{"id":2867,"date":"2011-11-01T14:00:32","date_gmt":"2011-11-01T14:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jomec.co.uk\/altcardiff\/?p=2867"},"modified":"2015-10-07T10:57:15","modified_gmt":"2015-10-07T10:57:15","slug":"japanese-anime-festival-in-cardiff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jomec.co.uk\/altcardiff\/culture\/japanese-anime-festival-in-cardiff","title":{"rendered":"Japanese anime festival in Cardiff"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Festival director: \u201cAnimation can be enjoyed by adults\u201d<\/h2>\n<div id=\"attachment_2868\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"width: 480px\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jomec.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Culture_4_Animation_Big_DW.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2868\" title=\"Culture_4_Animation_Big_DW\" src=\"http:\/\/www.jomec.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Culture_4_Animation_Big_DW.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"220\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Redline will make its Welsh premiere at the festival. Photograph: Kotatsu Japanese Animation Festival<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The UK\u2019s only Japanese animation festival is coming to Cardiff at the end of the month.<\/p>\n<p>The two-day <a title=\"Festival website\" href=\"http:\/\/www.kotatsufestival.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Kotatsu Japanese Animation Festival<\/a> will open at ATRiuM Cinema on Friday 25 November, with a selection of Japanese and local short films, and continue at Chapter Arts Centre on the Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>Animator and festival director Eiko Ishii Meredith says, \u201cWestern animation is very much just for kids. Japanese animation deals with much more gritty and realistic subject matter.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The festival also includes animation and calligraphy workshops, a marketplace, raffle and the Welsh premier of <em><em><\/em><\/em><em><em><a title=\"Redline trailer\" href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=R2H_FsmxWzc\" target=\"_blank\">Redline<\/a><\/em><\/em>. Kotatsu is now in its second year and Eiko, who is currently working with director Tim Burton, hopes to make it an annual event.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Festival director: \u201cAnimation can be enjoyed by adults\u201d The UK\u2019s only Japanese animation festival is coming to Cardiff at the end of the month. 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