Independent Anime at Zipangu Fest

Genkina Hito

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It has been announced that Zipangu Fest is to show independent anime on two nights next month at the Institute of Contemporary Arts.

Zipangu fest is a film festival dedicated to showing the latest in cutting edge Japanese cinema. It covers live-action and animation, documentaries, features and shorts and it all takes place at London's ICA cinema. The anime portion of the programme is called <a href="http://www.ica.org.uk/30630/Film/Beyond-Anime-The-Outer-Limits.html">Beyond Anime: The Outer Limits</a> with two days dedicated to these titles, one on the Saturday 19th of November from 16:00 and the other on Wednesday 23rd of November from 20:45. The titles are many and varied and include:

Syasou (Shasô), Ryû Furusawa, 2008, 2 min

Ichigwankoku, Ryô Hirano, 2009, 6 min

Fantasy Girl (Kûsô shôjo), Hanamushi (a.k.a. Akira Noyama), 2009, 6 min

Requiem For Pioneer (Rekuiemu fo paionia), Yoshihiro Haku and Sachiko Hiraoka, 2008, 3 min
Death of Phonebook, Cinema Iloobia (a.k.a. Tim Grabham), 2011, 2 min

Stinky Winky, Ktooonz (a.k.a. Keiko Nakamura), 2002, 2 min

Future Man (Ari-ningen monogatari, Ryô Hirano, 2008, 7 min

Doroningen, Masahiro Ôsuka, 2007, 4 min

Mizutamamoyo, Ryû Furusawa, 2006, 5 min

Enchanted Forest (Mayoi no mori), Ktooonz (a.k.a. Keiko Nakamura), 1994, 9 min

The Straw Girl and the Strange House (Mugiwara shôjo to henna ie), Hanamushi (a.k.a. Akira Noyama), 2009, 1 min

Holiday (Horidei,Ryô Hirano, 2011, 14 min

Melting Medama, Sayaka Oku, 2011, 5 min
A Labyrinth of Residence (Kyojû meikyû) Naska Saitô, 2008, 5 min

Ta-Ta Tosy Tit, Yoshihiro Haku and Sachiko Hiraoka, 2009, 5 min

The Last Train (Saishuu ressha no yoru), Mana Fujii, 2008, 3 min

Takashi Makino will have three of his films, Intimate Stars, Elements of Nothing and Enter Your Star, shown in another programme called <a href="http://www.ica.org.uk/30666/Film/Enter-the-Cosmos-Takashi-Makino-Special.html">Enter the Cosmos</a> which will be screened at 8.30 p.m on Satuday the 19th of November. Also due to be screened is Makino&rsquo;s 18-minute film Still in Cosmos at Zipangu Fest's benefit night for the Japan disaster fund at Caf&eacute; Oto in Dalston on November 22nd.

Tickets are &pound;10 (&pound;8 for ICA members) and can booked at this <a href="http://www.ica.org.uk/30630/Film/Beyond-Anime-The-Outer-Limits.html">link</a>.

<a href="http://zipangufest.com/press/2011">Source</a> <a href="http://www.animenewsnetwork.co.uk/news/2011-10-05/beyond-anime-programme-at-zipangu-festival">Source</a>
 
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