Check Out This Beautiful Ad for Canadian Tourism by Anime Superstar Makoto Shinkai

Destination Canada reaches out to cartoon geeks

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Some experiences transcend language and culture.

One of those things is anime, the distinctive Japanese style of animation currently embodied by director Makoto Shinkai, whose 2016 hit film Your Name will soon be remade as a live-action movie by Star Wars director J. J. Abrams.

Another, apparently, is Canadian tourism.

Destination Canada, the Canadian government’s official tourism division, recently released this short by Shinkai. It’s an intimate portrait of a Japanese couple finding love across the Great White North.

This unusual film is the product of a content marketing strategy developed in partnership with Vancouver-based consultancy Modern

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