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Lucca Comics & Games 2018


”Lucca Comics & Games” is an annual festival held from late October into early November in the walled city of Lucca near Pisa. The festival is divided into the 9 sections of Comics, Fantasy, Games, Videogames, Junior, Music, Cosplay, Japan and Movies. The events range from exhibitions to the sale of comics, games and character goods, opportunities to try out new products and meetings with the creators.

This year, they held screening of two programs, ”21st Japan Media Arts Festival Award-winning Program” and ”Tomoyasu Murata Program”.


Screening

”21st Japan Media Arts Festival Award-winning Program”

This program comprises award-winning works of the Animation, Entertainment, and Art Division from the 21st Japan Media Arts Festival.

Screening works

“Datum Point”, “The Blind Fish”, “Harmonia feat. Makoto”, “Negative Space”, “The First Thunder”, “Yin”


”Tomoyasu Murata Program”

This program comprises award-winning works of Tomoyasu Murata from the Japan Media Arts Festival. Murata employs puppet animation in an expressive way, allowing viewers to experience it with their eyes, ears, sense of touch and even through the air. He has consistently strived to express the idea of “mujo” (impermanence) , which is a very beautiful concept to the Japanese.

Screening works

“Nostalgia”, “Scarlet Road”, “Family Deck Vol.1-6”, “White Road”, “Okinamai / Forest This Flower Bloom”, “AMETSUCHI”, “A Branch of a Pine Is Tied up”


Venue Lucca, Italy
Dates 2018. 10.30(Tue)- 11.3(Sat)

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