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Line-Up for Scotland Loves Anime 2023 in Edinburgh Confirmed

The Scotland Loves Animation website is now listing the films that will be screened in the Edinburgh leg of the festival from November 6 to 12, although it is not yet listing the films that will be screened at the earlier leg of the festival in GLASGOW from November 3 to 5.

Tickets for Edinburgh can be found at the above link. According to a Tweet from the festival, the GLASGOW tickets will be available from Wednesday September 27.

The venue for the Edinburgh screenings will be the Cameo Picturehouse. The venue for the earlier screenings in GLASGOW will be the GLASGOW Film Theatre.

The new films that will be screened include Blue Giant (pictured above right), Komada - A Whisky Family (pictured left), Lonely Castle in the Mirror, The Concierge, and Gold Kingdom and Water Kingdom. They will also include Phoenix: Reminiscence of Flower, which is a cinema edition of the miniseries recently released on Disney+ as Phoenix: Eden17, although the cinema version has a different ending.

The following films that will be screened in Edinburgh from Friday November 10 to Sunday November 12 are as follows. (See further below for the earlier weekday screenings from the Monday to the Thursday.)

Gold Kingdom and Water Kingdom, directed by Kotono Watanabe. Screening in Edinburgh at 3.30 p.m. on Friday November 10.

Summer Ghost, directed by loundraw, together with a music video showcase and a director Q&A. Screening in Edinburgh at 6 p.m. on Friday November 10.

Tekkonkinkreet, directed by Michael Arias. Screening in Edinburgh at 8.30 p.m. on Friday November 10.

Lonely Castle in the Mirror (pictured right), directed by Keiichi Hara. Screening in Edinburgh at 1 p.m. on Saturday November 11.

The Concierge (pictured left), directed by Yoshimi Itazu. Screening in Edinburgh at 3.45 p.m. on Saturday November 11.

Blue Giant, directed by Yuzuru Tachikawa. Screening in Edinburgh at 5.45 p.m. on Saturday November 11

Komada - A Whisky Family, directed by Masayuki Yoshihara. Screening in Edinburgh at 8.30 p.m. on Saturday November 11.

Galaxy Express 999 - the 1979 film version directed by Rintarō. Screening in Edinbugh at 12 noon on Sunday November 12.

Phoenix: Reminiscence of Flower, directed by Shoujirou Nishimi. Screening in Edinburgh at 5.45 p.m. on Sunday November 12.

The Animatrix anthology, Screening in Edinburgh at 8.15 p.m. on Sunday November 12.

The weekday screenings at Edinburgh will include Rintarō's Metropolis on Monday October 6 at 6 p.m.; Satoshi Kon's Paprika on Tuesday October 7 at 5 p.m.; Cowboy Bebop: The Movie on Wednesday October 8 at 8 p.m.; and Ghost in the Shell: Innocence by on Thursday October 9 at 8 p.m.