Back in the 1960s, the muscle car wars were about to start in America, while in a very far away land called Japan, the Speed Racer was born. Coming into the world at first in print form, the idea ...

Apple TV and J.J. Abrams are working on a live-action adaptation of the Speed Racer anime, and the show could not come at a better time.

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The best aspect of the new "live action" movie Speed Racer is that it's everything a fan of the original 1960s Japanese anime cartoon could wish for in a modern, big money, computer-enhanced ...

Anime crossovers are nothing new within the medium as various franchises have dipped their toes into other universes in their histories. This summer, comic publisher Mad Cave Studios is planning to ...

Wachowski said about her decision to take some time for herself, “I got in when film was at its peak, before boards and marketers found a way to wrangle movies…Eventually, all those people and ...

Despite their nostalgic appeal, dated tropes and poor animation make classic kids anime like Sailor Moon and Voltron tough to ...

Ghost in the Shell’s biggest failure — and there are many — is its representation of race. The film replaces the original anime’s Japanese leads with an overwhelmingly white cast, a frustrating ...