The most important hallmarks of anime are their art styles. Viewers can gain a lot of information about a show just by looking at its characters. There are many subsets within the different genres, ...

If you see a girl in an anime, then she will more than likely fall under one of two categories. Female leads and side characters tend to be either cute or cool, and anime fans can’t get enough of the ...

Adele loves JRPGs and anime, as well as a slight obsession with the Final Fantasy series. She enjoys taking care of her plants whilst always keeping up with the latest gaming and anime releases. In ...

Gauri is a content writer based in Frankfurt studying for an M.A. in PR. In her free time, she's usually cozying up with tea, snacks, and a manga or visual novel. She also loves gaming, cosplay, ...

A recent study has found that the use of anime “moe” characters in tourism promotion may have negative effects In Japan, advertisements featuring anime characters are often used to sell goods and ...

Back in April 2006, as an American living in Osaka, I had only been working here at Kotaku for a few months when a new anime took the internet by storm. At that time, cosplayers at otaku events across ...