One of the trope’s pioneers explains why the star of his hit anime can go toe-to-toe with criminals, but gets smacked around by his female partner.
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Takahashi was awarded the 2019 Grand Prix at France’s Angoulême Festival, but fans in her native Japan were confused by how her work was framed.
Some of the biggest names in shonen and shojo manga turn their pens to redesigning the king of American cartoons.
The clock, made by a Chinese TikTok user, lights up and contains intricate overlays of Luffy, his friends and the emblematic anime ship.
Hotel admits up front that you probably won’t get much sleep, but will thoroughly enjoy your stay anyway.
Winter Comiket shoppers were treated to a special opportunity: withdraw your cash from an attractive anime man van!
”By the way…,” says Hajime Isayama before slipping in a twist as surprising as any in his giant-slaying manga/anime.
Throwing planet-smashing energy beams at one another is OK, but those martial arts masters better keep their middle fingers down.
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.
SolarFlare is among the list of manga titles flying off the printed page and into the Twitterverse.
The granddaddy of yokai anime, Gegege no Kitaro, gets an unexpected salute as it reaches the half-century milestone.
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?
After four decades of hits, one year off was apparently enough for the legendary manga star.
Tokyo court rules that reposting dialogue alone would have been enough for it to rule in manga publisher’s favor.
The story of Creamy Mami, the magical girl who captured anime fans’ hearts 35 years ago, is returning in the form of a spin-off online manga!
Manga artist Hajime Isayama shows that the last thing we’ll ever see in his manga stays true to a theme it’s had since the very start.

















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