Manga and anime go way back, but they’re not the same. Both are Japanese art forms that tell stories in completely different ...

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In December 1941, George T Palmer, a Canadian soldier from eastern PEI, was among the 1,974 Canadian soldiers and 8,000 Brits who went up against the heavily armed 60,000 strong ...

The Battle of the Java Sea was one of the most pivotal naval clashes of World War II in the Pacific, marking a devastating ...

LITTLE AMÉLIE OR THE CHARACTER OF RAIN is an animated drama from France. As the shy daughter of Belgian diplomats, Amélie ...

Co-directors Liane-Cho Han and Maïlys Vallade expand on Amélie Nothomb’s autobiographical 2000 novel in ways that only ...

Veteran actor and a legend in Japanese cinema, Tatsuya Nakadai, passed away at the age of 92 on November 8, 2025. The news ...

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Mamoru Oshii's cult sci-fi film The Red Spectacles, long considered lost media, has been restored in stunning 4K ...

She plays drums for fun, barely sleeps – and is popular right now. What challenges does Sanae Takaichi face in the top job?

Hasegawa between her characters, Ijiwaru Baasan (Granny Mischief) and Sazae-san (Mrs. Sazae). Hasegawa Machiko was born in 1920, in Saga Prefecture and is regarded as one of Japan’s pioneering female ...