[imText1]Japan’s Sankei Shimbun reported on the 20th that the story of Megumi Yokota, who was abducted by North Korean agents in 1977 (at that time she was 13 years old), will be created through animation.
According to Sankei Shimbun, “Megumi’s Abduction and her family’s struggle to have her brought back alive will be produced in animation and is expected for release in the near future.
Megumi’s animation, originally released as a comic book entitled “Megumi,” is produced by the “Abduction of Japanese Citizens by North Korea” under the Japanese government and can be viewed at no cost over the Internet.
The newspaper conveyed that the animation with 30 minutes running time will depict Megumi’s parent’s efforts to rescue her.
The animation will be produced in Japanese, Korean, Chinese, and English and distributed to local governing systems and embassies in each region.
Sakie Yokota, mother of Megumi, shared their thoughts, saying, “It lets children know that this abduction took place,” and “Through animation, we can inform the young people and it will become a powerful thing.”
Even today, the Japanese government presents in schools the U.S. produced documentary film “The Megumi Story” and broadcasts a TV advertisement communicating to viewers the seriousness of the abductees’ issue.
Yokota Megumi was abducted by North Korean agents in November 1977 at the age of thirteen. Even though North Korea acknowledged having abducted Japanese citizens in 2002, the government insisted that “Megumi committed suicide in April of 1994.”
