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HellCat said:
We're getting Akira twice in the same year?

variety.com

‘Akira’ Gets Its First New 35mm Print in Decades, Set to Tour U.K. and Ireland Cinemas

A new 35mm print of 'Akira,' struck from the 4K master, premieres at BFI Southbank in August before touring U.K. cinemas.
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I know the recent run did well for them, but this just doesn't feel like something you need to push in an already busy theatrical slate. This is why I get annoyed and say AL seem to play favourites with titles.
 
HellCat said:
I know the recent run did well for them, but this just doesn't feel like something you need to push in an already busy theatrical slate. This is why I get annoyed and say AL seem to play favourites with titles.
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This isn't a full theatrical run, it's a single, brand-new 35mm print we've had struck and is available for interested cinemas to screen on a one-off basis to tour around - it's just a cool thing to do as part of our celebration of the history and heritage of the film (and as far as I'm aware nobody has done this with an anime movie before even though it's pretty common with classic film more broadly).

In short, it's really not taking resources or time away from anything else we're doing, we just think that it's an awesome thing to do for a film that holds a seminal part in UK (and western) anime history.
 
Hanners said:
This isn't a full theatrical run, it's a single, brand-new 35mm print we've had struck and is available for interested cinemas to screen on a one-off basis to tour around - it's just a cool thing to do as part of our celebration of the history and heritage of the film (and as far as I'm aware nobody has done this with an anime movie before even though it's pretty common with classic film more broadly).

In short, it's really not taking resources or time away from anything else we're doing, we just think that it's an awesome thing to do for a film that holds a seminal part in UK (and western) anime history.
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Um I'm confused I thought anime limited used a print from the bfi for the new scan?
 
Hanners said:
This isn't a full theatrical run, it's a single, brand-new 35mm print we've had struck and is available for interested cinemas to screen on a one-off basis to tour around - it's just a cool thing to do as part of our celebration of the history and heritage of the film (and as far as I'm aware nobody has done this with an anime movie before even though it's pretty common with classic film more broadly).

In short, it's really not taking resources or time away from anything else we're doing, we just think that it's an awesome thing to do for a film that holds a seminal part in UK (and western) anime history.
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I'm relatively confident we're getting Hathaway, it's just a matter of patience. And praying Bedford shows it so I don't have to trek out to London.

My pipedream is this is the Christmas they say "Gundam 0080 is in hand and ready to deliver in time for Christmas." It's a 6 episode OVA set during the season, I continue to feel we should have had it well before now.
 
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