Happy Chinese New Year!

Welcome the Year of the Rabbit

C2E2: Anouncements!

Guests, Marvel Dinner and Muggle Quidditch!

Exhibit Hall Hours Friday, March 18 1:00pm - 7:00pm Saturday, March 19 10:00am - 7:00pm Sunday, March 20 10:00am - 5:00pm Location West Building at McCormick Place Chicago, IL
This is Chicago Comic and Entertainment Expo (C2E2) Show Manager Lance Fensterman giving you the weekly behind-the-scenes glimpse at what's going on in the world of the Chicago Comic and Entertainment Expo. This week we have some C2E2 2011 fun for ya to get you pumped up for March. A couple solid events, more guest announcements that are just awesome and some deadlines you don't want to forget!
Matt Fraction, Joe Quesada and  C.B. Cebulski at C2E2!
If you waited all week for another blast of top notch guests, we think this might do the trick....Matt Fraction, Joe Quesada and C.B. Cebulski will be at C2E2! These three Marvel Entertainment superstars from the world's largest and most dynamic comics publisher join the C2E2 guest list. Now that is a Marvelous guest line-up!   Check out their full bios and read below for more announcements that will rile you up a bit!
Avatar Press at C2E2!
We are excited to add some of the best creators in comics to our guest list! The creators from Avatar Press including Jacen Burrows, Rich Johnston, Michael DiPascale, Mike Wolfer, Matt Martin, William Christensen and Dheeraj Verma will be joining us this March in the windy city. Check out their bio's here and get ready because there's still more to come!
Who Wants To Go On  a Date With Marvel?
The Chicago Comic & Entertainment Expo kicks off Friday, March 18, but when the sun goes down and the show floor closes, we want to keep the party going and have reservations at one of the hottest restaurants in town with some of the most well-known people in the comic biz. And we want you to join us! We've setup a five course meal with wine pairing at Topolobampo, owned by Top Chef Master Rick Bayless. If this award-winning restaurant doesn't entice you enough, wait until you hear who you'll be dining with... C.B. Cebulski, writer and talent scout extraordinaire hosts this once-in-a-lifetime dinner with Brian Michael Bendis, award-winning comics creator and a writer who's reshaped the Marvel universe and Chief Creative Officer of Marvel Entertainment, Joe Quesada. Yeah, that's right. This is your chance to be wined and dined with some of the most important people in comics. It all takes place at 8pm on Friday, March 18 and includes a five course meal and wine pairing. It is open to only eight fans. The cost is $500, but the opportunity is priceless! Tickets will go on sale Thursday, January 27 at 12pm Central Time at C2E2.com. There are only 8 spots available so plan your reservation now. Please note, you must be 21 or older and present a valid ID to attend the dinner.
Muggle Quidditch at C2E2
Calling all wizard fans, sports fans and any comic fan looking for a sweepin' good time! The sport of wizards comes to C2E2 this March.  This past fall, 750 players from over 46 colleges and high schools from around the country participated in the International Quidditch Association's fourth annual World Cup in New York City. That event launched the game into the spotlight, with over 10,000 spectators in attendance and more than twenty million more watching media coverage of the event on forty channels. Now the IQA is bringing the game to C2E2, with two college teams leading an exhibition match, followed by open matches for attendees to sign-up, learn the game and start playing! While you might be wondering how "Muggle Quidditch" works without the magic, flying brooms or even Harry Potter, check out C2E2.com for all the details.  For more information on the sport of muggle magic check out www.internationalquidditch.org.
Saturday Night Masquerade Deadline Approaching
Our Saturday Night Masquerade taking place from 6 to 9pm on Saturday, March 19 will be a costume showcase that is part fashion show and part talent show with prizes on the line. Did we just say prizes? Yes! The Masquerade's winning team takes home prizes from our contest's sponsors and $1,000 in prize money! The C2E2 Masquerade is your chance to have your costume and talent recognized in front of thousands of fans. To participate in the C2E2 Masquerade, you must fill out the Masquerade Registration Form and submit it to C2E2 by 11:59pm Central Time on January 30, 2011.
Deadline to Get Free $25 Gift Card is Coming!
Snag a Free $25 Gift Card Code for awesome film and gaming collectibles! This is your chance to get a FREE $25 gift card code towards the hottest film and gaming collectibles such as Star Wars, Marvel, Disney, LOTR, Halo and World of Warcraft and more from SideshowCollectibles.com. How do you receive your very own free gift card code? It's simple; buy your tickets to C2E2 between now and January 31. As a bonus for buying your ticket before January 31, you will score a FREE, gift card code worth $25* at SideshowCollectibles.com good towards over 175 select, amazingly cool items! The FREE, promotional card code savings is good towards select, specially marked, in-stock products. One gift card code per order/per person/per household. Must be 18 years and over to redeem. Gift card information will be e-mailed within five business days of the purchase of your ticket. Codes expire within thirty days of date of generation or by March 2, 2011, which ever comes first. Void where prohibited by law.

