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    Giants, dwarfs, wood nymphs, erotic machines and bizarre creatures come together in the weird science fiction comedy THE WARPED FOREST. Photo courtesy of Nippon Connection. © Shunichiro Miki

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    Source: Shunichiro Miki Office Official Site: wowow.co.jp/shokuzai (Japan) Additional Material: Nippon Connection, New York Asian Film Festival, Japan Society, Japan Media Arts Festival There is a little strange world different from the real one, where we can control our dreams in a deep forest. This is a wonderful story about nine men and women in that forest... Eight years ago, directors Shunichiro Miki, Katsuhito Ishii and Hajime Ishimine teamed up to deliver FUNKY FOREST: THE FIRST CONTACT (?????: The First Contact, Naisu No Mori: The First Contact, 2006) a movie so weirdly beautiful, so deeply imagined, and so hilariously surreal that it changed lives, cured disease, and turned water into unicorn milk. Shunichiro Miki is back all by himself with THE WARPED FOREST (??????, Asatte no Mori, 2011)... something so strange that it can’t really be described as a sequel, but it fits

    Momo and the goblins Mame, Kawa and Iwa frighten each other in A LETTER TO MOMO, the award-winning anime feature film by director Hiroyuki Okiura. Image courtesy of Kadokawa Pictures, Inc. © 2012

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    Source: Kadokawa Pictures, Production I.G. Official Website: momo-letter.jp (Japan) Additional Material: Nippon Connection, GKids, Madman Entertainment In a world wired with high-speed communication technology, real connection between people is getting thinner and superficial. Are you sure you are telling your beloved ones what truly matters? From its full-house screenings in Toronto, New York and Sitges, to the Grand Prize at the New York Int’l Children’s Film Festival and Best Animated Feature Film Award at APSA 2012, the highly anticipated second directorial effort by world-acclaimed animator Hiroyuki Okiura -- A LETTER TO MOMO (??????, Momo e no Tegami, 2012) -- is mesmerizing audiences all over the world. Produced by Production IG, the animation studio behind such classics as GHOST IN THE SHELL and PATLABOR, A LETTER TO MOMO was seven years in the making. With the exception of few details, the film was completely

    A LETTER TO MOMO has been added to the Australian festival REEL ANIME 2013. Image courtesy of Kadokawa Pictures, Inc. © 2012

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    Anime Film Festival to Tour Australia and New Zealand Source: Madman Entertainment press release Official Site: reelanime.com Special Thanks to Ben Pollock Madman Entertainment are proud to announce the third film for the REEL ANIME 2013 program -- A LETTER TO MOMO (??????, Momo e no Tegami, 2012). A mesmerizing and beautifully crafted film, A LETTER TO MOMO is the acclaimed second feature from Hiroyuki Okiura, director of JIN-ROH: THE WOLF BRIGADE, and combines intricate hand drawn animation with a heart-warming and emotional story which will delight children and adults alike. The last time Momo saw her father, they had a fight. Now he’s gone forever and all she has left to remember him is an incomplete letter with the words “Dear Momo” written on it and nothing more. After moving with her mother from bustling Tokyo to the remote Japanese island of Shio, Momo discovers three

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    Director Hideaki Anno’s Latest Rebuild Of Evangelion Anime Feature Premieres During 2013 J-POP Summit Source: MediaLab press release Official Site: jffsf.org Special Thanks to Erik Jansen The 2013 Japan Film Festival of San Francisco (JFFSF), the first fully-dedicated annual Japanese film event for the S.F. Bay Area, has just announced an exciting new addition to its programming as it partners with leading anime distributor FUNimation Entertainment to present the exclusive U.S. premiere of EVANGELION: 3.0 YOU CAN (NOT) REDO (?????????????Q, Evangerion Shin Gekijooban: Kyuu, 2012). This new, high octane anime sci-fi thriller will be seen for the first time by U.S. audiences exclusively at NEW PEOPLE Cinema on Saturday, July 27th at 11:00am, and also presented as part of programming for the 2013 J-POP Summit Festival. The film will be presented with original Japanese dialogue featuring

    HIGH SCHOOL OF THE DEAD debuts today on Neon Alley. Image courtesy of VIZ Media. © 2010 Daisuke Sato/ Shouji Sato. © 2010 Fujimishobo

