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World Service,3 mins

Paralympic Anime - creating new sporting heroes

Not by the Playbook

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With less than two years until the Tokyo Paralympics get under way, Japanese broadcaster NHK has commissioned several Paralympic based anime TV shows featuring the country's most successful Para-athletes. Triple Paralympic Champion Wheelchair tennis player Shingo Kunieda has a cartoon based on him. The multiple Grand Slam winner says the animations are helping remove stigmas surrounding Para-athletes... Photo credit: Shingo Kunieda (NHK)

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