Tokyo >> If you have been anywhere in Japan in the past 30 years, there is a very good chance you have come across Anpanman. His round face, bright red nose, rosy cheeks and infectious smile will have ...

Susan Orlean tweeted last night, "I assigned 'Hiroshima' to my NYU students this semester. It seemed like an ancient artifact at the time, and now, sadly, very relevant." The situation now unfolding ...

TOKYO -- Takashi Yanase, creator of one of Japan's most beloved cartoon characters, Anpanman, has died of heart failure, his studio said today. He was 94. Yanase died at a Tokyo hospital early Sunday, ...

Line’s animated characters, which helped it become one of Asia’s top messaging apps with more than 120 million users, now have their own cartoon series. This is not the first time the characters from ...

FILE - Doraemon, one of the most popular animation characters in Japan, participates in a kick-off ceremony of the Tokyo's bid to host the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo when Tokyo is bidding against Istanbul ...

Characters from the Harry Potter movies have recently been rendered in cartoon-style drawings and imprinted on stationery products in Japan, more than 15 years after the first movie was released. The ...

Popular Japanese cartoon character Gudetama, or lazy egg, created by Hello Kitty's developer Sanrio, makes its début in Shanghai on June 19, 2017.[Photo/VCG] The Japanese cartoon character Gudetama, ...

There are plenty of ways to customize a motorcycle, but we’ve never heard or seen cartoon characters decorating the bodywork of a motorcycle before. Well, there’s a first time for everything and this ...