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    Source: VIZ Media, MediaLab press releases Official Site: NeonAlley.com Official Series Site: geneonuniversal.jp/rondorobe/anime/hotd (Japan) Special Thanks to Jane Lui and Erik Jansen VIZ Media, LLC, the largest publisher, distributor and licensor of manga and anime in North America, partners with Sentai Filmworks to unleash a frightening new world of the living dead as it premieres the zombie action of HIGH SCHOOL OF THE DEAD (????? HIGHSCHOOL OF THE DEAD, Gakuen Mokushiroku Haisukuuru obu za Deddo, 2010) on Neon Alley this Friday, April 19th. Episode 1 (English dubbed) of the high-octane anime action series will debut in High Definition at 10PM EST / 7PM PST, replaying at 2AM EST / 11PM PST, and will air again throughout the week. New episodes will premiere every Friday. Check the Neon Alley program guide or NeonAlley.com for more information and additional airtimes. Based on the ultra-violent manga originally created by

    Madman`s REEL ANIME 2013 will screen some of the best recent anime films, including EVANGELION: 3.0 YOU CAN (NOT) REDO. Image courtesy of T-Joy. © 2012 Khara

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    Anime Film Festival to Tour Australia and New Zealand Source: Madman Entertainment press release Official Site: reelanime.com Special Thanks to Ben Pollock Madman Entertainment are proud to announce that the REEL ANIME theatrical event will return to Australia and New Zealand in late 2013, and headlining this year’s exciting program will be the third film in the EVANGELION rebuild series, EVANGELION: 3.0 YOU CAN (NOT) REDO (?????????????Q, Evangerion Shin Gekijooban: Kyuu, 2012). EVANGELION: 3.0 YOU CAN (NOT) REDO will lead a stellar line up of four of the best new animated feature films direct from Japan. Program dates and further films for REEL ANIME 2013 will be confirmed during the next three Australian Supanova Pop Culture Expo events -- Gold Coast (April 19-21), Sydney (June 21-23) and Perth (June 28-30). Traditionally a bi-annual event, 2013 will mark the first time REEL ANIME screens as a yearly program.

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    Exhibit Hits Australia from April Through June Source: Madman Entertainment Official Movie Site: evangelion.co.jp (Japan), madman.com.au/nge (Aus) Special Thanks to Ben Pollock Madman Entertainment presents, in conjunction with NTV Films, Groundworks and the Japan Foundation Sydney, the 2013 EVANGELION ART EXHIBITION Australian Tour. With exhibition partners, The Arts Centre Gold Coast and No Vacancy Gallery, Melbourne, this exclusive exhibition will offer anime/manga, sci-fi and pop culture fans of all ages a unique and extensive insight into how the famed EVANGELION animated films were created -- showcasing a collection of original concept and production art, character drawings and other key artifacts that provide a rare and fascinating glimpse at the behind the scenes artistry of Japanese anime film production. A variety of rare and valuable EVANGELION books, tapestries and other items will also be on display at the exhibition and a limited selection of

    Charlie Hunnam as Raleigh Beckett and Rinko Kikuchi as Mako Mori in Warner Bros. Pictures` and Legendary Pictures` sci-fi action adventure PACIFIC RIM, a Warner Bros. Pictures release. Photo courtesy of Warner Bros. Entertainment. © 2013 Warner Bros.

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    Advance Images and Info for Upcoming Giant Monster Movie Source: Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. Official Site: pacificrimmovie.warnerbros.com Warner Bros. has released advance images from director Guillermo del Toro`s giant monster action adventure PACIFIC RIM, opening in 3D and 2D in select theaters and IMAX on July 12, 2013. PACIFIC RIM Warner Bros. Pictures/Legendary Pictures Director: Guillermo del Toro Writers: Screenplay by Travis Beacham and Guillermo del Toro Story by Travis Beacham Producers: Thomas Tull, Jon Jashni, Guillermo del Toro, Mary Parent Executive Producers: Callum Greene Cast: Charlie Hunnam, Idris Elba, Rinko Kikuchi, Charlie Day, Ron Perlman, Robert Kazinsky, Max Martini, Clifton Collins, Jr., Burn Gorman, Larry Joe Campbell, Brad William Henke, Diego Klattenhoff Story: When legions of monstrous creatures, known as Kaiju, started rising from the sea, a war began that would take millions of lives and consume humanity`s resources for years on

