Artists Help Japan Anime Screenings

Artists Help Japan Anime Screenings at The ToonSeum

Saturday, March 26th @ 2:00pm, 4:00pm, and 6:00pm

On March 11, an 8.9 earthquake struck off the northeast coast of Japan, generating a massive tsunami with waves as high as 30 feet and resulting in floods, fires and thousands of people displaced, dead, and missing.

The Artists Help Japan Earthquake & Tsunami Fund is responding to the needs of survivors through short-term to long-term recovery projects undertaken by the affected communities. The fund is founded by Dice Tsutsumi, an art director at Pixar Animation Studios. Dice was also behind the 2008 Totoro Forest Project to help preserve Sayama Forest in Japan.

The ToonSeum of Pittsburgh is eager to show our solidarity with Artists Help Japan and with those afflicted by this horrible disaster. On Saturday, March 26th, the ToonSeum is sponsoring a day-long series of anime screenings from three of Japan's greatest contemporary animators to raise money for the relief effort. All admissions and donations collected on that date will go directly to Artists Help Japan.

The ToonSeum is encouraging patrons, members of the local arts community, and local businesses to join us in this fund-raising effort.
The following feature films will be screening:

2:00pm "Kiki's Delivery Service" (1989) Hayao Miyazaki's masterpiece about teen witch finding her way in a new town. (G)Recommended all ages.

4:00pm "5 Centimeters Per Second" (2007) Makoto Shinkai's bittersweet romance follows two friends from childhood to adult. Full of lush animation and poignant storytelling, Shinkai has been widely praised as "The New Miyazaki." (PG) Recommended for 12 and up.

6:00pm " Millennium Actress" (2001) Master animator Satoshi Kon's sweeping tribute to Japanese film history tells the story of a reclusive elderly actress and the obsessive TV reporter eager to uncover her life behind the scenes. A sweeping blend of fantasy and history, Millennium Actress is one of the late director's most affecting works. (PG) Recommended for teens to adult.

Please show your support of the Japanese people and incredible artwork they have given to the world.
Donations may also be made through the ToonSeum.