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Miss Hokusai Anime Film to be Screened in Manila on Saturday
posted on by Rafael Antonio Pineda
The Japan Foundation, Manila announced details for its upcoming Nihongo Fiesta 2016 event, which will include a screening of Keiichi Hara and Production I.G's award-winning Miss Hokusai anime film.
The screening will take place in Shangri-La Plaza Mall's Shang Cineplex Cinema 1 on Saturday, February 27 at 3:30 p.m.
The film premiered in Japan last May.
Miss Hokusai previously won: the Jury Award in the Official Feature Film Competition at the 39th Annecy International Film Festival in June; the Sequences Award for best Asian feature film, the Satoshi Kon Award for best animated feature film, and the Gold Audience Award for best animated feature film at the 19th annual Fantasia International Film Festival in August; the Best Animated Feature Film award at the 48th annual Sitges International Fantastic Film Festival in October; Best Animated Feature Award at the Asian Pacific Screen Awards in November; and Best Animation Film Award at the Mainichi Film Awards this February.
Additionally, Keiichi Hara won Digital Content Expo's Asiagraph 2015 Tsumugi Prize for the film in September. The film has also been nominated for Animation of the Year by the Japan Academy Prize Association.
The event will also include other activities, including performances by Japanese pop artists Diana Garnet (Naruto Shippūden, Tantei Team KZ Jiken Note) and Joe Inoue (Naruto Shippūden), Japanese rock band The Beatmotors (5:30 p.m.), and local idol group Kawaii 5 (5:00 p.m.).
The event also includes the Nihongo Speech Contest (10:30 a.m.), where contestants compete to prove excellence in the Japanese language. The champion and Outstanding Performance Awardee will be eligible for an all-expense-paid one week study tour in Japan.
[Via Hero TV]
