The samurai were a class of skilled professional warriors, experts in deadly force. They were similar to European knights in ...

Many have spent years studying and teaching Japanese anime, exploring how its narratives intertwine with cultural, ...

Leave it to Susan Morrison, author of the recent book Lorne: The Man Who Invented Saturday Night Live, to school me yet again ...

BBC Comic Relief fans were left unimpressed and complaining on their social media accounts about the “unfunny” sketches they watched during the live show. C elebrating 40 years of comedy the show ...

Discover the imaginary worlds of Victor Hugo, one of France’s most famous writers, at this exhibition of his rarely-seen works on paper. Victor Hugo (1802–1885) was a leading public figure in ...

The word ‘samurai’ evokes the image of a noble warrior in medieval Japan, armed with two types of sword, and bound to a moral code underpinned by the values of honour, loyalty and sacrifice. The word ...

Saturday Night Live has five decades of incredible SNL characters and sketches. But the ones on this list probably won’t turn up in all the 50th anniversary retrospectives. It’s easy (and hackneyed) ...

Fynn Holm receives funding from the German Research Foundation (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft). Fans of the video game franchise Assasin’s Creed have been pining for a game set in feudal Japan ...

Assassin’s Creed is going back in time to feudal Japan in Assassin’s Creed Shadows! As the mighty samurai Yasuke and the stealthy ninja Naoe, you will liberate the people of Japan from their ...

Spring is here and so is a crop of awesome new anime! Dodge your seasonal allergies with Dan Casey in this guide to the best anime coming your way this spring on today’s Nerdist News. This video ...