| Anime screenings in London at the BFI, Barbican | Fri, 23 May 2008 |
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Booking is now open for the forthcoming anime season at the BFI Southbank in London. Running from the 20th of June until the 22nd, a diverse selection of the latest anime movies will be screened along side related live action productions, including the two live action Death Note films (which were released in Japan during 2005/06).
Saturday 21st June Sunday 22nd June Tuesday 24th June (at London's Barbican cinema) * = In addition to the above, London's Barbican cinema will be hosting a one-off screening of 2001's big budget anime movie Metropolis. Based on a manga by the influential Osamu Tezuka and adapted for animation by Akira director Katsuhiro Otomo, the retro-looking science fiction flick will be introduced by Helen McCarthy, co-author of the "Anime Encyclopedia". |
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As the year draws to a close, I've been scanning the lists of anime to be released in the UK on DVD at Christmas with a slightly jaundiced eye. Don't get me wrong..
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