Anime forging world peace

Japanese newspaper the Daily Yomiuri have posted a brief but interesting article about how Japanese animation is spreading over the globe; the medium now accounting for nearly 60% of the world’s animation.

Specifically the article spotlights how the football anime “Captain Majed” (aka “Captain Tsubasa”) was recently exported to Iraq and has clearly become a big sucess. To the delight of the local children, when Japanese water supply trucks visited Iraq, large Captain Majed stickers were stuck on the vechicles; the iconic images effortlessly trancending local language barriers and strongly conveying a benevolent message of peace. (Source: Otaku News)