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    Source: Madman Entertainment Official Movie Site: evangelion.co.jp (Japan), madman.com.au/nge (Aus) Special Thanks to Ben Pollock Madman Entertainment, in collaboration with NTV Films, Japan Foundation Sydney, The Arts Centre Gold Coast, and the Gold Coast Film Festival, are proud to announce a 2013 event tour that fans of Japanese popular culture and the EVANGELION franchise will not want to miss. The exclusive exhibition will offer anime/manga, sci-fi and pop culture fans of all ages a unique and extensive insight into how the famed EVANGELION animated films were created -- showcasing a collection of original concept and production art, character drawings and other key artifacts that provide a rare and fascinating glimpse at the behind the scenes artistry of Japanese anime film production. A variety of rare and valuable EVANGELION books, statues, tapestries and other items will also be on display. The exhibition will be

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    New Version of Interactive Multiplayer Puzzle Solving Game Incorporates Smash Hit Sci-fi Anime Property Source: MediaLab press release, NEWPEOPLEWORLD.com Official Site: j-pop.com Special Thanks to Erik Jansen NEW PEOPLE, a dynamic entertainment destination bringing the latest examples of Japanese popular culture to North American shores, is proud to co-present, along with creative company SCRAP, a brand new installment of “Real Escape Game,” for the upcoming 2012 J-POP SUMMIT FESTIVAL, an all-day, weekend-long event taking place in San Francisco’s Japantown (presented in association with the Japantown Merchant Association) on Saturday, August 25th and Sunday, August 26th. Multiple daily game sessions will be offered during the J-POP SUMMIT FESTIVAL on both Saturday and Sunday. “The Real Escape Game,” is an inventive puzzle solving interactive game event, originally created in Japan, which requires players to cooperate and use their intuition and detective skills to solve multiple mysteries within a

    GMK effects director Makoto Kamiya will present a preview of his new CG film, RESIDENT EVIL: DAMNATION, at Comic-Con. © 2012 Capcom Co., Ltd/ Resident Evil CG2 Film Partners.

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    Source: Sony Pictures Sony Pictures has announced some exclusive events at Comic-Con 2012 that should interest fans of science fiction and Japanese cinema... RESIDENT EVIL: DAMNATION San Diego Conventer Center Room 5AB Friday, July 13 at 7:30pm Director Makoto Kamiya and producer Hiroyuki Kobayashi will premiere the new trailer and a sneak peek at the first seven minutes of the CG animated feature film. Makoto Kamiya previously directed the special effects for GODZILLA, MOTHRA AND KING GHIDORAH: GIANT MONSTERS ALL-OUT ATTACK (?????????????? ??????, Gojira, Mosura, Kingu Gidora: Daikaiju Sokogeki, 2001), SINKING OF JAPAN (????, Nihon Chinbotsu, 2006) and GANTZ (??, 2011). Hiroyuki Kobayashi has produced a number of hit video games as well as the RESIDENT EVIL film series. STARSHIP TROOPERS: INVASION IGN`s Oasis Lounge at the Hard Rock Hotel, 207 5th Ave Saturday, July 14 at 1:00 Autograph session with executive producers Casper Van Dien and

    NEW PEOPLE in San francisco will host an EVANGELION WORLDWIDE STAMP-RALLY that connects with events in Tokyo, Paris and Beijing. © 2009 Khara

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    Anime-Inspired Travel Game to 4 International Cities will be the Longest and Most Difficult in Stamp Rally History Source: MediaLab press release Official Movie Site: evangelion.co.jp (Japan), funimation.com/evangelion (US) Special Thanks to Erik Jansen NEW PEOPLE, a dynamic entertainment destination bringing the latest examples of Japanese popular culture to North American shores, brings the latest Japanese game phenomenon to the U.S. for the 2012 J-POP Summit Festival as it participates in the first-ever EVANGELION WORLDWIDE STAMP-RALLY. The 2012 J-POP Summit Festival takes place across San Francisco’s Japantown in cooperation with the Japantown Merchant Association on Saturday, August 25th and Sunday, August 26th. More information about the Festival is available at j-pop.com. The EVANGELION WORLDWIDE STAMP-RALLY is inspired by a popular summertime activity in Japan where players travel to different locations (usually train stations) to acquire special stamps, which are collected and often redeemed

