Anime at the 25th Leeds International Film Festival

[Genkina Hito]

The 25th Leeds International Film Festival in November has a rather exciting line-up of films including Steven McQueen's Shame and Andrea Arnold's Wuthering Heights. Now details have been released with its line-up of Japanese films and it includes anime and some pretty awesome live-action films.

Makoto Shinkai&rsquo;s <a href="http://www.leedsfilm.com/films/children-chase-lost-voices-deep/">Children Who Chase Lost Voices from Deep Below</a> will be screened on Tuesday November 15 at 6 p.m. at Vue in the Light 2; and again on Saturday November 19 at 12 noon at the Hyde Park Picture House.



<a href="http://www.leedsfilm.com/films/colorful/">Colorful</a> will be screened on Monday November 14 at 6 p.m. at Vue in the Light 2.






<a href="http://www.leedsfilm.com/films/grave-fireflies/">Grave of the Fireflies</a> will be screened on Saturday November 5, Hyde Park Picture House, 12 noon).






Also screening at the festival are live-action movies including:

<a href="http://www.leedsfilm.com/films/smuggler/">Smuggler</a> will be screened on Sunday November 13 at the Hyde Park Picture House (8 p.m.), is a live-action adaptation of Shohei Manabe's Smuggler manga, by director Katsuhito Ishii. In the film, Ryōsuke Kinuta (Satoshi Tsumabuki) is a failed actor with serious d






<a href="http://www.leedsfilm.com/films/karaterobo-zaborgar/">Karate Robo Zabogar</a> will be screened at Vue in the Light 2 on Monday November 14 at 4 p.m. and Tuesday November 15 at 8 p.m.






<a href="http://www.leedsfilm.com/films/detroit-metal-city/">Detroit Metal City</a>, a "death metal romantic musical comedy" based on the manga by Kiminori Wakasugi will be screened on Wednesday November 16, Leeds Town Hall 1, 6 p.m.).






<a href="http://www.leedsfilm.com/films/yakuza-weapon/">Yakuza Weapon</a>, the live-action film of a manga by Ken Ishikawa (prot&eacute;g&eacute; of Go Nagai) will be screened on Thursday November 17, Vue in the Light 2, 8p.m.






<a href="http://www.leedsfilm.com/films/milocrorze-love-story/">Milocrorze: A Love Story</a> will be double-billed with the opening episode of the anime series The Tatami Galaxy in a screening on Tuesday November 15, Hyde Park Picture House, 8 p.m).



Tickets for all these screenings are &pound;6.50 or &pound;5 concessions, and can be booked <a href="http://www.leedsfilm.com/films/">here</a> or by phone: 0113 224 3801.
<a href="http://www.animenewsnetwork.co.uk/news/2011-10-08/leeds-to-screen-children-who-chase-lost-voices-from-deep-below-colorful-live-action-smuggler">Source</a> <a href="http://www.leedsfilm.com/">Source</a>

 

[Reevothemusefan]

I have a sudden urge to travel to Leeds to watch both Children Who Chase Lost Voices from Deep Below and Detriot Metal City....

 

[ayase]

Tempted by Shinkai, but so much meh compared to last year's single day Town Hall marathon.

 

[ilmaestro]

I'm more upset that I won't potentially be able to meet ayase again by going to the LFF over this, since Shinkai does seem to massively dominate the "do I want to see this" poll, out of these.

Nice to see Leeds keeping this "section" going every year though.

 

[Zin5ki]

I have a sudden urge to travel to Leeds

I suggest requesting of somebody that they throw water at your face. You'll come to your senses soon thereafter.