Anime at the cinema

My first reaction was definitely being a bit miffed by the rapid Prime release but I still like to show what meagre support I can when anime gets a cinema release, especially when it's in Blackburn and only down the road from me instead of miles away.
 
William278 said:
This surely must be the all-time record year for most anime releases in 12 months, right? It feels like there's been anime/tonokatsu at the cinema almost every other week for the past year.
  • 15 Dec (2023) - Godzilla Minus One
  • 26 Dec (2023) - Boy & The Heron
  • 31 Jan - Blue Giant
  • 23 Feb - Demon Slayer: to the Hashira Training
  • 26 April - Spy x Family Code White
  • 31 May - Haikyu!! The Dumpster Battle
  • 3 July - Blue Lock The Movie
  • 2 Aug - My Neighbour Totoro (re-release)
  • 27 Sept - Detective Conan: The Million-dollar Pentagram
  • 7 Oct - Bocchi The Rock Recap
  • 18 Oct - My Hero Academia: You're Next
  • 26 Oct - Look Back
  • 1 Nov - Godzilla Minus One (re-release, with Godzilla Minus Colour)
  • 7 Nov - Overlord
  • 10 Dec - Solo Leveling
  • 26 Dec - Spirited Away (re-release)
I think that's everything (excluding festivals and maybe a few I'm forgetting?). If I could be bothered I'd be curious to crunch the numbers from all the weekly BFI reports to see just how much anime has grossed over the past year.
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Thanks for listing all those.
Unfortunately where I live in Aberdeen, despite having two cineworlds and a Vue cinema, only a fraction of those made it this far north.
We definitely got Godzilla (not anime of course, but amazing nonetheless), The Boy and The Heron, Demon Slayer, Spy Family, and My Hero Academia. I went to all of them. I’d don’t think any others from the list showed north of Edinburgh/Glasgow, perhaps some may have turned up at Odeon in Dundee?
At least I’m going to see Look Back at Scotland Loves Anime, but I’d really like a showing of Overlord near me that doesn’t require a lengthy, expensive bus or train ride…
I’m very happy to pay to see anime at the cinema, but they have to actually show the bloody things…
 
I'm happy to see Look Back at SLA and probably would have still chosen to see it there instead of locally even if we'd known in advance. It is obviously a mess and unhelpful situation for a lot of people who've wanted to see it, though.

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As far as anime in cinemas this year generally, I do worry we're going into oversaturation of it. I mean I'm into a lot of the big franchises and have had the opportunity to see everything locally, but I only went to see MHA of those listed above. (and will see Lookback next month even if not here). Blue Giant I suppose I would have seen as well had I not seen it at SLA the previous year. 😅

I probably would have seen Haikyuu!! and Spy Family had I not reviewed those (probably not Blue Lock as I knew it was mostly recapping), but everything else I've skipped for one reason or another either because they're compilations (Bocchi, Demon Slayer, Dan Dan Dan) or franchises I don't like such as Overlord and Solo Levelling.
 
xp_version1 said:
Thanks to whoever posted about the Look Back cinema release. Just seen it this afternoon and an absolutely beautiful film with a gorgeous soundtrack. Definitely helped knowing next to nothing about it going on.

Also made the girl on the row in front of me cry bless her.
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I'm going to watch it this afternoon and am now glad that I managed to hold off reading the manga I'd ordered to accompany the experience heh. Can't wait!
 
One more here for the Look Back fan club - what a beautiful movie and source manga. The story is a wonderfully understated, or shall I say concise, look at the relationship and motivations of two creatives and the movie is such a faithful adaptation, accentuating just the right scenes with emotion, gravitas and humour, further aided by a beautiful score. I look forward to re-watching and re-reading, which is very possible given the brevity and succinctness of the story that could just as easily have made for an entire anime series. On another note, I now really need to move up flip flappers on my watchlist and the more recent adaptation of chainsaw man too.
 
Geriatric hedgehog said:
One more here for the Look Back fan club - what a beautiful movie and source manga. The story is a wonderfully understated, or shall I say concise, look at the relationship and motivations of two creatives and the movie is such a faithful adaptation, accentuating just the right scenes with emotion, gravitas and humour, further aided by a beautiful score. I look forward to re-watching and re-reading, which is very possible given the brevity and succinctness of the story that could just as easily have made for an entire anime series. On another note, I now really need to move up flip flappers on my watchlist and the more recent adaptation of chainsaw man too.
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I loved Flip Flappers and highly recommend it, just keep in mind it's quite fanservicey in places with the transformation sequences and maybe some other moments :)
 
I should've said this sooner, but my local arts centre is screening Detective Conan: The Million-dollar Pentagram tomorrow, with a relaxed screening on Saturday, just over a month after screenings elsewhere.
 
Is it only going to be at Odeon cinemas? Once again, nobody wants to show anime in Aberdeen...
Cineworld, despite having two cinemas in Aberdeen, only shows a tiny selection of anime, and the Aberdeen Vue branch stopped bothering ages ago. The nearest Odeon is in Dundee and I don't think they're even listed as showing this.
 
sniper_samurai said:
AL are bringing The Colors Within to cinemas at the end of January.
https://twitter.com/x/status/1861379609087893953
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I watched this at the London branch of SLA and loved it, so looking forward to rewatching it to support anime releases in the cinema. Unexpected surprise for me though, was that I liked another movie showing at the same time (Look Back) more than a Yamada work, even if it wasn't her strongest outing. A testament to how bloody good Look Back is - definitely worthy of the critical and widespread acclaim it's receiving.
 
My local arts centre is showing Ghost Cat Anzu on Feb. 22nd as part of this years Japan Foundation Touring Film, definitely going to try and see it as I haven't had the chance to catch any anime movies in the cinema for a while now due to work and other things.
 
Lucky_Deity said:
My local arts centre is showing Ghost Cat Anzu on Feb. 22nd as part of this years Japan Foundation Touring Film, definitely going to try and see it as I haven't had the chance to catch any anime movies in the cinema for a while now due to work and other things.
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I've checked on the website, and I think they have made a mistake, as another film is listed on the exact same day at the exact same time. The Japan Foundation website lists Ghost Cat Anzu for Saturday 15th February.

EDIT: Had to correct a spelling, I misspelled Foundation as Fountain.
 
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Magical Senshi said:
I've checked on the website, and I think they have made a mistake, as another film is listed on the exact same day at the exact same time. The Japan Fountain website lists Ghost Cat Anzu for Saturday 15th February.
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Ohh, okay, I'll keep an eye on it then, hopefully they'll fix it up soon enough. I haven't booked it yet anyway fortunately as I need to confirm I can get work off then.
 
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