He highlights this in a photo series called "In a Parallel Universe" that reimagines sexist ads from the 1950s-60s with the gender roles reversed.

Hayao Miyazaki the Japanese film director, producer, screenwriter, animator, author, and manga artist, who has been often called the "Walt Disney of Japan" has turned 77 this year.

The beautiful anime film Your Name was a huge hit earlier this year, becoming the highest-grossing anime film of all time when it stayed Number One at the Japanese box office for 12 weeks and made $303 million before coming to the United States. I raved about it when I saw it, and it remains one of my favorite film experiences of the year. That film is now getting the live-action treatment.

We certainly have some mixed feelings around here about the upcoming Blade Runner sequel, Blade Runner 2049. Well now, Japanese Blade Runner fans have one more thing to add to the "pro" column for this film. They'll be getting an anime prequel short film ahead of its Japanese release, directed by one of anime's best!

Ichijiku Pharmaceutical, a Japanese pharmaceutical company has just introduced Kan-chan, their new mascot who's trying to put a cuter face to bowel cleaning.

Japan just premiered one of its first mainstream LGBTQ movies about a trans woman, and the response has been pretty positive overall.

You might've heard that popular lesbian drama The L Word is preparing for a comeback on Showtime, with many of the original actors possibly returning. But did you see that comedian Cameron Esposito and Bad Feminist writer Roxane Gay have both expressed their interests in this project and do it Showtime, don't you dare throw this opportunity aside.

Sunao Katabuchi talks about the extensive research put into making his World War II film In This Corner of the World and his decision to tell the story of a young girl in Kure in her day-to-day life.

Check out this awesome photo from TMS contributor Alan Kistler, who caught this awesome shot of artist Don Phelps' addition to the "Fearless Girl" statue in New York City. Not a bad look, Wonder Girl!

Sunao Katabuchi's In This Corner of the World just got a new trailer, giving us a closer look at the beautiful hand-drawn animation and it's portrayal of small Japanese towns during World War II.

Women-only cars have been placed on a number of Japanese commuter trains over the years, due to the epidemic of sexual assault plaguing the trains. But now some men are saying that doesn't go far enough. According to them, they're the ones that should get their own cars, as they're the ones who need protection from the real problem: false accusations.

Never-Ending Man: Hayao Miyazaki is a short film about the Studio Ghibli animator discovering a new passion for CGI to make Boro the Caterpillar.

With a little help from eBay, inventor Colin Furze earned major Dad Points by building his kids an enormous replica of the All Terrain Armored Cargo Transport, or AT-ACT, we'll be seeing in Rogue One. Check it out in the video after the jump! Apparently, eBay will eventually be gifting the playhouse to a lucky fan... *crosses fingers even though she has no where to put this huge thing*

Millennials: The Musical comes out on Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson's Youtube channel 11/29, but here's a look behind the scenes.

Lawmakers in Taiwan are currently working on three bills that would legalize same-sex marriage in the country which, if they pass, would make Taiwan the first Asian country to do so.

Every 30 hours, a woman is killed in Argentina, and according to The Guardian, of the Top Ten countries for femicide, seven are in Latin America.

Colorful director Keiichi Hara talks about the "Edo-style approach" he tried to keep in Miss Hokusai, which follows the daughter of the famous ukiyo-e artist.