India, April 29 -- The Government of India issued the following news release:
After months of regional contests and thousands of entries, finalists from 11 cities across India have been selected to take part in the WAVES Anime & Manga Contest (WAM!) national finale to be held in the World Audio-Visual & Entertainment Summit (WAVES) 2025 at the Jio World Convention Centre, Mumbai, from May 1-4, 2025.
WAM!, organized by the Union Ministry of Information and Broadcasting in collaboration with the Media & Entertainment Association of India (MEAI), is India's first national initiative dedicated to discovering, nurturing, and promoting original Indian IPs in anime, manga, webtoons, and cosplay. These creative pursuits and their creators, who ma...