Maybe you're brushing up on the Japanese language, are an aficionado of Japanese culture, or have Japanese heritage yourself.

While the winter 2026 lineup has many exciting titles, these must-see anime are the ones every fan should watch as soon as ...

Only isekai anime that started in the 2020s. If a show released its first episode in the 2010s, it will be left out. For ...

Discover the chaotic, entertaining, and bizarre online trends that defined 2025, from Labubu dolls to AI filters.

California startups are building robots to help with fold laundry and other tedious tasks as the race to dominate artificial ...

For 40 years, Japan’s Studio Ghibli – and its creative chief, director Hayao Miyazaki – have been creating some of the ...

Every romanceable character revealed so far for upcoming life sim Starsand Island.

Hagoita (battledores) are traditional Japanese wooden paddles used to play hanetsuki (hitting a feathered shuttlecock), a game similar to badminton. Both the game and the paddles have existed since at ...

The frequently goofy and energetic direction of The Elusive Samurai belies a dark story: a fictional spin on the life of the real samurai Tokiyuki Hōjō, whose family and clan is massacred by the ...

The 45-second clip was released on the McDonald's Netherlands’ YouTube channel on December 6 — with comments turned off — and was removed from the platform on December 9. It depicted "the most ...