The prodco was launched last year by Matt Brodlie and Jonathan Kier to capitalise on booming demand for local language content worldwide as audiences seek out more international series. Most recently ...

Even if you’re not really into anime, Detective Conan (aka Case Closed) is a great intro to the genre, with a storyline finely balanced between murder, gore, romance and riddles. It’s so popular that ...

Seichō Matsumoto’s 1975 classic A Quiet Place challenges simplistic and comforting assumptions about Japan Tim Stanley is a columnist and leader writer for The Telegraph. A Cambridge-educated ...

Anyone exploring anime for the first time is likely to assume that it's filled with nothing more than constant battles. So much of the lore surrounding anime is related to the action-shōnen genre that ...

The prewar and wartime period in Japan was marked by growing control over what could be written and published. Even so, it was a time when great writers flourished, including Kawabata Yasunari, ...

The detective genre has always captivated audiences with its intricate puzzles and the brilliant minds who solve them. In anime, these characters take on an even more fascinating dimension, their ...

Bungo Stray Dogs by Kafka Asagiri is one of the most underrated shows in recent times. The manga, illustrated by Sango Harukawa, debuted in 2012 and is still ongoing while anime fans await a sixth ...

TOKYO, Jan 16, (AP): He wears a black bodysuit and a white mask, speaks in an electronically altered squeaky voice, and makes creepiness his signature mode of art. Uketsu, whose name literally ...