As many fans feared, Cartoon Network is near its end, and the anime industry might suffer greatly because of this.

TOKYO — Nobuyo Oyama, best known as the raspy voice of Doraemon, the beloved cartoon robotic cat from the future, has died. She was 90. Oyama died ... of fans in Japan and across the world ...

Japanese cartoonist Takashi Yanase, creator of the popular Anpanman series, has died at 94. His agency said Mr Yanase had died of heart failure at a Tokyo hospital. He created Anpanman, a ...