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With its original design of a red-clad female ninja, this shamisen is set to become the collector’s item of the year.
Breathtakingly beautiful artwork combines illustration, photography, and the Japanese art of kirie.
A gorgeous take on the character that’s worlds apart from the Disney version, and can be read in English or Japanese.
Famous British botanical gardens include a clever use of origami art in a holiday display.
Critics are calling the modern anime aesthetics “inappropriate,” but publisher says they’re missing the point.
New release, with unique packaging by a Japanese artist, set to be released internationally.
New merchandise proves it’s impossible for the beloved Pocket Monster icon to not look cute.
After working on My Neighbour Totoro, animator Akemi Miyazaki steps out from her husband’s shadow to show us Totoro’s real-world birthplace.
Six new designs unveiled in continuing series that salutes Japan’s natural beauty and cultural legacy.
These plastic warriors are trawling for a brawling, cruising for a bruising, and sampling for a trampling.
Anime serious famous for its dramatic sound effects and fashionable heroes makes one out of the other with cool and clever artwork trick.
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