10+ hour, 21+ min ago   (354+ words) The anime industry is the latest focus of the kingdom's "soft power' portfolio "As anime rises in the box office ranks, Middle Eastern and American investors are circling the industry like sharks," said The Telegraph. With a sizeable Gen Z…...

3+ mon, 2+ week ago   (572+ words) Straw-hat skull seen at protests in Indonesia, Nepal and France shows how young people are "reshaping the vocabulary of dissent" A three-decade-old manga symbol may seem an unlikely rallying cry for disaffected young people in 2025, but the "One Piece" pirate…...

8+ mon, 3+ week ago   (744+ words) Photo collage of the Vtuber Gawr Gura playing bingo with other retirees in a bingo hall This anime-inspired internet subculture is going global Gawr Gura, the most popular VTuber in the world, has officially announced her retirement. A computer-generated cross…...