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Japan Honors Mario Creator Shigeru Miyamoto, Manga Creator Moto Hagio as Persons of Cultural Merit
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Film director Nobuhiko Ōbayashi also honored by government for contribution to Japanese culture
The Japanese government announced The Drifting Classroom, The Girl Who Leapt Through Time), as well as 18 other winners.
Miyamoto is the main designer of the first incarnations of some of Nintendo's most celebrated, well-known, and long-running game franchises, including Mario Bros., Donkey Kong, franchise's later games. He also helped shape the concept behind the Wii, one of Nintendo's most successful console platforms. He has the title of Representative Director and Creative Fellow at Nintendo.
Hagio is a pioneer of Monthly Flowers in May 2016 and May 2017, marking the first new chapters in the manga in 40 years.
Manga and anime creator received the honor in 2012.
Source: Nikkei via Hachima Kikō
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