It can be difficult to recognize what is and isn't popular in other countries. A franchise, genre, or performer can look niche in the United States even as it becomes the most important thing in the ...

Four of the greatest, most popular icons of Japanese pop culture—Evangelion, Godzilla, Ultraman, andKamen Rider—have bonded forces to… give you some mild amusement if you happen to be located in ...

If ever you needed to know how influential Hideaki Anno is in Japan, look no further. The creator of Neon Genesis Evangelion and its many reboots has more recently ushered in a new, unprecedented ...

Like the Ultraman stories told in Japanese films, television, and manga for decades, Shin Ultraman gives us a world that is suddenly besieged by kaiju and aliens with only a giant, shiny hero to fight ...

Hideaki Anno's Godzilla, Evangelion, Ultraman, and Kamen Rider are joining forces for an MCU-style collaborative project called "Shin Japan Heroes Universe." As reported by Kotaku, the newly announced ...

Leading Japanese entertainment firms Toho, Toei, Studio Khara and Tsuburaya Productions are joining forces to launch the Shin Japan Heroes Universe, a project modeled on the Marvel Cinematic Universe.