In France, the host country of the 2024 Olympics and Paralympics, public broadcasting has recently released an animated video to promote the broadcast program of the summer Tokyo Games.
It is gaining popularity because wrestlers play one after another the competitions newly adopted at the Tokyo competition such as surfing and skateboarding.
This video was produced by a French public broadcaster to promote the broadcast programs of the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics.
The one-minute video is an ukiyo-e-like animation, in which a sumo wrestler surfs on a huge wave, slides down the roof of a temple on a skateboard, and even bare hands on a cliff like sports climbing. We will continue to play the competitions newly adopted at the Tokyo tournament, such as climbing.
It has been gaining popularity, with 1.5 million people viewing it in the two days since it was released on Twitter on May 19.
Antoine Koran, a commercial production company who worked on the production, said, "I tried to make it as close as possible to Ukiyo-e by referring to many materials. Ukiyo-e does not move, so it is very challenging to animate it. That was it. "
France is also the host of the 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games and is also interested in the Tokyo Games, with President Emmanuel Macron attending the opening ceremony in July, sports ministers said.