Lost his real-life penguin wife, gained an anime waifu.
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Publisher nixes two of the most common storytelling tricks in the anime playbook in attempt to create something adults can enjoy.
Series was phenomenally popular in Japan and Latin America, but will English-speaking audiences show up?
Everyone loves Ghibli movies, and for good reason. But since Miyazaki retired (or not, depending on how he feels this week), people have wondered – who will be his spiritual successor?
Groups of three players will team up to battle an Angel in recreation of the fun parts of the heavy-themed fighting robot anime.
Titled Mirai, new anime will be a return to the “human drama” elements of Wolf Children and The Girl Who Leapt Through Time.
Unique design should be a hit with fashionistas and history buffs, and also hides a subtle anime cosplay secret.
Anime fans search for the earliest example of what some consider a harbinger hairdo, but how did it get started?
Stay! Stay! Democratic People’s Republic of Korea! might sound like another example of Japanese weirdness, but it’s actually foreign-developed.
As the temperature rises, so do the hemlines, but that doesn’t mean everyone gets to take a peak at your underwear.
Awesome music video is an anime-style testament to the power of dreams, friendship, and probably potassium.
Fan artist clothes one of anime’s top idols in two dresses…or did he?
Bundled package includes selfie stick and draws styling cues from multiple magical items used by the anime heroine.
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