Renowned Japanese author Haruki Murakami expressed joy with how several of his short stories were adapted in American director Pierre Földes’ animated film “Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman ...

Following the tragic arson incident, Kyoto Animation has managed to receive an outpouring of support from fans and fellow anime professionals from across the world. To assist in bringing the ...

Dozens of Japan’s Earliest Animated Films Put Online to Mark 100 Years of Anime 'Japanese Animated Film Classics' features 64 of the oldest animations, available with English subtitles.

Winners in three Competition categories — live-action, animation and nonfiction — are eligible for nomination in the short film category at the Academy Awards.

An association to preserve Japanese folktales is on a mission to scour the farthest corners of the country for unique local folktales about the sea and adapt them into short, animated films.

Short Shorts Film Festival & Asia 2024, Japan’s largest festival of short films and a qualifying event for the U.S. Academy Awards, will be held from June 4 to 17 at various venues in Tokyo ...

Animated short films are an art form that has been around for almost as long as the film itself, with entries into the genre ranging from children's cartoons to absurdist artworks, to ...

Short animated films by Katsuhiro Otomo and others bring worlds richly to life. Among them is Shuhei Morita's "Possessions," which was nominated for an Oscar.