Japan is using AI to fight manga piracy, shut down illegal sites, and speed up official translations for fans worldwide.

We are less than a week into 2026, and it’s already shaping up to be a horrible year. Here’s more evidence of that: An AI-generated manga is topping the charts over in Japan.

An AI-generated manga has climbed to the top of the popularity rankings on one of Japan’s largest e-book stores.

Piracy is a huge problem with anime. Especially as proper versions of Japanese films and TV series can sometimes take years ...

AI-generated manga has topped young adult e-book rankings in Japan, prompting debate among readers and creators ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook You might not expect the art world to drum up a lot of drama, but you’d be dead wrong there. With ...

(CNN) -- In his latest comic "Cyberpunk: Peach John," manga author Rootport imagines the Japanese folklore hero Momotaro — who is said to have been born from a giant peach — living in a dystopian ...

An AI-generated novel that won top honors in a Japanese literary contest has had its future projects scrapped following its ...