If there is an indelible image from the 1988 classic anime film Akira , this is it: Shōtarō Kaneda atop his famous motorcycle, headed straight toward the viewer.

Akira Toriyama is a manga and anime legend, plain and simple. There are few creators as prolific, inspirational, and as impactful as Toriyama was. The creator of Dr. Slump and Dragon Ball didn’t ...

Gauguin’s final “self-portrait” is a fake, according to Fabrice Fourmanoir, a French researcher who lived for many years in French Polynesia. Following his investigation, the Kunstmuseum ...

Akira Toriyama’s influential classic manga and anime, Dragon Ball, is well-known as the premiere shonen battle series. Goku and Vegeta are anime’s most iconic martial artists, and they’re ...

The authenticity of Paul Gauguin's 1903 self-portrait has long been the subject of debate. Public domain via Wikimedia Commons According to naval records, Paul Gauguin’s eyes were brown.

Toriyama humbled his editor one day when Takeda visited his new house and noticed something absolutely unbelievable that he ...

Pixel phones are gaining a “Magic Portrait” feature in the Android 16 beta to enhance lock screen wallpapers by framing cutouts of subjects. This new tool, found in the Pixel wallpaper app’s ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook There’s a good chance that Dragon Ball Super will return someday, but it’s just a matter ...

The first official portrait of Pope Leo XIV was released on Friday. Vatican News shared the portrait on Facebook, and in just three hours, the post was shared over 4,700 times and liked 1,200 times.

Akira Kurosawa Explains His Movies and Yogurt (With Live & Active Cultures!) through June 1 at Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company. One hour, 40 minutes without an intermission. woollymammoth.net.