Katy Perry kicks off AMAs

Looking like a princess out of a classic anime drawing, Katy Perry offered a visual feast for viewers at the top of Sunday night's American Music Awards.

Perry wore a traditional Japanese dress during her show-starting performance of "Unconditionally" as scores of colorfully costumed dancers waved fans, danced in front of rice-paper screens and played the drums.

Perry was the early focal point of the awards show, held at the Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles, arriving on the red carpet in a black strapless dress to screams from hundreds of fans. But Justin Timberlake, Lady Gaga and Miley Cyrus were still to come.

Host Pitbull joked that AMA stood for "A Miracle, America, that I'm here tonight," before Taylor Swift gave away the first award — to pop/rock favorite male artist to Timberlake.

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