7:30pm : music : DJ Happosai

8:00pm : anime short : Rain Town – Second short by upcoming animator Hiroyasu Ishida (aka Tete), who previously made Fumiko’s Confession. ‘In this town, since who knows when, rain has never stopped. Residents moved out to suburbs and high ground around ‘rain town.’ People’s memories are now deeply submerged. But into this forgotten rainy town sometimes, someone wanders.’

8:10pm : anime short : Calligraphists (Shoka) - In Edo, Japan, calligraphists are not mere writers, they can bring drawings to life and wield power over writing. Three calligraphists from the art-wielding clan join up to fight against an exiled calligraphist and his minions to protect the Tokugawa shogunate.

8:35pm : anime short : On Your Mark – Music video directed by Studio Ghibli’s Hayao Miyazaki for Japanese band Chage & Aska. Two policemen rescue a winged girl from a religious cult and help her to freedom.

8:40pm : music : GLPL

9:10pm : anime film : Summer Wars – Eleventh grade maths genius, Kenji, agrees to take a summer job at the Nagano hometown of his crush, Natsuki. When he arrives, he finds that her family have reunited to celebrate the 90th birthday of the family matriarch and his job is to pretend to be Natsuki’s fiancé. Meanwhile, his attempt to solve a mathematical equation causes chaos in the on-line virtual world of OZ and it is up to Kenji, Natsuki and her family to bring OZ back under control.

11:00pm : music : DJ Happosai

11:30pm : finish

…about NanimeW

NanimeW (North-West England Anime Group) presents a monthly showcase of the best in Japanese pop culture, cinema, animation & music. Eclectic, innovative & unique.

Bringing together fans of Japanese pop culture from across the North-West (hence the name), this monthly showcase is an ideal first stop for anyone intrigued by Japan and its particularly idiosyncratic output, but unsure of where to start. NanimeW serves up bite-sized chunks of music, cinema and animation, with each screening interspersed with fine selections of classic and current Japanese pop courtesy of DJ Happosai.

For more information visit www.nanimew.org.uk