Updates to the app have added user-friendly features such as custom wallpapers and animated stickers ... the app is now owned and operated by Japanese e-commerce giant Rakuten.

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NIAFF aims to connect the world and Japan, as well as animation filmmakers and fans. Within just two years after its inauguration, NIAFF already achieved a firm track record. The third edition of ...

The perpetrator of the Kyoto Animation arson attack has withdrawn his appeal for the verdict sentencing him to death.

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Out of every category at the Oscars, Best Original Song consistently features more popular and mainstream films than other ...

Police in Kanagawa Prefecture on Jan. 23 sent papers to prosecutors on two men on suspicion of violating copyrights by ...

Of all of the phrases that could begin a light-hearted animated film ... a student at an all-girls Catholic high school in Japan. Since her early childhood, she has possessed a unique form ...

A weekly ranking of the most popular songs in Japan combining physical and digital sales, audio streams, radio airplay, YouTube and GYAO! video views and karaoke data, compiled by Billboard Japan.

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