Leeds Young People's Film Festival Screening Anime

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Leeds Young Peoples Film Festival sent an e-mail containing news which should thrill any anime fan! The festival is going to screen anime including Laputa Castle in the Sky, Trigun Badlands Rumble, Summer Wars and Redline.
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Leeds Young Peoples Film Festival sent an e-mail containing news which should thrill any anime fan! The festival is going to screen anime including Laputa Castle in the Sky, Trigun Badlands Rumble, Summer Wars and Redline.
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That&rsquo;s not the only good news as long time anime industry insider Jonathan Clements, the author of Schoolgirl Milky Crisis, will present a talk examining the history of the West&rsquo;s relationship with anime.
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Here are the details:
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Tickets are now on sale for the 12th Leeds Young People&rsquo;s Film Festival, an event organised by Leeds City Council and MediaFish, a group of award-winning young film enthusiasts. The annual event taking place from Monday 28th March to Friday 8th April boasts a special preview 3D screening of Rio, from the makers of &lsquo;Ice Age&rsquo; alongside highlights such as We Love Anime, a daylong anime event new for 2011.
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The We Love Anime roadshow takes place on Saturday 2nd April and comes to Leeds with a fantastic showcase of Anime films, old and new including Summer Wars, depicting a battle in the virtual world and Redline, the fastest, most frenzied film you have ever seen with an amazing style and a high-octane soundtrack. The rest of the day is made up of the 1986 Miyazaki classic Laputa Castle in the Sky and the new Trigun Badlands Rumble based on the cult 90&rsquo;s series. Tickets for the films start at &pound;2.50 and passes for the whole day start at just &pound;8.00, the first 60 people who buy full day passes will also receive a free goody bag worth over &pound;30 that includes DVD&rsquo;s, shirt&rsquo;s, book&rsquo;s and more.
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Anime expert Jonathan Clements, the author of&nbsp;<em>Schoolgirl Milky Crisis: Adventures in the Anime and Manga Trade</em>, who has translated over 70 anime and manga, and is currently writing a history of Japanese animation for the British Film Institute, will introduce the films and present his talk &lsquo;Wrong About Anime&rsquo;, where he examines the history of the West&rsquo;s relationship with Japanese animation before Redline. Source
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As well as the films there will also be a manga wall where budding young artists can show off their talents, the best drawings will be awarded prizes throughout the day. There will also be a Cosplay competition for the best costume judged by Travelling Man&nbsp;and Thought Bubble.
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Tickets can be bought from&nbsp;<a target="_blank" href="http://www.leedsyoungfilm.com/">www.leedsyoungfilm.com</a>&nbsp;or can be bought from the City Centre Box Office over the phone on 0113 224 3801 or in person at The Carriageworks on Millennium Square.
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<a href="http://www.leedsyoungfilm.co.uk/">Leeds Young People's Film Festival</a>
 
Goddamn... Why does Leeds get soo many anime events?

And now, do I want to go to this? Or do I want to go the Anime All-Nighter in London.

Akira in HD, or Summer Wars.

Gorrammit...
 
But Summer Wars is also meant to be very good, and I've watched Akira on DVD and wasn't all that impressed =/

What are the other films being shown, other than Redline...

All-Nighter (35.70): Eden of the East – Air Communication, Eden of the East – King of Eden, 2001 NIGHTs: TO

LYPFF (8.00): Trigun and Laputa

Hmm... choices...
 
King Jimmeh said:
But Summer Wars is also meant to be very good, and I've watched Akira on DVD and wasn't all that impressed =/
If that was the UK dvd that's not surprising, it's the release that started dubtitles afterall. It was also a transfer of the VHS(not the dvd version), was it not?
 
Well, it's whatever version Manga licensed for the Manga Force magazines *shrugs*

I generally meant the story didn't hook me. I can understand that the animation is good, and it might've been great when it was released, but I don't know if it still holds-up to be honest. The HD treatment could change my opinion though.
 
Ah, that's fair enough, Jimmeh. Akira isn't everybody's cup of tea.

My two cents: It definitely holds up as an animated feature. I watched it late last year with some friends of mine, one of whom had never seen it. When I told her it was made in 1987, she went wide-eyed - literally couldn't believe it.

Plus, we may live in an age of super-clean, ultra sharp digital cel animation, but... well, it just doesn't have the richness or luxuriant quality for me.
 
I read about this on Schoolgirlmilkycrisis and I'm tempted to attend, though the trip to leads and the walk from the station are probably going to be daunting as I have no sense of direction at the best of times.
 
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