Specifically, we’re thinking about the anime we love — and even more specifically, the anime characters we love. And to narrow it down even further, the anime boys we love. The best boys of anime.

Japanese anime "The Boy and the Heron" became 82-year-old filmmaker Hayao Miyazaki’s first North American No. 1. The film's debut beat out Beyoncé.

During Anime Expo, I spoke with Masao Maruyama, producer of Netflix’s upcoming Astro Boy -inspired anime, Pluto. We spoke about the pressure his studio felt in adapting one of the most ...