Animation

Its animation finally has a global box-office smash. Now the country must capitalise on it

A sequel five years in the making, Ne Zha 2, draws on the 16th-century novel ‘Investiture of the Gods’

JAPANESE media hailed Olympic 100m gold medallist Noah Lyles as the world’s fastest anime fan after the American celebrated his win by miming an attack from Dragon Ball.

JAPAN’S low-budget animation films are becoming popular worldwide. Mizuho Securities hopes to cash in on that by boosting financing for the sector.

“IN THE good old days,” mused DreamWorks co-founder and former Disney CEO Jeffrey Katzenberg late last year, “it took 500 artists five years to make a world-class animated movie. I don’t think it will...

IN THE fictional world of Dragon Ball, the popular Japanese manga and animation franchise, the lead character embarks on a journey to collect seven magical balls to summon a wish-granting dragon.

THE creator of Japan’s hugely popular Dragon Ball comics and anime cartoons, Akira Toriyama, has died aged 68, his production team said on Friday.

FILM-MAKER Hayao Miyazaki, a founder of the animation house Studio Ghibli, is one of the last practitioners of hand-drawn animation. His new coming-of-age fantasy, The Boy and the Heron, has been prai...

STUDIO Ghibli, the animation house behind Spirited Away, My Neighbor Totoro and other movies, will become a unit of Nippon Television Holdings, part of an effort to ensure its future as the home for w...