Anime Released in Japanese Cinemas This Weekend
While millions around the world rang in the New Year with parties and fireworks, in terms of fireworks and Japanese cinema there wasn’t much for the start of 2015. It all began quietly last weekend with a lot of foreign films filling getting theatrical releases but this weekend anime and anime related films make an appearance with a big bang:
Psycho-Pass Movie
劇場版 サイコパス
The Psycho Pass movie is based on the 2012 TV anime Psycho Pass which was recently released in the UK via Manga Entertainment. Much of the cast and staff from the first season are returning with Makoto Fukami and Gen Urobuchi both writing the screenplay and Production I.G animating. Synopsis from Anime News Network:
Year 2116—The Japanese government begins to export the Sibyl System unmanned drone robots to troubled countries, and the system spreads throughout the world. A state in the midst of a civil war, SEAUn (the South East Asia Union), brings in the Sibyl System as an experiment. Under the new system, the coastal town of Shambala Float achieves temporary peace and safety. But then SEAUn sends terrorists to Japan. They slip through the Sibyl System and then attack from within. The shadow of a certain man falls on this incident. In charge of the police, Tsunemori travels to Shambala Float to investigate. The truth of justice on this new ground will become clear.
Strike Witches: Operation Victory Arrow Vol. 2 Goddess of the Aegean Sea
ストライクウィッチーズOperation Victory Arrow Vol 2 エーゲ海の女神
This is the second of three Strike Witches original video anime released in cinemas. The story takes place between the end of Operation Mars in the second television series aired in 2010 and before the 2012 Strike Witches movie.
The Next Generation Patlabor Chapter 7
THE NEXT GENERATION ‐パトレイバー第7章
The 07th Chapter of the new live-action Patlabor series contains the 12th and final episode of Patlabor and has the title “Ooinaru Isan” (Great Expectations). It is a sequel to the 1993 anime film Patlabor 2 and focusses on Yukihito Tsuge, the main antagonist in Patlabor 2. This final episode is scheduled to be screened at selected Japanese theaters for a limited time of two weeks from January 10, 2015 as it preps audiences for the live-action Patlabor movie which gets a release on May 01st in Japan.
As ever, trailers can be found on the news forum.
