Osamu Tezuku created one of the world’s best know manga and anime characters in Astro Boy during the 1950’s.  In Japan Astro Boy is better know as Tetsuwan Atomu, or Mighty Atom in English.  Astro Boy was serialized in Japan from 1952-1968 and was the first domestically-produced animated program on Japanese television when it [...]

If you are planning a trip to Tokyo for the holidays take note:  Tsukuji Fish Market will ban spectators at the morning auctions from December 15th to January 17th.
Oscar winning animator, Hayao Miyazaki, of “Ponyo On the Cliff by the Sea” fame, spoke at a rare press conference in Tokyo at the Foreign Correspondent’s Club [...]