Anime and Manga News

How many of you out there were exposed to the Transformers for the first time in your life through Michael Bay's effort on the silver screen? Well, if you so happen to fall under that particular category, might I encourage you to check out the entire back history and story of the Transformers over the years so that you would not end up thinking ... (more)

The artwork that greets visitors to "Hand Held: Gerhard Pulverer's Japanese Illustrated Books" is neither a book nor from Pulverer's collection.

The official Twitter account for Studio Ghibli's international branch posted a second official movie poster for director Hayao Miyazaki's upcoming The Wind Rises film.

This year's Anime Boston is being celebrated Friday, May 24 - Sunday, May 26 at the Hynes Convention Center and Sheraton Hotel in Boston, MA.

The LACOSTE L!VE x Osamu Tezuka Capsule Collection shines a light on the renowned Japanese manga mogul.

"Zero Yen" architect, Kyohei Sakaguchi, will host a workshop for attendees of his documentary, HOW TO BUILD A MOBILE HOUSE.

A Kyoto museum serves up a collection of the Japanese stylised cartoons, some of which date back more than 100 years As the van comes to a halt outside the Kyoto International Manga Museum, I find myself checking that my hair is tidily tied back and my clothes are not too rumpled.

Need a break from the Fringe Festival this weekend? The Florida Anime Experience invades I-Drive's International Palms Resort May 24-26 with guest of honor Maile Flanagan.

When Japanese animation icon Hayao Miyazaki moved in next door to My Neighbor Totoro , it was almost a disaster.

This March, One Piece creator Eiichiro Oda took a week off due to a "sudden illness". Today, it was announced that Oda has been admitted to the hospital.

Episodes of the new anime series K will debut on the same day in Japan and the US.

Here's another round of picks from the staff at the Ferndale Public Library . "The unintentional theme here is that everything is overall pretty depressing ," Circulation Specialist Kerrie Patterson says.

La MaMa, in association with Crossing Jamaica Avenue, presents the New York Premiere of the acclaimed Deadly She-Wolf Assassin at Armageddon!, featuring original music and a concept by Fred Ho, co-written by Fred Ho and Ruth Margraff, directed by Sonoko Kawahara, with martial arts choreography by Emmanuel Brown and Japanese sword fighting ... (more)

May is Asian Pacific American Heritage Month-a celebration of Asian and Pacific Islanders in the United States.

Kaoru Mori presents a collection of short manga, including comments and sketches, that span the first ten years of her career.

A German tourist has been jailed for ten months for importing objectionable publications and images, after Customs found over 35,000 child sexual abuse images on his laptop.

Hotaru Amemiya and Seiichi Takano visit Italy in the manga adaptation, HOTARU THE MOVIE: IT'S ONLY A LITTLE LIGHT IN MY LIFE.

In the last 24 hours or so, the above photo has been going viral in Japan. It's been retweeted over eighteen thousand times.

The renowned composer, Yoko Kanno, will present the world premiere performance of her new project, "PIANO ME", at Otakon .

Studio Ghibli, hardly known for reining in the scope of its films, produces works that stretch across many different themes - even realities - in times of great struggle.