would like to thank the following Hanami Anime Festival participants: 2004 Bandai www.bandai.com AnimEigo RECOMMENDED www.animeigo.com ADV Films FOR AGES www.advfi lms.com 13 & UP. TOKYOPOP www.tokyopop.com FUNimation www.funimation.com Synch-Point www.synch-point.com DreamWorks www.dreamworks.com Media Blasters www.media-blasters.com Manga Entertainment www.manga.com The Right Stuf International Inc. www.rightstuf.com Hirameki International Group Inc. www.hirameki-int.com FFP Staff: Victor Eisenberg, Event Director Emma Rivera, Special Events Director Mel Villafuerte, Programming Director Ingrid Cruz, Communications Director Carmen Cruz, Art Director Chris Ross, Web Director and Production Coordinator Kurt Rocourt, Event and Volunteer Coordinator Program design and cover photo by Carmen Cruz Mascot Concept and Illustrations by Michelle T. Lehman Visit FFP at: www.geocities.com/fi fthfl oorproduction All screenings in Japanese with English subtitles. Screenings His & Her Circumstances Fruits Basket (Furuba) (Kareshi Kanojo no Jijou) The Sohma Family is For Yukino success and cursed, and 16-year-old popularity is everything, Tohru must keep their but when Arima arrives her pedestal is tumbled. In Act secret: or else. In epi- 8: Her Day/More Beauti- sode 8, Tohru is asked ful than Peach Blossoms A to see Hatori, the family Welcome to Hanami Anime Festival, Fifth Floor Production’s fi rst event in romantic surprise reveals doctor, where he reveals collaboration with the BBG’s 23rd annual Sakura Matsuri. Arima’s true feelings, as he the tragic story of a man recalls fi rst falling in love who dreamt of spring. We are privileged to present a variety of contemporary anime (Japanese with Yukino under the blos- ©2002 Masami Tsuda/Hakusen-sha/Gainax/ ©2002 Natsuki Takaya/ animation) from the humorous and sublime to the action packed and Kareno-jijyo-dan/TV Tokyo/SoftX Synopsis HAKUSENSHA-TV-TOKYO-Nas-Fru- translations, subtitles and packaging ©2002 soming cherry trees. ba-Project, Licensed by FUNimation ® Director Akitaroh Daichi The Right Stuf International, Inc. All Productions, Ltd. All Rights Reserved. FUNimation / 24 min. / PG-13 thought-provoking. Each anime is thematically connected by the beauty of rights reserved. Director Hideki Anno cherry blossoms and by the anticipation of spring. The Right Stuf International In Japan, during spring it is customary for the people to have picnics beneath 24 min. / PG-13 the blossoming cherry trees, while spending time with family, friends, and nature-this custom is called Hanami. In similar fashion, we invite you to enjoy Magic Users Club Sailor Moon R (Bishoujo (Mahou Tsukai Tai) Senshi Sailor Moon R) this festival of cherry blossoms and anime, in hopes to further increase appre- High School wouldn’t Usagi is your average 14- ciation for the Japanese culture and the preservation of nature. be complete without year-old, but also Sailor after school clubs: Moon protector of Earth. even magical ones! In In episode 51, A New Showtimes Episode 1 the Magic Transformation! Usagi User’s Club must deal Powers Up! Usagi and SCREENINGS TIME with a skyscraper-sized her friends, the Sailor cherry tree in the middle Scouts are enjoying the His and Her Circumstances / Fruits Basket 10:15am-11:05am of Tokyo. blossoming cherry trees ©1996 Triangle Staff : Bandai Visual © 2003 Naoko Takeuchi © 1993 Toei Animation Co., Ltd. DVD, Packaging, and when the aliens Ail and Spring and Chaos 11:15am-12:15pm Director Junichi Sato Menu Design © 2003 A.D. Vision, Inc. Ann unleash a deadly Media Blasters / 24 min. / PG Cherry Tree monster! Magic User’s Club / Sailor Moon R 12:30pm-1:30pm Director Kunihiko Ikuhara Magic Knight Rayearth 1:45pm-2:30pm ADV Films / 22 min. / G Magic Knight Rayearth Pretear (Shin Shirayuki Pretear 2:45pm-3:10pm (Mahou Kishi Rayearth) Hime Densetsu Pretear) When three friends make 16-year-old Himeno Spring and Chaos (Ihatov no Kenso: Kenji no Haru) a fanciful wish beneath wants a normal life. But an enchanted cherry tree, when the Princess of Based on the life and work of Kenji Miyazawa (1896- to remain friends forever, Disaster intends to 1933)-one of Japan’s most respected poets-Spring their friendship is tested destroy all the life force in ways they never of the world, nothing is and Chaos comes to life in this dramatic and abstract expected. In Episode 1 normal. In episode 4, A masterpiece, by renowned anime director join Umi, Fuu and Promise Made Under the Shouji Kawamori (Macross and Escafl owne). Hikaru as they are given Sunlight the Knights of ©Clamp/Kodansha Polygram TMS/K ©2001 Junichi Sato . Kaori the quest to fi ght against Naruse / Project PRETEAR Leafe search for the Spring and Chaos captures the fantastic and surrealis- Packaging and Design Summary © 2003 Manga Entertainment, Inc. evil and save the world! demon larvae in tic world of Miyazawa and the wonders of nature with Himeno’s backyard. expressive editing and computer graphics. Director Keitaro Motonaga and Toshiki Hirano Director Kenichi Tajiri and Kiyoko Sayama TOKYOPOP / 57 min. / PG Manga Entertainment 24 min. / PG-13 ADV Films / 24 min. / PG-13 © TV Iwate, Group TAC 2 3.