• By Annalee Newitz
    Nov 20, 2008 3:32 PM 384
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    Pop Culture Diplomacy

    During this weekend's Asian-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in Peru, a very important question will be discussed. Japanese Prime Minister Tarō Asō and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev will begin preliminary overtures on a joint anime production between the two nations. The possible result of these highly-sensitive talks would star the Japanese manga character Doraemon, a robotic cat, and the Russian folklore creature Dorafei. [via Anime News Network]


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