(THE CONVERSATION) At the end of Katsuhiro Otomo’s dystopian Japanese anime film “Akira,” a throbbing, white mass begins to envelop Neo-Tokyo. Eventually, its swirling winds engulf the metropolis, ...

As Tatsuma Port Island’s latest high-school transfer student, you join the SEES after-school club ... such as the late, beloved manga and anime artist Akira Toriyama, best known as the creator ...

After exploding onto the scene in 1999 ... Based on Otomo’s manga of the same name, Akira is set in a dystopian 2019 Neo-Tokyo and follows Kaneda, the leader of a motorcycle gang whose childhood ...

Even Akira Toriyama Wasn’t an Exception to the Bane of the Manga Industry After Allegedly Sleeping for Only 6 Hours a Week Akira Toriyama slept just six hours a week to meet Dragon Ball deadlines, ...

A month after the events of Mononoke The Movie: The Phantom in the Rain, the mysterious man known only as the “Medicine Seller” returns to the imperial harem. While things appear markedly ...

After the snow, hail and rain the state has seen over the last week, the least Iowans could have is a clean car from all of the precipitation. Think again. Many Iowans likely woke up to a film of ...

The tourist attraction caused a buzz after a tour guide uploaded a video on Instagram in February with a caption that translates to, "The start of the heavy rain of the famous Red Beach of Hormuz." ...

Acclaimed manga artist Akira Toriyama, creator of the global hits “Dragon Ball” and “Dr. Slump,” died on March 1 due to acute subdural hematoma, according to his publisher Shueisha Inc. He ...