Anime News

Northern Kyushu City Anime Plans
Date: 2/22/2005
Northern Kyushu City is wanting to get in on Anime promotion and is planning several events in the near future to do just that. Big names like Hojo Tsukasa of City Hunter fame and Leiji Matsumoto have signed on to develop some their initiatives like a memorial and cartoon festival. The city also wants to and promote new animation talent. An investigative expense to explore these possibilities to the tune of five million Yen was included in the initial budget in fiscal year 2005. After a manga festival was held last Novemeber it was decided such planning could be quite successful for the city.
Source: Anime News Service