Enjoy a brief discussion with anime experts, followed by a screening of the rarely available film The Girl Who Leapt through Time (2006), an award-winning anime masterpiece about a Tokyo high school student with the power to travel through time. At first she uses her power recklessly, but soon she realizes how profoundly her actions adversely affect others.
Discussion with:
* Ian Condry, MIT professor and author of Hip-Hop Japan: Rap and the Paths of Cultural Globalization
* Susan Napier, Tufts University Professor and author of Anime: From Akira to Howl’s Moving Castle
The Girl Who Leapt through Time
Anime Discussion and Film Screening
Wednesday, November 4, 7 – 9 pm
General admission $13; members/seniors/students $10
* Note: The film will also screen on Sunday, November 8 at 3 pm without discussion.
