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urself on the
Do you have the stamina for our notorious animé all-nighter?
Now in its 8th year, brave souls are rewarded with complimentar
and Redbull. Amuse yourself with our goodie bags and express yo
saturday 02 may - from midnight
MangaWall. DJs in the bar.
AFRO SAMURAI: RESURRECTION (My Neighbor Totoro,
(Dir. Fuminori Kizaki, 2009, Mononoke, Spirited Away) and
ANI
ME ALL NIGHT
2009 programme:
USA/Japan ) is known to be Miyazaki’s promo
GHOST IN THE SHELL 2.0 when his father’s body is stolen to My Neighbor Totoro.
(Dir. Mamoru Oshii, 2008, Japan) from its grave, Afro takes up his
After helping her grandmother
One of the all time classic sword again to tear through an
to the station, 7-year-old Mimiko
animé movies gets fresh linen! army of deadly foes led by a
returns home and discovers she
This is the movie Oshii wanted sadistic leader. with the voices
has a visitor – a baby panda.
to make. of Samuel L. Jackson and
She quickly makes friends with
Lucy Liu.
Not a sequel, this is GHOST the young panda and names it
In tHe sHeLL with a new NARUTO THE MOVIE 3: Pannie, the pair head off on fun
soundtrack, new 3D elements GUARDIANS OF THE CRESCENT adventures.
and a new colour palette and MOON KINGDOM (Dir. Toshiyuki
ORIGIN: SPIRITS FROM THE PAST
it looks glorious. Projection in HD. Tsuru, 95mins, 2006, Japan)
(Dir. Keiichi Sugiyama, 95mins,
A spoilt prince from the Moon
Oshii has made the movie 2006, Japan)
country is to be escorted to
darker, grittier and not unlike 300 years from now; Earth’s
his home by Naruto. The Prince
Blade Runner in its texture; it environment has been
ends up buying a circus and,
is far more beautiful than the devastated by mankind’s
of course, hilarity ensues, as
original. It has been endered foolish plans and humankind is
Naruto and his team have to
with great subtlety, adding light beleaguered by the sentient
protect the Prince and his new
to middle and background forests which have awoken.
purchase. but wait, who are
planes; other times using a A young boy named Agito
these three mysterious ninjas?
stunning layering effect. The stumbles across a machine that
Major herself is reworked: PANDA GO PANDA (Dir. Isao glows in a strange blue hue
she is more fluid and more Takahata, 70mins, 1972, Japan) within a forbidden sanctuary.
human. When she tears herself This animé about a girl and The machine, which has
apart in an effort to open an two pandas was made back preserved beautiful Tula from
armoured vehicle, the effect is in the early 70s by two master the past, is activated. she is on
heartbreaking in a way that the filmmakers: Isao Takahata (Only a ‘mission’ from the past...
original, for all its explicit horror, Yesterday, Pom Poko, and My A beautifully animated movie
only suggested. A must for the Neighbors the Yamadas)and that exploits the big screen
big screen. Hayao Miyazaki scale.
THE 8
TH
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