Discover the Japanese anime and manga that secretly inspired some of Hollywood's biggest movies, from The Lion King to The Matrix.

Adriano is GameRant’s Anime Features lead. He has been working on creating anime content for GameRant since November 2021. He enjoys a wide variety of anime, with Shinichiro Watanabe’s Cowboy Bebop ...

Scarlet, the 2025 Japanese animated fantasy film loosely based on Shakespeare’s Hamlet, is finally coming to U.S. movie theaters this weekend. First Hamnet, now this? Big moment for Hamlet! I think ...

Here's what The Hunting Party leading lady Melissa Roxburgh told us. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. I'm pretty confident that ...

After what’s felt like years of handwringing over the perils of AI, internet brainrot, and the inherent exploitation of streaming, it’s nice to step into a world that finds the best in all of the ...

HBO’s Heated Rivalry, about the relationship between two pro hockey players, earned a reputation as a must-watch sexy romantic drama, but it’s the furthest thing from mere horny smut. At its core, ...

Although Cosmic Princess Kaguya! draws plot details from the original material, writer-director Shingo Yamashita dresses the story in a hyper-technological pop aesthetic, swapping feudal Japan for a ...

"Awe-inspiring. Transcends time and space." Sony Pictures debuted an extra IMAX trailer for the new film Scarlet from director Mamoru Hosoda (of the films The Girl Who Leapt Through Time, Summer Wars, ...

Anime feature “Cosmic Princess Kaguya!” will launch exclusively on Netflix on Jan. 22, marking the directorial debut of Shingo Yamashita, known for his opening direction work on “Jujutsu Kaisen” ...

As much as anime culture is associated with various TV shows, something that’s just as big a part of it all is anime movies. Whether it’s the occasional non-canon spin-offs, full-fledged sequels and ...