Film Line-Up
FEATURES
Unforgiven
許されざる者
Director: Lee Sang-il
Dec 6 (Fri) 7:00 pm / 135min
Opening Ceremonies, Screening, Q&A, After Party
Seven Souls in the Skull Castle
髑髏城の七人
Director: Hidenori Inoue
Dec 7 (Sat) 7:00 pm / 189 min + Q&A (30 min)
The Wind Rises
風立ちぬ
Director: Hayao Miyazaki
Dec 7 (Sat) 1:30 pm, Dec 8 (Sun) 8:00 pm / 126 min + Q&A (Dec. 8 only)
Competition Shorts
FREE SCREENING
Secret of the Ring
ゆびわのひみつ
FREE SCREENING
Director: Yuichiro Taniguchi
Dec. 8 2:30 pm - 5:00 pm
17 min
A Very Special Relationship
特別な二人の関係
FREE SCREENING
Director: Masahiro Nishioka
Dec. 8 2:30 pm - 5:00 pm
7 min
Tokyo Halloween Night
東京ハロウィンナイト
FREE SCREENING
Director: Mari Okada
Dec. 8 2:30 pm - 5:00 pm
24 min
Short Shorts Film Festival & Asia Selection
Synergy of Man and Metal
The Evolution of Battle Armor Anime
one of our amazing sponsors, is presenting 4 episodes of amazing anime in this special program. This is the first time these have been shown on the big screen. Following the screening, we’ll be discussing Mythology in Anime with voice actor, director and anime expert, Crispin Freeman (more info below) The event is totally free, so come on by anime fans, this will be a killer event.
Saint Seiya
2 Episodes
The 1980’s anime about five Knights of the Zodiac battling the olympic gods that seek to control earth returns. Japanese language with English subtitles.
Tiger & Bunny
2 Episodes
In a future where heroes fight crime while promoting their corporate sponsors, veteran hero “Wild Tiger” is forced to work with the rookie Barnaby Brooks Jr.
Mythology In Anime w/ Crispin Freeman
Join us to learn about the mythology behind the anime, as we sit down with voice actor, director and anime expert Crispin Freeman. Sunday, December 8th from 12:50 pm to 2:10 pm. [FREE]
Learn why Americans write about Superheroes and the Japanese write about Giant Robots.
Explore the differences between Knights and Dragons in their Eastern and Western manifestations.
Explore the female hero journey as it manifests in comics and animation.
Crispin Freeman
Crispin Freeman is a voice actor, director and script adaptor who’s been portraying characters in animation and video games since 1997. He’s worked on a myriad of anime shows including Hellsing, Naruto, Ghost in the Shell, Final Fantasy: Advent Children, Fate/Zero, Durarara!, Wolf’s Rain, The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya & Miyazaki’s “Howl’s Moving Castle”. In American animation, he’s voiced characters in the Spectacular Spider-man series, Wolverine and the X-men and DC’s Young Justice. Since 1999, he has began giving presentations on mythological storytelling in animation both domestically at DePaul University, the University of Chicago and the University of Texas at Dallas as well as internationally at Armageddon Expo in New Zealand, the Supanova convention in Australia and the Nippon Connection film festival in Frankfurt, Germany. He was interviewed for the August 2008 edition of Mechademia where he discusses his thoughts on Giant Robots and Superheroes. You can find out more at his website: www.MythologyAndMeaning.com.
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