The 3D film 009 RE:CYBORG has been added to the Australian festival REEL ANIME 2013. © 2012 009 RE:CYBORG Production CommitteeAnime Film Festival to Tour Australia and New Zealand Source: Madman Entertainment press release Official Site: reelanime.com Special Thanks to Ben Pollock Madman Entertainment are proud to announce that the second film for the REEL ANIME 2013 program will be 009 RE: CYBORG (??????? ???????, Zero-Zero-Nine Re: Cyborg, 2012). 009 RE: CYBORG is a feature length reboot of the famous manga from the 1960s, produced by Production I.G. (GHOST IN THE SHELL) and directed by Kenji Kamiyama -- series director for GHOST IN THE SHELL: STAND ALONE COMPLEX and EDEN OF THE EAST. The film will also screen in glorious stereoscopic 3D, the first Japanese anime feature film to do so in Australia and New Zealand. 009 RE: CYBORG joins EVANGELION: 3.0 YOU CAN (NOT) REDO (?????????????Q, Evangerion Shin Gekijooban: Kyuu, 2012) in a stellar line up of four of the best new animated feature films direct from Japan. Program dates and further films for REEL ANIME 2013 will be confirmed during the next two Australian Supanova Pop Culture Expo events -- Sydney (June 21-23) and Perth (June 28-30). Traditionally a bi-annual event, 2013 will mark the first time REEL ANIME screens as a yearly program. REEL ANIME 2012 ran from September 13-26 in Australia and late November/early December in New Zealand. The program included Studio Ghibli’s FROM UP ON POPPY HILL, Mamoru Hosoda’s WOLF CHILDREN (winner of the prestigious ‘Animation of the Year’ 2013 Japan Academy Prize award), Makoto Shinkai’s CHILDREN WHO CHASE LOST VOICES and the first film in the new Berserk trilogy, BERSERK: THE GOLDEN AGE ARC I - THE EGG OF THE KING. REEL ANIME 2013 will screen in selected cinema locations across Australia and New Zealand. For more details about REEL ANIME 2013 please visit reelanime.com and check out the previous report here on SciFi Japan.
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Madman is a leading independent film and television distribution and rights management company, with offices in Australia and New Zealand. Madman is renowned for its commitment to quality Australian and foreign film, factual content, as well as highly collectable categories such as Japanese anime, genre film, animation and cult television. Madman`s capabilities encompass end to end acquisition, marketing, creative, sales and distribution in all mediums and formats, from the silver screen to the digital realm. Madman is also a proud producer of Australian film and television content. Put simply, Madman is mad for entertainment. Madman is owned by Funtastic Limited, one of Australia`s largest wholesalers of consumer products into retail outlets and an Australian Stock Exchange (ASX) listed company.
For more information on 009 RE: CYBORG please see the earlier coverage here on SciFi Japan:
