The world of anime is huge, but most fans can agree that there’s a lack of racial diversity. Characters from varying racial backgrounds are uncommon in anime, but a few franchises are becoming more ...

Anime’s global rise has pushed the medium to broaden who gets to stand at the center of its stories. As fandoms expanded beyond Japan, creators increasingly embraced characters who reflect a wider ...

There is no reason to sugarcoat it—anime has had a long-standing “diversity who?” problem. For years, Black anime characters were either nonexistent, painfully underwritten, or tossed into the ...

“I just wanted to re-create that feeling of, like, eating cereal in the morning and watching cartoons,” says Juliyen Davis, curator of the Black Anime art exhibit now showing at Industry One. “A lot ...

The Knicks head to the Eastern Conference Finals for the second year in a row. 17 hours ago Despite these issues, there’s no denying how Black male and female anime characters in varying forms — ...