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For Evan Call, every melody is a conversation
The "Frieren" composer builds anime's fantasy worlds with folk-infused scores.
Reeling from loss, Niigata’s animation festival refuses...
After losing key organizers and the death of its founder, the festival wasn’t su...
‘This Place’: Estrangement and renewal set against a ci...
Set in Rikuzentakata, Jaime Pacena II’s crosscultural drama pairs a city’s slow ...
‘Johatsu: Into Thin Air’: The quiet desperation of thos...
An estimated 80,000 people “evaporate” in Japan each year. Arata Mori and Andrea...
Mari Katayama wins inaugural Mori Art Prize
The biennial Mori Art Award, among the largest payouts for a single contemporary...
From clicks to claps: Online comics seek the stage
Ricchaado, a comic from a generation that builds its humor in cyberspace, is the...
What is Zipangu? Inside J-pop’s first-of-its-kind Los A...
A new Stateside event tests whether viral success can become a lasting internati...
‘#Viral’: A Faustian tale about internet fame and anti-...
King Bai’s bold but muddled post-pandemic drama skewers how bad actors manipulat...
‘Kaneko Fumiko’: Firebrand behind bars shows unyielding...
Actor Nahana delivers a passionate performance as the poet and activist who live...
Kishida Prize crowns wordsmiths in the theater world
The 70th iteration of the annual Kunio Kishida Prize for Playwriting announces t...
‘The Traveling Tree’: Essays from Alaska offer lessons ...
Michio Hoshino’s Alaska essays, now translated into English, reflect on fragilit...
After ‘Kokuho’: Nakamura Takanosuke to take kabuki’s ‘o...
Following renewed interest, a young actor offers overseas audiences a rare look ...
Yoshitoshi Shinomiya emerges as anime’s new auteur with...
A handcrafted debut blends tradition, reinvention and ecological urgency on the ...
Fujii Kaze, Massive Attack among Fuji Rock Festival 202...
Among the 66 acts unveiled, are also Khruangbin, The xx, Asian Kung-Fu Generatio...
Bad Bunny to star in movie about Puerto Rico
Fresh off major music triumphs, the global superstar will portray revolutionary ...
The critic who ruffled pop culture’s feathers
In “Blank Space,” W. David Marx questions the 21st century’s creative vitality a...
