Fukada's new film stars former idol Kyoko Saito and is based on real cases of Japanese idols being sued by their own management agencies for violating so-called "no relationship" clauses in their ...

Cannes: Anchored by former idol Kyoko Saito, this drama achieves some resonance despite world-building sketchiness in its story of a singer sued for dating.

Following the United States premiere of the new 2K restoration as part of New York City’s Japan Society over the weekend, Hideaki Anno’s first live-action feature-length film, “Love and Pop,” is ...

Koji Fukada is set to direct “Love on Trial,” a film inspired by real cases in Japan where J-Pop idols have been sued for violating “no relationship” contracts. “Love on Trial” reteams the renowned ...

Interest in manga and anime surged during lockdown. Unlike other pandemic trends that have come and gone, this one seems to be sticking around. During the COVID-19 pandemic, Esteban Alducin-Borges was ...

Laura has been writing about anime for some time. GKIDS brings the first US screening of Hideaki Anno's first commercial live-action film LOVE & POP. Anno's other "Shin" movies joke about existing in ...

In 2025, life imitates digital art. When a cohort of vintage Japanese pop songs went viral on YouTube throughout the 2010s, city pop and J-pop went from an absolutely underground interest of a select ...

Over brightly coloured jelly sodas at Kai Bai Bo, a Korean-themed café in Mexico City, Alejandra Chávez and Adriana Guzmán discuss their shared passion: BTS, South Korea’s global pop phenomenon. “It ...