QUAD announces first ever Anime-A-Go-Go event in Derby

Anime-A-Go-Go is a brand new anime showcase being held in Derby at the QUAD, Derby's central hub for art and film - with a three-screen cinema, art gallery, digital workshop and award-winning cafe. 

The event is inspired by the 90's VHS releases of Manga Entertainment, the leading voice of anime when the scene first launched into high-gear with their release of Akira. Four films will be screened on the largest of the venue's screens, The Sir John Hurt Cinema.

From the Press Release:

Anime-A-Go-Go has been co-programmed by Peter Munford, who has been screening East Asian cinema at QUAD under his Satori Screen banner since 2012, and Dan Keeling, whose Porlock Press film club has been bringing big screen showings of animated films to Nottingham since 2015.

Peter Munford said “I am massively excited to bring this event to QUAD. Our Godzilla-A-Go-Go and Kaiju-A-Go-Go events have shown there is a large appreciative audience for Japanese films in the UK, and that the best way to enjoy these films is always on the big screen with a likeminded crowd. These anime titles, which UK fans have mostly only ever been able to view at home, will look stunning on QUAD’s biggest screen for what is sure to be a memorable day out at the cinema.”

Dan Keeling said “I'm absolutely thrilled and honoured to be part of Anime-A-Go-Go. As a comics and gaming-obsessed teenager in the 90's my mind was completely blown by the films and series that Manga Entertainment released in the UK. Porlock Press specialises in showing different kinds of animation from all over the world, but it always returns to my first love of classic anime. It has been a real dream-assignment for me to curate this day of screenings along with Peter at QUAD. We cannot wait to bring these films back to the big screen, and to share them with a room full of people!”

The films screening are as follows –

1:00pm
Patlabor: The Movie (PG)
1989 Japan Dir: Mamoru Oshii 99 mins
https://www.derbyquad.co.uk/events/patlabor/

Legendary director Mamoru Oshii (Ghost In The Shell) directed this big screen version of the popular franchise, set in a science fiction realm where the police make use of advanced robots called Labors to combat the criminals who make use of new technologies for illegal means.

3:00pm
Macross Plus Movie Edition (12A)
1995 Jaoan Dir: Shoji Kawamori 114 mins
https://www.derbyquad.co.uk/events/macrossplus/

In this groundbreaking animated film, which was one of the first to incorporate computer generated animation alongside traditional cel animation, the year is 2040 and the galaxy is flourishing with advanced technology. Fighter pilots Isamu Dyson and Guld Bowman battle over air superiority for the “Supernova Project.”

6:30pm
Memories (12A)
1995 Japan Kōji Morimoto, Tensai Okamura and Katsuhiro Otomo 113 mins
https://www.derbyquad.co.uk/events/memories/

Memories is an anthology film adapting three manga stories by legendary anime and manga creator Katsuhiro Otomo (Akira). In Magnetic Rose a deep space starship is haunted by its former owner, a long-deceased opera diva. In Stink Bomb a scientist tries to cure a cold and inadvertently becomes a walking, talking weapon of mass destruction. The final part, Cannon Fodder, directed by Otomo himself and impressively designed to unfurl as a single unbroken long take, is set in a walled city where all of society works in the service of a gigantic cannon.

8:45pm
Perfect Blue (18)
1997 Japan Dir: Satoshi Kon 82 mins
https://www.derbyquad.co.uk/events/perfectblue/

The debut film of beloved anime director Satoshi Kon (Paprika, Tokyo Godfathers, Paranoia Agent) is a psychological thriller about a young woman who decides to leave her pop group to embark upon life as an actress, but finds herself fending off a host of provocative offers. Then, a string of murders begins to unfold, targeting those around her…

For more information visit the Derby Quad website.