Anime

Genshin Impact: the video game that's slowly taking over the world
It is a gorgeous, engaging, free-to-play, open-world role-playing game … but at what cost?
Patrick Lum
22, Oct, 2020 @7:30 AM

Akira review – apocalyptic anime's startling message of global annihilation
The landmark Japanese cyberpunk animation from 1988 re-emerges as a deeply strange nightmare about destruction and rebirth
Peter Bradshaw
06, Oct, 2020 @3:00 PM

Studio Ghibli and beyond: the best anime for coronavirus lockdown days
If you don’t yet know how great Japanese animation is, you just haven’t found the right show. Now’s your chance
Patrick Lum
17, Apr, 2020 @4:13 AM

One Piece: Stampede review – piratical manga mayhem
This imaginative carnival of battling buccaneers makes Pirates of the Caribbean look like Swallows and Amazons
Phil Hoad
31, Jan, 2020 @9:00 AM

Kyoto Animation suspect staked out anime locations before arson attack
As the death toll rises to 35, police say Shinji Aoba was caught on camera visiting sites in the city of Uji
Gavin Blair
29, Jul, 2019 @3:21 AM

Kyoto Animation’s stories celebrated warmth and belonging. The fire is a tragic loss of life and legacy | Patrick Lum
The studio nurtured creativity and treasured its staff and made anime that found magic in the everyday
Patrick Lum
20, Jul, 2019 @11:54 PM

Kyoto Animation studio fire suspect named by police
Witnesses say Shinji Aoba claimed he started deadly blaze over plagiarisation dispute
Gavin Blair in Kyoto
19, Jul, 2019 @2:18 PM

'Too painful': Kyoto anime fans join prime ministers in mourning fire victims
Sense of loss spreads beyond fans of the genre as Justin Trudeau and Tim Cook voice their shock
Patrick Lum
19, Jul, 2019 @4:57 AM

Kyoto Animation studio fire: at least 25 dead after arson attack in Japan
Dozens more injured after ‘man threw liquid and set fire’ to building, police say
Gavin Blair in Tokyo
18, Jul, 2019 @12:42 PM

The 'year of Akira': the film's vision of 2019, compared with today's Tokyo – in pictures
This is the year in which the 1988 science fiction film Akira set its animated dystopia – so how does reality shape up against Katsuhiro Otomo’s vision?
Chris Michael
16, Jun, 2019 @7:00 AM

Boys' love to Pokémon: British Museum to host major show on manga
Exhibition will be largest on the comic books and graphic novels ever held outside Japan
Mark Brown Arts correspondent
05, Dec, 2018 @3:01 PM

Cowboy Bebop remake: please Netflix, keep the anime classic wild and raw
A live-action remake of the sci-fi series feels like a disaster waiting to happen unless the streaming service can harness the madness of the original bounty hunting epic
Graeme Virtue
30, Nov, 2018 @11:01 AM
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