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📢 文末扫码进裙，免费领取双语精读版 Why the world is so animated about anime Japan’s cartoons have conquered its screens, and more The Economist Japan’s cartoons 11 Oct, 2024 | 887 words | ★★★ ★ ☆ Most athletes raise their fists in triumph after a win. When Noah Lyles, an American sprinter, won gold in the Olympics 100-metre race in August, he held his hands out in front of him, wrists together and fingers extended, as though getting ready to catch a large ball. The gesture may have seemed odd, but fans of Japanese animation knew immediately that Mr Lyles, an avowed fan of the genre, was making a reference to a popular franchise, “Dragon Ball”. Mr Lyles will have more cause to celebrate on October 11th, with the release of a new “Dragon Ball” series and video game (more than 70m people play a mobile game from the franchise). So will Ishiba Shigeru, Japan’s new prime minister, another fan. Once a domestically consumed niche product “watc
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