Crunchyroll Awards are big, but they could get dethroned soon by a new emerging award show in Japan.

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 ...

The announcement of the Tokyo Anime Next awards has been painted as a reaction to the Crunchyroll Anime Awards, but the truth ...

"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 ...

"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 ...

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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 ...

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 ...

Japan has officially announced the top streamed anime series of the first half of 2026, and fans will be surprised by which ...

In a plethora of iconic swordsmen, Japanese anime fans have chosen the best among them all.

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"[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?" ...