In offering his two cents on the medium’s ever-growing worldwide popularity, noted Dragon Ball and One Piece series director ...

The early 2000s were an interesting time for animation and filmmaking in America, but this particular Japanese animation studio changed history.

While a lot of popular U.S. animated content, like Pixar's "Soul," now leans heavily on 3D imagery, Roland Kelts what makes anime truly unique is its emphasis on bold, traditional 2D animation.

Photo: Handout Once deemed overshadowed by Japanese anime and American animation, Chinese animation is now experiencing a surge in popularity, especially among younger audiences.

Anime, a category of animation that goes back at least to 1958's The Tale of the White Serpent, has nothing to prove at this point—though non-Japanese audiences are sometimes still surprised by ...