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Entertainment › Kato wins animated film award at French festival

A 12-minute animation film by Japanese director Kunio Kato has been awarded the top short animation prize at the Annecy International Animated Film Festival in… ...full story at Japan Today

from Japan Today on Mon, Jun 16 2008

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