It's been a banner year for anime as its popularity has grown exponentially and American animation looks towards the trailblazing Japanese form to reshape how it tells stories. But while series like ...

For decades, being a fan of anime meant maintaining a certain level of dedication. You didn’t necessarily need to learn Japanese (shout out to the subs), but you certainly needed to be in certain ...

EXCLUSIVE: Sketch this date into your calendar: The 10th anniversary Crunchyroll Anime Awards ceremony is set for Saturday, May 23, in Tokyo. Sally Amaki and Jon Kabira are returning as co-hosts for a ...

Anime is booming. And it's everywhere. With each series as inventively animated and imaginatively plotted as the next, it’s easy to find a show (or hundreds) that entertains you, characters you fall ...

Renan is the Movies & TV Lead Editor for GameRant. Ren graduated Cum Laude from Lesley University in 2017 and has been focusing exclusively on his journalistic endeavors ever since. When Ren isn't ...

If you had “holographic anime girlfriends” on your CES 2026 bingo card, congratulations; you are both unhinged and correct. I personally did not see this trend coming, but after walking the show floor ...

We’re wrapping up the year by naming some of the best of the best anime to come out this year. Japanese animation has quickly become the genre to prioritize for studios and streamers, with American ...

In many ways, 2025 was a banner year for anime: There were box-office smashes, such as Demon Slayer: Infinity Castle grossing close to $800 million worldwide, alongside a less quantifiable shift in ...

In 2024, it felt like the passion and hunger for anime was at its apex. But as we've seen this year, that growth shows no sign of stopping. In fact, in 2025 anime is being watched by more people now ...

Unlike many streaming services, one of the perks of Crunchyroll, the popular anime service, was that it offered a free ad-based tier. While it changed throughout the years, as the platform started ...

Japan’s anime industry reached an all-time high in 2024, climbing to JPY3.84 trillion ($25.25 billion) in total market value, according to data presented by the Association of Japanese Animations (AJA ...