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Kotatsu Anime Festival Line-Ups Confirmed in Cardiff and Aberystwyth

The Welsh 'Kotatsu' festival will run on September 30 to October 1 at Cardiff; from October 20 to 22 at Aberystwyth; and from November 10 to November 16 at Bangor. The Bangor line-up is TBC.

The Cardiff line-up is as follows: the venue is the Chapter cinema in Canton, Cardiff.

Saturday September 30

11.30 a.m - Chieri and Cherry - a 54-minute stop-motion film, directed by Makoto Nakamura, about a girl (Cherry) and the stuffed animal (Chieri) who is her friend.

1 p.m. The First Slam Dunk, directed by Takehiko Inoue

5 p.m. Miss Hokusai, directed by Keiichi Hara - preceded by a live shamisen performance by the musician Jero11

7.30 p.m. Macross Plus Movie Edition (pictured right), directed by Shōji Kawamori

Sunday October 1

11.30 a.m. - Blue Thermal directed by Masaki Tachibana

2 p.m. - Liz and the Blue Bird, directed by Naoko Yamada

4 p.m. - Break of Dawn, directed by Tomoyuki Kurokawa - preceded by a 10-minute film, NICO/AGONY, directed by Umoto Yuuji

7.30 p.m. - Evangelion: 3.0+1.01: Thrice Upon A Time, directed by Hideaki Anno

The Aberystwyth line-up is as follows: the venue is the Aberystwyth Arts Centre.

Friday October 20

11.20 a.m. - Patema Inverted, directed by Yasuhiro Yoshiura

2.30 p.m. - Break of Dawn

4.40 p.m. - The First Slam Dunk (English-dubbed version)

7.15 p.m. - Evangelion: 3.0+1.01: Thrice Upon A Time

Saturday October 21

10.30 a.m. - Liz and the Blue Bird

12.30 p.m. - The First Slam Dunk (English-subtitled version) - preceded by the 10-minute film, NICO/AGONY

3.20 p.m. - Macross Plus The Movie

Sunday October 22

1.45 p.m. - Oblivion Island, directed by Shinsuke Satō

3.35 p.m. - Miss Hokusai

5.15 p.m. - RE:cycle of the PENGUINDRUM Movie 1 - preceded by a raffle