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Anime, comic character lantern floats in Japan festival

A paper lantern float featuring characters from the "Pokemon" animation series are paraded through the streets during the Manga Ebuta Matsuri festival in Takahashi, Okayama Prefecture, western Japan, on Aug. 12, 2023.

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Anime, manga character lantern floats in Japan festival

A paper lantern float featuring characters from Hayao Miyazaki's popular animation film "My Neighbor Totoro" are paraded through the streets during the Manga Ebuta Matsuri festival in Takahashi, Okayama Prefecture, western Japan, on Aug. 12, 2023.

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Int'l anime festival starts at New Chitose Airport

SAPPORO, Japan - A character figure is on display at New Chitose Airport in Hokkaido on Oct. 31, 2014, as an international animation festival started at the airport in Japan's northernmost main island the same day.

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International animation festival in Hiroshima

HIROSHIMA, Japan - The Hiroshima International Animation Festival opens at Aster Plaza in Hiroshima on Aug. 23, 2012. The event, which has been held generally biennially since 1985, is to run through Aug. 27.

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'Cool Japan' event in India

MUMBAI, India - A preview of ''Rising Star,'' an Indian version of the popular Japanese baseball animation ''Kyojin no Hoshi'' (Star of the Giants), is screened as a ''Cool Japan'' festival began in Mumbai, India, on March 15, 2012.

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Animation director Hirabayashi

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Japanese animation director Isamu Hirabayashi. His short animation entitled ''663114'' received special mention in the ''generation section'' competition for films for youths 14 to 17 years old at the 62nd Berlin International Film Festival on Feb. 17, 2012.

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Snow statue of Transformers

ASAHIKAWA, Japan - Photo shows a 20-meter-tall snow statue of Optimus Prime, a robot character in the animation series ''Transformers,'' in Asahikawa, Hokkaido, on Feb. 8, 2012, the first day of the annual Asahikawa Winter Festival. The festival runs through Feb. 12.

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Japanese animation festival in China

BEIJING, China - Japanese Foreign Minister Koichiro Gemba (R) chats with Satoko Yamano (far L), Japanese singer of animation songs, during the opening ceremony on Nov. 23, 2011, at the Japanese ambassador's residence in Beijing for the Japan Animation Festival. The festival, a series of events to promote Japanese animation in China, will run through December in Beijing and Shanghai.

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Anime fans at Saitama shrine festival

KUKI, Japan - Fans of the comic and animation series ''Lucky Star,'' some in costume, carry a portable shrine decorated with images of characters from the series as part of the annual Haji Festival of Washinomiya Shrine in Kuki, Saitama Prefecture, on Sept. 4, 2011. The venue has special significance for ''Lucky Star'' fans, as it is the inspiration for a shrine featured in the series.

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Anime fans at Saitama shrine festival

KUKI, Japan - Fans of the comic and animation series ''Lucky Star,'' some in costume, carry a portable shrine decorated with images of characters from the series as part of the annual Haji Festival of Washinomiya Shrine in Kuki, Saitama Prefecture, on Sept. 4, 2011. The venue has special significance for ''Lucky Star'' fans, as it is the inspiration for a shrine featured in the series.

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Norwegian wins grand prix at Hiroshima animation festival

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Norwegian animator Anita Killi (L) wins the top prize at the International Animation Festival in Hiroshima, Japan, on Aug. 11, for her work ''Angry Man.''

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Japanese pop culture festival begins at Kansai airport

OSAKA, Japan - ''Cosplayers'' clad in uniforms who work in a ''maid cafe'' -- a type of coffee shop popular among anime fans -- pose on an observation deck at Kansai International Airport in Osaka Prefecture on Oct. 18 as the two-day Japan Pop Culture Festival 2008 began, showing a range of things including fashion and music inspired by animation and manga comics.

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Miyazaki gets Golden Lion at Venice Film Festival

VENICE, Italy - Japan's animation film director Hayao Miyazaki receives the Golden Lion lifetime achievement award at the Venice Film Festival on Sept. 9.

