Chetan Shekar is a marketing professional from Bangalore, the Silicon Valley of India. His favorite games include Half-Life, Age of Empires, Age of Mythology, Warcraft, Starcraft, Darkstalkers, Marvel ...

For hundreds of years, Japanese performers have practiced a comedic storytelling art known as rakugo (落語). Traditionally staged in intimate yose theaters, rakugo transforms verbal storytelling into a ...

Ayumu Watanabe will be directing the Akane-banashi anime for studio ZEXCS. Yu Harima will be serving as assistant director, and Kii Tanaka will be providing character designs and serve as chief ...

Laura has been writing about anime for some time, with bylines on websites like GameRant and Dexerto. She holds an MA in Japanese Studies. For now, Akane is just starting her career as a Rakugo ...

In the traditional form of comedic storytelling, Rakugo, the storyteller, called a rakugoka, sits on a stage to deliver a monologue with a paper fan and a small cloth as their only props. In ...

Westworld will introduce viewers to a new park and new characters in “Akane No Mai,” but what does the episode title mean and does it offer up any clues? Westworld is back with their fifth episode of ...

The following article contains spoilers for Akane-banashi Episode 2, "First Performance", now streaming on YouTube. Akane-banashi is not your typical shonen series like Demon Slayer, but it ...

Episode 12 of ‘Possibly the Greatest Alchemist of All Time’ showcases Takumi's settlement Wedgefort's growth and his clash with abusive summoned heroes. Akane decides to defect from the heroes' party ...

DX Gameworks has partnered up with Ludic Studios to announce they'll be publishing Akane on both Xbox and PlayStation consoles. The game has already been out on PC for nearly four years as players ...

Hoshino Ai was one of a kind. At least according to Aqua. What happens when another actress adopts Ai’s character? Oshi no Ko episode 7 shocks fans with Akane's bold move, delivering a rollercoaster ...