At the Japan Media Arts Festival, prepare to jet into the sky like Superman and dance with speakers blasting at your hips, as the nation's largest showcase of cutting-edge "anime," "manga" and high-tech arts gets more interactive.
The event, which runs through Feb. 15 at the National Art Center, Tokyo in Roppongi, features 170 winning entries chosen from a record 2,146 submissions, a quarter from 44 other countries.
Backed by the culture ministry, the organizers awarded prizes valued between ¥150,000 and ¥600,000 for media-based works in four categories: art, manga (comics), entertainment and anime (animation).