Updates
The Worldwide Impact of Japanese Comics
Wednesday the 23 February, 2011 - 4:50PM
Our friends at the Glasgow Film Festival have sent along details of an event that overlaps with our interest in Manga today! It’s on tomorrow at the CCA so if you’re free and want to learn a bit more about a Scottish writer, Sean Michael Wilson, in Japan come check this out:
Through anime and live-action movies and TV series, graphic novels, games and merchandise, the massive comics culture of Japan has taken off around the world. Paul Gravett, author of Manga: 60 Years of Japanese Comics, explores the secrets of manga’s success with Japanese illustrator Chie Kutsuwada and Scottish writer Sean Michael Wilson, based in Japan, whose latest manga, The Story of Lee and Hagakure: Code of the Samurai Japanese, are published in New York and Tokyo. Followed by book signings.
Tickets on sale from: Glasgow Film Festival
Date and time: 24/02/2011
Anime Day @ Glasgow Youth Film Festival
Wednesday the 12 January, 2011 - 10:33PM
Firstly a big happy new year from everyone at Scotland Loves Animation! We’ve got lots on our plates for 2011 so far and we’re looking forward to bringing you yet more engaging events this year as we did last year.
Ahead of any other announcements though, our first event fo the year is a collaboration with our friends at the Glasgow Youth Film Festival to present another day of anime – with two fresh Scottish premieres and one back by popular demand!
Details are below:
DATE: February 13th 2011
WHERE: Glasgow Film Theatre, 12 Rose Street, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, G3 6RB
WHATS ON:
THINK LIKE AN ANIME WRITER WORKSHOP (10:00):
Experience a pitching process to create the outline for a new animated TV show for a fictional corporation. Aspiring writers, designers, managers and animators are all welcome – as in the real world, the workshop will comprise group efforts to reach saleable solutions. Let’s write a story! And then let’s watch head office screw it up. And then let’s write another story, so we can all keep our jobs.
Prerequisites: You will need a pen, some paper and a brain. Some knowledge of Japanese animation is helpful but certainly not essential.
Jonathan Clements is the author of Schoolgirl Milky Crisis: Adventures in the Anime and Manga Trade.
You can book a place in this workshop here.
THE DISAPPEARANCE OF HARUHI SUZUMIYA (14:15):
Ten days before Christmas, Haruhi comes up with another one of her crazy ideas to hold a Christmas party in the school clubroom. The next day, however, Kyon wakes up to a world in which Haruhi doesn’t exist and no one besides him has any memory of her. How can someone like Haruhi Suzumiya, who’s supposed to be the centre of the universe, just vanish? Kyon must travel through time to the night she disappeared to unravel the mystery. An epic and surreal anime adventure.
Tickets are available now from this link.
Picture is ©2009 Nagaru Tanigawa • Noizi Ito/a member of SOS
EUREKA SEVEN: GOOD NIGHT, SLEEP TIGHT, YOUNG LOVERS (18:00):
Renton and Eureka are raised together as children and become inseparable. When Eureka is suddenly kidnapped, Renton vows to rescue her. He enters the mobile military and becomes an exceptional pilot of a Nirvash, an advanced bio-mechanical armour control system. But unbeknown to him, there’s a plot to extinguish an alien race which has invaded the planet, and somehow Eureka is involved. Adapted from the hugely popular Eureka Seven anime TV series.
The screening is followed by a discussion with anime experts Andrew Partridge and Jonathan Clements.
Tickets are available now from this link.
Picture is ©2009 BONES/Project EUREKA MOVIE
KING OF THORN (20:45):
In the near future, mankind is being wiped out by the mysterious Medusa virus, which has the rather nasty effect of turning people to stone. Japanese student Kasumi joins a group of 160 people, recruited from all over the world, to take part in a shadowy scientific project that promises to stop the outbreak. But there’s a catch – they’ll be locked away in an ancient Scottish castle and put to cryogenic sleep for 100 years in order to outlive the virus. Kasumi and the others awake to discover that plant-like monsters have engulfed the facility, and perhaps the entire planet. This feature anime is a sensational cross between 28 Days Later and Aliens, full of gory scares and surprise twists.
Tickets are available now from this link.
Picture is ©YUJI IWAHARA/PUBLISHED BY ENTERBRAIN, INC./Team IBARA
Look forward to seeing people there – there’s also a Facebook event for this here if you are interested!
Presenting 2 extra art exhibits for the 2010 festival!
Wednesday the 6 October, 2010 - 9:59AM
GLASGOW – October 4th, Scotland Loves Animation is proud to announce the final additions to its overall events lineup at the 2010 edition of Scotland Loves Anime.
THE ART OF HARUHI – courtesy of Kadokawa Pictures
Following up our Art of Akira exhibition we are proud to announce the first of our two mini-exhibitions! Courtesy of Kadokawa Pictures we have a series of sketches and keyarts from The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya, which will be on display in the corridor gallery at the Filmhouse, Edinburgh as well!
Expect a total of 11 images with sketches and full sized shots of the full scene as animated as well so you can see the differences between the original drawings and the final product.
This is the first time the exhibit has been shown in the UK and will be the second time it has been shown in Europe. The first of which was at Japan Expo in Paris where a selection of the artworks were shown.
Like The Art of Akira, this exhibit will be free to see as well – but why not come along and see the movie the artworks are from too on Sunday the 17th of October too? Exhibition items will be on display from the 8th of October to the end of day 17th October.
ANIME MERCHANDISE – mini-exhibition:
Our final mini art exhibition for 2010 will be held at the Glasgow Film Theatre across the festival dates and will be in two glass cabinets in the main foyer. Over the two weeks come along and see a number of items from the weird and wonderful world of anime merchandising.
