Russian and Japanese world leaders work on…anime?!?
Anime News Network reports a particularly odd piece of news today
The Jiji Press news source reports that Japanese Prime Minister Tarō Asō and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev will discuss a joint anime
production starring the Japanese manga character Doraemon and the Russian folklore creature “Dorafei” on Saturday. The two leaders will be meeting in Peru this weekend with other world figures at the Asian-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit. Former Foreign Minister Masahiko Kōmura had already appointed Hiroshi Fujimoto and Motoo Abiko’s Doraemon robotic cat as Japan’s first “anime cultural ambassador” in March. Doraemon is popular in Russia, and Medvedev’s wife Svetlana joined a Doraemon film showing at the Japanese Embassy in Moscow last Sunday.
O…kay. You would think a prime minister and a president would have more pressing matters to talk about. But I had no idea Doraemon was so big in Russia. Maybe there’s actually something to this “anime as ambassador” thing.
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” But I had no idea Doraemon was so big in Russia.”
Its not. It was on TV for a little while in mid-80s…and thats about it. Either this newsbit is bogus - or…i dont even wanna theorize on what else it might be.
Comment made on November 21, 2008 @ 1:29 am
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Comment made on December 1, 2008 @ 1:11 pm