{"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":"2011-11-01T14:00:32","modified_gmt":"2011-11-01T14:00:32","slug":"japanese-anime-festival-in-cardiff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/2011\/11\/01\/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=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2011\/10\/Culture_4_Animation_Big_DW.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2868\" title=\"Culture_4_Animation_Big_DW\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2011\/10\/Culture_4_Animation_Big_DW.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2011\/10\/Culture_4_Animation_Big_DW.jpg 480w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2011\/10\/Culture_4_Animation_Big_DW-300x138.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2868\" title=\"Culture_4_Animation_Big_DW\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2011\/10\/Culture_4_Animation_Big_DW.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2011\/10\/Culture_4_Animation_Big_DW.jpg 480w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2011\/10\/Culture_4_Animation_Big_DW-300x138.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/noscript><\/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\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">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\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">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. The two-day Kotatsu Japanese Animation Festival 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. Animator and festival director Eiko Ishii Meredith says, \u201cWestern animation is very much just for kids. 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