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Beyond Ghibli series collage

Beyond Ghibli

New Japanese Anime | Mar 18 – 30

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There is a world of Anime beyond the universal fairy tales of the Ghibli tradition. Japanese animation has a storytelling sophistication and breadth that puts Hollywood to shame. In this short series we celebrate filmmakers whose work uses Anime to express the human experience with creative complexity, passion and wit. You’ll find sports movies, slacker comedies, love stories, coming of age dramas, and sci-fi fantasy, even a couple of musicals… And, always, breathtaking imagery that speaks to all ages.

 

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On-Gaku: Our Sound

71 min

Like many others before them, a bunch of hopeless teen slackers with no musical schooling or demonstrable talent decide to form a band and enter a local festival... Seven years in the making, this deadpan lo-fo indie gem hits all the right notes.

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Promare

111 min

The Mad Burnish mean to set the world on fire -- it's down to Galo Thymos and "Burning Rescue" to save the day... Delirious action-fantasy, anime-style. "An exciting cacophony of flames, robots, chiselled torsos and ridiculous catchphrases." Little White Lies

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Belle

121 min

Shy Suzu finds she is able to express herself through song as her online persona, Belle, in the virtual world of U. Director Hosada draws on elements from Beauty and the Beast to create a rich, empowering musical about teen anguish and internet avatars.

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Blue Giant

90 min

Revered pianist Hiromi Uehar composed the score for this electrifying jazz anime, a film that makes no apology for its obsession with the sound and fury of musical ferment. It's the story of a young saxophonist determined to make it in the big league.

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Goodbye Don Glees!

94 min

A bittersweet tale of childhood friendship and misadventure: after teen misfits Roma, Toto, and Drop are falsely accused of causing a forest fire, they set off into the woods to locate a missing drone which would prove their innocence.

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Suzume

122 min

The latest from the director of Your Name is a typically wacky mix of first love/coming-of-age tale, supernatural spectacle, environmental fable and adventure film, too complex to attempt to summarize, but never less than dazzling to look at.

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The First Slam Dunk

124 min

Taking place entirely during a high school championship basketball game, interrupted by flashbacks which illuminate the players' lives, Inoue's film is a dazzling sports movie, and another example of how versatile and accomplished the anime world is.

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