CULTURE
‘Let’s Meet at Angie’s Bar’: A granny like none other
Acting veteran Mitsuko Kusabue brings wisdom and wit to Yurugu Matsumoto’s light...
Haruki Murakami TV adaptation revisits 30 years of wate...
NHK's new four-episode miniseries, “After the Quake,” probes the ripple effects ...
AI may be coming for anime, but Hayao Miyazaki is irrep...
Goro Miyazaki says that though nothing can replicate the depth of his father's w...
‘Unreachable’: An attractive but half-baked fantasy
The combined talents of Suzu Hirose, Hana Sugimoto and Kaya Kiyohara can’t save ...
Cherry blossom-themed art to see this weekend in Tokyo
With the cherry blossoms’ ephemeral beauty immortalized in art and literature fo...
Yuki Tejima's metamorphosis from bookworm to literary t...
An Instagram “bookfluencer” and professional translator for over 10 years, Tejim...
Nintendo announces Legend of Zelda film for 2027
Nintendo made the announcement on "Nintendo Today!", a new app for fans that was...
Rise and shine with ‘The Wakey Show’
Broadcaster NHK's first new daily children’s show in years puts puppets and posi...
‘Ravens’: Tadanobu Asano plays troubled photographer wi...
Mark Gill’s visually lush film subverts the realism of Masahisa Fukase’s life st...
‘Boy’: An ambitious portrait of alienated youth
Director Yuji Dan brings a decades-old project to a close with his portrayal of ...
'One Hundred Flowers': A moving exploration of loss, lo...
Author Genki Kawamura drew inspiration from his grandmother's experiences to tho...
Osaka’s kabuki fan culture fueled an elusive figure of ...
In his new book, John Fiorillo partly lifts the veil on Shunbaisai Hokuei, who d...
Avant-garde botanists AMKK illuminate the inner worlds ...
The punk florists' latest exhibition immerses visitors in darkness, bathed only ...
‘My Love Story with Yamada-kun at Lv999’ shows that eve...
Yuka Yasukawa’s sweet rom-com with feather-light comedy offers more than a paste...
Virtual idols, real fans: Hololive’s bet on the future ...
Hololive CEO Motoaki Tanigo, whom fans affectionately refer to as “Yagoo,” has g...
Indie films vie for views at Niigata animation festival
From Satoshi Kon tributes to indie gems, this year's Niigata International Anima...
