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China International Comics and Games Expo Closes in Shanghai
This year's China International Comics and Games Expo has concluded at the World Expo Exhibition and Convention Center in Shanghai.
More than 300 exhibitors have participated in the expo, the largest in the event's history.
A mobile game based on the popular Japanese manga series "One Piece" was released at the expo.
Hiroshi Kitadani, the singer who performed "We are", the opening theme "One Piece" made an appearance.
A mobile card game adapted from China's fantasy-supernatural film "A Chinese Ghost Story" also made its debut at the expo.
Industry observers are calling for more originality in order to better develop the industry in China.
Last year, domestic animation films earned north of one billion yuan, almost twice as much as in 2013.
This summer, a total of 13 Chinese animated films will open in Chinese theatres, a 60-percent increase compared with the same period last year.
Hayao Miyazaki is making his first computer-animated short
Renowned anime director Hayao Miyazaki is currently working on a short film that will be made entirely of computer graphics.
It will be the first time for Miyazaki to produce a work solely with CG.
The revelation was made during a speech by Toshio Suzuki, the Studio Ghibli Inc. producer who has long worked with Miyazaki.
The 74-year-old Miyazaki had announced his retirement from full-length film creation two years ago.
The short piece will be based on "Kemushi no Boro", a full-length project that was planned before production began on "Princess Mononoke," which was released in 1997.
The short will be 10-minutes long, which is planned to take three years to complete.
'The Crossing: Part 2' set to release in July
Following John Woo film The Crossing: Part 1's release in 2014, Part 2 is set to hit domestic screens on July 30.
The Crossing was adapted from the real historical tragedy of the steamer Taiping which sunk on its way from Shanghai to Taiwan while carrying thousands of people trying to escape war on the Chinese mainland.
The story set in the 1940s focuses on three couples from different classes whose lives have been completely changed by the war.
After depicting the background and characters in Part 1, Part 2 will focus on depicting the disaster and its impact on the characters.
The film gathers several A-list Asian stars like Zhang Ziyi, Huang Xiaoming, Takeshi Kaneshiro, and Song Hye-kyo.
Chinese singer Li Jian is to perform the theme song of the film, "If love is destined", which is reproduced from a Korean song of the same name.
The film is Johan Woo's first film project after his recovery from laryngeal cancer.
Nintendo Boss Iwata Satoru Dies At 55
Iwata Satoru, the hugely popular president of Japanese games giant Nintendo, has died of cancer at the age of 55.
The company issued a notice reporting that Iwata died on Saturday as a result of a bile duct growth.
He joined Nintendo in the 1980s as a programmer. In 2000 he became a board director and became president in 2002.
In June 2013, Iwata-san was appointed CEO of Nintendo of America.
No successor has been put forward yet, but two Representative Directors remain at the company.
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