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1st Initial D Remake Film to Screen at LA Anime Film Festival
posted on by Crystalyn Hodgkins
Sentai Filmworks announced on Saturday that it will screen the first film in the new Initial D trilogy, New Theatrical Movie Initial D Legend 1: Awakening (Shin Gekijō-ban Initial D Legend 1 -Kakusei-), at the Los Angeles Anime Film Festival (LA-AFF). Sentai Filmworks and LA-AFF haven't yet announced if the screening will be subtitled or dubbed.
Sentai Filmworks had announced its license for all three Shin Gekijō-ban Initial D Legend films — including New Theatrical Movie Initial D Legend 2: Racer and New Theatrical Movie Initial D Legend 3: Dream — in July. The company plans to release the films with an English dub. The first film will ship on Blu-ray Disc and DVD on December 5.
The first film in the trilogy opened in Japan in August 2014, the second film opened in May 2015, and the third film opened in February 2016.
The festival takes place from September 15-17. LA-AFF's lineup currently includes: (* for dubbed screenings)
September 15:
- No Game, No Life Zero* (North American premiere, English dub screening)
September 16:
- Kiki's Delivery Service
- KING OF PRISM by PrettyRhythm
- 009 Re:Cyborg
- Cowboy Bebop: The Movie
- New Theatrical Movie Initial D Legend 1: Awakening
- No Game, No Life Zero (English-subtitled screening)
- Ghost in the Shell
- Ghost in the Shell: Innocence
September 17:
- Summer Wars*
- My Neighbor Totoro*
- Metropolis
- Love Live! The School Idol Movie
- The Red Turtle
- Porco Rosso*
- anohana: The Flower We Saw That Day
- Pigtails and Miss Hokusai (double screening)
- Paprika
- Akira (both dub and sub screenings will start at the same time)
Event company Rydgen and film distribution company Azoland Pictures are hosting LA-AFF. The event will include an opening night red carpet gala and Q&A sessions with staff and cast.
