Tekkonkinkreet
Join a small room of anime fans for a debut screening of Tekkonkinkreet on March 27, 2008 at 6:30pm to 8:30pm at the Japan Information Center, 737 N. Michigan. This film by computer-graphics specialist Michael Arias (Princess Mononoke, The Hudsucker Proxy) tells the story of a pair of superhero orphans who live in a junkyard and battle yakuza land developers despite the odds. Running time is 100 minutes on DVD projection with subtitles. Call the Japan Information Center at 312-280-0430 for more details.