Throwing planet-smashing energy beams at one another is OK, but those martial arts masters better keep their middle fingers down.
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Come for the food and drink inspired by Rumiko Takahashi’s first manga series, stay for the special guest appearance by Maison Ikkoku.
Enako is ready to take her cosplay act to its biggest stage yet with a brand-new photo collection produced by manga mega-publisher Shueisha.
Anime’s most famous martial artist enters his ultimate-bling form, and so does one of his many rivals-turned friends.
Tora no Ana’s matchmaking parties see an attendance spike as they respond to women who want a boyfriend who’ll leave them alone and let them fangirl out.
Director reveals he got the initial idea for Weathering with You before Your Name was released, is aiming to make a “massively entertaining” movie.
Ryo Saeba, aka City Hunter, is returning as a feature-length anime, and best of all, they’re keeping the same ending theme, “Get Wild”, from the old TV series!
The granddaddy of yokai anime, Gegege no Kitaro, gets an unexpected salute as it reaches the half-century milestone.
Netflix’s CG remake of the classic anime Saint Seiya will include a major change from the original series — the gender of one of the principal characters!
All-male cast brings anime classic to the traditional stage in a historic first for Studio Ghibli director and co-founder Hayao Miyazaki.
Our reporter finds a freaky coincidence or a hidden message in the titles of the Inuyasha and Ranma 1/2 creator’s series to date.
Tohru and the Sohma boys are back for the faithful adaptation of the original manga, but why didn’t this happen the first time?
Unnecessary revamping of graphics leads some to view it as a case of anime-ization gone too far.
The future looks bright for this budding artist, who made over 50 of the core PreCure cast out of acrylic beads.
After four decades of hits, one year off was apparently enough for the legendary manga star.
Want to know the latest Saiyan news? Or find out your Dragon Ball Fortune? Head to Yahoo! Planet Vegeta now!
Maximum points for accuracy to the Pokémon source material, zero points for cuteness.
Wait, is that a Dragon Ball?! You can step into one of over 600 Gyukaku locations in Japan this month to find out what it is — and eat it!
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