Radiant Black Creator Says Kids Who Grew Up Watching Anime Are Now Shaping Western Superheroes

Anime’s influence on Western superheroes is no longer something that may happen in the future. According to Radiant Black creator Kyle Higgins, it has already happened, and the generation of writers and artists raised on anime is now reshaping how superhero stories are created across comics, animation, and Hollywood. Speaking on Crunchyroll’s The Anime Effect, Higgins discussed the growing impact of anime, manga, and tokusatsu on Western superhero storytelling. The writer, whose credits include Radiant Black, Mighty Morphin Power Rangers,…