Don't forget to keep up with the latest C2E2 news on our official blog  -- Medium at Large -- as well as follow the show on Twitter -- @C2E2. Get your ticket for C2E2 today!

Lance Fensterman Show Manager Chicago Comic & Entertainment Expo (C2E2) lfensterman@reedexpo.com

GANTZ movie premiere January 20, 2011

One Night Event in Select Theaters

NEW PEOPLE will welcome Japanese actors Kazunari Ninomiya (Letters from Iwo Jima) and Kenichi Matsuyama (Death Note, Detroit Metal City), for the opening of the stars’ latest feature film – GANTZ. The pair will appear in-person for the premiere of the film in Hollywood, CA on Thursday, January 20th at 5:00pm at the Mann’s Chinese 6, located in the Hollywood & Highland Mall in Hollywood, CA.

Immediately following the GANTZ screening, Otaku USA Editor-in-Chief Patrick Macias will conduct a live interview session with Kazunari Ninomiya and Kenichi Matsuyama that will be telecast to the 333 theatres across the U.S. also screening GANTZ for the January 20th premiere. Fans are invited to submit interview questions via Facebook and Twitter and also through the official GANTZ movie website

Seating for the Mann’s Chinese 6 is limited to 400 seats, so the opportunity to purchase tickets to the screening and interview event will be awarded through a drawing. Enter sooner for a better chance to win at www.gantzmovies.com. Winners will be notified promptly via email and will have the opportunity to purchase tickets for $15.00 each. All movie attendees will also receive a special GANTZ t-shirt that can only be found at this event.

GANTZ makes its U.S. premiere in 333 movie theaters in an exclusive one-night-only event presented by NCM Fathom, Dark Horse Comics, and NEW PEOPLE on Thursday, January 20th, 2011 at 8:00 p.m. ET / 7:00 p.m. CT / 6:00 p.m. MT / 8:30 p.m. PT (tape delayed). Tickets (for all locations except Hollywood, CA) are available at participating theater box offices and online at www.FathomEvents.com. For a complete list of theater locations and prices, please visit the web site (theaters and participants are subject to change).

 A Klingon Christmas Carol

Scrooge has no honor, nor any courage. Can three ghosts help him to become the true warrior he ought to be in time to save Tiny Tim from a horrible fate? Performed in the Original Klingon with English Supertitles, and narrative analysis from The Vulcan Institute of Cultural Anthropology.

The Dickens classic tale of ghosts and redemption adapted to reflect the Warrior Code of Honor and then translated into tlhIngan Hol (That's the Klingon Language).

November 26 - December 19, 2010
at the
Greenhouse Theater Center
2257 N. Lincoln Ave.
Chicago, IL  60614

http://www.cbtheatre.org/

Commedia Beauregard is honored to be the only theatre in the world to produce a full-length play in tlhIngan Hol every year. Since 2007 when the company teamed with the IKV RakeHell of the Klingon Assault Group, CommBeau has produced "A Klingon Christmas Carol" at a variety of venues in the Twin Cities of Minneapolis and Saint Paul. In 2010 the new home of "A Klingon Christmas Carol" is at the Landmark Center in Saint Paul, MN. AND we are taking the show to our new home in Chicago at the Greenhouse Theater Center, too! 

*  Opening Night is sold out in both Saint Paul and Chicago! Tickets are still available for the other nights, but they are going fast. Don't delay! 

"A Klingon Christmas Carol"
Admission: $32.00

 

CLICK HERE FOR TICKETS

Or Call: (773) 404-7336

 

Free Double Feature at College of DuPage, Oct. 27

Shaun of the Dead

&

Zombieland

 Free Admission and Free Popcorn

Come in Costume!

