By The Eva Monkey on Wednesday, March 4th, 2009
Seventh Annual National Cherry Blossom Festival Anime Marathon
Date(s): Mar 28, 2009 – Mar 28, 2009
Time: 11:00 AM – Marathon finishes
Location: Smithsonian Institution, Freer Gallery of Art – 1050 Independence Avenue, SWDescription: In celebration of this year’s Cherry Blossom Festival, the Freer, in conjunction with the Japan Information and Cultural Center and Otakorp, Inc., presents a day-long festival of four Japanese Anime films:
Evangelion 1.0: You Are (Not) Alone
1:30 PM
This sci-fi tale co-directed by Hideaki Anno, Masayuki and Kazuya Tsurumaki is set in a post-apocalyptic Tokyo, where the population defends itself from alien invaders with the help of human/mechanical hybrid battle robots. Its hero, Shinji, is a shy 14-year-old boy mysteriously chosen to save the planet from the aliens for good. Rated PG. (2007, 98 min., Japanese with English subtitles, video)
This won’t be the first time Rebuild of Evangelion 1.0 will screened in the US, but it’s the first time it will be screened in my own backyard, so I’m going to make the effort to make the trip down to DC. Who knows, maybe an Evangelion fans meetup will transpire?
More information can be found at the Cherry Blossom Festival website:
http://nationalcherryblossomfestival.org/events/eng/event_display.php3?event_id=320
See you there!