Miura, a native of Chiba, first started drawing manga as a boy, with his debut work printed ... happily about anime and movies he loved with a smile on his face. “We never once saw him angry ...

It was Japan’s first animated TV series, setting the foundation for the entire anime industry. Astro Boy also introduced ... AI for the past 5 years on the drawings of his father to see if ...

Netflix Japan has become the latest company to catch heat for availing itself of A.I. generating tools, with fans calling foul after the streamer released its new anime short, The Dog and the Boy ...

Director Domee Shi is excited as she discusses one of her favorite scenes from her first feature: when Meilin Lee, her 13-year-old protagonist, “goes down her lusty drawing spiral under her bed ...

Others took issue with how Netflix and Wit Studio, the company that produced the short, credited those who worked on Dog and Boy. As you can ... acute among anime creators. The labor shortages ...

Clearly, this take on Astro Boy is on another level, and according to fans, it is one of the most impressive in anime’s history. It nails a specific aesthetic that both merges with Astro Boy ...

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 ...

For the first time in Hayao Miyazaki’s decades-spanning career, the 82-year-old Japanese anime master is No 1 at the North American box office. Miyazaki’s latest enchantment, The Boy and the ...

Toshio continued, “In such a situation, I hope the bright news of winning an award can bring a smile to ... he concluded. The Boy and the Heron is a fantasy-adventure anime film directed by ...