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Japanese anime studio harnesses talents of autistic artists

An anime studio in Japan hires autistic people for their skills in animation production. The studio trains its employees to help build their confidence.

 
August 25, 2024
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Meet Hong Kong’s ardent cosplayers
July 27, 2024
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In the spring of 2020, the organisers of the Tokyo Olympics announced plans to launch two plastic models to the International Space Station – Mobile Suit Gundam RX100 and Char’s Zaku fulfilled the...09:32
Anime
Gundam: how the Japanese anime ace morphed into toys and more
March 17, 2024
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Akira Toriyama’s final ‘Dragon Ball’ series to air in the autumn
March 14, 2024
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Anime
Dragon Ball fans mourn around the world
March 11, 2024
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Anime
Japanese anime has yet to find a streaming home
May 12, 2023
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Japan’s leading business lobby, Keidanren, reportedly called for renewed government efforts to boost the contents industry abroad, particularly anime and manga, to spur economic growth. Keidanren...01:39
Japan
Japan lobby group calls for promotion of anime, manga overseas
April 10, 2023
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Released in 2012 by Japanese gaming giant Sega, the arcade video game maimai is often referred to affectionately as a washing machine by fans, owing to its unusual shape. The game is very popular...03:50
Asian Games
Wear gloves, feel the beat: the draw of ‘maimai’ explained by a Hong Kong student
February 5, 2023
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Virtual YouTubers, or VTubers, who voice animated characters have transformed a niche Japanese subculture into a thriving industry where top accounts can rake in more than a million dollars a year....02:04
Japan
Japan’s VTubers making millions
May 9, 2022
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A Netflix-sponsored anime school in Japan is training a new generation of animators as demand for the genre has soared in recent years. From runaway hit Demon Slayer to Cannes sensation Belle,...03:06
Netflix
Netflix anime academy in Japan
October 27, 2021
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Students from the Future University Hakodate in northern Japan have helped to develop a full face mask that displays the wearer's face as an anime-style avatar. The mask, named “Digital Kamen e2...02:14
Anime
Japanese mask turns user’s face into anime avatar
September 28, 2020
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A giant robot resembling a robot from the late 1970s anime series Mobile Suit Gundam was being tested in Yokohama, Japan on September 21, 2020. Its massive frame stands at about 18 metres (60ft)...01:19
Japan
Giant Gundam robot comes to life in Japan
September 25, 2020
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A Japanese city neighbouring Tokyo has turned its manhole covers into illuminations featuring anime characters. The lids light up from 6pm to 2am with solar power, brightening up the pavements...01:56
Japan
Lighting up manhole covers in Japan
August 21, 2020
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Israel-Gaza war
Trump calls for US to take over Gaza
February 5, 2025
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Panama
Hundreds of US deportees mostly from Asia held in Panama hotel
February 20, 2025
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Donald Trump
Trump calls Ukraine’s Zelensky a dictator
February 20, 2025
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Plane crashes and aviation accidents
Toronto plane crash survivor recalls ‘insane’ moment
February 19, 2025
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Plane crashes and aviation accidents
Delta Air Lines plane flips on landing in Toronto
February 18, 2025
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US Vice-President J.D. Vance expresses concern over freedom of expression in Europe at Munich Security Conference01:02
Ukraine war
J.D. Vance says ‘threat vis-a-vis Europe is not Russia, it's not China’
February 15, 2025
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Ukraine
Ukraine calls peace deal without Kyiv unacceptable
February 14, 2025
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Donald Trump
Trump orders tariff review of all US trading partners
February 14, 2025
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The kayaker at first thought he had been attacked by a killer whale and was about to die01:27
Americas
Watch as kayaker swallowed by whale
February 14, 2025
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Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth defended Trump’s Ukraine negotiations with Putin and urged allies to ‘make Nato great again’  02:47
Europe
Hegseth: Uncle Sam not ‘Uncle Sucker’
February 14, 2025