A scene from the PASONA NATUREVERSE special short movie, The Birth of NEO Astro Boy (©Tezuka Productions) NEO Astro Boy (©Tezuka Producti ...

Legendary mangaka Osamu Tezuka's son sparks outrage on social media after confirming he is using AI to recreate his father's work.

Deservedly known as the ‘God of Manga’, Osamu Tezuka continues to loom large over Japanese pop culture more than 35 years after his passing. A visionary whose artistic and philosophical ...

(THE CONVERSATION) At the end of Katsuhiro Otomo’s dystopian Japanese anime film “Akira,” a throbbing, white mass begins to envelop Neo-Tokyo. Eventually, its swirling winds engulf the metropolis, ...

Osamu Tezuka's robotic boy wonder, Astro Boy, returns to the airwaves with a vibrant full-color restoration created using AI ...

On April 7, the China Pavilion at Expo 2025 holds a China Media Day event in Osaka, Japan, offering a glimpse of its upcoming ...

Future Now” at Sarasota Art Museum traces historical leaps in footwear design over time and the artistry behind the changes.

In his fairly short time with a couple here, Kotaro, an aging and ailing tomcat, showed impudence but also affection for his ...

From old-school classics like Naruto and Dragon Ball to popular new anime like Chainsaw Man, Hulu has a vast collection of ...

The Great Kanto Earthquake that struck Japan in 1923 laid bare the need for a nationwide information system to keep citizens safe. Two years later, stations in three cities—Tokyo, Osaka and ...

Anime is often associated with superhuman martial artists, magical schoolgirls, and adorable yet powerful robots that hold deep cultural significance in Japan. However, beyond its traditional themes, ...

A new episode of “Black Jack,” a masterpiece of famed manga artist Osamu Tezuka (1928-1989), has been completed with the help of artificial intelligence, 40 years after the last one was published.