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A tour of fantasy

Writer: Sun Yuchen  |  Editor: Zhang Chanwen  |  From: Shenzhen Daily  |  Updated: 2023-07-20

The 12th Shenzhen Cartoon and Animation Festival opened at the Shenzhen Convention and Exhibition Center in Futian District yesterday. The festival, which will run through Sunday, returns to the city three years after it was put on pause due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Known as one of China’s four major animation festivals, it has been held in Shenzhen every summer since 2009 as the city’s biggest animation-themed event that attracted cartoon and animation companies and fans alike. 

Cosplayers pose for a photo during the 12th Shenzhen Cartoon and Animation Festival, which opened at the Shenzhen Convention and Exhibition Center in Futian District yesterday. Photos by Sun Yuchen

Performers stage a show at the opening ceremony of the 12th Shenzhen Cartoon and Animation Festival.

An opening ceremony of the festival.

Cartoon and animation fans from Hunan and Zhejiang Province pose for a photo.

Students of an international school in Guangzhou pose for a photo at the festival.

A cosplayer poses for a photo.

Cartoon and animation products are displayed at the fair.

Cartoon and animation products are on sale at the fair.

A painter from Zhejiang Province draws comic portraits for visitors at the fair.

The 12th Shenzhen Cartoon and Animation Festival opened at the Shenzhen Convention and Exhibition Center in Futian District yesterday. The festival, which will run through Sunday, returns to the city three years after it was put on pause due to the COVID-19 pandemic.