Animejin News - 3rd May 2002

This is the 200th (w00t!) irregular bulletin comprising the latest news
section from Animejin - an independent, non-profit UK anime (Japanese
animation) website. Please visit us at http://www.animejin.org.uk. All
feedback welcome. 

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Anime at OneDotZero
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OneDotZero is an annual film festival held at the ICA in London dedicated
to "premiering cutting edge digital cinema from the orient". This year's
event is being held from 17th - 26th May. They usually include some anime
in the programme, and this year it's the shiny new Patlabor 3 movie, that
only recently premiered in Japan. See http://www.onedotzero.com for
details.

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Game On at the Barbican
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No, it's not really anime, but I'm going to tell you about it anyway.
Here is some official blurb:

 "Game On is the first major UK exhibition to explore the vibrant history
  and culture of video games from 1962-2002. This highly interactive
  exhibition examines the game design process from conceptual drawing
  through to the finished game and identifies the key creative people who
  make them. It will explain the developments in hardware technology from
  the colossal computers of the early 1960s to the recent consoles like
  X-Box, Game Cube and PlayStation 2, illustrating how content and
  technologies need each other to move forward successfully. The
  influence games have had on culture in Europe, North America and Japan
  will be explored, and a series of eight new commissions by contemporary
  artists, architects and designers responding to games, complements the
  show."

Game On is being held at the Barbican Centre in London from 16th May to 15th
September, after which it will move to Edinburgh, then other locations in
Europe, America and Japan. More details can be found on the exhibition
website at http://www.gameonweb.co.uk

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Akira in Bristol
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A special showing of the digitally remastered Akira is being held at The
Watershed Cinema in Bristol on 25th May. Preceding the film will be a
discussion of the film by Jonathan Clements and Helen McCarthy. Details are
on the Watershed website at
http://www.watershed.co.uk/exhibition/cinema/films/akira.html

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Current UK anime release schedule
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All of the following dates are subject to change.

Out now:       Cardcaptors vol. 1 (T)
10th June:     Sailor Moon vol. 1 (VD), Blue Gender vol. 1 (FB),
               Generator Gawl vol. 1 (AT), Gasaraki vol. 1 (AT),
               Macross Plus Box Set (MD)
22nd July:     Metropolis (CB)

Forthcoming:   Fist of the North Star (MD),  End of Evangelion (MD),
               Patlabor 1+2 (MD), Samurai X: The Movie (AD), Slayers (AD),
               Ninja Resurrection (AD), Samurai X (AD), Gunsmith Cats (AD),
               Burn up W (AD), Sin: The Movie (AD), Generator Gawl (AD),
               Gasaraki (AD), Dirty Pair Flash (AD), Fruits Basket (FB),
               Oh My Goddess Movie (VB), Yu Yu Hakusho (FB),
               Lupin III: Secret of The Twilight Gemini (FB)

(A)=ADV Films, (M)=Manga Entertainment, (V)=MVM, (F)=Funimation,
(C)=Columbia Tristar, (T)=VHS tape, (D)=DVD, (B)=Both

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