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Sentai Filmworks Streams Short Peace US Trailer

Sentai Filmworks began streaming a trailer on Monday for the Short Peace omnibus project from Katsuhiro Otomo (Akira, Memories, Steamboy). The company plans to release the series on bilingual Blu-ray and DVD.

Short Peace is an compilation of four short films:

"Possessions" ("Tsukumo")
A lone traveler is confronted by unusual spirits in an abandoned shrine in the 2013 Academy Award-nominated Possessions (Tsukumo), directed by Shuhei Morita (Coicent, Kakurenbo).

Aoi Yuki as Komachi Sorimono
Takeshi Kusao as Kaeru Hebisakka
Screenplay, Director: Shuhei Morita (Kakurenbo, Freedom)
Original Story Concept, Conceptual Design: Keisuke Kishi
Character Design: Daisuke Sajiki (Kakurenbo - Hide & Seek)
Music: Reiji Kitazato (Gankutsuou: The Count of Monte Cristo)

"Combustible" ("Hi-no-youjin")
Grandmaster Otomo himself assumes the directorial reigns for a spectacular tale of love, honor and firefighting in ancient Japan with the multi-award-winning Combustible (Hi-No-Youjin).

Saori Hayami as Owaka
Masakazu Morita as Matsuyoshi
Screenplay, Director: Katsuhiro Otomo
CG Director: Shūji Shinoda (Valvrave the Liberator)
Art: Yoshiaki Honma (Maburaho), Junichi Taniguchi (Make-Up! Sailor Senshi)
Character Design, Visual Concept: Hidekazu Ohara (Memories' Cannon Fodder)
Music: Makoto Kubota

"Gambo"
A mysterious white bear defends the royal family from the predations of a red demon in the brutal Gambo, directed by Hiroaki Ando (Five Numbers!) from Redline's Katsuhito Ishii's original story with character designs by Yoshiyuki Sadamoto (Neon Genesis Evangelion).

Mutsumi Tamura as Kao
Daisuke Namikawa as Nigenji
Director: Hiroaki Ando (Five Numbers!)
Original Story Concept/Creative Director: Katsuhito Ishii (Redline, Funky Forest: The First Contact, Taste of Tea)
Screenplay: Katsuhito Ishii, Kensuke Yamamoto (Magical Shopping Arcade Abenobashi 3D effects)
Character Design: Yoshiyuki Sadamoto (Evangelion, .hack, Summer Wars)
Music: Hikaru Nanase (Polyphonica, Galaxy Angel)

"Buki yo Saraba" (A Farewell to Weapons)
The focus shifts from supernatural to science fiction for the action packed A Farewell To Weapons (Buki Yo Saraba), as Mobile Suit Gundam designer Hajime Katoki helms Otomo's tour-de-force saga of men battling robotic tanks in apocalyptic Tokyo.

Original Story: Katsuhiro Otomo
Screenplay, Director: Hajime Katoki (mechanical designs in Gundam franchise, Super Robot Wars)
Character Design: Tatsuyuki Tanaka (Tojin Kit)

Namco Bandai Games will also release all four anime shorts, as well as the fifth part, the Ranko Tsukigime's Longest Day 2D-scrolling action game, on the PlayStation 3 in the West this spring. The compilation will be exclusive to the PlayStation Network in North America and Europe.

Eleven Arts screened the film in several theaters in the United States on March 3. The list of upcoming screenings now includes:

