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Side-by-side comparison points finger at pivotal moment in director Makoto Shinkai’s smash-hit anime film.
Sketches hand-drawn by director Makoto Shinkai show initial vision for anime film’s opening sequence.
The revolutionary girl is the latest anime icon to become the face of a cafe in one of Tokyo’s anime fandom hot spots.
Chairman singles out two aspects of Japanese traditional culture that people of other nations “wouldn’t understand.”
The Idolmaster compels otaku and gamers to get to Shinjuku Station at the crack of dawn for some cool free merch.
Makoto Shinkai’s anime juggernaut was chasing the Disney hit, but which film pulled in the bigger audience at theaters?
One of the bleakest depictions of Tokyo in all of film is part of Olympics celebration projection mapping project.
If you’ve never heard of Project 575 before… well, we can’t blame you. Despite existing for a few years now, the pair have never been considered “official” Vocaloids. Until now.
Surprise announcement comes at 20th anniversary celebration of pirate manga, as producer hopes to make “most expensive TV series ever produced.”
Tokyo tour visits locations from Makoto Shinkai’s hit, recreates the food the characters eat, and takes reservations in English.
Jaw-dropping graduation project has audiences salivating for more from this one-person powerhouse.
Even before it was called Your Name, Makoto Shinkai knew he wanted his film to be different from its predecessors.
Our favorite manga PI and sniper Ryo Saeba, aka City Hunter, will be coming to the big screen in 2019 from France!
Eiichiro Oda asks fans to keep reading the manga “a little longer” as series celebrates 20th anniversary.
Anime heroes Roy Mustang, Riza Hawkeye, and Winry Rockbell featured in English-subtitled trailer.
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