11:30
11:30
13:50
18:00
Raffle
18:30
Reception in Foyer
Unless otherwise stated, all films are in Japanese with English subtitles.
For ticket information please contact
Chapter Box Office on +44 (0)29 2031 1050
11:00
Totto-Chan (PG TBC)
13:25
The Girl Who Leapt Through Time (12)
15:30
Summer Wars (12A)
18:30
Jero11 Live peformance (PG)
20:30
Perfect Blue (18)
11:30
Ghost Cat Anzu (PG)
13:35
The Colors Within (U)
15:45
Wolf Children (PG)
18:10
Raffle
19:00
Reception in Foyer
Unless otherwise stated, all films are in Japanese with English subtitles.
For ticket information please contact
Chapter Box Office on +44 (0)29 2031 1050
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.
Courtesy of Calon TV
Original cel artwork from the 1991 animated fantasy film The Princess and the Goblin.
Japan | 2022 | 104’ | CTBA | Dir: Takahide Hori | Takahide Hori, Atsuko Miyake | Japanese with English subtitles.
We are so thrilled to screen Junkhead in Cardiff on March 25th at 8:30pm, as part of the Mini Cardiff Animation Festival.
Junkhead won the Kotatsu Festival Bangor Critics Award last year but we were unable to screen it in Cardiff. Please come along and see this labour of love from director Takahide Hori.
Tickets are available via Chapter.
We are very excited to announce a special Xmas screening of Tokyo Godfathers, written and directed by Satoshi Kon. Tickets can be purchased via the Chapter website, or from their Box Office on +44(0)29 2030 4400.
On Christmas Eve, three homeless people living on the streets of Tokyo discover a newborn baby among the trash and set out to find its parents.
Japan | 2003 | 88‘ | 12 | Satoshi Kon | Japanese with English subtitles | Trailer
The manga kissa reading area makes a welcome return. Why not settle down in our comic corner and read some of your favourite manga or general Japan-related books or magazines. If you have any spare reading material, please consider bringing them along and donating them to our reading area for others to enjoy.
The majority of reading materials are kindly donated by Andrew Offiler from Calon. Thank you Andrew!
Please don’t take them home, so others can enjoy!
Hand made bags, small pouches, Japan-themed items.
11:30
Inu-Oh (15)
13:40
Living in a World Without Magic (Short) (advPG)
+ Fortune Favours Lady Nikuko (PG)
16:00
Eternal 831 (TBC)
18:00
Pompo the Cinephile (12A)
19:45
Reception in Cinema Foyer
11:30
Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero (12A)
14:00
Goodbye, Don Glees! (12A TBC)
16:15
Raffle
17:00
Over the Sky (PG)
18:45
Aftershow Party in Cinema Foyer
Unless otherwise stated, all films are in Japanese with English subtitles.
For ticket information please contact
Chapter Box Office on +44(0)29 2030 4400
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.
Courtesy of Chiara Spagnoli Gabardi
50cm x 60cm – 2021
Oil on canvas, manga pages, crystal resin.
Hikikomori is a social phenomenon, that was first identified in Japan, but has now extended across the world, and is characterised by acute social withdrawal. During the pandemic people worldwide got acquainted with this reclusive lifestyle. The artwork upcycles manga pages to portray the voluntary confinement syndrome, that reduces the human being to a mere mannequin. The kinetic images evoke the moving pictures found in anime, that are being celebrated by the Kotatsu Japanese Animation Festival in Wales.
Facebook: @chiaraspagnoligabardi
Instagram: @chiaraspagnoligabardi
Twitter: @clairespanish
Artwork Website: https://chiaraspagnoliart.com
Anime critic Ryota Fujitsu hosts a discussion about Studio Ghibli’s Oscar-winning film ‘Spirited Away’, with live translation by Kaori Onoda. Please make sure you have watched ‘Spirited Away’ before attending this event.
Online via Microsoft Teams
9 April 2022
11am – 12:30pm
Suitable Age: 13+
Email us at info@kotatsufestival.com or you can also register your booking via the Eventbrite website.
Facilitated by Cardiff Met School of Art and Design
Please attend all 5 days to get the most out of this animation workshop. Note: Lunch not provided
Cardiff Central Library
25-29 April 2022
10am – 4pm
Suitable Age: 8+
Email us at info@kotatsufestival.com or you can also register your booking via the Eventbrite website.
Please contact us at info@kotatsufestival.com, or register via the Eventbrite links above.
