According to London’s Telegraph, a new pop-culture museum is in the works:
Masterminded by the Agency for Cultural Affairs, it will become the first government-built national centre dedicated to uniting modern Japanese media arts, according to the Asahi Shimbun.
Cutting-edge animation is one of Japan’s most famous exports, with its credentials boosted further by a Japanese creation scooping an Oscar this year for Best Animated Short Film.
While Japan is currently home to an annul ten-day Japan Media Arts Festival, there is currently no national space where a permanent collection has been collated.
From video games to pop art, the government reportedly plans to establish a major collection of modern Japanese media arts to showcase and promote internationally at the new centre.
The government plans to collaborate with regional museums, galleries and institutions such as the Kyoto International Manga Museum and the NTT InterCommunication Centre in Tokyo in the establishment of the new centre.
Japanese to build £80m ’shrine’ to manga cartoons via [Telegraph]
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