Category: Events

We have two announcements for you today!

First, we are pleased to announce that Nishikaze will be returning to the University of Lethbridge on Saturday, June 13, 2015! Our theme for 2015 is Idols! Admission rates will remain at the same low price as last year (General [13+] $10, Youth [6-12] $5). Online ticket sales will start in January 2015.

Second, we have partnered with Otafest to introduce pin trading to Lethbridge! Nishikaze will be introducing a set of pins for their convention in 2015! But that doesn’t mean you will have to wait until June to get our pins! Nishikaze will be releasing a design in time for Otafest Aurora 2014! You can purchase our design from our Otafest Aurora 2014 booth or trade one of your Otafest pins for it! Whether you collect all the pins or only your favourites, you will have more opportunities to meet new people and have fun!

Eleven Arts and Sentai Filmworks have teamed-up for a theatrical release of Katsuhiro Otomo’s latest award-winning anthology, Short Peace.

It will be playing at Galaxy Cinemas (Cineplex) on May 14 @ 7:30 pm & May 17 @ 12:55 pm

INFO RELEASE
In 1995, Katsuhiro Otomo’s epic anthology MEMORIES showcased the work of upcoming superstars of the anime world. Now, Otomo’s spotlight shifts to a fresh generation of master creators with an all-new anthology of visionary films: A lone traveler is confronted by unusual spirits in an abandoned shrine in the 2013 Academy Award® nominated POSSESSIONS (TSUKUMO), directed by Shuhei Morita (COICENT, KAKURENBO). A mysterious white bear defends the royal family from the predations of a red demon in the brutal GAMBO, directed by Hiroaki Ando (FIVE NUMBERS!) from REDLINE’s Katsuhito Ishii’s original story with character designs by Yoshiyuki Sadamoto (NEON GENESIS EVANGELION). The focus shifts from supernatural to science fiction for the action packed A FAREWELL TO WEAPONS (BUKI YO SARABA), as MOBILE SUIT GUNDAM designer Hajime Katoki helms Otomo’s tour-de-force saga of men battling robotic tanks in apocalyptic Tokyo, while grandmaster Otomo himself assumes the directorial reigns for a spectacular tale of love, honor and firefighting in ancient Japan with the multi-award winning COMBUSTIBLE (HI-NO-YOUJIN).

Prepare your senses for the animated films that are taking the critical world by storm as a new era in anime is ushered in with Katsuhiro Otomo’s SHORT PEACE!

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