The Japanese anime industry has become a worldwide phenomenon and the one that represented it globally is none other than ...

As his nickname ‘God of Manga’ suggests, the Osaka-born Osamu Tezuka (1928–1989) revolutionised Japanese manga and animation, ...

A generative artificial intelligence project aims to continue the work of the late manga artist behind the Astro Boy series. Tezuka Osamu also developed the Black Jack series, which centers on a ...

This article features depictions of racist caricatures and war imagery. To engage in the themes featured in these works, the article contains light spoilers for Astro Boy and Pluto. What does it ...

Shuntaro Tanikawa, one of the most celebrated Japanese modern poets who pushed ... and wrote the theme song of “Tetsuwan Atomu” (“Astro Boy”), the anime that started airing on TV in ...