Scotland Loves Anime 2016 Details

Date: 2016 September 01 14:40

Posted by Joe

The good folks from Scotland Loves Anime have just announced their 2016 line-up. The anime film festival frequently hosts the UK (and often the European) premiere of many anime films. It's mission is to promote animation as art. This year they tell us "We’ve got 4 EU premieres, 5 UK Premieres and 1 Scottish premiere again this year."

This year the festival is set to run in Glasgow from Friday 14th to Sunday 16th October 2016, while the Edinburgh Programme will run Monday 17th to Sunday 23rd October 2016.

There's so many highlights, So many, including Makoto Shinkai’s Your Name, fan favourite Kizumonogatari - Part 1 and 2. Often you'll have to wait ages after the festival to get another chance (if any) to catch these movies on the big screen. Interestingly, they'll also be screening Momotaro, Sacred Sailors, Japanese Propaganda film from World War 2 was thought lost until rediscovered in 1983.

They've got Harmony (we interviewed it's director Michael Arias in May this year). The Mamoru Hosoda classic The Girl Who Leapt Through Time (which will be introduced by anime expert Jonathan Clements in Edinburgh).

They'll also be showing Makoto Shinkai’s The Place Promised in Our Early Days, Garden of Words and Voices of a Distant Star.

Guest wise Yoshimi Itazu, the anime industry veteran and director of Pigtails will be at the Glasgow Film Theatre. Jonathan Clements the anime industry expert, writer and author will also be there as a guest to offer his insight. You may know him as the co-author of all 3 editions of The Anime Encyclopedia: A Century of Japanese Animation.

As always with festivals like this. We advise booking early to avoid disappointment.

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Details as follows:

GLASGOW LINE-UP
EVENT DETAILS:

VENUE: Glasgow Film Theatre
DATES: October 14th – 16th, 2016
SCHEDULE:

FRIDAY 14TH OCTOBER – 23:00: Belladonna of Sadness

SATURDAY 15TH OCTOBER:

13:40: MOMOTARO, SACRED SAILORS [UK PREMIERE]
16:15: PIGTAILS + Q&A [UK PREMIERE]
20:20: KIZUMONOGATARI PARTS 1 & 2 [UK PREMIERE]

SUNDAY 16TH OCTOBER:

12.15: ANTHEM OF THE HEART

15.00: KINGSGLAIVE: FINAL FANTASY XV [SCOTTISH PREMIERE]
17:30: MYSTERY FILM [PREMIERE]
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EDINBURGH LINE-UP
EVENT DETAILS:

VENUE: Filmhouse Cinema
DATES: October 17th – 23rd, 2016
SCHEDULE:

MONDAY 17TH OCTOBER – 20:30: THE PLACE PROMISED IN OUR EARLY DAYS [DIRECTOR FOCUS]
TUESDAY 18TH OCTOBER – 20:30: GARDEN OF WORDS / VOICES OF A DISTANT STAR [DIRECTOR FOCUS]
WEDNESDAY 19TH OCTOBER – 20:30: BELLADONNA OF SADNESS
THURSDAY 20TH OCTOBER – 20:30: PRINCESS ARETE [UK THEATRICAL PREMIERE]

NB: ORDER BELOW IS NOT REPRESENTATIVE OF FINAL PLAYING ORDER ON EACH DAY UNTIL TICKETS GO LIVE :)!

FRIDAY 21ST OCTOBER
(Films listed in alphabetical order; screening time TBC)
ACCEL WORLD INFINITE BURST [UK PREMIERE]

HARMONY [SCOTTISH PREMIERE]

KINGSGLAIVE: FINAL FANTASY XV

KIZUMONOGATARI – PARTS 1 & 2

SATURDAY 22ND OCTOBER
(Films listed in alphabetical order; screening time TBC)
A SILENT VOICE [EU PREMIERE]

MOMOTARO, SACRED SAILORS

REDLINE

YOUR NAME [SCOTTISH PREMIERE]

SUNDAY 23RD OCTOBER
(Films listed in alphabetical order; screening time TBC)
GIRLS UND PANZER DER FILM [EU PREMIERE]

PERSONA 3: SPRING OF BIRTH [UK THEATRICAL PREMIERE]

PIGTAILS & OTHER SHORTS FROM PRODUCTION I.G

THE GIRL WHO LEAPT THROUGH TIME
TICKETS: On Sale Friday 9th September 2016