Some see anime as being entrenched in fantasy and sci-fi, but the medium spans genres, even delivering brutal tearjerkers.

Of all of the phrases that could begin a light-hearted animated film, the Serenity Prayer popularized by Alcoholics Anonymous ...

Kids movies so often bear little of the actual lived-in experience of growing up, but Yamada Naoko’s luminous anime “The Colors Within” gently reverberates with the doubts and yearnings of young life.

The accused behind the arson attack on the Japanese animation studio, Kyoto Animation, has withdrawn his appeal to his death ...

Kids movies so often bear little of the actual lived-in experience of growing up, but Naoko Yamada's luminous anime “The ...

A Silent Voice director Naoko Yamada talks to us about her latest animation The Colors Within, a vibrant coming-of-age film ...

The Colors Within is Yamada’s first feature film for Science Saru, a production partner in Scott Pilgrim Takes Off and a ...

The suspected arsonist behind the deadly Kyoto Animation attack has been sentenced to a death penalty. The anime studio has ...

The War of Rohirrim will fit quite nicely in Max’s streaming catalog, as the service already hosts Peter Jackson’s trilogy, ...

Most of Yamada’s work — including her latest, The Colors Within, currently in select U.S. theaters — is slice-of-life, a popular anime genre that focuses on the mundane. She has a deep interest in ...

The latest round of AX Cinema Nights included screenings of Ninja Scroll in September, Metropolis 2001 in November, and Paprika earlier this month. Additionally, the event screened Mobile Suit Gundam ...