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A Canadian tourism agency tried a new approach to promoting Canadian winters in its latest campaign.
Destination Canada released a new Japanese anime ad this week called, Warm, winter Canada.
Directed by Hisayuki Tabata and made by some members of "Your Name," the clip highlights mountains, cities and breath-taking skies from across the country.
The animation has a clean and colourful look, and moves along to somewhat epic-sounding vocals in the background.
The 30-second short depicts friends and family exploring the downtown of Vancouver, skating in downtown Toronto, viewing Niagara Falls and watching the northern lights.
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The story, (translated from Japanese), is about Yuya Miyagi who is in her fifth year of the society. She is calm and quiet but has an active side and would prefer a backpacker journey.
Then she meets Satsuki who is a junior in Yuya's college. Yuya invites Satsuki to Canada and the two explore the country together.
Hisayuki Tabata is known for his work on several anime projects including, Samurai X: Reflection, Cowboy Bebop: The Movie, Highschool of the Dead, and more.
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Here is the original Japanese text for the story:
”ストーリー
社会人5年目の宮城ユウヤは、落ち着いていて物静かだが、バックパッカー旅を好むなどアクティブな一面を持ち合わせている。彼女の香味サツキは、社会人2年目、ユウヤの大学の後輩。多忙な毎日を過ごしている。そんなサツキのリフレッシュのため、今回ユウヤは初めてサツキを誘って、お気に入りの国、カナダへ旅に出る。二人が冬のカナダで出会ったもの。それは、楽しくて、何もかも想像以上で、きれいで、あったかかった。”
