Videos showing an 18-metre (59-foot) robot in the Japanese harbour city of Yokohama have entranced the Twitterverse, pulling in more than 6 million views in the past week.

SoftBank's robotics arm said on Monday it will bring a food service robot developed by California-based Bear Robotics to Japan as restaurants grapple with labour shortages and a new socially distanced ...

Duolingo is launching a new short-form anime series that provides a new backstory for Duo -- the lime-colored bird -- and his pals, according to a press release from Duolingo. The series, 最後の決戦 (The ...

Sailor Moon centers on Usagi Tsukino, a clumsy high school girl who discovers she is the reincarnation of a powerful guardian destined to safeguard the world from dark threats. Together with her ...

Shinichiro Watanabe is one of the biggest names in anime, and for good reason. For over 30 years now, Watanabe has combined gorgeous animation with incredible music and overall direction to create ...

The question remains whether Japan can find a way to accommodate its cultural essence into a new demographic reality, or whether it will fade into an ageing twilight ...

The 1980s were anime’s analog big bang. The home-video boom sparked a wave of OVAs, letting studios bypass broadcast standards and pitch directly to niche audiences — cyberpunk thrillers, hard sci‑fi ...

SoftBank says this acquisition will help it dive deeper into robotics as it considers physical AI to be the next frontier.

Robots are one of four strategic areas SoftBank is investing heavily in to realize Son’s vision of dominating the AI industry ...

SoftBank's acquisition of ABB's robotics units reflects billionaire Masayoshi Son's renewed interest in robots. The company ...

SoftBank Group Corp. agreed to acquire ABB Ltd.’s industrial robots unit at an enterprise value of almost $5.4 billion, ...

While the likes of 'Initial D' and Eurobeat are synonymous with one another, Takara Tomy has announced some dinky new toys ...