Leeds Young People’s Film Festival Screening Anime
Leeds Young Peoples Film Festival sent an e-mail containing news which should thrill any anime fan! The festival is going to screen anime including Laputa Castle in the Sky, Trigun Badlands Rumble, Summer Wars and Redline.
Leeds Young Peoples Film Festival sent an e-mail containing news which should thrill any anime fan! The festival is going to screen anime including Laputa Castle in the Sky, Trigun Badlands Rumble, Summer Wars and Redline.
That’s not the only good news as long time anime industry insider Jonathan Clements, the author of Schoolgirl Milky Crisis, will present a talk examining the history of the West’s relationship with anime.
Here are the details:
Tickets are now on sale for the 12th Leeds Young People’s Film Festival, an event organised by Leeds City Council and MediaFish, a group of award-winning young film enthusiasts. The annual event taking place from Monday 28th March to Friday 8th April boasts a special preview 3D screening of Rio, from the makers of ‘Ice Age’ alongside highlights such as We Love Anime, a daylong anime event new for 2011.
The We Love Anime roadshow takes place on Saturday 2nd April and comes to Leeds with a fantastic showcase of Anime films, old and new including Summer Wars, depicting a battle in the virtual world and Redline, the fastest, most frenzied film you have ever seen with an amazing style and a high-octane soundtrack. The rest of the day is made up of the 1986 Miyazaki classic Laputa Castle in the Sky and the new Trigun Badlands Rumble based on the cult 90’s series. Tickets for the films start at £2.50 and passes for the whole day start at just £8.00, the first 60 people who buy full day passes will also receive a free goody bag worth over £30 that includes DVD’s, shirt’s, book’s and more.
Anime expert Jonathan Clements, the author of Schoolgirl Milky Crisis: Adventures in the Anime and Manga Trade, who has translated over 70 anime and manga, and is currently writing a history of Japanese animation for the British Film Institute, will introduce the films and present his talk ‘Wrong About Anime’, where he examines the history of the West’s relationship with Japanese animation before Redline. Source
As well as the films there will also be a manga wall where budding young artists can show off their talents, the best drawings will be awarded prizes throughout the day. There will also be a Cosplay competition for the best costume judged by Travelling Man and Thought Bubble.
Tickets can be bought from www.leedsyoungfilm.com or can be bought from the City Centre Box Office over the phone on 0113 224 3801 or in person at The Carriageworks on Millennium Square.
