Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Ollie Barder covers Japanese pop-culture and gaming from Tokyo. Set in an unknown future, humanity lives underground. It is here ...

Self-confidence is nothing new to the shonen genre, which has been characterized by idealistic protagonists who either start the story fully resilient or develop resilience over time and become the ...

One of the final forms of Gurren Lagann in the series of the same name is its titular Tengen Toppa or "Heaven Piercing" variant. Tens of millions of light years in size, it has now finally been given ...