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Good news everyone!

For those who can't get enough animation, the universe has answered by supplying top-grade Anime next month, on the big screen, in cinemas all around Australia.

Madman (who else?) are bringing the latest from Tokyo with Reel Anime 2008, which will be screened from July 3-16.





Amongst the screenees - from directors Shojiro Nishimi, Futoshi Higashide, Hiroshi Morioka, Yasuhiro Aoki and Toshiyuki Kubooka and with stories written by several of the most talented writers of film, comic books, and animation, including Academy Award®-nominated screenwriter Josh Olson (A History of Violence), David S. Goyer (Batman Begins) and award-winning comics writers Greg Rucka and Brian Azzarello, BATMAN: GOTHAM KNIGHT presents thrilling new adventures of Batman that spotlight several of Gotham City’s most dangerous villains, including the fearsome Scarecrow, the freakish Killer Croc and the unnerving marksman known as Deadshot.




Produced by the action master of bullet ballet, John Woo, and based on the popular science fiction manga from renowned creator Shirow Masamune (Ghost in the Shell), APPLESEED: EX MACHINA advances the art of anime to a new level.





As members of ESWAT, the elite forces serving Olympus, partners Deunan and Briareos are deployed wherever trouble strikes. The two fighters find their partnership tested in a new way by the arrival of Tereus who uncannily resembles Briareos before the wartime injuries that led to his becoming a cyborg. At the same time, Olympus finds itself under a stealth attack. Cyborg terrorism, deadly nanotech zealots, and rioting citizens are just some of the threats that Deunan must contend with as she fights to save Olympus and her relationship.





From the producers of Appleseed comes another CG extravaganza. The year is 2077 and due to a sophisticated ultra magnetic shield, no one can enter nor leave Japan, and it is also impossible to observe the country using satellite surveillance methods. The USA has created a special force unit, SWORD, to enter Japan and to investigate the country’s development in robotic technology, which is banned by the UN. Lead by a female commander VEXILLE, and her colleague LEON, the members of SWORD head to accomplish this dangerous mission, and uncover a shocking secret.





REEL ANIME 2008 - IN CINEMAS FOR A LIMITED TIME: JULY 3-16

SYDNEY: DENDY NEWTOWN www.dendy.com.au 02 9550 5699
MELBOURNE: KINO DENDY www.dendy.com.au 03 9650 2100
BRISBANE: DENDY GEORGE ST www.dendy.com.au 07 3211 3244
PERTH: LUNA LEEDERVILLE www.lunapalace.com.au 08 9444 4056
ADELAIDE: PALACE NOVA www.palacenova.com 08 8232 3434
CANBERRA: DENDY CANBERRA www.dendy.com.au 02 6221 8900