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Cambridge, Mass. is rallying around animator Lisa Crafts as she tries to complete “Shout!,� a one-minute cel-animation about the arms race, in time for the first Animation Festival in Hiroshima Aug. 18-22. About $3,000 was raised for the project at a gathering in Harvard Square, Crafts said. “And we still have checks coming in. People seem to want to be a part of this.�

Crafts’ mini-film portrays two arguing world leaders escalating their nuclear threats until they devolve into Godzilla-like monsters, destroying civilization. At the climax, the people of the world turn on the monsters and yell “Enough!� in 20 languages, ending the escalation just before Doomsday. The theme of the Hiroshima festival: “Love and Peace.