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Dallas Screens Madhouse's Princess & the Pilot Film on Sunday
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Jun Shishido's 2011 film of aerial romance novel gets BD release in May
The A-Kon convention announced on Tuesday that The Princess and the Pilot (To Aru Hikūshi e no Tsuioku) anime film on Sunday at 5:00 p.m. in Dallas. The Angelika Film Center is hosting the English-subtitled screening as part of the 43rd Annual Spring Film Festival.
The film Koroku Inumura's romance novel of the same name. NISA describes the story:
The war between the Levamme Empire and the Amatsukami Imperium has been raging for years. In the midst of this struggle, the prince of the Levamme Empire declares his love for Juana del Moral and vows to end the war in one year, as part of his marriage proposal. When the Amatsukami catch wind of this, they assault the del Moral residence, targeting Juana's life. As a last-ditch effort to bring the prince his bride, the San Maltilia Airforce employs a mercenary of mixed blood — a bestado — to fly Juana to the prince in secret. The pilot, Charles, accepts the mission ... but traversing an ocean alone, and into enemy territory, proves a much more dangerous ordeal than anyone could have anticipated.
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The cast includes opened in Japan in October 2011.
NIS America (NISA), the American subsidiary of the release the film on Blu-ray Disc in North America on May 14.
Thanks to James Nemanich for the news tip.
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