Japan’s anime and manga, the Japanese word for comics ... Apart from streaming, selling merchandise can be even more lucrative. Sanrio, which owns characters like Hello Kitty, has reported ...
Move over, Marvel. The next blockbuster entertainment franchise might come from Japan. Anime is shaping up as the country’s next big export industry, beyond cars and electronics. This once ...
Oshoppu, a Japanese collectables shop, is launching in the Royal Arcade at the start of December in the unit left empty by Basil & Pip florists. The store will specialise in kawaii - the culture of ...
CHIBA, Japan -- Last month, dozens of gamers stood patiently in line in a dimly lit area of the Makuhari Messe convention center outside Tokyo, waiting to be summoned into the company of fantasy ...
Crunchyroll, LLC is an independently operated joint venture between U.S.-based Sony Pictures Entertainment and Japan's Aniplex, a subsidiary of Sony Music Entertainment (Japan) Inc., both subsidiaries ...
Want to learn Japanese by playing video games and watching anime? A band of YouTubers — with the help of modern tools — has made learning one of the world’s most challenging languages into a ...