From real world Tokyo locations recreated in painstaking detail, to futuristic cityscapes that tower up and sprawl out as far as the eye can see, to almost photo-realistic close-ups of everyday items, ...

After several years of flying largely under the pop cultural radar, Tokyo’s Ikebukuro neighborhood has risen to the status of one of the city’s great otaku entertainment districts. That got kicked up ...

A new hub of anime culture opened in Tokyo’s Ikebukuro district on Oct. 31, showcasing select items from a treasure trove kept by the metropolitan government.

Aside from the free Japanese art and Pixar backgrounds available for download, you can also get backgrounds from your favourite Japanese anime, video games and movies including Pokémon, Godzilla ...

An exhibition dedicated to Tokyo as it appears in manga, anime and other subculture content is being held at the National Art Center, Tokyo in the capital’s Roppongi district.

Nakano, also in central Tokyo, is to many the quieter, less explosive, but equally impactful sister town to Akihabara. “If Akihabara is the face of anime culture, Nakano is the brain,” says ...

On at the Tokyo National Museum from March 25 to August 3, ... From Ancient Art to Anime’ is an ambitious 24-minute visual experience that journeys through 10,000 years of Japanese creativity. ...

Over the weekend, a small group of protestors appeared in Tokyo’s Koganei. As My Game News Flash reports, they held posters and passed out fliers, expressing their distaste for the anime Dropout ...