Manga in America have age ratings like All Ages or 16+, but who decides these ratings, how do they decide them, and how consistent are they? Some schools have pulled manga from the shelves over ...

To say Attack on Titan is a terrifying series would be an understatement. Even before the Walls came down, the uncanny megamonsters of the series got into our nightmares. Every revelation builds out a ...

Fool Night is a manga with a fascinating premise that looks really promising, judging by the first volume. It takes place in the future, and the sun has been blotted out from earth by clouds that ...

After almost 50 years, the annual Kodansha Manga Award is one of Japan’s most prestigious, well, manga awards. The winner of this year in all three categories were just announced, so let’s check ‘em ...

It takes a special breed of villainous bureaucrat to renege on a promise to a group of high school girls after they’ve just won the athletic championship that was supposed to save their school from ...

The Kano sisters, also known as Kyoko and Mika Kano, are two famous women in Japan who’ve done everything from modeling to publishing books. Recently they released photos of themselves cosplaying as ...

The anime industry is mourning another loss this week with the announcement that director and animator Kinji Yoshimoto—known for directing series ranging from Arifureta – From Commonplace to World’s ...

Welcome to Demon School! Iruma-kun: IruMafia Edition hails from writer and artist Hiroja. The spinoff runs alongside and in collaboration with Nishi’s main series, but there are some differences right ...

It’s a wish fulfillment trope that’s made it into almost every anime genre, from romantic comedies to scif-fi and fantasy. Plot circumstances drop an ordinary average guy into a close living/working ...

More details have arrived for the Plus-Sized Misadventures in Love! anime, which kicks off its adaptation of mamakari’s manga on October 6. In addition to a new trailer and visual, the staff behind ...

The “great anime titles we’ll never see released in the U.S.” list continues to shrink, because after 35 years of waiting—easy to write, but try LIVING it—it has finally happened: for the first time ...

Anime in pop music has experienced a surge in top-chart hits over the past year. In the mainland US, Megan Thee Stallion is our resident anime-supporting rap artist. Creating earworm songs such as ...