Japanese filmmakers of all time won the only Oscar directing award of his career for a late-career masterpiece.

Popular Japanese American pornographic actor Asa Akira, 35, is facing backlash over a resurfaced video in which she conveys her willingness to have sex with a 13-year-old boy. Akira and Choe were ...

While the hardcover editions above are fresh reprints, you can also pick up all six of them as part of the Akira 35th ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. William covers motorbikes, E-bikes, cars, trucks and mobility tech. After the movie debuted and swept into motorcycle riders’ ...

With the recent release of Ghost in the Shell not faring very well at the box office, we're curious what the future will hold for other live-action projects based on manga and anime source material ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Many fans have attempted to recreate Kaneda’s bike. Some have done so in cosplay form, using PVC ...

It is hard to imagine a world without Naruto if you like anime. Decades ago, the hit series came to life under Masashi Kishimoto, and it is now recognized as one of the best shonen titles in history.

As influential anime go, especially in the west, Akira is at least in the top five of that list, if not at the very top. But it was at an extreme disadvantage in the west when it was first released in ...

Katsuhiro Otomo's Akira is a classic of both anime and manga, and Kanye West tweeted out his appreciation for the 1988 film on Monday. "This movie is my biggest creative inspiration" West tweeted ...

Danny Guan is a writer with an avid interest in anime, manga, video games, and more. When he isn't writing for Game Rant, he's writing on his own personal website. Although Dragon Ball is Akira ...