Kotatsu Festival will be having a table at the BCEXPO which will be held on 11th – 12th May at Brunel’s Old Station, Temple Meads in Bristol.
Asuka Tanaka will be holding another Manga Workshop. Details to be announced.
We are currently in the process of confirming the date of next Kotatsu festival. We will let you know shortly. Look forward to seeing you all there.
We would like to thank everyone who visited the Kotatsu Festival table at Cardiff International Comic & Anime Expo, at MERCURE HOLLAND HOUSE.
A big thank you to everyone who signed up to our mailing list to keep updated with all the exciting news from Kotatsu, and to all the people who offered to become volunteers at our next Festival.
Representing Kotatsu at the Expo were Manga artist Asuka Bochanska Tanaka and Louise Beer. Asuka Bochanska Tanaka hosted a Manga drawing workshop that was fully booked and a great success.
Kotatsu Festival will be attending the Bristol Comic Expo on the 11th and 12th May. Hope to see you all again there.
Kotatsu Festival will be having a table at the Cardiff International Comic & Anime Expo, which will be held on 2nd – 3rd March 2013 at the MERCURE HOLLAND HOUSE. Please come along to this amazing event and say hello.
Asuka Tanaka will run a MANGA DRAWING WORKSHOP for teens on Sat 02.03.13 and pre-registration is crucial. Please email comicexpo@hotmail.co.uk for more information. Last year her workshop at the Kotatsu Festival was sold out, so please be quick to avoid disappointment!
Thank you very much for all the people who came to the 3rd Kotatsu Japanese Animation Festival, making it another successful event for Kotatsu.
We had 5 stalls at this year’s marketplace, one of the highlights was the authentic Japanese Bento boxes by Yakiniku. Toys, anime and manga comics were available from Super Tomato previously known as Otakuzoku.
Arts and crafts were on sale from local artists Twilight Amoeba offering oil paintings, prints and original felt artwork and Niggleberry Treen offered hand crafted wooden objects, including spoons and fun-birds.
Japanese multi-designer Asuka Tanaka from Kodawari-Chaya was also at the marketplace selling her self-published fan illustration book Do-jinshi. She was drawing manga characters for people on request.
Screenings
This year we had 3 Welsh premiere screenings, including:
‘Children Who Chase Lost Voices‘
‘Berserk Golden Age Arc 1: The Egg of the King
Raffle tickets are available at Super Tomato and Chapter Box office from the beginning of November for 50p each.
Courtesy of Stopmotion Pro
Stop Motion Pro V7 has been developed in consultation with Aardman Animations (the makers of Wallace and Gromit). The software offers students, animators and animation producers the most comprehensive and easy to use toolset yet. Stop Motion Pro requires a video camera, webcam or digital stills camera and is compatible with Win XP, Vista and Windows 7. It can also be used on Apple Macs using either Boot Camp or Parallels.
Courtesy of The Japanese Shop
Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858) was born in the shogun’s capital of Edo (now Tokyo) and is considered to be the last great master of the woodblock (ukiyo-e). In the Japan of his day, his prints fostered a new and far-reaching appreciation for nature in art, and in the west, his work influenced artists such as Whistler, Cezanne and Gaughin. The Japanese Shop has an excellent collection of these superb quality woodblock prints which have incredibly vivid colours having been crafted in the same style as the originals.
Courtesy of Super Tomato
Selection of manga comics and anime DVDs such as Ghost in the Shell.
Courtesy of Calon TV
Have fun watching 8 Episodes of the fun loving cave girl Igam Ogam!
Courtesy of Calon TV
From the famous Children’s TV series Igam Ogam.
Courtesy of Calon TV
From their famous Children’s TV series Igam Ogam.
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 Calon TV
A pretty Sali Mali doll, the famous character from the Welsh TV series.
Courtesy of Toyo
Great fun to be had building your very own origami creations, with full instructions on each and every fold required to make some truly amazing designs out of plain paper. These sets feature sweets such as birthday cake, boats and cars, and Rilakkuma bento box.