When:  October 27, 2010, 6-10 pm

Where:  MAC 153 (College of DuPage Campus)

And see a special showing of our movie: "Living with the Undead"

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Star Trek Convention - Oct. 22-24, 2010, Chicago

 

CHICAGO, IL AREA
Fri., Sat. & Sun.
October 22-24, 2010
Westin O'Hare
6100 N. River Rd.
Rosemont, IL 60018

<-- Click here for more info

CHICAGO has always been one of the true hotspots for STAR TREK fandom and it is a particular delight to be returning to the city for a fantastic weekend of entertainment that won't be the same without YOU! Make your plans now to join the celebration honoring Gene Roddenberry's legacy! We're going all out to provide a non-stop three days of celebrity guests, on-stage events, contests, parties, autographing, photo ops, special performances, vendors, and tons of fellow fans. 

 

GUEST CELEBRITIES

LEONARD NIMOY Mr. Spock. It is our great pleasure to welcome a true American treasure to Chicago as a headliner for the convention. As an actor, director, writer, producer, author, and photographer Leonard has been part of our popular culture for over 50 years. His thrilling return as Mr. Spock in the recent blockbuster STAR TREK movie was one for the record books and in person Leonard is a joy: warm, funny and inspirational. Leonard will appear on Friday of the convention.

CHRISTOPHER LLOYD Super-popular iconic performer best known for a incredible series of roles including Dr. Emmett Brown in the BACK TO THE FUTURE films, Reverend Jim in the classic television series TAXI, Judge Doom in WHO FRAMED ROGER RABBIT, and of course Commander Kruge in STAR TREK III: THE SEARCH FOR SPOCK. We are thrilled to welcome one of our all-time favorite stars to CHICAGO for the very first time! Appearing Sunday

Chicago International Hobby Exposition

26th Annual 

International Hobby Expo

October 23 - 24, 2010
(Saturday and Sunday)
at the

Donald E. Stephens Convention Center · Rosemont · Illinois · USA
 

Children Under 10 - FREE!

Adults $10

Seniors - Over 65 are just $8

For more information, go to

www.GIANTSHOW.com

Attractions for all ages!
See over 500 booths!
Indoor Plane & Heli Flying Exhibition
Giant Radio Controlled Race Car Track
RC Monster Truck Competition
Nex RC 4x4 Rock Crawling Exhibitions
ROBOT Combat Events
Huge Operating Model Railroads
Slot Car Races
See Newest Products from Manufacturers

USA Toll Free - (877) TO-HOBBY or (877) 864-6229 | Outside USA - 973-283-4680 | Email - 1information@ihobbyexpo.com
© iHobbyExpo™ all rights reserved

Free Zombie Double Feature at College of DuPage

Shaun of the Dead

&

Zombieland

 Free Admission and Free Popcorn

Come in Costume!

When:  October 27, 2010, 6-10 pm

Where:  MAC 153 (College of DuPage Campus)

And see a special showing of our movie: "Living with the Undead"

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X Japan's 2010 American Tour Video Message

X Japan's Yoshiki gives a video message regarding the band's first-ever North American tour.

X Japan Invades America with First-Ever U.S. Tour

X Japan will be playing at the Riviera on October 6th @ 7:30PM.  Tickets are on sale now for $29 each; with the "Convenience Fee" ($7.25), its $37.25.  Get there early, because it's standing room only. This venue has one of the best sound systems in Chicago, so it ought to be an awesome show.

Get your tickets now! 

[Source: ShockHound] They've sold over 30 million albums and DVDs in their homeland, and sold out the 55,000-seat Tokyo Dome a record 18 times, but Japanese pop-metal icons X Japan have never managed to rise above cult status in the US — in part because they've never toured here.

That, however, is about to change. Having just made their triumphant US concert debut on Lollapalooza's Main Stage — with a spectacular 50-minute set described by TimeOut Chicago as "the coup of the festival" — the band has announced plans to embark on their first-ever North American tour, with seven concert dates scheduled for September and October.

"We feel like a new band now, like we are going back to the beginning," says X Japan's leader/drummer/pianist/composer Yoshiki about the upcoming concerts, "and it's very, very exciting. We are looking forward to playing smaller venues here in the US., something we haven't been able to do in Japan since the very early days."

Since the band won't be able to fit their gargantuan arena stage setup — which includes catwalks, lasers and holograms — into these theater-sized venues, they'll be relying more upon their music to put the show across, and Yoshiki says they're up to the challenge. ""You don't see good rock shows anymore," Yoshiki recently told one reporter. "Rock doesn't have enough drama now, rap, R&B, and dance music have taken care of that. We want to be part of bringing the drama back to rock."

