To say there are a lot of anime characters out there would be an understatement. Each passing year welcomes new characters to the medium, and those hundreds of heroes join an ever-expanding line-up of ...

A survey by Japanese anime fans breaks down the top 10 most popular shrine maiden characters -- and Inuyasha fans win big ...

Seihan Mori, chief Buddhist priest at Kiyomizu Temple in Kyoto, writes the Chinese "mitsu", meaning "congested" or "dense", as the character was selected as the single best kanji symbolising the ...