Japan appoints cute anime ambassadors
Weird • March 2009 • Views: 262
Ever seen an ambassador dressed from head to foot in pastel frills? How about a diplomatic envoy in a mini-skirted school uniform?
In a bid to raise its international profile, Japan has appointed three young women as cultural envoys because they represent Japan’s long-running craze for all things cute.
Inspired by the characters in Japan’s distinctive ‘anime’ animated films and ‘manga’ cartoon books, one of the new ambassadors dresses as a school girl, another as a Victorian doll in voluminous frilly skirts.
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