{"site":"Yomimono","license":"CC BY 4.0 (citation required)","generated_at":"2026-05-22T23:02:34.063Z","story":{"id":"r_1b0a74f84cfd45109b1ce13e","slug":"hiroshima-animation-season-selects-kamiina-botan-op-and-hoshimachi-suisei-mv","url":"https://yomimono.id/hiroshima-animation-season-selects-kamiina-botan-op-and-hoshimachi-suisei-mv","headline":"Hiroshima Animation Season Selects Kamiina Botan OP and Hoshimachi Suisei MV","summary":"The Hiroshima Animation Season 2026, Japan's only Academy Award-accredited animation film festival, announced its competition selections from a record 3,181 submissions. Among 76 chosen works are the opening video for TV anime Kamiina Botan, The Drunken Bloom of a Lily and Hoshimachi Suisei's Caramel Pain music video.","why_it_matters":"The festival's inclusion of a TV anime opening and a VTuber music video in its competition section signals a widening of the definition of animation beyond traditional short and feature films.","published_at":"2026-05-19T11:30:23.000Z","source_count":1,"sources":["KAI-YOU"],"citations":[{"source":"KAI-YOU","title":"Anime Film Festival 'Hiroshima Animation Season' Selects 'Kamiina Botan' OP and Hoshimachi Suisei MV for Competition","url":"https://kai-you.net/article/95438"}],"license_url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/","entities":{"anime_titles":["上伊那ぼたん"],"manga_titles":[],"studios":[],"people":["星街すいせい"],"type":"event","domain":"anime","is_roundup":false}}}