    NEW PEOPLE will present a special exhibit of artwork from the

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    2-Day Only Special Exhibit Will Display Original Production Art, Concept Drawings, and More From the Popular Anime Source: MediaLab press release, NEWPEOPLEWORLD.com Official Movie Site: evangelion.co.jp (Japan), funimation.com/evangelion (US) Special Thanks to Erik Jansen NEW PEOPLE, a dynamic entertainment destination bringing the latest examples of Japanese popular culture to North American shores, is proud to present the U.S. premiere of the EVANGELION POP-UP MUSEUM as part of the 2012 J-POP Summit Festival. This special time-limited special exhibit, to be staged inside the venue’s 3rd Floor SUPERFROG Gallery, launches on Saturday, August 25th and is co-produced by Nippon Television and NEW PEOPLE. The 2012 J-POP Summit Festival commences with the theme of “Cyberpop Overload!,” and will be held across San Francisco’s Japantown, in association with the Japantown Merchant Association, on Saturday, August 25th and Sunday, August 26th. General admission to The EVANGELION POP-UP MUSEUM

    The 3D version of the Korean box office smash THE HOST will screen this month at the LOOK EAST: KOREAN FILM FESTIVAL in Hollywood. © 2006 Chungeorahm Film

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    A Retrospective of Korean Film Including Cult Film THE HOST in 3D Source: BWR Public Relations press release Official Website: lookeastfestival.com Special Thanks to Cindy Lyster LOOK EAST: KOREAN FILM FESTIVAL today announced the lineup of films for its first annual Hollywood celebration of Korean cinema. Taking place at Grauman’s Chinese Theatre in Hollywood , on June 23-24, the rising Korean film industry will be recognized with a series of new and classic films screened over the weekend, with the participation of several top actors and directors. Hyundai Motors/Auto serves as a lead festival sponsor. Ten films are currently confirmed including one the 3D version of the cult film THE HOST; two with live Q&A’s (A BITTERSWEET LIFE and PIERRE RISSIENT: MAN OF CINEMA); and two US premieres (FLOWER IN HELL and A HOMETOWN IN MY HEART). “For lovers of Korean cinema, and

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    New BLOOD: THE LAST VAMPIRE Anime Film Opens June 2nd in Japan Source: Shochiku Co., Ltd., Production I.G Official Website: blood-c-movie.jp (Japan) The feature film BLOOD-C: THE LAST DARK (???BLOOD-C The Last Dark [??????? ???? ?? ? ??? ???], 2012) is the latest chapter in the world-famous "Blood: The Last Vampire" saga that has become one of animation house Production I.G`s flagship titles. BLOOD-C: THE LAST DARK is a creative collaboration between Production I.G and popular all-female artist group CLAMP, supervised by Junichi Fujisaku, one of the key members of the team that developed the original concept for BLOOD: THE LAST VAMPIRE ????? ? ??? ??????, 2000? and who later directed the TV series BLOOD+ ????????, 2005). Directed by Production I.G`s enfant terrible, Naoyoshi Shiotani, BLOOD-C: THE LAST DARK is slated in Japan for a June 2nd, 2012 theatrical release. The original BLOOD:

    The EUREKA 7: AO series is one of the new titles acquired by FUNimation Entertainment. © 2012 Bones/ Project Eureka AO • MBS

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    Source: FUNimation Entertainment press release Special Thanks to Scott Lonski FUNimation Entertainment announced today at Anime Central it has acquired the home media rights to the feature film KING OF THORN and series EUREKA 7: AO (Astral Ocean). In addition, FUNimation has acquired the simulcasts rights for EUREKA 7: AO. Full episodes will begin on funimation.com during spring 2012. A brief synopsis for each series is listed below: EUREKA 7: AO (Astral Ocean) (???????AO, Eureka Sebun Ei Oo, 2012) The story is set on Okinawa`s isolated island of Iwado, which has seen a growing movement advocating a return to an autonomous government. Ao Fukai, a 13-year-old boy with a missing father, lives on the island with an old doctor named Toshio and is about to enter middle school. Ao`s mother was taken away a decade ago by unknown individuals. Naru Arata, Ao`s 13-year-old

    The anime feature film CHILDREN WHO CHASE LOST VOICES FROM DEEP BELOW screens this weekend in New York. © Makoto Shinkai/CMMMY

