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Manga-Inspired Films Screen in Los Angeles in November
posted on by Egan Loo
The American Film Institute will screen two manga-inspired live-action films as part of the 2007 AFI Fest that runs in Los Angeles, California through November. Daihachi Yoshida's tragicomedy film Funuke, Show Some Love You Losers! centers around an aspiring horror manga artist after her parents die and her eccentric siblings comes together for the funeral. The film features several stylized animated sequences which recreate the artist's horror manga. It screens at the Arclight Theatre on November 5 and 7 as part of AFI Fest's International Feature Competition.
NANA television series' Nana Osaki) in a free-spirited recreation of a courtesan's life in an Edo-era Tokyo brothel. It screens at the Arclight Theatre on November 8 and 10 as part of AFI Fest's Dark Horizons program.
Thank you to Daniel Zelter for the news tip.
Images © Funuke, Show Some Love You Losers! Kodansha
