What started as a comic strip in the 1980's became a worldwide media franchise.
Animatsuri was held at the International Convention Center in Jerusalem by the Association for Manga and Anime in Israel in cooperation with the Japanese embassy.
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“I think that most people who are telling these stories aren’t coming from an area where this would be as personally familiar,” a Jewish anime fan said