Formed in 1982 by Yoshiki and vocalist Toshi, X Japan initially scandalized their glam-tastic "visual-kei" look (which has since been imitated by countless bands around the world) before becoming accepted as a Japanese musical institution. The band broke up in 1997, but reunited ten years later — albeit without their guitarist Hide, who hung himself (some say accidentally) in 1998.

X Japan are currently working on what will be their first album to contain English lyrics. According to Yoshiki, about half of the album will feature some of the band's most popular songs from throughout their career, with all lyrics re-recorded in English, and the other half will be brand-new songs. The album's first single will be "Jade," which was performed at Lollapalooza and will included in the set list for the North American dates.

"While we are confident about coming to America," says Yoshiki, "I don't know if we are going to end up being successful or not. But what I do know is that music breaks down barriers, and it doesn't matter what country the music comes from. Good music is universal."

Watch for an upcoming ShockHound video interview with Yoshiki, and catch X Japan at the dates and venues listed below.

SEPTEMBER
25 Wiltern Theatre, Los Angeles, CA
28 Fox Theatre, Oakland, CA

OCTOBER
1 Paramount Theatre, Seattle, WA
3 Queen Elizabeth Theatre, Vancouver, BC CANADA
6 Riviera, Chicago, IL
7 Massey Hall, Toronto, ON CANADA
10 Roseland Ballroom, New York, NY

Events News

[Source: aicn.com] LA's Anime Jungle will host animator Sadao Miyamoto (Astro Boy, Gatchamanm Tom and Jerry) on September 17th.

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Artist/designer Junko Mizuni will have a signing at the Giant Robot San Francisco on September 18th

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East Brunswick, New Jersey's MangaNEXT announced guests Akino Kondoh (Ax), M. Alice LeGrow (Bizenghast), Nina Paley (Sita Sings the Blues), and Lea Hernandez (Texas Steampunk, Marvel Mangaverse) Halloween weekend

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San Francisco's Yaoi-Con will host voice actors Ryotaro Okiayu and Hidenobu Kiuchi and manga authors Hinako Takanaga and Kano Miyamoto, also on Halloween weekend

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Giant Robot New York will be closing on September 23rd

Giant Robot regretfully announces that after six memorable years in the East Village, GRNY will be shutting its doors for good. We would like to thank the staff, artists, customers, and friends who helped make our stint memorable. Over the next few weeks, all supporters are invited to view the gallery's final art show, get some good deals, and say their goodbyes.

* Out and About, featuring new art by Susie Ghahremani and Kelly Tunstall, will be the GRNY gallery's final show. The opening reception takes place on Saturday, September 4, and we are proud to showcase the San Diego and San Francisco painters' breathtaking work through the store's closure.

* From September 8-23, inventory will be marked down by 30 percent. Exceptions include artwork (such as Susie and Kelly's) and merchandise related to special events (such as book signings or in-store performances).

* In an effort to make the shop's final days lively ones, other events are in the works. Announcements will be made via Giant Robot's websites, Facebook accounts, and the usual outlets.

Giant Robot was born as a Los Angeles-based magazine about Asian, Asian-American, and new hybrid culture in 1994, but has evolved into a full-service pop culture provider with shops and galleries in Los Angeles, San Francisco, and New York City, as well as an online equivalent.

Publisher and co-editor Eric Nakamura comments here

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Korean movie nights are being presented at New York's Tribeca Cinemas, September 14, 2010 October 31, 2010, courtesy of the Korean Cultural Service

Every other Tuesday @ 7pm
Tribeca Cinemas
(54 Varick Street, on the corner of Canal Street, one block from the A, C, E
and 1 train Canal Street stops)

Price? Free.
All seating is first-come, first served. Doors
open at 6:30pm.

UPCOMING MOVIES

 
Series Three: Documentaries

TUESDAY, September 14 @ 7pm
TURN IT UP TO 11 (2009, 93 minutes, New York Premiere)
Winner of four major film awards, and the documentary that spawned the Korean catch phrase, "I don't think we're gonna make it," TURN IT UP TO 11 is a rambunctious rock n'roll odyssey about Incheon's unlikeliest talent incubator: Ruby Salon. A tiny, hole-in-the-wall club founded by aging punk Lee Kyou-Young, who moved back home to Incheon after accidentally getting his girlfriend pregnant, Ruby Salon is the seed that sprouts two bands: Galaxy Express, a tight, ambitious outfit that dreams of stardom; and Tobacco Juice, a band whose members are so lazy they can't even be bothered to show up for gigs. As one band goes up, and the other goes down, this slacker doc follows them to shows, bars, massive concerts, antagonistic rehearsals and empty clubs in the best movie ever made about the Korean music scene.

