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Summer Wars to be Screened in London in May
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Also showing: King of Thorn, pre-war animation shorts
The Barbican performing arts center in London will be The Girl Who Leapt Through Time), and the Japanese/Korean animated spinoff video based on Electronics Arts' Dante's Inferno game.
Summer Wars follows a modern-day family on a midsummer adventure in the real and virtual worlds. The film opened in Japan on August 1, 2009.
In addition, on June 15, the Barbican will screen the anime film adaptation of Helen McCarthy will be in attendance to introduce all three films.
On May 26, the Barbican will be screening five pre-WWII animated shorts and guest speaker Jasper Sharp will discuss these short films in context with the origins of anime.