Kioke added that she wants the anime industry to grow and talked about supporting Comic Market, a twice-a-year event in Tokyo.
While in Tokyo’s geek district Akihabara, Koike talked about how last Halloween she dressed as Sally from Sally the Witch, an early magical girl anime.
Former Japanese Defense Ministry Yuriko Koike is currently running for Tokyo governor.
Anime is big business in Japan, so this isn’t an unusual thing for a politician to say.