{
  "id": 17748732,
  "title": "Tokyo’s First Animated Competition Title ‘Magic Atlas’ Was Sun Xun’s ‘All-In Moment’",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/02/tokyos-first-animated-competition-title-magic-atlas-was-sun-xuns-all",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-11-02T05:01:05.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Variety",
    "slug": "variety",
    "url": "https://variety.com/2026/film/festivals/tokyos-first-animated-competition-title-magic-atlas-sun-xun-1236937195/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Chinese artist and filmmaker Sun Xun never expected “Magic Atlas” to become the first animated feature selected for the Tokyo International Film Festival’s competition. “I never thought of ‘Magic Atlas’ as an animated film. To me, it brings together many art forms. Animation is simply the label we use for its form. I’m glad people […]",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}