It's Started!!

Festival kicked off on Thursday with EYE FOR AN EYE followed by a party with a balcony overlooking Leicester Square!!

Whilst talking with the crowd, it turns out that people from Paris, Scotland and even LA have come to our fest!!!

2nd day today - just finished on a great Manga party at Bincho Yakitori, Old Compton St, with some great cosplay attendance - shout out to Andy dressed as RYU! and our eventual winner of the cosplay prize of DVDs from ThirdWindow Films, Manga and Terracotta Distribution, known only as PlasticSister.

Helen McCarthy gave a very informative and insightful Q&A after GHOST IN THE SHELL 2.0 - she knows a thing or two about Manga, being the first English speaking language person to have written a book on the subject and speaking regularly at conventions.

Oxide Pang gave a video introduction to his film THE DETECTIVE starring Aaron Kwok - he was happy that his film got selected for this festival and it was the first mystery film that he shot.

so far the audience leader board scores are as follows:


EYE FOR AN EYE 6.97
ME...MYSELF 7.42
KEEPING WATCH 7.18
THE DETECTIVE 7.2
GHOST IN THE SHELL 2.0 8.13

so....Mamoru Oshii's reworking of his classic film is in the lead!!!!

to keep up to date - stay tuned to this blog....or better still, come join us from DAY 3 and DAY 4!!!!

coming up tomorrow:

from the director of 3-iron (Kim Ki-duk) DREAM.
AFTER SCHOOL - japanese comedy caper with twists and turns, yakuza and a sex shop owner!
LEGENDARY ASSASSIN with Wu Jing and Celina Jade
ZOMBIES FROM BANANA VILLAGE