So, what IS Pop Team Epic, and what does it have to do with dank memes? Poptepipic, as Japanese fans call it, is based on a webcomic by a mysterious doujinshi artist—a self-published comics ...

But sometimes, a meme becomes so popular it turns mainstream, and many forget where the original clip actually came from. While it sometimes makes it easy to forget their origins, their impactful ...

The proliferation of Danganronpa isn’t the only anime-related phenomenon that’s inescapable on TikTok. Across the 2010s, anime has gone from a niche passion to the mainstream, where corporations ...

As a kid growing up in the ’80s and ’90s, I was hooked on anime before I even knew the word for it. Titles like My Neighbor Totoro, Kimba the White Lion, Astro Boy, The Adventures of the Little Prince ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook The 1990s and early 2000s were a wild time to be an anime fan in the western part of the world.

The Vatican introduced an anime-style mascot named Luce to represent Catholic pilgrims in the 2025 Jubilee year on Monday, Oct. 28 — and within a week, the character has already become a viral ...