This episode cold opens right in the middle of a fight with one of Onimaru's Eight Ogres and while the “ogre” in question being a giant slug called Sluggy implies we didn't miss much, it still made ...

Nanori is a Japanese verb you can translate as ‘To Say One’s Name.’ Nanori was a common element of Bushido between the Heian and Kamakura periods (794 – 1333). Bushido governed every aspect of a ...

For centuries, its sleek yet lethal design has held great sway over Westerners’ minds and hearts alike. While most commonly associated with Japanese samurai culture and ancient Japan traditions, its ...

Cruises and guided tours can help make planning a trip easier, especially if you’re traveling with kids—but they have ...

The way the story plays on the clash of old-fashioned samurai adventures and modern Japanese culture is very appropriate, too, given how much this anime feels like a synthesis of classic '90s ...

Yaiba: Samurai Legend, Gosho Aoyama's classic anime, makes a thrilling comeback ... now streaming on Crunchyroll and Netflix Japan. The revamped Yaiba keeps its original spirit intact while ...

A spectacle guided by the spirit of “the other side of the world” returns to Belgrade this autumn as part of the Anime ...

The styling is unmistakably Japanese, but the construction — including its button-actuated compression lock — is decidedly ...

The anime focuses on Chizuru's time with the Shinsengumi, a real-life faction of elite samurai that existed during Japan's Bakumatsu period. Due to its linear nature, the anime only adapts one ...

As the award-winning A Samurai in Time comes to Blu-ray and digital, we explore highlights of Japanese cinema’s many inspired leaps and loops across time.