Anime at the cinema

AHA-Lambda said:
Very familiar story but I’d love to see Tunnel To Summer Exit of Goodbyes but the screening times around me are terrible and it’s limited to this weekend alone.
I don’t blame Anime Limited for this but it’s woeful and a regular frustration for most anime releases in cinema
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Same here in my area, going to have to miss out on this one this time as well unfortunately.
 
I'll be making the Sunday screening at my local Odeon as I have the day off from work then, and I normally work on Sundays (the Monday screening (the only other screening there) is a bit late for my liking, given the reputation of the area during the night).
 
Magical Senshi said:
I'll be making the Sunday screening at my local Odeon as I have the day off from work then, and I normally work on Sundays (the Monday screening (the only other screening there) is a bit late for my liking, given the reputation of the area during the night).
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Bus times are awkward for me on Sunday's and as you said about the Monday, is not the best place to be at night 😅 I can say from experience, hope you enjoy the movie though! will wait for the blu-ray myself.
 
For me it's up in the air depending on what happens with my schedule this weekend, since travelling to a cinema actually showing it means writing off several hours on top of the actual screening. I'd quite like to see the film as it looks interesting but it's not one I booked in advance due to the travel commitment.

I wrote a grumpy email to my local cinema asking them to actually bother showing things now and then but it appears that they are doggedly determined to avoid making any money from me. If they showed anime (they're a major chain and several others in London do) then I'd go there every time! A shame as there are lots of anime fans, subtitle readers and young people in my town and when I invest the time to go elsewhere the screenings tend to attract quite a lot of people compared to the central London cinemas.

Having said that, the media push for the big mainstream movies this month has been huge so our poor anime film was probably doomed to be pushed into the graveyard slots from the outset.

R
 
Lucky_Deity said:
Bus times are awkward for me on Sunday's and as you said about the Monday, is not the best place to be at night 😅 I can say from experience, hope you enjoy the movie though! will wait for the blu-ray myself.
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Thanks. And that's completely understandable.

I'll be driving there as it's cheaper for me to park there than it would be to get public transport (in the car park I normally use, it's £1 for 12 hours on Sundays). I'll end up giving a brief opinion on Twitter without giving any spoilers once I finish watching it.
 
Surprisingly there's about 9 showings across the two nearest cinemas. Usually pretty rare to get anything in my area aside from Shinkai/Jump/insert popular thing here.

Funny coincidence is I only recently finished Akudama Drive, also directed by Tomohisa Taguchi. Great director.
 
AHA-Lambda said:
Very familiar story but I’d love to see Tunnel To Summer Exit of Goodbyes but the screening times around me are terrible and it’s limited to this weekend alone.
I don’t blame Anime Limited for this but it’s woeful and a regular frustration for most anime releases in cinema
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I literally just found out about this today whilst searching for info on something completely unrelated. Thinking about seeing it on Sunday but cinema trips are a bit of a luxury for me at the moment so I have to choose wisely when I do go.
 
Just saw it this evening. It feels unusual for an anime movie like this to get a Fri-Sun set of screenings (it feels like Monday or Thursdays are more common). Wonder if the trend will continue with The First Slam Dunk.
 
The next door neighbor girl and I are meeting up at a local theater tonight after work to see the Psycho-Pass: Providence movie. It's an early 6:10 showing, and is the dub version for her to be able to watch. Really looking forward to seeing this - Psycho Pass is my neighbor's favorite anime, and it is a Top 5 series for me.
 
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Got back from the theater around 9 pm. Pshycho Pass: Providence was a longer movie than I was expecting, a full 2 hours. Plot twists and philosophical pinings - that's our Psycho-Pass for you! We even had a totally private showing, all to ourselves - we were the only two people in the theater. But then, it was a Tuesday evening at 6:00 pm, so I was pretty much expecting that.
 
Psycho-Pass is showing in my area but once again is at an awkward time unfortunately so will be giving it a skip it seems. I'm yet to actually see any of Psycho-Pass to be fair so I'd have a lot to catch up on in the next week or so.

The Tunnel to Summer, the Exit of Goodbyes will also be showing at my local arts centre near the end of August and out of the two showings the only decently timed one is on a work day.

I'm having no luck lately with anime movies at the cinema 😅 not the end of the world but a shame so wanted to rant a little.
 
Tickets for The First Slam Dunk are live. I’ve booked IMAX on Tuesday 29th August for now, but will probably book a Dolby Cinema screening for Wednesday 30th closer to the time.
 
Neither Psycho-pass Providence nor Slam Dunk are listed at any Aberdeen cinemas. Unless they get screenings added at the last minute, I guess I won’t get to see either of these :(
 
Lucky_Deity said:
Psycho-Pass is showing in my area but once again is at an awkward time unfortunately so will be giving it a skip it seems. I'm yet to actually see any of Psycho-Pass to be fair so I'd have a lot to catch up on in the next week or so.
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You and I are on the same page regarding Psycho-Pass. The screenings are not at a good time for me too, and I've also yet to see Psycho-Pass. Another factor for me is that I have early starts at work the morning after both screenings.

The First Slam Dunk is now listed at my local Odeon, but at awkward times also. I don't know what my August shifts are yet, and I'll just keep an eye out for possible screenings at the arts centre if I have to.
 
The only local showing of Psycho-Pass just happens to be when I'm staying up at my mum's. No showings of The First Slam Dunk near me. Vue in town has The First Slam Dunk on at the end of August.
 
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So I understand Psycho-Pass: Providence is actually a Prequel to Season 3, so yeah, you probably want to watch at least Season 1 and Psycho-Pass: The Movie first, as Providence actually builds directly off of The Movie with Shinya Kogami's storyline.
 
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Magical Senshi said:
You and I are on the same page regarding Psycho-Pass. The screenings are not at a good time for me too, and I've also yet to see Psycho-Pass. Another factor for me is that I have early starts at work the morning after both screenings.

The First Slam Dunk is now listed at my local Odeon, but at awkward times also. I don't know what my August shifts are yet, and I'll just keep an eye out for possible screenings at the arts centre if I have to.
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Ah, just looked at The First Slam Dunk myself, will be missing that as well, evenings times are just straight up a no go. A shame :(
 
I'm keeping my hopes that First Slam Dunk will get more screenings as most of the tickets for the nearest screening are already sold out. Doing impressive numbers for a series that never really gets mentioned in discussions much.
 
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