South Korea-based digital content platform RIDI is shutting down its short-form live-action service Kanta in Japan. The company will redirect resources to webtoon, web novel, and fan community platforms.
Comic Market 108, the world's largest manga and anime event, welcomed 260,000 visitors over two days. This figure marks a decline of approximately 40,000 people compared to the previous event.
Nintendo’s remake of the classic Star Fox game topped the charts as the best-selling game in Japan for the week of June 22–28. This success shows how strong the fanbase of the legendary series still is.
In Sanrio's annual character poll, Pompompurin secured first place for the second consecutive year, retaining the golden dog crown. The ranking was determined with the participation of millions of fans.
Comic Natalie has released the latest manga sales data from Japan. Here are the series that topped the charts and the overall trends for the week of June 1-7, 2026.
Japan's regulatory body is set to issue an official warning, finding that publishing giant Kadokawa violated the Freelance Law by making late payments to approximately 100 freelance contract workers.
Game sales data for the week of April 27 to May 3 in Japan has been released. While Nintendo's beloved series Tomodachi Life maintains its lead, Housemarque's new PS5 game SAROS has made a fast entry into the charts.
The Japanese government has awarded two giants of the anime and manga world, Yoshiyuki Tomino and Machiko Satonaka, with the prestigious Order of the Rising Sun.
Kimihiko Nakamura, who had served as the president of Comitia, Japan's largest original dōjinshi event, since 1996, passed away on April 26.
The Japanese Ministry of Justice is preparing to include voice rights under the scope of 'portrait and publicity rights' to protect voice actors against the unauthorized use of their voices by artificial intelligence.
Pokémon Pokopia refuses to give up the top spot on the sales charts in Japan. Following the title that has maintained its first-place position for six weeks, Starfield made an ambitious entry into the charts at third place.
Tokyo MX, one of Japan's most important anime broadcasters, has announced that Chairman Hiroshi Date has been dismissed from his post due to allegations of 'power harassment'.