World Local Character Grand Prix Website Tops 2 Million Page Views
The sustained traffic over ten days indicates strong engagement with the competition's hybrid voting format, which blends online recognition with on-site activity.
Reporting from 1 source: ASCII.jp.
The World Local Character Grand Prix, featuring 298 local and corporate characters from Japan and abroad, surpassed 2 million page views on July 16, the 10th day of voting. The site had crossed 1 million views on July 10. Web voting runs until December 4, with on-site support voting at five venues until December 13. The competition uses a hybrid scoring system that combines online votes with in-person support points, and plans to add hometown tax donation points from September.
AVOCEAN of Thailand leads the World Local Character Grand Prix as of July 16, with 298 characters competing. The competition's website passed 2 million page views on its 10th day of voting, sustaining the pace from the 1 million mark reached on July 10. DOMIIA, also from Thailand, withdrew from web support voting on July 14 at the request of its management company GMMTV; previously cast votes remain valid. The grand prix, organized by the Japan Local Character Association and Punctual Co., gives greater weight to on-site support votes than to online votes, and will introduce a hometown tax donation system in September that awards points to characters.
Synthesized by Yomimono from the 1 cited source below, including Japanese-language reporting where cited, then editorially reviewed before publishing.
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- ASCII.jp 「世界ご当地キャラグランプリ」公式WEBサイトが200万PVを突破！