Reel Anime to bring four new anime films to NZ cinemas

Madman Entertainment brings Reel Anime back to New Zealand cinemas (Auckland’s Academy Cinemas, Wellington’s Roxy Cinema & Christchurch’s Lumiere Cinemas), showcasing four fresh anime features from December 12th to 18th.

Those films are…


Children of the Sea

A young girl and her supernaturally gifted friends go on a magical adventure under the sea in this adaptation of Daisuke Igarashi’s manga. Selected to play as part of this year’s New Zealand International Film Festival.

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Human Lost

The director of Afro Samurai takes on Osamu Dazai’s masterpiece of Japanese literature with this heady sci-fi exploring human consciousness and emotion. Writer Tow Ubukata (Psycho-Pass) handles the adaptation to screen.

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Rascal Does Not Dream of a Dreaming Girl

Based on the sixth and seventh volumes of the light novel series by Hajime Kamoshida, this fantasy romance follows a high-schooler caught in a complicated situation involving a girl and a woman with the same name.

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Violet Evergarden: Eternity and the Auto Memory Doll

In the first spin-off feature film of Kana Akatsuki’s light novel series, an ex-soldier changes a young girl’s life while teaching at a women’s academy.

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