In September we present an Anime Night, featuring:
Ponyo, the latest movie from the famous Studio Ghibli, is an unusually poetic, visually breathtaking work by the greatest of all animators, Hayao Miyazaki. (Miyazaki is the Japanese creator of My Neighbor Totoro, Spirited Away, Howl’s Moving Castle and many other beloved films.) It’s wonderful and never even seems to try, simply unfolding fantastically. Sosuke, a 5-year-old who lives in a house on a seaside cliff, finds a goldfish trapped in a jar on the beach. This is Ponyo. Freeing her, he is rewarded by a lick on a finger that heals a cut. And by tasting human blood, we learn, Ponyo gains the ability to transform between fish and human…
The Wings of Honneamise is one of the most ambitious of all anime productions, directed by Hiroyuki Yamaga, only 24 at the time, whose drawing style is influenced both by comic books and by the graphic style of the great 19th century Japanese artist, Hiroshige. It’s a visually sensational extravaganza about an unkempt and disorganized young pilot named Shiro, a new member of the Royal Space Force, in a kingdom like Japan and like America. He seems on track to become the first man in space, little suspecting the sinister reasons why anyone would risk such an important flight on an officer as shabby as he is, and the old-time gung-ho pilots and misfit scientists who hang around inventing stuff are amazed when its first manned space shot is given priority.
All bar proceeds and tips benefit Variety Children’s Charity of Northern California.
The Variety Preview Room Theatre
The Hobart Bldg., 1st Floor — entrance between Quizno’s & Citibank
582 Market St., at 2nd @ Montgomery, San Francisco
Seating is limited, and first come, first seated.
Don’t drive! The BART/MUNI Montgomery St. station is right outside our front door.