19+ hour, 18+ min ago  (700+ words) Sporting towering Elvis-style hair and a school uniform modified into a rebellious silhouette, 15-year-old Reona worships Japan's classic bad-boy subculture recently taken global by a hit Netflix dating show. Japan in the heady 1980s teemed with hot-blooded teens who rebelled against…...

1+ mon, 4+ day ago  (334+ words) Taiwanese comic artists Wu Shi- shan () and Rice Dumpling () are set to showcase the diversity of Taiwan's comic scene during Manga-Comic-Con 2026 later this week in Germany, the Ministry of Culture said yesterday. The event, one of Europe's major cosplay and…...

2+ mon, 6+ day ago  (376+ words) With simulated waves, animation tables and dozens of original sketches on display, a new exhibition in the Oscars museum offers immersion into the aquatic world of Ponyo, animator Hayao Miyazaki's cinematic classic. The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures opened in…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago  (673+ words) Sparks illuminate the soot-covered studio of Japanese swordsmith Akihira Kawasaki as his apprentice hammers red-hot steel, showcasing a millennium-old craft enjoying a resurgence in popularity. Despite the rapidly graying, shrinking population of blademakers in Japan, their fine steel swords known…...

3+ mon, 1+ week ago  (404+ words) Taipei Times - All Front Page Taiwan News Business Editorial & Opinion Sports World News Features Bilingual Pages From left, figurines of Nami, Roronoa Zoro and Monkey D. Luffy, some of the main characters in the manga and anime series "One Piece," are…...

4+ mon, 3+ week ago  (654+ words) Earlier this month, fans packed a Guangzhou cinema to see Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba " Infinity Castle, helping to make the animated feature China's top-grossing foreign film of the year. Some even came in cosplay, excited to be part of…...

1+ year, 6+ day ago  (719+ words) Fans waved glow sticks at an animated character on stage, having packed a sold-out Hollywood concert hall to see their virtual idol perform " showcasing the global ambitions of Japan's "VTuber" subculture. Pink-haired musician and livestreamer Mori Calliope looks just like…...

11+ mon, 5+ day ago  (525+ words) Unfounded online rumors warning that a huge earthquake would soon strike Japan are taking a toll on travel firms and airlines who report less demand from worried Hong Kongers. People from Hong Kong made nearly 2. 7 million trips to Japan last…...