Courtesy of: Major Brushes
This painting set comes complete with paints, brushes and canvas.
Courtesy of Euro Japan Trading Co
Beautifully hand knitted and perfect for keeping you warm this winter.
Courtesy of Nigel Leach, from Niggleberry Treen
A hand carved, fruit wood bowl with a whale tail handle.
Courtesy of Saemi Takahashi
Beautifully handmade, these badges are adorned with a cute Japanese girl’s face.
Courtesy of Saemi Takahashi
We are happy to announce a fantastic event at this year’s festival.
Manga drawing Workshop – ‘Let’s draw your character’
(3pm ~4pm)
The teacher is Japanese multi-designer Asuka Tanaka. People attending the event will see Asuka demonstrate how Manga characters are drawn and have the opportunity themselves to create their own manga characters with professional advice.
Previously stated as 15 years and over but due to the popular demand this has been lowered to 12 years.
The event will be held in the Chapter foyer at 3pm.
Tickets are 5.00 each and are only available via the festival website as tickets are not available at the Chapter box office.
Bookings via email to info@kotatsufestival.com
11:00 Japanese Marketplace
11:00 Arrietty – Cinema 1
13:00 Komaneko -The Curious Cat- / Komaneko’s Christmas – Cinema 2
15:00 Arrietty – Cinema 1
15:00 Manga Drawing Workshop “Let’s draw your character!”
15:30 Children Who Chase Lost Voices – Cinema 2
17:45 Raffle Prize Draw
18:00 Berserk Golden Age Arc 1 The Egg of the King – Cinema 2
20:00 From Up On Poppy Hill – Cinema 1
For ticket information please contact
Chapter Box Office on +44(0)29 2030 4400
Thanks to NEO magazine we have over 100 copies of their latest issues to give away at the event.
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We are glad to announce this year’s main event.
A screening of the wonderful stop motion animation ‘Komaneko’ directed by Tsuneo Goda, followed by a live Q&A session with the director and Hirokazu Minegishi, stop-motion animator via Skype from Japan.
Komaneko is a stop-motion series of shorts featuring a curious cat, his friends and their adventures. Beautifully animated, with lovable characters, exquisite set pieces and enchanting story lines guaranteed to please all ages.
Tsuneo Goda is also the creator of Domo, internationally famous character and the official mascot of Japan’s NHK television station.
Here is a special message from director Tsuneo Goda.
“The Kotatsu Film Festival is such a lovely name for this festival of animation. Thank you once again for inviting me to participate in the festival. Komaneko is presented using `cat language’. Some parts are also shown in `dog language’. The film should therefore be enjoyed by Japanese and British people, and indeed by people the world over, whatever their language. I would be thrilled and delighted to know that you enjoyed my film.“
Tsuneo Goda
The New Diorama Theatre in London with the co-operation of Studio Ghibli, Whole Hog Theatre presents the world’s first theatrical staging of Hayao Miyazaki’s renowned animated film.
Using giant puppets made from recycled materials, visceral, physical storytelling and original live music, Studio Ghibli’s epic ecological fable is re-told for the stage.
Princess Mononoke is a 1997 epic historical fantasy feature film set specifically in the late Muromachi period of Japan but with numerous fantastical elements. The story concentrates on involvement of the outsider Ashitaka in the struggle between the supernatural guardians of a forest and the humans of the Iron Town who consume its resources. There can be no clear victory, and the hope is that relationship between humans and nature can be cyclical.
Dates and Ticket Prices
Tuesday 2nd – Saturday 6th April, 19:30.
Saturday Matinee @ 15:30.
£13.50 / £11 (Concessions)
Unfortunately due to popular demand, the play is already sold out!!
Hello everyone, we are happy to announce the date for this year’s Kotatsu Japanese animation festival!
The festival will be held on Saturday 1st December at Chapter Arts Centre. We are hoping to repeat the success of previous year’s festival with a selection of films such as studio Ghibli film.
This year we have more spaces available in the market place. Any shops or artists involved with a Japanese/Anime theme, please contact the festival for details.
