Devon Lord Moncrief

30 years after the beginning of the series, and five years after its end, Neon Genesis Evangelion is coming back. News that a brand-new anime series is in the works has stunned fans of the long-running anime, as many had believed it to be well and truly over.

This year marks the 30th anniversary of Pokemon! To commemorate such an astounding occasion, Nintendo decided to up the ante for Pokémon fans in Japan by teaming up with professional Japanese baseball teams.

Ghost in the Shell, the enormously popular sci-fi anime, is set to receive a major museum exhibition in Tokyo. As one of the biggest and most influential science fiction anime series of all time, Ghost in the Shell has enjoyed massive success for decades.

In 1984, the world of anime would change forever. The debut of Dragon Ball (sometimes written as “Dragonball”) by mangaka Akira Toriyama introduced the world to Goku and the titular magical orbs he traveled the world searching for.

There are fewer ways in Japan to display your absolute love for an anime in Japan than by embarking on a pop culture pilgrimage. As the name suggests, a pop culture pilgrimage entails visiting real-world locations that have inspired or been featured in anime.

In anime, the sakura season is also extremely popular, not only as a setting but also as a narrative element. It would take us way too long to list and discuss every anime that centered on the sakura season, so we narrowed it down to these five.