Ever wondered how much merchandise for Evangelion 2.0 there was? Or perhaps One Piece Strong World? Or any of the other films in the line-up for Scotland Loves Anime this year for that matter! Then now is your chance to find out, pop along during the weekend and check the displays out.
Featuring merchandise from Trigun Badlands Rumble, The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya, Evangelion 2.0 and One Piece Strong World!
About Scotland Loves Anime:
Scotland loves enchanting Japanese fantasies from Studio Ghibli; we love vivid classics like The Moomins, born in Finland/Sweden; we love international collaborations like the Franco-Japanese Ulysses 31 and Spanish/Japanese children’s animation Around The World With Willy Fog; and most of all Scotland loves the potential inspired in our own animators, scriptwriters, and digital artists.
After our successful block at the Glasgow Youth Film Festival, Scotland Loves Animation is proud to present more UK premieres and special anime screenings alongside shorts highlighting amazing Scottish animated shorts.
Many of these films will never come to the big screen in Scotland barring this weekend so grab tickets while you can! Tickets are selling strong both at the GFT and Filmhouse – so grab tickets before they sell out! You can buy tickets via the following URLS:
GFT: www.gft.org.uk/content/default.asp?page=s98
Filmhouse: www.filmhousecinema.com/seasons/scotland-loves-anime/
Scotland Loves Anime is a festival ran by Scotland Loves Animation, a registered charity for the promotion of animation in Scotland (SC041567).
Guest lectures during SLA from guests!
Monday the 4 October, 2010 - 8:31AM
As a part of Scotland Loves Anime, in association with the Asian Studies department at The University of Edinburgh, we have arranged for several guest lectures from guests as a part of Scotland Loves Anime.
Details of each lecture along with booking information for non University of Edinburgh students or staff are below:
TRIGUN – Creating a Movie from a TV Series
2.00pm-4.00pm, Friday 8th October 2010
Lecture Theatre (ground floor), Hugh Robson Building
Followed by a reception afterwards.
This will be a brilliant opportunity to talk to two Japanese creatives about the animation industry in Japan as well as the themes behind their works. This creative talk includes screening of one episode of Trigun (25 minutes).
Scotland Loves Anime, runs from the 8th-10th at the GFT and then concludes from the 15-17 October at the Filmhouse Cinema, and will bring prominent Japanese creatives – Satoshi Nishimura (Director of ‘Trigun Badlands Rumble’ and Trigun the TV series) and Shigeru Kitayama (the producer of the two series) to the University of Edinburgh.
This event (in Japanese with professional interpreting) is free and open to the public.
To reserve a place for this talk please email Dr Yoko Sturt at ysturt AT staffmail DOT ed DOT ac DOT uk (removing the DOTs and spaces where appropriate) with the subject heading as‘Trigun talk reservation’ by Wednesday, 6 October 2010. (No reservation required for staff and students of Asian Studies)
Venue information:
Address: George Square, Edinburgh, EH8 9XD.
Campus map: http://www.ed.ac.uk/maps/buildings/hugh-robson-building
FIVE GIRLS NAMED MOE: The Anime Erotic
1.30pm-3.00pm, Wednesday 13th October 2010
F.21 (first floor), 7GS (Psychology Building)
Followed by a reception afterwards.
Jonathan Clements examines the history and development of erotic animation in Japan: business practises, technology, censorship and market forces. How can we criticise the Japanese for the “perversion” of their media, when much of the industry is now driven by American demand?
Jonathan Clement’s talk will be preceded by a talk from Professor Mizue Sasaki on ‘Rediscovering and Recreating Gendered Words in Japanese’
This event is free and open to the public.
To reserve a place for this talk please email Dr Yoko Sturt ysturt AT staffmail DOT ed DOT ac DOT uk (replace DOTs with . and AT with @ where appropriate and remove spaces) with the subject heading as ‘FIVE GIRLS NAMED MOE’ by Wednesday, 6 October 2010. (No reservation required for staff and students of Asian Studies)
Venue information:
Room 1.21 (F.21) is a Lecture Room located on the first floor of the Psychology Building.
Address: 7 George Square, Edinburgh, EH8 9XD.
Campus map: http://www.ed.ac.uk/maps/buildings/psychology-building
About Scotland Loves Anime:
Scotland loves enchanting Japanese fantasies from Studio Ghibli; we love vivid classics like The Moomins, born in Finland/Sweden; we love international collaborations like the Franco-Japanese Ulysses 31 and Spanish/Japanese children’s animation Around The World With Willy Fog; and most of all Scotland loves the potential inspired in our own animators, scriptwriters, and digital artists.
After our successful block at the Glasgow Youth Film Festival, Scotland Loves Animation is proud to present more UK premieres and special anime screenings alongside shorts highlighting amazing Scottish animated shorts.
Many of these films will never come to the big screen in Scotland barring this weekend so grab tickets while you can! Tickets are selling strong both at the GFT and Filmhouse – so grab tickets before they sell out! You can buy tickets via the following URLS:
GFT: www.gft.org.uk/content/default.asp?page=s98
Filmhouse: www.filmhousecinema.com/seasons/scotland-loves-anime/
Scotland Loves Anime is a festival ran by Scotland Loves Animation, a registered charity for the promotion of animation in Scotland (SC041567).
A BIG THANKS TO OUR 2011 FUNDERS
Scotland Loves Anime 2011 is done and dusted - but we'd like to say a big thank you to our key funders from 2011:
See everyone again in 2012!
