Ryan Potter provides the voice of Hiro Hamada, a young genius-turned-superhero in Disney’s latest animated film “Big Hero 6.†The 19-year-old Potter, whose father is Japanese and mother is Caucasian, plays what he describes as the first biracial main protagonist of a Disney film. Born in Portland, Ore., Potter moved to Tokyo a few months after […]
Nikkei teen, said to be Disney’s first biracial lead character, stars in ‘Big Hero 6’
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Anpanman theme park opens in quake-hit Sendai
July 28, 2011 by Leave a Comment
SENDAI (Kyodo) — A theme park featuring Anpanman, one of the most popular Japanese anime series for young children, opened July 22 in Sendai in Miyagi Prefecture, after the March 11 earthquake delayed its opening for three months. The “Sendai Anpanman Children’s Museum and Mall,†a two-story facility on 7,000-square-meter premises, was initially set […]
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