The 1st Niigata Animation International Film Festival will be held in Niigata City next March.
Two things surprised me.
First of all, I, an otaku, didn’t know about the event until I read today’s newspaper article.
Manga otaku events such as Comiket may not be of interest to the general public, but I was shocked that I didn’t know about them until now.
The fact that this kind of event had already been dropped from my information network.
Retired old people are vulnerable to information.
He has not met with the person concerned and has not been sent any net information.
Because he hasn’t joined that kind of club.
It can not be helped.
The other was that Comiket was in Tokyo.
The second surprise was that the venue was Niigata City.
The organizers are government officials and local business people.
Maybe it’s part of a local industrial policy with subsidies.
Is it an extension of Cool Japan?
I understand that Japanese animation is a world-class culture that Japan is proud of.
However, even if you bring it to Niigata City with a parachute, it will be another matter whether it will take root in the local industry.
Prior to this time, a similar International Animation Film Festival had been held at New Chitose Airport for eight years.
That may be why I moved to Niigata City.
When I was 20 years old, I was looking forward to going to anime, sci-fi conventions, adventure novel competitions, and talking with writers and directors at inns and hotels all night long.
She was trying to nurture the genre by uniting writers and readers.
It was a gathering of otaku part-timers who had nothing to do with government or industry.
I know it’s possible in a snowy March with the support of industrial policies to attract people.
After that, how many people actually gather.
The symposium can be viewed online.
I would like to join the net.
But then the money won’t fall in Niigata City.
very sorry.
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