Below are the raffle prizes to be won at Kotatsu Aberystwyth 2016. Raffle tickets will be available at the Box Office on the day of the event.
Courtesy of Yomiuri Telecasting Corporation.
The latest flyer for the Case Closed, Detective Conan film ‘The Darkest Nightmare’, signed by anime producer Michihiko SUWA, who also produced City Hunter, Inuyasya, Black Jack, and Ace Attorney.
Set in 1814, Miss Hokusai focuses on O-Ei, the daughter of famed artist Tetsuzo, better known by his pen name Hokusai, as she tries to navigate the various aspects of her life. O-Ei spends the bulk of her time assisting her divorced father who cares about his art and not much else.
Director: Keiichi Hara
Duration: 98m (90 + 8)
Released: 2015
Rating: 12a
For ticket information please contact Taliesin Arts Centre on +44(0)1792 602060
For ticket information please contact Aberystwyth Arts Centre on +44(0)1970 62 32 32
In the aftermath of the most devastating conflict mankind had ever experienced, the tiny island of Shikotan became part of the Sakhalin Oblast… and on the unhealed border in this remote corner of the world, friendship among children from two different countries timidly blossomed, striving to overcome language barriers and the waves of history. Inspired by true events.
Director: Mizuho Nishikubo
Duration: 102m
Released: 2014
Rating: PG
14 year-old Tetsuko (Alice) moves with her mother to a new town in what she calls “The Boonies” and must enrol as a transfer student in a new middle school. She immediately finds herself bullied due to being assigned the seat of “Judas” who is said to have been murdered over a year before. She is told that if anybody knows his fate it would be Hana, the recluse in the house next door, who has been unable to bring herself to attend class since “Judas” disappeared.
Director: Shunji Iwai
Duration: 110m
Released: 2015
Rating: PG
In an utopian, futuristic world, where humanity has acquired eternal life, a young high ranked agent of the world’s leading health company investigates a wave of suicides.
Director: Michael Arias, Takashi Nakamura
Duration: 119m
Released: 2015
Rating: 12a
Make sure you get your tickets in advance to be in with a chance of winning some great prizes. You may want to check out the raffle page to see what’s on offer.
In this science fiction crime film by Production I.G, Inspector Tsunemori is sent to a neighbouring war-torn nation, where the Sibyl System is being introduced as an experiment, to find Shinya Kogami, her former enforcer who went rogue three years ago.
Directors: Katsuyuki Motohiro, Naoyoshi Shiotani
Duration: 113m
Released: 2015
Rating: 15
10.30 Miss Hokusai & Kitsune Tsuki
12:50 The Murder Case of Hana & Alice
13:30 Manga Drawing Workshop
17:30 Live Music: Tsukumogami
18:20 Genius Party + 4 Short Films
20:50 Psycho-Pass: The Movie
11:00 The Anthem of the Heart
13:30 Manga Drawing Workshop
14:00 Raffle Prize Draw
15:15 Harmony
17:45 The Empire of Corpses
For ticket information please contact
Chapter Box Office on +44(0)29 2030 4400
We are happy to announce the dates for Kotatsu 2016! The events will be held on 24th and 25th September at Chapter and 29th October at Aberystwyth Arts Centre.
The festival will be screening lots of Welsh Premiere films. Also our market place will be open to the public for 2 days, with our favourite stalls offering a taste of Japan including manga, toys and authentic food Bento box.
Please note the marketplace will be held only at Chapter.
Festival Raffle will be held again at the end of the event with lots of exciting prizes on offer. From this year raffle will be taken place at both venues. Tickets will be made available nearer the festival.
We hope everyone will come and enjoy the Kotatsu Japanese Animation Festival 2016.
10:25am Royal Space Force: The Wings of Honneamise
12:45pm A Letter To Momo
3:00pm Tiger & Bunny: The Rising
5:05pm Short Peace & Short Film Programme
For ticket information please contact
Aberystwyth Arts Centre on +44(0)1970 62 32 32
26th September 2015
From 11:00am Japanese Marketplace
11:00am A Letter To Momo
1:15pm Short Peace
4:00pm Tiger & Bunny: The Rising
6pm Raffle Prize Draw
6:30pm Royal Space Force: The Wings of Honneamise
8:45pm Perfect Blue
For ticket information please contact
Chapter Box Office on +44(0)29 2030 4400
Courtesy of Kiriko Kubo
Kiriko Kubo is a very famous Japanese cartoonist living in London. She recently published e-books of ‘Cynical Hysterie Hour’ in English. Her comics are available on Amazon.
Courtesy of MVM Entertainment
“To protect the school we love so much,
we have to do all we can…
We have to become school idols!
By becoming idols and advertising how great our school is to the world, more students will want to apply!”
This collector’s edition includes a 28-page, full-color, paperback artbook with episode guides, character info, and illustrations!
Courtesy of Calon TV
Have fun watching 8 Episodes of the fun loving cave girl Igam Ogam !
Courtesy of Cosmic Anvil
In a world not unlike our own, the forces of Magic and Science are waging war. Families are being torn apart. The laws of nature are being corrupted. The future seems uncertain. Can an unlikely group of talented heroes bring about peace?
Courtesy of New Welsh Review
Memoir/Travel book written by Eluned Gramich, winner of the New Welsh Writing Awards 2015.
This is available as an E-book, for use with E-reader devices.
