By CHIE KOHARA/ Staff Writer
May 13, 2024 at 08:00 JST
A scene from “Mobile Suit Gundam I” ((c) SOTSU・SUNRISE)
NAGOYA--The Domannaka Anime Film Festival being held May 17-19 at the Midland Square Cinema near Nagoya Station will feature classic titles mostly from the 1980s as well as many of their creators.
Among the 10 hand-drawn anime movies being showcased are: the “Mobile Suit Gundam” trilogy (1981-1982); “Patlabor 2: The Movie” (1993); “Lupin the 3rd: The Castle of Cagliostro” (1979); “Macross: Do You Remember Love?” (1984); “Genma Taisen (Harmagedon)” (1983); the 4K remastered edition of “Royal Space Force: The Wings of Honneamise” (2022); “AKIRA” (1988); and “Venus Wars” (1989).
Thirteen anime production staff, including directors and screenwriters, will also join the three-day festival to meet and greet fans.
Yoshikazu Yasuhiko, who served as character designer and key animation supervisor for the original “Mobile Suit Gundam” animated TV series is among those who will attend the event.
He provided an original illustration for the poster of the film festival.
“We’d like the audience at the theater to experience the fierce energy of the creators gushing out of the screen several decades after (the releases of their movies),” said Yoshihide Kondo, general producer of the festival who was in charge of promoting the “Gundam” film trilogy at Shochiku Co.
For more information, visit the official website at (https://domannakaanime.com/).
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