Decades before Hayao Miyazaki’s Spirited Away became the first anime film to win an American Academy Award in 2001, ... How American Fans Pirated Japanese Cartoons Into Careers. ByLauren Orsini ...

Anime, once commonly referred to as Japanese cartoons, has become a global phenomenon in recent years. Despite existing for many years, its surge in popularity is a relatively recent development.

Some of the most popular anime in Japan have never set foot on American shores. Oh sure, we have Naruto and Pokémon and Dragonball Z, but what we don’t have are the kids shows — the Japanese ...

Why the world is so animated about anime Japan’s cartoons have conquered its screens, and more. Share. Illustration: DBSZ. ... Created by a Japanese-American woman and her white American husband ...

Anime fans, mark your calendars. The latest installment in the My Hero Academia franchise is heading to North American movie theaters this fall.. My Hero Academia: You’re Next, the fourth film ...

But throughout the 1950s and 1960s, Japan’s wartime shadow continued to loom large — the image of the "two-faced, despicable" traitor as portrayed by American wartime cartoons and propaganda ...