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Grenoble Foot 38 Manga Mascots Date: 11/9/2005 |
Index Corporation has established the official Japanese site for the Ligue 2 Orange division French professional football team Grenoble Foot "GF38" at www.gf38.jp/. The company invested in the team in 2005. Additionally, Captain Tsubasa mangaka Yoichi Takahashi is develping original manga style characterizations of the team players in a poject that will be carried out in Japan and France simultaneously. Website readers and fans are being asked to name Takahashi's original GF38 characters. The manga characters will be used as mascots to develop an positive PR identity for GF38 that will extend to ads, product sales and mobile contents. |
Source: Anime News Service |