But while much of “The Boy and the Heron” was illustrated with pencil and paint on paper, the movie — like virtually every modern anime film — makes extensive use of computer animation ...

While you’ve definitely heard of Pokémon, you may not know it was a Nintendo Game Boy game before it was adapted into a popular anime, the success of which helped expand its popularity into ...

Sonny Boy premiered this past July, as part of an otherwise quiet summer 2021 anime season. Details were scarce before the first episode aired: It was an original anime, not based on an existing ...

During Anime Expo, I spoke with Masao Maruyama, producer of Netflix’s upcoming Astro Boy -inspired anime, Pluto. We spoke about the pressure his studio felt in adapting one of the most ...

Astro Boy has more than earned its reputation as the father of modern anime. Back in 1952, the sci-fi series came to life under Osamu Tezuka, and the industry found itself new life.

Studio Ghibli ‘s animated adventure movie The Boy and the Heron is continuing to blaze a trail for anime, in Europe, Asia and North America. Following its Golden Globes win last week, the first ...