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TAF Grand Prize Won by Korean Animation

posted on 2004-03-29 13:14 AEST by Christopher Macdonald

"Africa", by Korean animation studio Dongwoo Animation, won the Grand Prize at this year's Tokyo International Anime Fair. The ten-minute short, about impoverished African children, beat out animation by 160 different companies from around the world to win the prize.

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TAF Grand Prize Won by Korean Animation