TUESDAY, September 28 @ 7pm
DANCE OF TIME (2009, 92 minutes, New York Premiere)
Song Il-Gon is the director of such classic Korean arthouse films as FEATHER IN THE WIND and the one-take-wonder, THE MAGICIANS, and here he turns his attention to the documentary, directing a relaxed, sun-soaked, lighthearted ode to love, dance, music, Santeria and Cuba. Starting at the turn of the century, DANCE OF TIME follows Cuba's tiny community of Koreans from their accidental immigration to the present, along the way surviving wars, revolutions, and tumultuous romances. A little-known part of Cuba, these Koreans have flowered into a vital part of the island's culture that almost no one has heard of. This slick, technically accomplished documentary, throbbing with music, takes care of that problem.

TUESDAY, October 12 @ 7pm
GRANDMOTHER'S FLOWER (2008, 89 minutes)
It's one of the most astonishing documentaries about modern day Korea ever made, but when it begins this documentary sounds terrible. Director Mun Jeong-Hyun is pressured into making a doc about his grandmother, and he's convinced there's no story there, but when he discovers a secret cache of his greatuncle's incomprehensible journals he begins to pull on the threads of his family history, and everything unravels. Ultimately lifting the lid off his peaceful hometown of Naju, he reveals a hair raising history of conflict between intellectual left wingers and working class right wingers who have been at each other's throats since the Japanese occupation. A harrowing family saga, it begins with torture, persecution and secret executions and it ends with self-mutilation, decades of discrimination, threats against the filmmaker, and a family exiled over three countries. A searing look at what history has done to the Korean people, this is the kind of documentary that keeps upping the ante, finding new realms of pain and suffering to inflict as history has its way with its victims.

SPECIAL HALLOWEEN SCREENING
TUESDAY, October 31 @ 4pm
GHOST aka BE WITH ME (2010, 100 minutes, US Premiere)
Every summer it's horror movie time in Korea, but this year, BE WITH ME captured attention not by scaring the pants off its audience, but by offering a fresh take on the omnibus ghost film by some of Korea's hottest young directors who take the traditional horror movie in a funnier, more experimental and more moving direction. These three stories about ghosts star a cast of some of the best young actors in Korea including Kim Kkot-Bi (BREATHLESS) and Kim Ye-Ri (PAJU) and they center around the loneliness of the ghost. From the tale of two best friends (and the boy who got one of them pregnant) competing for a single slot at a top college, to the story of a boy branded as a loser because he sees dead people, this is one of the freshest takes on the genre to come along in years.

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Sunrise announced today that the North America premiere of the movie, Mobile Suit Gundam 00: A wakening of the Trailblazer will take
Trailblazer, place at New York Anime Festival Festival/New York Comic Con on Sunday, October 10, 2:00-4:00pm. The movie will be subtitled in English with Japanese audio.

This movie is a two hour all original sequel to the television series Mobile Suit Gundam 00, which had two seasons and ran for 50 episodes. The movie will premiere in Japan on September 18th and will be released in some other Asian Countries this fall.

The series story was set at the dawn of the 24th century and the world was still torn by conflict, driven by the rivalry between three great superpower blocs. Then the private armed organization called Celestial Being appeared, announcing its intention to rid the world of war and conflict.

In the movie, the year is 2314 AD, two years after Celestial Being's last great battle, and the world faces a new crisis. A derelict Jupiter exploration ship, abandoned 130 years ago, has left its orbit and is approaching Earth. As Celestial Being and its Gundam Meisters begin their final mission to save humanity from an unimaginable threat, Gundam Meister Setsuna F. Seiei is about to discover the true purpose of his evolution as an Innovator, and the nature of the "dialogues" for which legendary scientist Aeolia Schenberg's plan has been preparing the human race.

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VIZ Cinema at New People in San Francisco announced its September schedule

The People I’ve Slept With, September 3rd – September 9th
(Directed by Quentin Lee, 2009, 89 min, Digital, English Language)
The People I’ve Slept With is a sexy comedy about a promiscuous woman who finds herself with an unplanned pregnancy and needs to figure out who the baby daddy is…NOW. Film stars Karin Anna Cheung (Better Luck Tomorrow), Wilson Cruz (My So Called Life) and Archie Kao (CSI). Co-sponsored by Frameline. A special Opening Night Event is scheduled for Friday, September 3rd at 7:00pm and will include a reception and Q&A with Director Quentin Lee. Tickets are now available for $15.00. No discounts apply.

