Ani-Marathon
April 17 - 30
Ani-Marathon: Angel’s Egg (4K Restoration)
Japan | 1985 | 73 min. | Mamoru Oshii
Opens April 18, 2026
In an underwater city, a young girl takes care of a large egg she holds carefully in her arms – a treasure that she believes is an angel’s egg. 4K restoration.
Ani-Marathon: ChaO
Japan | 2025 | 90 min. | Yasuhiro Aoki
Opens April 25, 2026
After a freak boating accident, engineer Stephan wakes to find himself engaged to the mermaid princess who saved his life. It’s good for the city, good for business, good for Stephan’s air jet project. There’s only one problem: his wife is a fish.
Ani-Marathon: Cowboy Bebop: The Movie
Japan | 2001 | 115 min. | Shinichiro Watanabe
Opens April 22, 2026
Set in the year 2071, this engaging animated tale follows an eclectic crew of space bounty hunters as they hunt down a biochemical terrorist on Mars.
Ani-Marathon: The End of Evangelion
Japan | 1997 | 101 min. | Hideaki Anno, Kazuya Tsurumaki
Opens April 18, 2026
An alternative ending to "Neon Genesis Evangelion." SEELE plans an attack on NERV after failing to create a Third Impact. Asuka returns and begins the counterattack, as new enemies descend from the heavens.
Ani-Marathon: Ghost in the Shell
Japan | 1995 | 83 min. | Mamoru Oshii
Opens April 21, 2026
2029: A female cybernetic government agent, Major Motoko Kusanagi, and the Internal Bureau of Investigations are hot on the trail of “The Puppet Master,” a mysterious and threatening computer virus capable of infiltrating human hosts.
Ani-Marathon: Millennium Actress
Japan | 2001 | 87 min. | Satoshi Kon, Kô Matsuo
Opens April 17, 2026
When the legendary Ginei Studios shuts down, filmmaker Genya Tachibana and his assistant are tasked with interviewing its reclusive star, Chiyoko Fujiwara, who had retired from the spotlight 30 years prior.
Ani-Marathon: Mind Game
Japan | 2004 | 103 min. | Massaki Yuasa, Koji Morimoto
Opens April 19, 2026
After a deadly encounter with two yakuza, a loser with a crush on his childhood girlfriend goes to heaven and back, embarking on a psychedelic self-discovery experience with her and his friends.
Ani-Marathon: Osamu Tezuka’s Metropolis
Japan | 2002 | 108 min. | Rintarô
Opens April 18, 2026
A detective and his sidekick discover a duke's plot to control the world via a humanlike robot.
Ani-Marathon: The Night Is Short, Walk on Girl
Japan | 2017 | 91 min. | Masaaki Yuasa
Opens April 29, 2026
An offbeat Kyoto love story from the pages of a best-selling novel comes to life on screen.
Ani-Marathon: Paprika
Japan | 2006 | 90 min. | Satoshi Kon
Opens April 17, 2026
Dr. Atsuko Chiba uses a new invention to enter the dreams of her mysteriously troubled patients. When the device is stolen, only Atsuko and her dream alter-ego Paprika can save Tokyo from an apocalyptic dissolution of dreams and reality. A masterfully trippy anime from the director of PERFECT BLUE.
Ani-Marathon: Perfect Blue
Japan | 1997 | 81 min. | Satoshi Kon
Opens April 17, 2026
Rising pop star Mima has quit singing to pursue a career as an actress and model, but her fans aren’t ready to see her go… Encouraged by her managers, Mima takes on a recurring role on a popular TV show, when suddenly her handlers and collaborators begin turning up murdered.
Ani-Marathon: Promare
Japan | 2019 | 111 min. | Hiroyuki Imaishi
Opens April 23, 2026
A brash firefighter faces off against a strong-willed, misunderstood pyrokinetic struggling to free his people – with the Earth's fate on the line.
Ani-Marathon: Redline
Japan | 2010 | 100 min. | Takeshi Koike
Opens April 22, 2026
The most dangerous underground car race sets the stage for this visually explosive anime, where a daredevil battles fierce opponents willing to unleash all-out destruction to secure the winning title.
Ani-Marathon: A Silent Voice
Japan | 2016 | 130 min. | Naoko Yamada
Opens April 19, 2026
Shoya Ishida, haunted by his past bullying of Shoko Nishimiya due to her deafness, sets out on a path of redemption. Is it too late to make amends?
Ani-Marathon: Summer Wars
Japan | 2009 | 114 min. | Mamoru Hosoda
Opens April 18, 2026
Kenji is a teenage math prodigy working for OZ, who is recruited by his secret crush Natsuki for the ultimate summer job – her fake boyfriend... until a rogue A.I. program steals his online identity, and Kenji is accused of hacking OZ and causing real world catastrophes.
Ani-Marathon: Weathering With You
Japan | 2019 | 111 min. | Makoto Shinkai
Opens April 25, 2026
The summer of his freshman year, Hodaka runs away to bustling, ever-raining Tokyo and falls for Hina, a girl who seems able to manipulate the weather.
Ani-Marathon: Wolf Children
Japan | 2012 | 117 minutes | Mamoru Hosoda
Opens April 19, 2026
Master animator Mamoru Hosoda's visually breathtaking family epic––a huge hit in Japan––follows a young girl, an enigmatic wolf-man, and their spirited children discovering the call of the wild. In Japanese with English subtitles.