Wednesday, May 09, 2007

Anime in US

Feathered robot, French maid celebrate anime in U.S. (Reuters)

Ann Bartlett (L) and Timothy Brown, dressed as their favorite Japanese anime characters, role play at the Sakura Con festival held in Seattle, Washington, April 7, 2007. Sakura Con, attended this year by more than 11,000 people, is one of many festivals drawing young Americans by the thousand to cities from Anchorage, Alaska, to Miami to celebrate Japanese pop culture. (Robert Sorbo/Reuters)Reuters - On most days, Javin Mather is a 21-year-old developmental psychology major at Boise State University. But today he is a 7-foot (2.13-metre) robot.


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