{"site":"Yomimono","license":"CC BY 4.0 (citation required)","generated_at":"2026-05-22T19:49:18.928Z","story":{"id":"r_8ba4679114a84d43af247cd4","slug":"toei-animation-gm-says-anime-is-no-longer-exclusively-japanese","url":"https://yomimono.id/toei-animation-gm-says-anime-is-no-longer-exclusively-japanese","headline":"Toei Animation GM Says Anime Is No Longer Exclusively Japanese","summary":"Toei Animation general manager Asama Yosuke told Variety at Cannes that the era of anime being made only by Japanese people is over, saying the studio aims to create works rooted in local cultures with creators worldwide. The remark from a foundational studio executive signals a potential shift in the industry's self-definition.","why_it_matters":"A senior executive at one of anime's foundational studios publicly rejects the long-held industry definition that anime must be Japanese in origin, signaling a possible redefinition of the term itself.","published_at":"2026-05-22T17:30:54.000Z","source_count":1,"sources":["Cartoon Brew"],"citations":[{"source":"Cartoon Brew","title":"Must Anime Still Be Made In Japan? Toei GM Asama Yosuke Doesn't Think So","url":"https://www.cartoonbrew.com/anime/toei-animation-asama-yosuke-261465.html"}],"license_url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/","entities":{"anime_titles":["Monkey Quest"],"manga_titles":[],"studios":["Toei Animation"],"people":["Asama Yosuke"],"type":"news","domain":"anime","is_roundup":false}}}