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TOKYO – Japan’s anime industry, one of the country’s leading cultural exports, is beginning to confront the arrival of artificial intelligence in production as studios grapple with labor shortages, rising output and deep concerns over copyright and the future of animators’ jobs

To celebrate the 29th anniversary of the ONE PIECE manga, a special limited bonus ONE PIECE Card featuring Monkey D. Luffy was included with the 2026 Issue 33 of Weekly Shonen Jump, released on July 13. Shueisha explained, “In light of the popularity of the ONE PIECE Card Game, we will print 500,000 more copies…

The Blue Box manga reached its final chapter in Issue 33 of Weekly Shonen Jump, released in Japan on July 13. The conclusion brings its five year serialization, which began in April 2021, to an end. Another romantic comedy manga, Hima-Ten!, concluded in the magazine’s June 29 issue, marking the successive end of romantic comedy…

Some anime are one-and-done. Others? They pull you back in the moment you hear the opening theme. Suddenly, you’re telling yourself you’ll “just watch one episode, and before you know it, it’s 2am, you’re emotionally attached all over again, and somehow Episode 19 has broken your heart for the second (or fifth) time

Seven years after this franchise made its original anime streaming debut with Crunchyroll, a major series has confirmed it’s coming back for a new live-action feature film adaptation. It’s been a big few years for live-action anime and manga adaptations, and there are even more in production than ever seen before. It’s led to many…

Tokyo, July 12 (Jiji Press)–Kodansha Ltd., the publisher of popular Japanese manga titles including “Attack on Titan” and “Blue Lock,” plans to enter the Indian market, which has a population of 1.4 billion