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While we’ve been using Disney+ to revisit beloved childhood classics, Japanese subscribers have been using it to watch a folk horror series about eating kids. “Gannibal” debuted on Disney+ internationally back in 2022, and hit Hulu in the United States at the same time. The Japanese folk horror series is based on Masaaki Ninomiya’s manga…

Titan Manga expands its Japanese comics catalog with five series arriving in spring and summer 2027. Dominating at the Academy of Returned Heroes by Chiaki Konno and fame opens the lineup on July 20 with an isekai fantasy of power and rivalries at a hero academy. The Limits of High-Spec Marriages by Susano Hara and…

The Japanese animation “Detective Conan: The Case of the 30th Murder” climbed to the top of the box office upon its release.

Japanese video-game maker Nintendo reported Thursday an 11% improvement in its net profit in the first half of the fiscal year, although its sales declined during that period

Stray Kids has added another milestone in Japan, earning the group’s third streaming platinum certification as the group prepares to launch three nights of concerts at Tokyo Dome on Friday.

A Japanese comic could be partly to blame for the crowds of tourists in the Cotswolds’ “most beautiful” village.

A new Japanese anime awards program will be called the Nippon Anime Awards, with the first ceremony set for Nov. 21, 2027, at SGC Hall Ariake in Tokyo’s Ariake district.

Japanesemanga artist Tetsuya Chiba, best known for the “Ashita no Joe” series and the first manga artist to receive the Order of Culture, died of myelodysplastic syndrome at a Tokyo hospital Thursday. He was 87, JIJI Press reported.

Japan’s animation business reached a record high of $28.5bn (¥4.491tn) in 2025, up 15.8% on the previous year.

Japan’s animation business reached a record high of $28.5bn (¥4.491tn) in 2025, up 15.8% on the previous year.