2025 has been one of the strongest years for anime in ages, building on what is clearly a new Golden Age in the Japanese animation industry. With widening viewership, more access to anime on streaming ...

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 ...

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 ...

Puzzle Mania, the annual print section, takes a village to grow it from a kernel of an idea to the extravaganza it is today. By Sam Corbin To discuss this year’s Super Mega, please visit our guide.

Everything you need to know about this year’s special print puzzle section. By New York Times Games What is Puzzle Mania? Puzzle Mania is an annual special puzzle section in the print edition of the ...

Now, the last bastion of the old-school way of producing anime has embraced the inevitable progress. Starting in 2026, after a three-month break, Toei Animation will only produce 26 One Piece anime ...

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 ...

Villains are an important part of any popular anime series, needing to stand out as competent, threatening, and with a singular goal to accomplish. In contrast to the protagonist, a villain should ...

Rei is the Deputy Lead for GameRant's Anime Team from Kashmir, situated in Beirut. He's an avid fan of anime and manga. Rei grew up watching anime and had a knack for writing ever since he was a kid, ...