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Huge Chinese Television Documentary Series On Japan To Include Anime And Manga
Date: 1/31/2007
Recent years and months have seen Japanese / Chinese relations warming up. This extends to cultural exchange and interest. Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jiabao will pay an official state visit to Japan in the coming months. This week, China's CCTV has announced they will produce a large documentary series entitled "Let's Correctly Know Japan", broadcast begins there in March of this year. A production team consisting of a reportedly record high number of journalists have been in the island nation collecting material for the 20 episode series. Besides rare interviews with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, Japan's anime and manga industries will be a focus of the documentary.
Source: Anime News Service