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Cancellation of Preview of Howl's Moving Castle. Interaction regrets to announce the cancellation of the previously advertised preview of the latest anime from Hayao Miyazaki, "Howl's Moving Castle". Whilst Interaction had received the support of Studio Ghibli in presenting this preview, we have unfortunately not been able to obtain permission from the UK theatrical distributor whose agreement is also required. Interaction will be continuing with the remainder of its anime programme as planned, including showings of recent movies Appleseed and Interstella 5555 as detailed in press release 36.

The Interaction animé programme will include an extensive stream of anime presentations, mainly shown in our animé room in the Moat House hotel, along with panels and discussions featuring leading critics and animé experts.

The DVD presentations will run from around 10 a.m. to 2 a.m. each day and will comprise a mixture of classic and less well known films. Highlights will include feature showings of Interstella 5555: The 5tory of the 5ecret 5tar 5ystem and Appleseed.

Interstella 5555 is an animated musical featuring the music of French band Daft Punk. Directed by Leiji Matsumoto & Kazuhisa Takenôchi it tells the story of an alien band kidnapped by unscrupulous music industry executives and their attempts to escape. Although popular on the European festival circuit Interstella 5555 has never had a general UK release.

Although premiered in the UK in April 2004 Appleseed has not been widely seen in Britain since then. Directed by Shinji Aramaki and based on the manga by Masamune Shiro, this film is set in Earth's last city, Olympus, which grew out of the chaos of a global war. Here the population, half of whom are artificial clones called Bioroids, live in peace under the guidance of a super-computer. However, human terrorists within the military seek a return to power and clash with the government's ESWAT forces led by the legendary soldier, Deunan Knute, and her boyfriend who is 75% machine.

The main convention programme will feature a 3-part lecture series on the history of animé by Jonathan Clements, co-author of the Animé Encyclopedia. and the Dorama Encyclopedia: A Guide to Japanese TV Drama since 1953. The lectures will take place on Friday, Saturday and Sunday afternoons. Later on Sunday, Hiroaki Inoue and Mari Kotani will talk about the relationship between Japanese science fiction, animé and manga. Wider aspects of Japanese SF - along with basic language lessons ! - will also be explored in other sessions, as we get ready for the first Japanese Worldcon, to be held in Yokohama in 2007.

Interaction is especially grateful for the support of ADV Films in providing materials and clearances in relation to the animé programme.

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