Courtesy of Calon TV
Hana’s Helpline DOUGLAS: The Duck who Wanted to Swim
Courtesy of Calon TV
Hana’s Helpline FFION: The Frog who Couldn’t Tell the Truth
Courtesy of The Japanese Shop
Exclusive to The Japanese Shop, the Aizome Japanese Bowl Gift Set contains five stylish ceramic Japanese bowls with a smart contemporary blue and white design. These authentic Japanese bowls are ideal for all types of western or oriental dipping sauces. Whether you are looking for a gift for a loved one or a special treat for yourself, the Aizome Japanese Bowl Gift Set is perfect for modern, casual but very stylish home dining!
Courtesy of Saemi Takahashi
Courtesy of Saemi Takahashi
Courtesy of Saemi Takahashi
Courtesy of Saemi Takahashi
Courtesy of Saemi Takahashi
Courtesy of Bolso
These dolls are based on characters from the successful anime Attack On Titan, which started as out as shonen manga, but has since inspired books, anime series, video games and a soon-to-be-released live-action film.
Courtesy of Ommy Stickers
46 stickers in a cute little chest with a voucher for 30% off the winner’s next purchase from the Ommy website.
Courtesy of Cherry Slug
Miniature ink paintings suspended in resin.
Cherry Slug are currently running a Kickstarter campaign, so if you’d like to support them please visit their page.
Courtesy of The SHO Gallery
Limited edition Jinny 6-inch Bigtop, Jinny Series Zero and a Notebook.
Courtesy of Tamashii
Contemporary Japanese Taiko Music. With Joji Hirota, Naomi Maki, Mark Alcock, Emi Watanabe and Liz Walters.
Courtesy of Seoul House Restaurant
Treat yourself to some excellent cuisine at the reknowned Japanese and Korean restaurant on the east side of Cardiff.
Courtesy of Major Brushes
This painting set comes complete with paints, brushes and canvas.
The Kotatsu Japanese Animation Film Festival will be held on 26th September at the Chapter in Cardiff, and on 10th October at Aberystwyth Arts Centre. Again this year the Festival will screen a number of impressive films including Short Peace, A Letter to Momo, Tiger & Bunny: The Rising, Perfect Blue and Royal Space Force: Wings of Honneamise. Here are some details about the films we will screen at the event.
Short Peace is a compilation film featuring four anime shorts directed and written by four people including Katsuhiro Otomo, the creator of cyberpunk classic Akira and Shuhei Morita, director of the TV anime Tokyo Ghoul. Tsukumo, under the title Possessions, and was nominated for Best Animated Short at the 86th Academy Awards in 2014.
Synopsis
The central theme of this film is Japan and there are four stories about Japan at different points in the nation’s history:
Possessions, Shuhei Morita’s award-winning tale of a lone traveller deep in the mountains who disturbs spirits in an abandoned shrine.
Combustible is a story of love, honour and firefighting in Edo directed by Katsuhiro Otomo.
Gambo directed by Hiroaki Ando is about a legendary battle takes place between a mysterious white bear defending the royal family from a monstrous red demon.
A Farewell to Weapons shows a group of soldiers battle robotic tanks in an apocalyptic Tokyo.
Seven years in the making, this is the latest award-winning film from Hiroyuki Okiura and Production I.G a partnership that brought the world the critically acclaimed sci-fi epic Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade.
Synopsis
Following the death of her father, a young girl comes into contact with three yokai (goblins) who help her overcome the sadness of her loss.
See what happens right after the events of the successful TV anime Tiger and Bunny in a new and exciting adventure. People new to the series need know nothing about what has happened previously.
Synopsis
Wild Tiger and Barnaby Brooks Jr have their partnership severed by the new owner of Apollon media. Barnaby must work with his newly assigned partner Golden Ryan but the threat facing Sternbild City is so serious that Wild Tiger will be called upon to help.
Watch the debut film of Satoshi Kon, a man who would push the boundaries of anime with ark psychological stories such as Millennium Actress (2001), Paranoia Agent (2004) and Paprika (2006).
Synopsis
A former pop-idol turned actress finds her sense of reality falling apart when a stalker enters her life and the ghost of her former career haunts her.
“Royal Space Force: Wings of Honneamise”
The Wings of Honneamise was the first commercial project created by legendary anime studio Gainax that has become what many anime fans regard as a classic.
Synopsis
Aimless astronaut candidate Shirotsugh Lhadatt finds himself inspired to reach for the stars after a chance meeting with a young woman but with his nation on the verge of war he finds himself in a race against time to leave the earth.
More details coming soon, so please keep checking our blog and Facebook, and Twitter.
For ticket and booking, please contact Chapter Box office and Aberystwyth Arts Centre Box office.
Tel: +44(0)29 2030 4400
Tel: +44(0)1970 62 32 32
We are happy to announce the dates for Kotatsu 2015! The events will be held on 26th September at Chapter and 10th October at Aberystwyth Arts Centre.
The festival will be screening lots of Welsh Premiere films. Also our market place will be open to the public with our favourite stalls offering a taste of Japan including manga, toys and authentic food Bento box.
Festival raffle will be held again at the end of the event with lots of exciting prizes on offer. Raffle tickets will be made available nearer the festival.
Please note the marketplace and raffle will be held only at Chapter.
We hope everyone will come and enjoy the Kotatsu Japanese Animation Festival 2015.