State	City	Theater	Date
AL	Birmingham	The Edge 12	April 18 @ 7:00 pm & 8:45 pm
AZ	Tempe	Harkins Theatres - Valley Art	April 18 – 24
AZ	Phoenix	Film Bar	May 3 @ 3:50 pm May 4 @ 2:00 pm
AZ	Tucson	The Loft Cinema	May 16 – 22
CA	Bakersfield	Valley Plaza 16	April 21 @ 7:00 pm
CA	Corona	Dos Lagos 15	April 24 @ 7:00 pm
CA	Los Angeles	Downtown Independent	April 18 @ 2:30 pm, 4:00 pm, 5:30 pm April 19 @ 5:20 pm, 6:45 pm April 20 @ 2:30 pm, 5:30 pm, 8:30 pm April 21 @ 4:30 pm April 22 @ 5:30 pm April 23 @ 3:00 pm April 24 @ 4:30 pm
CA	Murrieta	Cal Oaks 17	April 21 @ 7:00 pm
CA	Rohnert Park	Rohnert Park 16	April 21 @ 7:00 pm
CA	Sacramento	Tower Theater	May 3 @ 3:50 pm May 4 @ 2:00 pm
CA	San Diego	Gaslamp 15	April 21 @ 7:00 pm
CA	San Francisco	New People	April 24 @ 7:00 pm
CO	Littleton	Alamo Drafthouse Cinema - Littleton	April 18 @ 10:00 pm
FL	Clearwater/Tampa Bay	Clearwater Cinema Café	April 19 @ 11:00 pm
FL	Fort Lauderdale/Miami	Cinema Paradiso	April 19 @ 7:00 pm & 8:30 pm
FL	Hollywood	Cinema Paradiso	April 19 @ 7:00 pm & 8:30 pm
FL	Jacksonville	Sun-Ray Cinema	April 26 @ 7:15 pm
FL	Gulf Breeze	Movies 4 Gulf Breeze	April 26 @ 9:30 pm May 5 @ 9:30 pm
GA	Duluth	Studio Movie Grill - Duluth	April 23 @ 7:30 pm April 30 @ 7:30 pm
HI	Honolulu	Doris Duke Theater	May 1 @ 1:00 pm & 7:30 pm May 2 @ 1:00 pm & 7:30 pm
HI	Honolulu	Ward Stadium 16	April 21 @ 7:00 pm
HI	Kahului	Kaahumanu 6	April 21 @ 7:00 pm
IL	Wheaton	Studio Movie Grill - Wheaton	April 23 @ 7:30 pm April 30 @ 7:30 pm
IN	Indianapolis	Georgetown 14 Cinemas	April 19 @ 7:00 pm & 8:45 pm
MA	Boston	Brattle Theatre	TBA
MI	Bloomfield	The Maple Theater	April 19 @ 7:00 pm, 8:45 pm, 9:30 pm
MO	Kansas City	Armour Screenland	May 1 @ 8:00 pm & 9:30 pm May 2 @ 4:00 pm & 9:00 pm
NC	Raleigh	Raleighwood Cinema Grill	April 21 @ 9:00 pm
NC	Greensboro	Carousel Luxury Cinemas	April 18 – 24
NJ	Manville	Manville 12 Plex	April 21 @ 7:00 pm
NM	Albuquerque	The Guild Cinema	March 21 @ 10:30 pm March 22 @ 10:30 pm
NM	Santa Fe	Jean Cocteau Cinema	May 16 – 22
NY	New York	Village East Cinema	April 21 @ 7:00 pm
NY	Buffalo	The Screening Room Cinema	April 24 @ 7:30 pm April 25 @ 5:00 pm April 26 @ 5:00 pm April 27 @ 7:30 pm
OH	Cleveland	Cleveland Cinemas - Cedar Lee	April 27 @ 7:30 pm
OH	Columbus	Gateway Film Center	April 19 @ 7:00 pm & 8:45 pm
OK	Tulsa	Select Cinemas - RiverWalk Movies	April 20
OR	Portland	Hollywood Theatre	May 23 @ 9:30 pm
PA	Pittsburg	The Hollywood Theatre	May 3 @ 1:00 pm May 4 @ 7:00 pm
TX	Austin	Alamo Drafthouse - Austin Lakeline	May 14
TX	Houston	Alamo Drafthouse - Vintage Park	April 26 April 28
TX	Houston	Alamo Drafthouse - Mason Park	April 19 April 24
TX	Dallas	Angelika Film Center & Café - Dallas	April 21 @ 7:00 pm
TX	Plano	Angelika Film Center & Café – Plano	April 21 @ 7:00 pm
TX	San Antonio	Alamo Drafthouse Cinema - Westlakes	April 20 @ 4:15 pm
UT	Sandy	Megaplex Theatres - Jordan Commons	April 26 @ 9:00 pm
VA	Fairfax	Angelika Film Center & Café - Mosaic	April 21 @ 7:00 pm
WA	Seattle	Grand Illusion	April 24 @ 8:45 pm April 25 @ 6:00 pm April 27 @ 2:30 pm