Japan Film Society Announces Film Lineup For LA EigaFest 2014

September 12^th – 14^th, 2014 at the Egyptian Theater

International Premiere of LUPIN THE THIRD to Open LA EigaFest and welcome director Ryuhei Kitamura and actress Meisa Kuroki (Crows Zero 1 & 2, Space Battle Yamato), US Premiere of RUROUNI KENSHIN: KYOTO INFERNO to Close Film Festival

Godzilla: The Japanese Original (1954) and Godzilla (2014) to be screened back-to-back in celebration of 60^th anniversary

Tom Cruise, Doug Liman, and Legendary Pictures to Receive

DVD Review: Squid Girl Complete Series One Collection

Behold the terror from the depths, the tentacled conqueror of humanity!

Comedy anime series are a staple of any anime lover’s daily diet of Japanese influenced animation, and Squid Girl takes a comical look at what a sci-fi style invasion would be like, complete with tentacles and attitude. Believe me, Squid Girl has both.

Most of us have seen the Godzilla movies and certain anime that contain tentacle wielding monsters at one time or another, well this parodies them perfectly with Squid Girl as the all destructive and powerful

Zipangu Fest Triple Creature Double Feature: King Kong vs. Godzilla And Matango, Fungus of Terror

Zipangu Fest and Cigarette Burns Cinema present a Creature Feature Double Bill in 35mm and full extra widescreen TohoScope!

Date: Wednesday August 22nd 2012

Location: Prince Charles Cinema, London

The UK’s favourite Japanese film festival bursts back into 2012 with a monstrous retro kaiju double bill collaboration with independent cult cinema exhibitor