and iconic anime and manga characters will greet visitors. Actress, singer, and voice actor Rika Matsumoto, known for voicing Ash in the Pokémon series and serving as a Cool Japan Ambassador ...

Idol culture in Japan far outstrips any celebrity worship Western anime fans can conceive of. Idols are presented not just as ...

LOS ANGELES, April 22, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, The Secretariat of Intellectual Property Strategy Headquarters, Cabinet Office Japan, and Anime Tourism Association announced the Cool Japan ...

Like many in America, Todd Martens grew up with parents who devoted the bulk of their vacation time to Disney’s theme parks. He now understands them as places to make sense of the world rather ...

The anime "Umamusume: Cinderella Gray" Episode 2 has been airing sequentially from April 13. The usually expressionless Oguri Cap (CV: Tomoyo Takayanagi) showed a rare blush, and many were captivated, ...