Tag: Aberystwyth

  • Raffle Aberystwyth 2019

    Raffle Aberystwyth 2019

    Below is the complete list of raffle prizes to be won. Raffle tickets will be available at Kotatsu stall during the festival for 50p each.

    STAR PRIZES

    StopMate Armature

    StopMate Motion Animation Armature

    Courtesy of Tetsu’s Armature

    The StopMate SM-005 is a ball & socket armature kit which can be assembled to create the internal skeleton for your humanoid puppets. Designed by Tetsu, a skilled Japanese machinist, they are the main stop motion armatures used in universities such as Tokyo’s University of the Arts animation program. They are also used professionally for films, TV series, and adverts in the Japanese animation industry. The armature moves really smoothly and is very strong, making it ideal for professional animation projects. Sold worldwide by Stop Motion Store.

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  • Programme Aberystwyth 2018

    Programme Aberystwyth 2018

    Summary Kotatsu Festival 2018

    Sat 20th Oct
    10:00 When Marnie Was There (U)
    12:30 Lu Over the Wall (PG)
    15:00 Psychic School Wars (12)
    17:20 Raffle Draw

    Sun 21st Oct
    13:45 Mirai (PG)
    15:35 Fireworks (12A)
    17:30 Attack on Titan: The Roar of Awakening (15)

    For ticket information please contact Aberystwyth Arts Centre on +44(0)1970 62 32 32

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  • Raffle Aberystwyth 2018

    Raffle Aberystwyth 2018

    Below are the raffle prizes to be won. Raffle tickets are available on the day.

    STAR PRIZES

    Dwarf Studio Goods

    Courtesy of Dwarf Studio

    Komaneko bag signed by Tsuneo Goda and Hirokazu Minegishi. Tsuneo Goda – creator of Domo-kun, established dwarf studios in 2003. His latest work is “Mogu & Perol”. Hiro Minegishi – stop-motion animator, started work on “Domo” in 1998. Since then, he has been forming tag team with Goda on “Komaneko” series and “Makuma-kun” series and more.

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  • Programme Aberystwyth 2017

    Programme Aberystwyth 2017

    Summary of Kotatsu Festival Aberystwyth 2017

    Saturday 28th October 2017
    11:00 Napping Princess
    13:15 Sword Art Online: Ordinal Scale
    15:35 Genocidal Organ
    18:00 Raffle Draw
    18:15 Mind Game

    For ticket information please contact Aberystwyth Arts Centre on +44(0)1970 62 32 32

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  • Raffle Aberystwyth 2017

    Raffle Aberystwyth 2017

    Here are the raffle prizes to be won at Kotatsu Aberystwyth 2017. Raffle tickets will be available at the Box Office on the day of the event.

    Star Prize

    Harbor Tale DVD Cover

    Harbor Tale DVD – Signed by Yuichi Ito

    Courtesy of I.TOON

    This animation makes full use of the “neo-craft animation” technique of combining stop-motion animation with CGI. In the port town of “Y” (modelled on Yokohama), a piece of red brick in a western-styled building has been looking down on the town for 100 years. One day it finally slipped away from the building.

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  • Raffle Aberystwyth 2016

    Raffle Aberystwyth 2016

    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.

    Star Prize

    DVD Cover - Case Closed (Detective Conan) Signed Flyers

    Case Closed (Detective Conan) Signed Flyers

    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.

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  • Programme Aberystwyth 2016

    Programme Aberystwyth 2016

    For ticket information please contact Aberystwyth Arts Centre on +44(0)1970 62 32 32

    Saturday 29th October

    10:50 Giovanni’s Island

    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

    13:10 The Murder Case of Hana & Alice

    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

    15:20 Harmony

    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

    17:45 Raffle Prize Draw

    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.

    18:00 Psycho-Pass: The Movie

    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

  • Programme Aberystwyth 2015

    Programme Aberystwyth 2015

    Summary Kotatsu Aberystwyth 2015

    10th October 2015

    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

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  • Programme Aberystwyth 2014

    Programme Aberystwyth 2014

    Summary Kotatsu Aberystwyth 2014

    12:00 Patema Inverted
    14:30 Double Bill – By Your Side / Mai Mai Miracle
    17:45 Evangelion 3.0

    For ticket information please contact
    Aberystwyth Arts Centre on +44(0)1970 62 32 32

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