VRChat announced it just topped its all-time user peak, bringing in over 150,000 concurrent users to attend a Japanese language concert. VRChat Community Head ‘Tupper’ confirmed on X that the social ...

ASMR has gained popularity over the past years for its potential effects on mood, cognition, and brain activity (Image: Canva) ASMR uses gentle sounds and movements to help people relax and reduce ...

2025 has been one of the strongest years for anime in ages, building on what is clearly a new Golden Age in the Japanese animation industry. With widening viewership, more access to anime on streaming ...

Crunchyroll has quietly removed several titles from its streaming library recently, including a notable classic anime series, making them almost impossible to stream legally. At first, it seemed ...

“Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Infinity Castle,” the fourth film in a Japanese epic about a boy avenging his family, is poised to break box-office records when it’s released this month. That should ...

Kacey Musgraves, Damiano David and Pabllo Vittar were among the presenters at the Tokyo ceremony. By Paul Grein Crunchyroll, the global brand fueling anime fandom, revealed the winners of the 2025 ...

Marcus the Virtual Reality Worm is an oddball VRChat character whose deadpan and odd way of speaking versus what he is saying has taken over TikTok. The deadpan worm is the creation of Twitch streamer ...

CGI anime isn’t always great. When done lazily, it can feel clunky and robotic, like watching video game cutscenes from a decade ago. Expressions can look weirdly flat, and characters might move too ...

Lucas Kloberdanz-Dyck is a writer for Collider. He grew up creating lists, stories, and worlds, which led to his love of anime and video games. He attended Sheridan College where he earned an Honours ...

The first half of the 2020’s has been an interesting time for anime. On one hand, it feels like the medium’s never been more popular worldwide, particularly among younger demographics, such as Gen Z.