scorecardresearch
Add as a preferred source on Google
Saturday, February 21, 2026
TopicAnime

Topic: Anime

Anime’s desi soul is in small-town India. Nagpur is its capital

Japan may be the anime capital of the world, but small cities such as Nagpur, Jaipur, and Bhubaneswar are among its most dedicated Indian outposts.

Chacha Chaudhary, Sabu do surgical strikes, capture terrorist. Indian comics are changing

Superheroes receiving new powers and bulky muscles, characters are no longer speaking shuddh Hindi, and comic books have English titles.

Ash Ketchum has finally won a Pokémon League. But he has always been a winner

For young kids watching Pokémon, Ash was nothing less than a role model. He cried, threw tantrums, felt dejected and lost a lot. But he stood by his principles, no matter what.

OtakuKart’s new expansion plans into gaming, sports, automobile & much more

OtakuKart has taken control of Dax Street (an automobile domain), Sports Al Dente (a sports domain) and Mice News (Philippines-based space).

Netflix bets on anime to battle Disney, Apple in streaming wars

Netflix is developing a library of exclusive anime shows, clinching long-term partnerships with five of Japan’s notable animation studios.

How an obscure Japanese anime made a genuine attempt to understand Pakistan

Pakistanis feature in global screens largely through the prism of a few limiting themes – terrorism, militancy, backwardness, poverty.

On Camera

Youth Congress, your foolish protest helped the Modi govt climb out of the AI summit hole

In tactical terms, the shirtless protest was worse than a self-goal. Suddenly, the fiascos of the AI Summit were forgotten, and the Youth Congress’s disruption became the issue.

In the West, there’s anxiety. In India, optimism—Rishi Sunak says India poised to be leader in AI

On Wednesday, the former UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was speaking in New Delhi at a Carnegie & Observer Research Foundation event on AI.

MoD, IAF agree on some exemptions to HAL for Tejas Mk1A, but no compromise on ‘must-have’ capabilities

IAF is fine with accepting the aircraft with 'must-haves', even if some other steps remain pending, which may take at least another year, it is learnt.

No country is ever fully sovereign. Cold War era taught India its real meaning

India’s fraught neighbourhood places multiple constraints on its strategic choices. It leaves no time to take a deep breath, lean back and reset.