🤍 Kaboom Anime 🤍

🎥 6 anime feature films  

📍 5 different cinemas across NL: Amsterdam, Breda, Groningen, Rotterdam, Utrecht

From September 2024 to February 2025, prepare to be captivated by a collection of Japanese animated classics that were rarely showcased in Dutch cinemas before. The films range from space cowboys, time-traveling girls to galaxy adventures. All titles are presented in the original Japanese language with English subtitles.
And this season we are happy to add 2 more locations to our roster! Now also in Breda and Groningen will you be able to fuel your anime hunger 🤩

🗓️Mark your calendars: 

SEPTEMBER '24

⚪ COWBOY BEPOP THE MOVIE (2001) ⚪  

It’s 2071 and the Earth has been largely abandoned after an accident on the Moon. When the Martian population is startled by a terrorist attack, the bounty-hunting crew of spaceship Bebop are on the case. Based on the popular Cowboy Bebop television series created by Hajime Yatate, Cowboy Bebop the Movie presents the Bebop’s crew of gangsters, fugitives, hackers and a hyperintelligent dog, with their most formidable enemy yet, Vincent Volaju, who intends to kill the entire Martian population using a bioweapon. Fast-paced and with gorgeous art direction, Cowboy Bebop the Movie is a must-see, both for fans of the series and newcomers. No prior knowledge of the TV series required! 

📅 18 September  📍 KINO, Rotterdam

📅 22 September  📍 Chasse, Breda

📅 28 September 📍 Melkweg, Amsterdam

📅 29 September 📍 Forum, Groningen

📅 30 September 📍 Slachtstraat Filmtheater, Utrecht

OCTOBER '24

⚪ THE GIRL WHO LEAPT THROUGH TIME (2006 ) ⚪ 

What if we could freely travel in time? How would we use that power: to solve world problems or for our own benefit? Mamoru Hosoda’s first feature film based on an original subject asks these questions when 17-year-old Makoto discovers that she can jump through time. Combining adolescent love-story and philosophical scifi, The Girl Who Leapt Through Time, embodies Spiderman’s famous adage that with great power comes great responsibility. Satoko Okudera’s screenplay is loosely based on the popular 1967 novel with the same name, which was adapted for the screen several times but never as an anime before. A unique chance to see this early film by the director of Wolf Children, Mirai and Belle on the big screen.  

📅 16 October📍 KINO, Rotterdam

📅 25 October📍 Melkweg, Amsterdam

📅 27 October📍 Forum, Groningen

📅 28 October📍 Slachtstraat Filmtheater, Utrecht

NOVEMBER '24

⚪ GHOST IN THE SHELL 2: INNOCENCE (2004) ⚪ 

Mamoru Oshii’s Ghost in the Shell (1995) was seminal in bringing anime to the big screen in the west and its heady combination of cyberpunk and philosophy has made it a hallmark in anime history. It should come as no surprise, then, that audiences were a little wary of Oshii’s plans to release a sequel. Luckily, Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence more than lives up to its predecessor’s fame. When several gynoids – female sex robots – malfunction and cause customers’ deaths, Batou and Togusa are sent to investigate the gynoid company LOCUS SOLUS. Soon they uncover a plot that involves hacking and homicide, as well as a practice called “ghost-dubbing”, which imbues the gynoids with human souls. As impressive on the big screen the first film and again with great music by Kenji Kawai, Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence is required viewing for any anime lover. 

📅 17 November 📍 Forum, Groningen

📅 20 November📍 KINO, Rotterdam

📅 21 & 23 November 📍 Melkweg, Amsterdam

📅 25 November 📍 Slachtstraat Filmtheater, Utrecht

DECEMBER '24

⚪ 5 CENTIMETERS PER SECOND (2007)/ THE GARDEN OF WORDS (2013) ⚪ 

Makoto Shinkai has become one of the most original voices in anime over the years. Through films like Children Who Chase Lost Voices (2011), Your Name (2016), Weathering with You (2019) and Suzume (2022) Shinkai has built a body of work that bears his own signature, steering away both from more action-packed anime films, as well as from Ghibli-inspired fantasy films. Shinkai’s films have a quietness of their own and focus on young protagonists finding their way in the world, often with the uncertainties of modern life as their backdrop. Now Kaboom Anime presents a unique chance to see two of Shinkai’s mid-length films on the big screen. 5 Centimeters per Second (2007) tells the story of Takaki and Akari’s friendship, which is put to the test when one of them moves away. In The Garden of Words (2013), a teenager who skips school and a woman who avoids going to her job meet in a public park on rainy days. What unites these films is Shinkai’s subtle approach to emotions like loss, longing and uncertainty. 5 Centimeter per Second and The Garden of Words are essential viewing for all Makoto Shinkai fans. 

📅 14 & 19 December 📍 Melkweg, Amsterdam

📅 15 December 📍 Forum, Groningen

📅 18 December📍 KINO, Rotterdam

📅 30 December📍 Slachtstraat Filmtheater, Utrecht

JANUARY '25

⚪ GIOVANNI'S ISLAND (2014) ⚪

Anime has a long history of dealing with Japan’s war legacy. Isao Takahata’s Grave of the Fireflies (1988) is almost required viewing on this subject, as is Mori Masaki’s Barefoot Gen (1983). While both deal with the aftermath of the nuclear attacks on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August 1945, Giovanni’s Island (2014) addresses the occupation of Japan by Soviet forces after the end of the war. Two young brothers, Junpei and Kanta, grow up on the island of Shikotan, in the far northeast of Japan. When the island is invaded by the Soviet Red Army at the end of the war, the boys have to deal with outsiders for the first time, as well as coping with losing the war. When Junpei befriends the Russian commander's daughter Tanya, a new allegiance comes into being. While rooted in real-world conflict, Giovanni’s Island also often alludes to Kenji Miyazawa's classic fantasy novel Night on the Galactic Railroad (1934), as fantasy and reality mix in the boys’ minds. A spirited plea for crosscultural appreciation in times of war, Giovanni’s Island is as relevant now as it was ten years ago. 

📅 15 January 📍 KINO, Rotterdam

📅 19 January 📍 Forum, Groningen

📅 25 January📍 Melkweg, Amsterdam

📅 27 January📍 Slachtstraat Filmtheater, Utrecht

FEBRUARY '25

⚪ GALAXY EXPRESS 999 (1979) ⚪

While the boom period for anime starts from the 1990s, there are many gems to unearth from before that period. One is Galaxy Express 999, the debut feature film of Rintaro, one of the cofounders of studio Madhouse. Based on the manga of the same name, written and illustrated by Leiji Matsumoto, Galaxy Express 999 is a space opera like no other. Set in a distant future in which immortality can be achieved by transferring one’s mind into a machine-body, young Tetsuro dreams of reaching the end of the intergalactic Galaxy Express 999 line, where one of these bodies can supposedly be obtained for free. In doing so, Tetsuro hopes defeat Count Mecha, a trophy hunter responsible for his mother’s death. A wild romp across the solar system, Galaxy Express 999 was visually inspired by Star Wars and steampunk, but the result is a unique blend of anime and 1970s scifi. With a great soundtrack by Nozomu Aoki, Galaxy Express 999 is a classic that needs to be seen on the big screen. 

📅 19 February 📍 KINO, Rotterdam

📅 20 & 22 February 📍 Melkweg, Amsterdam

📅 23 February 📍 Forum, Groningen

📅 24 February📍 Slachtstraat Filmtheater, Utrecht

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Slachtstraat 5  
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