NHK “Anipara” Screening at the Children's Cancer Support Facility in Iraq October 24th, 4:59 am
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NHK's “Anipara” screening, which conveys the appeal of the Paralympic Games, was held at a support facility for children with cancer in Arbil, northern Iraq on the 23rd, through a short animated film featuring paraathletes. Encouraged the children.
The screening was held by a Japanese consular office in Arbil, northern Iraq, and a Japanese NGO, which supported local children's cancer learning support, in an effort to encourage children with illness.
NHK's “Anipara” was screened, and about 20 children attending NGO support facilities watched seven short animated works that convey the appeal of parasports such as wheelchair tennis and goalball.
Among them, the work on the theme of blind football was drawn by Yoichi Takahashi, the creator of “Captain Tsubasa”, which is also popular in Iraq, and the children looked interesting with the help of English subtitles.
A 13-year-old boy said, “I learned the importance of having hope in my life by watching anime,” and a 7-year-old girl said, “I want to play soccer when my illness gets better.” It was.
“I am more than happy to see the children than I expected. I hope I can help my back tomorrow as much as possible,” said Katsumi Moriyasu, director of the Consulate office in Erbil.