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Animation × Paralympic: Who Is Your Hero?

アニ×パラ〜あなたのヒーローは誰ですか〜

ANI × PARA: Anata no Hero wa Dare desu ka

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Format: SPECIAL
Season: Fall 2017
Studio: Nippon Animation, DLE, TMS Entertainment, GONZO, Studio Gallop, SynergySP, Bit grooove promotion, G-angle
Based on: Other
Episode length: 5 min
Started: 8 Sep 2017
Score: 57/100

Sports Episodic Disability Football Tennis Rugby Athletics Martial Arts Cycling

Animation × Paralympic: Who Is Your Hero? is an anime special from 2017, produced by Nippon Animation and DLE. The team includes direction by Osamu Nabeshima, Masayoshi Ozaki and Atsushi Nigorikawa, character design by Minoru Maeda and Tetsuya Chiba and music by Kōsuke Yamashita, Kan Sawada and Kōhei Yamada. It streams on YouTube.

“ANIMATION × PARALYMPIC: Who Is Your Hero?” is a special series featuring fictional Paralympic athletes depicted in world-renowned Japanese animation. The project aims to introduce new Paralympic sports heroes through attractive characters and stories that will be created by the collaboration of famous comic creators and animation film directors. The series will increase the number of featured sports by 2020. An episode animated by Kyoto Animation was scheduled to be broadcast in August 2019, but was later announced to be cancelled after it was determined production could not be completed in time for the 2020 Paralympic Games due to a tragic arson attack on the studio.