2025 Year-End Billboard Japan Charts Unveiled: Mrs. GREEN APPLE Dominates as Snow Man & Creepy Nuts Top Album, Global Lists

Billboard Japan has unveiled its 2025 year-end charts, tracking the period from Nov. 25, 2024, to Nov. 23, 2025.

Ecuador’s Otavalo Indigenous people use anime to inspire pride in their ancient culture and language

In the Ecuadorian Andes, young Otavalo Indigenous people are using anime to inspire pride in their culture and language.
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Professional female wrestlers bring Japanese subcultures into the ring for Miami Art week

The Japanese women’s pro-wrestling show Sukeban tackled Miami Art Week, bringing fashion, music, fighting and Japanese ...

27 Years Later, Original 'One Piece' Star Returns to the Long-Running Anime Franchise

Urara Takano, the first voice actress for Monkey D. Luffy, has returned to the One Piece franchise 27 years later. Read on ...

Amazon rolls out AI-generated dub of well-loved anime series Banana Fish

Originally published in manga form starting in 1985, Banana Fish was both controversial and influential at the time for ...