Category: Culture

For a series this large, release timing changes the feeling of the ending. Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War is heading into its final part this summer, but

Some trips to Japan look exciting in a booking tab and ordinary once you get there. Animelo Summer Live tends to do the opposite. Even before the first set

Some franchises return like a reunion. Ghost in the Shell usually returns like a test. In Japan, every new version has to face decades of arguments about t

Anime can feel strangely sealed off once it reaches the audience. By the time a series lands on a streaming service or a film hits a theater, the work has

Old anime franchises come back all the time in small, careful ways. A commemorative visual appears. A pop-up shop opens. A cast reunion gets people emotion

Lotte is turning its long-running Pie no Mi chocolate pie snack into its first anime project through the new Oshi no Mori campaign.