What You Need to Know:
- Anime hits its centennial birthday this year, (100 if you did not know) and to celebrate, the Anime Film Festival Tokyo has been announced! It will be held this year for two weeks with the main events ocurring in Shinjuku from October 13th to the 15th.
- At various movie theaters within the Shinjuku area, many famous anime works will be shown as well as new ones will make their debuts, there will be anisong live concerts, collboration events and cafes, a character parade, and there will be original, limited edition goods that can only be purchased there!
- Some big names that have already been confirmed to be participating are Aniplex, Avex Pictures, Sunrise, Toei Animation, TMS Entertainment, Nippon Animation, and Studio Pierrot. According to the website, since anime was first created, there have been 11,723 anime made and 158,442 episodes created. Stay tuned for further details.
wa...wa...wa...One Hundred Fifty Eight THOUSAND Episodes!? Well dang!
Omg I can't wait to go! Let's get press passes now!