JAPANESE ANIME FESTIVAL
TBILISI
Date: 13-15 December
Venue: Amirani Cinema (36, Kostava str.)
GORI
Date: 21 December
Venue: Culture Center (12 A, Mshvidoba str.)
*** AMDISSION FREE ***
● The Girl Who Leapt Through Time (2006; 98 min.)
Director: Mamoru Hosoda
Original language: Japanese
Subtitles: English, Georgian
Plot:
Makoto Konno ordinary 17 years old school girl. Her everyday life is suddenly recomposed once she became a latest heroine who leaps across the 21st Century.
Makoto has two close friends in her class. One of them is Kosuke Tsuda, her childhood friend and the other is Chiaki Mamiya. It's far better for Makoto to play threesome ball game with them after school rather than to play with girls from her class.
It isn't like they are dating each other or going steady. Their relationship is very casual and easy going. But change comes to their relationship.
Makoto gained the gift to slip back into time and retrace her steps because of certain turn of events. But once she learns the way to make use of the ability, she exerts it to satisfy her day-to-day desire and discontent of everyday life with no hesitation...
● The Prince of the Sun: Hols' Great Adventure (1968; 82 min.)
Director: Takahata Isao
Original language: Japanese
Subtitles: English, Georgian
Plot:
As a baby, Hols was saved by his father from their burning northern village, after the village was attacked by a powerful demonic wolves by the Moog, a gigantic stone golem. Hols pulls an old sword out of the creature's shoulder which the Moog explains is the Sword of the Sun. If Hols can succeed in reforging the now useless sword, the Moog declares, he will honor Hols as the next Prince of the Sun. Together with a small bear named Koro, he runs into a great adventure fighting against Grunwald and his subordinates who wants to rule the world. Hols quickly finds a village plagued by a monster. After slaying the monster, he one day finds, in another ruined village, a cute girl Hilda, singing in a heavenly voice. He brings the girl to his new home, but soon finds that there was a good reason for her being alone in the wasteland...
While not a great financial success at the time of its release, The Prince of the Sun: Hols' Great Adventure is now recognized as one of the greatest Japanese animated films of all time.
● 5 Centimeters Per Second (2007; 63 min.)
Director: Makoto Shinkai
Language: Georgian (Original language: Japanese)
Subtitles: English
Plot:
5 Centmiters per Second is the serial short animations consisting of independent three works, which story is depicted with a boy at the core. Its story is set on Japan from the first half of the 1990s to now. Its place moves around Tokyo and some other countryside along with the boy's life.
After transferring to the same elementary school, Takaki and Akari became best friends. But their lives change when both families are forced to relocate. After a year of separation, Takaki is about to reunite with Akari. Sitting on the train from Tokyo, memories of the past rush through his mind as he draws closer to his meeting, Takaki and Akari begin to wonder if the will ever be able to see each other again, and share their secret feelings.
The title of the film, 5 Centmiters per Second, refers to the speed at which cherry blossoms fall from the trees, reminiscent of the slowness of life and how people often start together but slowly drift into their separate ways.
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【Show schedule】
| Fri., December 13 | 19:00 The Girl Who Leapt Through Time |
| Sat., December 14 | 12:00 5 Centimeters Per Second 14:00 The Girl Who Leapt Through Time 16:00 The Prince of the Sun: Hols' Great Adventure |
| Sun., December 15 |
12:00 The Girl Who Leapt Through Time 14:00 The Prince of the Sun: Hols' Great Adventure 16:00 5 Centimeters Per Second |
| Sat., December 21 |
14:00 5 Centimeters Per Second |