Toei Animation's new Global Strategy and Content Creation Dept. signals a shift from export to co-creation, with 'Monkey ...

More than a decade after his last feature, Katsuhiro Otomo is launching Oval Gear Animation Studio to build a new generation ...

Welcome back to the world of Anime Story, now bigger, bolder, and rebuilt from the ground up. Anime Story 2 is a Roblox gacha-strategy game developed by Anime Story Lab. It combines gacha elements ...

The creator economy is shifting gears as Minecraft and Roblox roll out their most significant updates of 2026. Minecraft's Spring 2026 patch introduces baby mobs and expanded underground exploration, ...

Roblox creators are leveraging the platform’s Adaptive Animation system alongside a growing selection of anime-inspired visual effects to craft more fluid and stylized combat. The animation update ...

Rei Penber is the Deputy Lead Editor for GameRant's Anime and Manga team, originally from Kashmir and currently based in Beirut. He brings seven years of professional experience as a writer and editor ...

Despite the global success of anime, animation studios are at their breaking point. The most recent victim of the unending crunch is Studio Kai, which announced insolvency to the tune of ¥565 million ...

In yet another example of the incredible commercial power of popular anime IPs, Netflix is expanding its One Piece slate with multiple new projects across animation and live action, including a LEGO ...

Following the release of Scott Westerfeld’s Leviathan adaptation, Netflix is releasing another anime set in a steampunk-themed alternate history called Sparks of Tomorrow, and it comes from celebrated ...

The medium has been bigger than niche for a long time. That became apparent to everyone in 2025. By Maya Phillips Lately I’ve been remembering a time when certain kinds of animated entertainment were ...

"The medium is so popular now," says Leigh, who remembers when anime existed mostly on home video and hardly ever played in theaters. "My friends out of state have seen the ‘Chainsaw’ movie. It was a ...