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    Source: NY Int`l Children`s Film Festival press release Official Movie Site: hoshi-o-kodomo.jp This upcoming weekend, the NY Int`l Children`s Film Festival will screen the anime feature film CHILDREN WHO CHASE LOST VOICES FROM DEEP BELOW (???????, Hoshi o Ou Kodomo, 2011) at the IFC Center in New York City. From the press release... CHILDREN WHO CHASE LOST VOICES FROM DEEP BELOW Sat & Sun, April 21 & 22, 11:00am - IFC Center, 323 Sixth Avenue (at West Third) Recommended ages 11 to adult. 116 minutes, Japanese language with English subtitles. Makoto Shinkai is perhaps the world`s finest animator and his brilliant new feature delivers frame after frame of jaw-dropping photorealistic splendor: skyscapes of unspeakable majesty, a butterfly on a twig, a blade of grass -- all are rendered with such astounding delicacy and precision that you mourn their passing once the image has

    DRAGON AGE: DAWN OF THE SEEKER will be playing for one night only at selected North American cinemas. Image courtesy of FUNimation Entertainment. © EA International (Studio and Publishing) Ltd. © Dragon Age Project

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    Special North American Theatrical Screenings on May 24th for New Anime Film Source: FUNimation Entertainment press release Official Site: dragonagemovie.com (US), dragonagemovie.jp (Japan) Special Thanks to Scott Lonski On May 24th 2012, FUNimation in conjunction with Bioware & EA will host a one night only, exclusive screening event for DRAGON AGE: DAWN OF THE SEEKER (??????? ??????????, Doragon Eiji: Buraddomeiji no Seisen, 2012). Screenings will all begin at 7pm for each respective showing with the exception of Los Angeles which will begin at 9pm. This will be the only chance to see DRAGON AGE: DAWN OF THE SEEKER on the big screen! If you`re in one of these cities you should take advantage of this opportunity since this is a VERY limited engagement. As an extra special bonus, the first 100 people who attend the screenings will receive a FREE exclusive DRAGON AGE: DAWN OF THE SEEKER

    Actor Kim Myung-min will play a man struggling to save his family after they are infected by parasitic worms.

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    New Korean Creature Feature Coming Next Year Author: Kim Song-ho Source: Ozone Film Co., Ltd. and CJ Entertainment The Korean motion picture companies Ozone Film Co., Ltd. and CJ Entertainment have jointly announced the principal cast members of GORDIAN WORM (???, Yeongasi, tentative title), a new creature feature that will be released next year. Inspired by real-life parasitic animals known as "horsehair worms", the movie is about mutated parasites that infest the brains of humans and manipulate them. A man struggles to save his family, who became victims of the titular parasites, as the disaster rages on. GORDIAN WORM is the latest movie by director Park Jeong-woo, who began as a successful screenwriter of such action/comedies as ATTACK THE GAS STATION (??? ????, Juyuso seubgyuksageun, 1999), JAIL BREAKER (??? ??, Gwangbokjeol Teuksa, 2002) and BREAK OUT (???? ??, Lightereul kyeora, 2002). In 2004, he directed his

    An oil rig becomes the hunting ground for a sea monster in SECTOR 7, the new 3D Korean film now in limited theatrical release in North America. Photo courtesy of CJ E&M Pictures and JK Film. © 2010 JK Film / CJ E&M Pictures

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    English Press Materials for New Korean 3D Monster Movie Source: CJ E&M Pictures Official Movie Site: sector7movie.blogspot.com (US), 2011sector7.co.kr (Korea) SECTOR 7 (7??, Chil gwanggu) U.S. Release Date: September 16th, 2011 Running Time: 112 minutes Rating: NR not rated by the MPAA (US Rating) / 15+ (KOR Rating) Language: Korean with English subtitles Distributor: CJ E&M Pictures Runtime: 112 minutes Genre: 3-D Action/Sci-fi Korea Release: August 4, 2011 Director: Kim Ji-hoon Screenplay: Kim Hwee, Yoon Je-kyun Production: CJ E&M, JK Film Synopsis Something awaits 8,000 feet under the sea. The Eclipse is the offshore drilling rig stationed at Sector 7, a mining area in the vast open sea located off the southern tip of Jeju Island. The oil drilling excavations end in failure and headquarters gives the order to withdraw. Captain Jeong-man is sent to oversee the crew’s withdrawal from the Eclipse. However,

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