Tomorrow Studios is developing a live-action adaptation of the anime "Samurai Champloo," with original series creator Shinichirō Watanabe attached.

The Winter 2026 lineup has become one of the best in recent memory, but these nine anime series couldn't live up to the same heightened expectations.

An expansive exhibition focuses on the Japanese warriors—from their rise as masters of warfare to their domestication as part ...

Anime has always understood what is often softened or sometimes skipped entirely in other creative media: strength has limits ...

After finally earning his father’s acknowledgment, Baki fights off his boredom by brawling with an undead legendary Japanese swordsman (as one does).

Muscle-bound mayhem meets existential philosophy as Baki faces resurrected samurai Musashi in a hard-hitting anime season ...

Baki Hanma is back, and he’s stepping into yet another time-bending showdown that pushes this fighting anime to new levels of insanity in Baki-Dou: The Invincible Samurai. The new series arrives on ...

Samurai and the Edo era sit at the heart of what many people imagine when they think of “Japanese storytelling,” and for good reason. The Edo period (1603-1868) represents Japan’s last breath of ...

The 27th Annual Greater Kansas City Japan Festival returns this weekend on Saturday, Oct. 4, 2025 from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. at Johnson County Community College. Hosted by the Heart of America ...

Watch Blue Eyed Samurai, the new Netflix anime. Great fight choreography and action like Ip Man! Highly binge-worthy. Editorial: Another daylight robbery of the U.S. Treasury Valerie Bertinelli ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Ollie Barder covers Japanese pop-culture and gaming from Tokyo. To give a bit of context here, Samurai Troopers was massively ...