Shebnem Askin, Head of Sony Pictures International Productions (SPIP) and Executive Vice President, Creative Production, ...

Sony is accelerating its pursuit of anime and manga properties for live-action adaptation, with plans to expand beyond the ...

Japan’s anime industry reached an all-time high in 2024, climbing to JPY3.84 trillion ($25.25 billion) in total market value, ...

Japan's animation industry grew by 14.8% to hit record revenues of $25BN (JPY3.8TR) in 2024, with much of the increase coming ...

Both of these major Japanese broadcasters now have a production studio dedicated to developing & producing content aimed at international audiences.

Tetsu Fujimura’s keynote talk at the Tokyo market offered a convincing argument that Japanese IP is becoming one of the ...

CODA and top Japanese officials have asked OpenAI to stop training its Sora 2 video-generation AI on copyrighted material.

KYOTO, Japan (Reuters) - Many victims of an arson attack on a Japanese animation studio were young with bright futures, some joining only in April, the shaken company president said on Saturday, as ...

Speakers at the market include Sony's Shebnem Askin, One Piece exec producer Tetsu Fujimura and Elvis producer Schuyler Weiss ...

KYOTO, Japan -- A man screaming "You die!" burst into an animation studio in Kyoto, doused it with a flammable liquid and set it on fire Thursday, killing 33 people in an attack that shocked the ...

The Japanese Government formally requested OpenAI to refrain from infringing copyrights related to its anime and manga industries.

A man in Japan was convicted of murder after he was accused of charging into an anime studio in the city of Kyoto, setting fire to the building and killing 36 people. Over 30 other people were badly ...