Tokyo Disneyland and Disney Sea celebrate the Year of the Boar in style with a fan-favorite Disney character in the limelight.
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Pair of visitors get called “jerks” online, but we’d have picked a harsher label.
One of the year’s most touching stories gets a very special Christmas episode.
We send our best and brightest Disney otaku to interrogate the Disney producer on Japan’s new release, Ralph Breaks the Internet.
Beyond-kind lost and found corner still hopes it can find original owner.
No new park is coming, but there are still some exciting developments in store for Tokyo Disney!
Mickey Mouse was caught on camera giving a die-hard Disney fan such an intense smooch that she toppled backwards!
Walt Disney’s pre-Mickey creation Oswald the Lucky Rabbit was recently found in an unexpected place — Osaka, Japan!
A gorgeous take on the character that’s worlds apart from the Disney version, and can be read in English or Japanese.
Critics are calling the modern anime aesthetics “inappropriate,” but publisher says they’re missing the point.
Quite possibly the last Disney character we’d expect to be a love guru has the perfect answer to one young man’s dilemma.
A rare case where it’s not Cinderella’s feet that everyone’s eyes are on.
With Halloween just around the corner, it’s time to take a catalog of some of the finest seasonal cocktails available at Tokyo Disney Sea!
Texan cosplayer UniqueSora has been wowing social media with perfect costumes of everything from American animation classics to ambitious anime icons.
The life of the stressed-out main character in the live-action Winnie the Pooh film is one of leisure compared to many Japanese adults’.
Can faith, trust, and a little bit of pixie dust rekindle P.K Sanjun’s love of Disney? Here’s his experience of the 35th anniversary festivities.
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Our Japanese-language reporter laughed, danced and was moved to tears by the Disney-standard quality shown off in their new theme park lineup.
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