Japan’s animation industry grew by 14.8% to hit record revenues of $25BN (JPY3.8TR) in 2024, with much of the increase coming from overseas markets, according to a report presented by the Association ...

Scarlet is the first film in four years from the anime director, who was Academy Award-nominated in 2019 for Mirai and whose ...

A man walks by an eatery with its facade painted with letters that read "Welcome to Washinomiya" and the characters of a TV animation series "Lucky Star" or "Raki Sta" near Washinomiya Jinja shrine in ...

Overseas revenues of Japanese animation exceeded local consumption for only the second time last year. But the export-led boom is expected to continue, the Association of Japanese Animations said on ...

But Japan’s overall love for cartoon entertainment is not in total decline, as evidenced by the booming demand for animated movies. Studio Ghibli is among the most famous animation studios, and the ...

TOKYO – Eighty-eight places in Japan are going to be designated “animation spots” to encourage visitors to seek out the train stations, school campuses, rural shrines and other fairly everyday places ...

Eighty-eight places in Japan are going to be designated "animation spots" to encourage tourism — using train stations, school campuses, rural shrines and other fairly everyday places where popular ...

TOKYO (Reuters) - The artistic legacy of Hayao Miyazaki, the reclusive and bearded Academy Award-winning director and animator sometimes called Japan's Walt Disney, has never been more certain. Yet at ...