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| Aug 9th (Sun) 1:50pm, 2015 |
| @ NEW PEOPLE Cinema |
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Co-presented by Cartoon Art Museum
The World of Koji Morimoto
MEMORIES: Magnetic Rose | Noiseman Sound Insect | Genius Party Beyond: Dimension Bomb
(All films are directed by Koji Morimoto)
★ Special Appearance by Koji Morimoto! ☞ Read about Koji Morimoto
★ He also appears at Fort Mason Center* on August 8th (Sat)
11:50am: Greeting at Fort Mason Center Stage
1:30pm: Autograph Session at Kinokuniya Booth (Fort Mason Center)
A collection of 3 short masterpieces by one of Japan’s top anime directors, Koji Morimoto, who is widely known as a founder of the renowned Studio 4℃ and for his works such as Animatrix and Genius Party Beyond. The famed director will appear in person to introduce the films and to participate in an audience Q&A.
MEMORIES: Magnetic Rose
1995 | 45 min | with English Subtitles | Distributed by Bandai Visual
Magnetic Rose is the first of the three episodes of MEMORIES, a series of short anime films based on the manga by Katsuhiro Otomo (the creator of Akira). The film follows the members of the deep space salvage vessel Corona. While performing a salvage mission, the crew encounters an odd distress signal emanating from the Sargasso region, ominously nicknamed ‘the graveyard of space.’ Soundtrack composed by Yoko Kanno.
Noiseman Sound Insect
1997 | 15 min | with English Subtitles | Distributed by Studio 4℃
In the space of music, people used to live in the music fruit in the trees. One day, Dr. Franken secretly succeeds in creating the ‘Noiseman’, a creature that erases music from the airwaves, by feeding it the music fruit as fuel. Since then, the space was dominated by noise, not music. When a pair of kids, Tobio and Reina, find out this secret, they rebel against Noiseman to bring the music back home again. Soundtrack composed by Yoko Kanno.
“Genius Party Beyond: Dimension Bomb”
2008 | 20 min | with English Subtitles | Distributed by Studio 4℃
Dimension Bomb is one of the 5 short animated films that make up Genius Party Beyond, produced by Studio 4℃, which director Morimoto founded in 1986. One day, a boy named Shin who wears a pupa-like mask encounters a girl named Koo. The days spent with Koo, a free spirit unlike any other, start to fill up his life with cherished and unforgettable moments. Yoko Kanno does the voice-over for Koo.
© Koji Morimoto © 1995 MASH ROOM / MEMORIES PROJECT © STUDIO4℃/BANDAI VISUAL © Genius Party Beyond
