June 16, 2026

Japan's interest rates hit a 31-year high at 0.75%, and the anime industry is paying the price. Higher borrowing costs, expensive outsourcing, and poverty wages mean lower quality shows, studio closures, and fewer original projects
Film & TV
Oscar-nominated director Sean Wang's Sundance Film favourite, Didi, has just dropped its first trailer
Netflix's 'Squid Game' Season 2 sneak peek shows Gi-hun receiving an ominous phone call
Brian Tee is set to play Quinn, who was the subject of Reacher's investigation a decade ago
June 16, 2026
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Japan's interest rates hit a 31-year high at 0.75%, and the anime industry is paying the price. Higher borrowing costs,
Netflix drops the trailer for The Last House, a sci-fi thriller starring Greta Lee and Wagner Moura as a family
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South Korean creator inocat_t shared a racist gesture she received at a World Cup match when a Mexico fan mocked