Patema Inverted coming to cinemas on 2nd May
When Anime Limited previously announced their license of Yasuhiro Yoshiura’s Patema Inverted feature movie, they revealed that the movie will be released theatrically at a later date. Today, they finally revealed that following preview screenings at the Electric Cinema in Birmingham on 22nd March and the Hippodrome Bo’ness in Falkirk on 31st March, the movie will be released to general audiences on 2nd May. Anime Limited also confirmed on Twitter that the movie will be receiving an English dub.
The film was previously shown at the 2013 Scotland Loves Anime festival, where it won the Audience and Judge awards. It was also nominated for Best Animated Feature Film at 2013’s Asia Pacific Screen Awards. The official synopsis is as follows:
The princess of a subterranean community, cheerful and inquisitive Patema loves investigating the mazelike tunnels and caverns of her homeland
especially the forbidden ‘danger zone’. While out exploring, however, Patema falls headlong into an impossibly deep pit …only to find herself on the
surface, mysteriously ‘falling’ upwards into the sky. Saved by a teen boy named Age, Patema discovers that on this strange surface world,
the floor has become her ceiling. Not only that but Age’s country is a harsh, propaganda ridden tyranny where people are forbidden to look
upwards.With all underground dwellers seen as unholy sinners, Patema soon finds herself pursued by the secret police. Together with her
new friend, she must uncover the dark conspiracy that lurks behind their two inverted worlds and live to tell the tale!
