Japanese Anime Festival 2014
Anime and manga are the one of the most integral parts of Modern Japanese Culture. Anime refers to Japanese animation while manga is a style of Japanese comic books and graphic novels aimed at adults as well as children. Incidentally, many students of the Japanese language in Kenya developed an interest in Japan and Japanese Culture as a result of anime and manga. In view of this, the Japan Information & Culture Centre held an anime festival and manga workshop at its premises.
The Anime Festival was held from Friday, 3rd October to Monday, 6th October 2014. The first two days of the Anime Festival mainly concentrated on Anime screenings. A total of six animations were shown over the two days. These were: Science Ninja Team Gatchaman, SOS! Tokyo Metro Explorers: The Next, NEGADON: The Monster from Mars, KOMANEKO: The Curious Cat, KAKURENBO: Hide and Seek and PLANZET. In order to accommodate the unique tastes of the members of the audience, the various anime screened varied in genre, art styles and animation technology.