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Canada's Waterloo Shows Makoto Shinkai's Hoshi o Ou Kodomo
posted on by Crystalyn Hodgkins
The 2011 Waterloo Festival of Animated Cinema Children Who Chase Lost Voices from Deep Below (Hoshi o Ou Kodomo). The festival will run from November 17 to November 20 in Kitchener-Waterloo, Canada. The film will screen at 1:00 p.m. on November 20.
The film centers on Asuna, a girl who spends her solitary days listening to the mysterious music emanating from the crystal radio she received from her father as a memento. However, she embarks on a journey of adventure to find a mysterious boy she just met, and thus comes to know the cruelty and beauty of the world, as well as loss.
The film is the latest 5 Centimeters Per Second. The new film opened in Japan on May 7.
Otakon in July.
The festival is also Fullmetal Alchemist: The Sacred Star of Milos film on November 17 at 6:30 p.m.
Update: Screen times for Hoshi o Ou Kodomo, Fullmetal Alchemist: The Sacred Star of Milos added. Thanks, jsieczkar.
Image © Makoto Shinkai/CMMMY
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