd call contemporary. Its last exhibit from Japan was of 18th-century screen paintings, and even that was considered pretty recent. But ...

There are few figures in anime and manga with the same weight behind them as Osamu Tezuka. Often called the father of those media, the accolade is actually apt in this case. So it is wonderful to ...

Osamu Tezuka, CEO and president of leading Japanese media company and anime powerhouse Toei Company, has died. He was 62. No cause of death was provided for the executive, who is not related to the ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Marco Chiappetta is a technologist who covers semiconductors and AI. Osamu Tezuka is often referred to as the Father or God of ...