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The way people watch animation has changed considerably over the past decade. Watching cartoons or anime is no longer limited to sitting in front of a television at a particular time. Today, viewers can discover animated stories through phones, tablets, computers, and smart TVs, choosing what they want to watch according to their own schedules.

Exchanging business cards is serious business in Japan, with a whole series of steps and proper etiquette involved to ensure you make a good first impression. Called “Meishi Koukan” (“Business Card Exchange”), the first step in this dance involves keeping your cards in a business card holder (“meishi ire”) rather than loose in a pocket,…

In 2023, Oscar-winning director Guillermo del Toro proclaimed during his award-winning speech for the better “Pinocchio” of the two that year that “Animation is cinema, animation is not a genre.” Most importantly, it’s not limited to strictly family-friendly stories, and it can push boundaries by telling tales that are off-limits for children. Through animation, more…

Dubai: For a long time, the entry point into anime was the same three titles. Naruto, Bleach and One Piece dominated so completely that fans just called them the Big Three, and everything else competed for the space around them.

The main story for Just Like Mona Lisa reached its conclusion in Volume 8, leaving readers with an open ending when it comes to Hinase’s gender transition. But the series was not yet over! Square Enix went on to simultaneously release Volume 9 and 10, which offer two alternate endings for the series. Do they…

Podcasting in Nigeria has become a form of storytelling within mainstream media, beginning in the 2010s, with names like I Said What I Said,F & S Uncensored,credited as some of the mainstream inceptions, touching on social commentary and Nigeria’s pop culture. Its imminent rise not only captured the zeitgeist but also built community across various…

The Robot Soldier and Fox Squirrel join Sheeta and Pazu in this beautiful Laputa: Castle in the Sky figurine collection.

With September here, the Summer season of 2026 is also coming to an end, which means that the majority of the anime that were supposed to be released have already come out. Each season this year has been very different and fruitful, with Winter emerging as a season filled with returning anime getting new seasons,…

Crunchyroll‘s Anime Awards have become the closest thing the industry has to an Oscars moment, and the Best Anime Movie category in particular has a habit of rewarding risk over safety. Every winner has told a different story about where the medium is heading, from quiet slice-of-life triumphs to action blockbusters that redefined what a…

Even more than a year after the premiere of the first installment, Demon Slayer still hasn’t shared any updates on the upcoming movies. The anime was already a global phenomenon, but it reached new heights of popularity last year with the Infinity Castle movie. In 2024, Ufotable, the animation studio behind Demon Slayer, confirmed that…