The Girl Who Leapt Through Time English Language Version to Play Black Bear Film Festival October 18
September 18, 2008 (Cypress, CA) – Bandai Entertainment, INC. and Kadokawa Pictures USA announced today that the English language version of The Girl Who Leapt Through Time will play Saturday October 18, 2008 at the Black Bear Film Festival in Milford, PA.
Information on The Black Bear Film Festival can be found at www.blackbearfilm.com or by calling 570.409.0909.
The Girl Who Leapt Through Time (also known as TokiKake) was directed by Mamoru Hosoda with original character designs by Yoshiyuki Sadamoto (Evangelion) and features animation from Studio Madhouse. A continuation of the novel The Little Girl Who Conquered Time by Tsutsui Yasutaka, the film centers on a high school girl, Makoto, who gains the power to go backward in time after a near- death accident at a train crossing. Since its release, the film has received great critical accolades and international awards including the “Best Animated Film” at the thirty-ninth Sitges International Film Festival, “Animation Grand Award” at the sixty-first Mainichi Film Awards, “Animation of the Year” at the thirtieth Japan Academy Prize, and received “Animation of the Year” at the Tokyo International Anime Fair.
For more information visit:
http://timeleap.bandai-ent.com/
www.kadokawapicturesusa.com
About Bandai Entertainment, INC.
Bandai Entertainment, INC. is a subsidiary of Namco Bandai Holdings (USA) Inc. and the premier distributor
of Japanese animation on DVD and programming for television broadcast in North America. Titles include
The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya, Cowboy Bebop, Outlaw Star, Escaflowne, Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex,
Gundam Seed Destiny, My Hime, and many more.
About Kadokawa Pictures USA
Kadokawa Pictures USA (KPUSA) the Los Angeles-based arm of the Japanese Kadokawa Group Holdings,
Inc. (KGH, Inc) expands its brand of content in the growing international world of multimedia. KPUSA,
remakes films and distributes its film libraries of live-action and anime from over 1700 film titles. KGH, Inc.
includes Kadokawa Shoten Publishing, one of the largest publishers in Japan with over 60 year history, and
Kadokawa Pictures, Japan's major production and distribution division.
