The Tokyo International Film Festival opened on Thursday with cult superhero "Ultraman" swooshing down the red carpet with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. The 27th edition of TIFF, which runs until October 31, focuses heavily on Japanese animated movies and will showcase the works of director Hideaki Anno, widely considered the natural successor to Oscar-winning anime master Hayao Miyazaki. Among the movies to be screened are the world premiere of the animated superhero comedy "Big Hero 6", about the crime-fighting adventures of a Japanese boy and his robot, which Disney hopes will be a Christmas hit. "Tokyo was a huge inspiration for this film," said John Lasseter, chief creative officer at Walt Disney Animation Studios.
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