Watch The Weeknd face up to his past in animated ‘Snowchild’ video

Rick and Morty anime short has been released online, and it raises some major questions around the relationship between the two main characters.Back in March, Adult Swim shared a five-minute Rick and Morty short called Samurai & Shogun, created by Japanese studio Deen Digital.Now, Deen have shared a surprise, unannounced second edition called Rick and Morty vs. Genocider, which you can watch below.

Mark Schilling Japan CorrespondentToei Animation, Kodansha and other anime content providers have banded together to start a channel on YouTube. The goal is to have 30 companies providing 3,000 anime titles by 2022, with the number of views per month reaching 300 million.Called Animelog, or Anilog, the channel was launched Friday by Analyzelog, a company that supports corporate digital strategies.

Nintendo on Thursday posted quarterly net sales of $3.4 billion ($358.1 billion yen) for the period ending June 30.Net profits for the quarter totaled 1 billion (106.4 billion yen). Profits were largely driven by Animal Crossing: New Horizons, which has sold 10.63 million units and contributed to the overall growth in the Japanese company's software sales.

Dave McNary Film Reporter“The Kissing Booth” star Joey King is in negotiations to join the cast of Brad Pitt’s action-adventure “Bullet Train.”The Sony Pictures project, based on Kotaro Isaka’s Japanese novel “Maria Beetle,” will be directed by David Leitch from a script by Zak Olkewicz.Leitch and Kelly McCormick will produce “Bullet Train” through 87North, along with Antoine Fuqua.

J-pop boy band DISH// shared the new animated music video for their hit song "Neko - THE FIRST TAKE ver. -" made in collaboration with fans on TikTok.

Naomi Watanabe is one of Lady Gaga's loyal fans around the world.

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Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorThe series of videos from The Weeknd’s blockbuster album “After Hours” continues with “Snowchild,” a semi-autobiographical song from the album that gets a semi-autobiographical animated treatment from the D’ART Shtajio studio, the first black-owned Japanese animation studio in Japan.The clip — which is loaded with easter eggs for fans — begins with his busted-nose “After Hours” character in the desert, then quickly segues to The Weeknd’s hometown of Toronto and

The Weeknd enters the world of anime in the music video for “Snowchild”.

Japanese singer Misako Uno of AAA ("Triple-A") delighted fans last week when she launched her official YouTube channel on her birthday, Thursday (July 16). Two days later, she posted a cover of Eito's "Kousui," the TikTok-generated hit song that reached No. 1 on the Billboard Japan Hot 100 in May.

(Trigger Warning)Renowned Japanese actor Haruma Miura has passed away. The 30-year-old actor was best known for his roles in Attack on Titan, Eien no Zero (Eternal Zero), Kimi ni Todoke (From Me to You), and Koizora (Sky of Love).

MAN WITH A MISSION shared the new music video accompanying their latest track, "Rock Kingdom" featuring Tomoyasu Hotei.The rocking collaboration follows the two acts getting together for Hotei's track "Give It to the Universe," included on his album GUITARHYTHM VI, released last year.The collage-like video for "Rock Kingdom" features performances by the wolf-masked members and the veteran rocker shredding his iconic black and white guitar, apparently shot individually in their respective

Days after becoming the first J-pop artist to hit 5 million subscribers on YouTube, Japanese hitmaker Kenshi Yonezu unleashed a new addition to his visual catalog of creative music videos, which have been viewed nearly 3 billion times to date.

The day has come for ARMY to fall deeply in love with BTS all over again as the septet finally dropped Map of the Soul: 7 The Journey. While we're getting some amazing Japanese versions of their tracks from Map of the Soul: 7, ARMY were extremely excited over Stay Gold (lead single) and Your Eyes Tell (Jungkook's self-composed ballad).

NieR Re[in]carnation, the upcoming mobile spin-off from the NieR series.The Japanese trailer gives fans a look at gameplay for the upcoming title. Throughout the footage, fans are given a preview of the environments they will be able to explore as they progress through the game.The teaser also focuses on the combat in NieR Re[in]carnation, where waves of enemies attack the player in what appears to be turn-based combat, which is new for the series.

Deadpool 2 and Fast And Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw director David Leitch.The actor, who won an Oscar earlier this year for his role in Once Upon A Time In Hollywood, has signed on to star in action-thriller Bullet Train.Variety reports that Leitch will direct and produce the Sony Pictures film, which is based on Japanese novel Maria Beetle by Kotaro Isaka.Kelly McCormick, Antoine Fuqua and Kat Samick will also produce, while the script is being written by Zak Olkewicz.The novel Bullet Train,

Georgia Harrison has revealed she broke down in tears after a Reiki session brought up emotions from a past relationship.The 25 year old, who is launching her own eyelash serum, made the revelation during an exclusive chat with OK! online.

Strong women leads are dominating the big screen off late. But you don't necessarily need to leave the comforts of your home to absorb inspiration from these complicated and intriguing women characters.