A report from Ampere Analysis has found that announced game-to-anime commissions jumped 137 per cent year-on-year in 2024, overtaking comics to become the third-largest source of adaptations. With ...

Recent multi-source coverage of shonen anime highlights how character strength, tactical depth, and genre-defining tropes interconnect across titles like Naruto, One Piece, and Dragon Ball. Analyses ...

In a recent report for Anime News Network, anime expert Miles Thomas Atherton gave readers an industry insider’s point of view on Netflix’s massive 2023 viewer data dump, released last December.

In 2026, major JRPG releases and high-profile anime seasons are underscoring the long-recognized narrative parallels between the two mediums. Analysts and fans point to shared pacing, character arcs, ...