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Japanese hip-hop duo HALCALI

TOKYO, Japan - Haruka (L) and Yukari (R), a Japanese female hip-hop duo HALCALI, perform at New York's Central Park as part of a Japan Day cultural festival. The duo of 20-year-olds from Tokyo made their name when some of their tracks were used as theme songs for a popular TV animation series a few years ago. The photo was taken on June 1, 2008. (Kyodo)

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Hokuto city in north Japan brings "Hokuto no Ken" horse statue at festa

Participants haul the 4-meter-high statue of "Kokuoh-go" (Black King), the black horse for Raoh, a main adversary character in the popular Japanese comic and animation series "Hokuto no Ken" ("Fist of the North Star"), at a festival parade in Hokuto, Hokkaido Prefecture, northern Japan, on July 26, 2015. A group of local residents is seeking to revitalize the city with fictional characters from the namesake manga series. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Opening events held in Fukushima town ahead of anime museum launch

Guests cut the ribbon during an opening ceremony on March 28, 2015, for the "Spring Cultural Festival," a series of opening events to celebrate the April 1 launch of animation production company Fukushima Gainax's "Museum of Fantasy and Art - Fukushima Sakura Yugakusha" in the town of Miharu, Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan. ==Kyodo

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Opening events held in Fukushima town ahead of anime museum launch

Children release colorful balloons into the air during an opening ceremony on March 28, 2015, for the "Spring Cultural Festival," a series of opening events to celebrate the April 1 launch of animation production company Fukushima Gainax's "Museum of Fantasy and Art - Fukushima Sakura Yugakusha" in the town of Miharu, Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Airport in northern Japan hosts animation festival

The New Chitose Airport International Animation Festival is underway at the airport in Hokkaido, northern Japan, on Oct. 31, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Animation festival held at airport in northern Japan

The opening ceremony of the New Chitose Airport International Animation Festival 2015 is held on Oct. 31, 2015, in Hokkaido, northern Japan. A total of 1,103 works from 59 countries and regions were submitted to the competition. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Norwegian wins grand prix at Hiroshima animation festival

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Norwegian animator Anita Killi (L) wins the top prize at the International Animation Festival in Hiroshima, Japan, on Aug. 11, for her work ''Angry Man.'' (Kyodo)

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Japanese pop culture festival begins at Kansai airport

OSAKA, Japan - ''Cosplayers'' clad in uniforms who work in a ''maid cafe'' -- a type of coffee shop popular among anime fans -- pose on an observation deck at Kansai International Airport in Osaka Prefecture on Oct. 18 as the two-day Japan Pop Culture Festival 2008 began, showing a range of things including fashion and music inspired by animation and manga comics. (Kyodo)

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Anime fans at Saitama shrine festival

KUKI, Japan - Fans of the comic and animation series ''Lucky Star,'' some in costume, carry a portable shrine decorated with images of characters from the series as part of the annual Haji Festival of Washinomiya Shrine in Kuki, Saitama Prefecture, on Sept. 4, 2011. The venue has special significance for ''Lucky Star'' fans, as it is the inspiration for a shrine featured in the series. (Kyodo)

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Anime fans at Saitama shrine festival

KUKI, Japan - Fans of the comic and animation series ''Lucky Star,'' some in costume, carry a portable shrine decorated with images of characters from the series as part of the annual Haji Festival of Washinomiya Shrine in Kuki, Saitama Prefecture, on Sept. 4, 2011. The venue has special significance for ''Lucky Star'' fans, as it is the inspiration for a shrine featured in the series. (Kyodo)

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'Cool Japan' event in India

MUMBAI, India - A preview of ''Rising Star,'' an Indian version of the popular Japanese baseball animation ''Kyojin no Hoshi'' (Star of the Giants), is screened as a ''Cool Japan'' festival began in Mumbai, India, on March 15, 2012. (Kyodo)

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Snow statue of Transformers

ASAHIKAWA, Japan - Photo shows a 20-meter-tall snow statue of Optimus Prime, a robot character in the animation series ''Transformers,'' in Asahikawa, Hokkaido, on Feb. 8, 2012, the first day of the annual Asahikawa Winter Festival. The festival runs through Feb. 12. (Kyodo)

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Animation director Hirabayashi

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Japanese animation director Isamu Hirabayashi. His short animation entitled ''663114'' received special mention in the ''generation section'' competition for films for youths 14 to 17 years old at the 62nd Berlin International Film Festival on Feb. 17, 2012. (Kyodo)

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Japanese animation festival in China

BEIJING, China - Japanese Foreign Minister Koichiro Gemba (R) chats with Satoko Yamano (far L), Japanese singer of animation songs, during the opening ceremony on Nov. 23, 2011, at the Japanese ambassador's residence in Beijing for the Japan Animation Festival. The festival, a series of events to promote Japanese animation in China, will run through December in Beijing and Shanghai. (Kyodo)