Death Note Day: Death Note Collection Blu-ray Release Special Event, 
September 4th
(Directed by Shusuke Kaneko, 2006, 120min (Death Note), 140 min (Death Note II), Digital, Japanese with English subtitles)
VIZ Pictures celebrates its first Blu-ray release Death Note Collection with Death Note Day showing both Death Note & Death Note II on the brand new Blu-ray version with the vivid high-def visuals and THX sound at VIZ Cinema. Death Note is a psycho thriller film based on the bestselling manga and anime series. Tickets are $10.00 for each film or $15.00 for both screenings. $35.00 Special Blu-ray Package includes tickets to both screenings, the new Blu-ray and poster!

Paprika, September 11th
(Directed by Satoshi Kon, 2006,Digital, Japanese with English subtitles)
In memory of one of the greatest anime directors Satoshi Kon, who passed away at the age of 49 on August 24th, VIZ Cinema celebrates his work with a screening his masterpiece Paprika. This sci-fi epic centers on a new invention called the DC-Mini. With this revolutionary device, psychiatrists are now able to enter a patient's dreams in a therapeutic setting. But when an unknown assailant steals the devices, using them to manipulate people’s minds and the thin line between the conscious and the unconscious begins to blur. Yes Paprika challenges the same theme as Inception over 4 years ahead, but in incredible and breathtaking world of anime. Tickets are $10.00.

From September 13th to 17th (Mon-Fri), NEW PEOPLE and VIZ Cinema will host films, anime, fashion, music and other forms of J-pop culture in a series of nightly events! Special gift bags will be given to all ticket holders each night.

TOKYOSCOPE TALK, Vol. 6: Bad Girls & Wild Women featuring Female Prisoner #701: Scorpion
Monday, September 13th at 7:00pm (Happy Hour starts at 6:00pm)
? followed by screening of Female Prisoner #701: Scorpion
(Directed by Shunya Ito, 1973, 87min. Japanese with English subtitles)
Join host Patrick Macias (Editor, Otaku USA) for a unique look at sexy Stray Cats, Female Prisoners, Delinquent Bosses and other captivating and sexy bad girl roles from Japanese cinema. The evening will be complemented by a theatrical screening of the lurid prison film Female Prisoner #701: Scorpion. Adults only due to mature subject matter; 18+ General admission tickets for the discussion and film screening are $20.00.

ANIME NIGHT with Anime On Display & Crunchyroll
Tuesday, September 14th at 7:00pm and 8:45pm (Happy Hour and VIP Party starts at 7:30pm)

? 2 Screenings of 5 Centimeters Per Second at 7pm & 8:45pm
Animation On Display, S.F.’s very own anime convention, joins forces with online content provider Crunchyroll for a theatrical presentation of Makoto Shinkai’s 5 Centimeters Per Second. Come meet other anime fans and join the fun with a special evening celebrating anime! General admission tickets are $10.00.

NOISE POP MEETS J-POP: Film Screening of 77 Boadrum
Preceded by Cornelius’ Music Video – Synchronized & Sensurround
Thursday, September 16th at 7:30pm (Happy Hour starts at 6:00pm)
Join Noise Pop, organizers of the leading independent music festival in the Bay Area, for a special theatrical presentation of 77 Boadrum, the official live documentary of the Japanese free-rock group the Boredoms’s live performance featuring 77 drummers at the Empire-Fulton Ferry State Park in Brooklyn, NY. General admission tickets for the film screening are $10.00. 

J-POP SUMMIT DAY – Saturday, September 18th

Detroit Metal City San Francisco Premiere
(Directed by Toshio Lee, 2008, Japan, 104min, 35mm, Japanese with English Subtitles)
Based on the #1 death metal comedy manga series by Kiminori Wakasugi. Negishi (Kenichi Matsuyama) is a sweet and shy young man who dreams of becoming a trendy singer songwriter. But for some reason, he is forced into joining the devil worshiping death metal band “Detroit Metal City” (DMC). In full stage make-up and costume, he transforms into Johannes Krauser II (Sir Krauser) the vulgar-mouthed lead vocalist of the band. Against Negishi’s will, DMC rises to stardom. Now the legendary king of death metal Jack Il Dark (Gene Simmons) himself is challenging DMC to a duel. What is the fate of the innocent Negishi as he climbs to the top of the death metal world? Explicit language, viewer and parental discretion advised.

Also screens September 19th – September 30th