Manga studio renting also considered in prefecture seen in Lucky Star, Totoro
Not-So-Daily Link of the Day: The Japanese prefecture of Saitama established a Prefectural Anime Tourism Investigative Commission on Tuesday to discuss ways to boost anime-based tourism — including "changing the [local] schools' unifoms to match the uniforms of the Lucky Star characters." Takayoshi Yamamura, the Hokkaido University associate professor who wrote a paper about how the prefecture's town of Washimiya became a mecca for Lucky Star anime tourists, chairs the six-member commission. The other commission members include anime production figures and manga creators such as Sakuya Hikochi (Dr. Kuruma's Time Machine, Chichibu Cafe & Art-Culture Guide Book).
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