The highly detailed drawings used to create the backdrops of animated Japanese movies like Ghost in the Shell are the focus of a new exhibition in London. Currently on show at House of Illustration, ...

The intricate hand-drawn worlds of director Mamoru Oshii’s films hide lessons for architects. In most films, the scenery is merely a backdrop–the second fiddle to the dramatic tension between ...

Manga is an umbrella term for a wide variety of comic books and graphic novels originally produced and published in Japan, and unlike western comic books that we may be more familiar with seeing ...

During a trip to Tokyo in 2007, Berlin-based art curator Stefan Riekeles spent time with local anime artists in their studios, where he stumbled upon thousands of landscape illustrations stashed away ...

Anime Architecture focuses on surroundings rather than characters. Watch to find out why. On view now through April 3, 2020 - Before digital animation, Japanese artists relied on intricate drawings ...

Whether you love anime, comic books or simply doodling in your spare time, drawing is an amazing creative outlet to have. In fact, as a hobby, it can relieve stress, improve your memory and your motor ...