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Elmo, Domo and Pikachu Bring Smiles to Japan

Categories: East Asia, Japan, Arts & Culture, Disaster, Youth
Project: Holding hands

Domo, Snoopy, Barbapapa, Pikachu, Elmo and other characters hold hands. Image shared freely from teotsunago.com (For non-commercial use only)

“Project: Holding hands” (Teo Tsunago Daisakusen) [1] [ja, en] is an art project that uses iconic children's characters to bring smiles to the people of Japan, especially children following the 2011 earthquake [2].

Tsuneo Goda [3], an animator known for creating the character Domo [4] initiated the project. You can check out his work, including a music video, here [1][ja, en].