In memory of the pioneering gekiga manga artist Yoshihiro Tatsumi, (June 10, 1935 – March 7, 2015), Toronto Comic Arts Festival and The Japan Foundation, Toronto present a special screening of Tatsumi, Eric Khoo’s 2011 animated film. Tatsumi, a tribute … Continue reading →
Akira Directed by Katsuhiro Otomo 1988, AA, 124 min. Community Partner: The year is 2019. Tokyo, now post-apocolyptic Neo-Tokyo, has been rebuilt after obliteration in WWIII. When a biker named Tetsuo is discovered to have mysterious telepathic … Continue reading →
The Dagger of Kamui Directed by Rintaro 1985, PG, 132 min. Community Partner: Set in pre-Meiji era Japan, this epic by anime master Rintaro (Metropolis, Galaxy Express 999) tells the life story of Jiro, a … Continue reading →
Mai Mai Miracle Directed by Sunao Katabuchi 2009, G, 95 min. Community Partner: Mai Mai Miracle is a nostalgic full-length animated film adaptation of the autobiographical novel of the same title by Akutagawa Prize winner, Takagi Nobuko. Set … Continue reading →
Cyborg 009 Directed by Masayuki Akehi 1980, PG, 131 min. Community Partner: The Cyborg 009 series of manga, TV anime and feature films centres on nine humans who have been turned into superhuman Cyborgs by a criminal … Continue reading →
