Nishikaze (west wind) is the only Japanese Animation (Anime) festival in Lethbridge, Alberta! Held every spring, it is our goal to provide entertainment and education on Japanese culture through film, panels and discussion. Many people know of Animethon (Edmonton, Alberta), the largest festival in Western Canada and Otafest (Calgary, Alberta), another fine festival that's a little closer.
We're also interested in making Lethbridge a better place. Every year we support the University of Lethbridge Campus Food Bank by accepting donations for $1.00 off the price of admission.
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Saturday, March 8, 2008 9:00 AM - 9:00 PM University of Lethbridge Alberta, Canada Admission: $5.00 With Food Donation: $4.00
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Sunday 24 August 2008
Death Note Live Action in Canadian Theaters September 15
Death Note is coming to Canada (and Alberta) for one day only! Monday, September 15, 2008 at 9:00pm. It will be playing at select Ciniplex and Empire Theatres across Canada.
I've also checked http://www.empiretheatres.com and while it says it's coming soon, I can't find out where its playing.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Synopsis pulled from Empire Theatres
DEATH NOTE is based on the hit supernatural action mystery manga series written by Tsugumi Ohba and illustrated by Takeshi Obata. The live-action film was released in Japan in 2006 and mirrors the manga’s story of Light Yagami, an ace student with great prospects who is bored out of his mind. All of that changes when he finds the Death Note, a notebook dropped by a rogue Shinigami death god named Ryuk. Any human whose name is written in the notebook dies, and now Light has vowed to use the power of the Death Note to rid the world of evil. But when criminals mysteriously begin dropping dead, the authorities send the legendary detective L to investigate, and he is soon hot on the trail of Light, who must now reevaluate his one noble goal. Both Light and L believe themselves to be on the side of justice, and the two match wits trying to show exactly which of them is "good" and which of them is "evil."
This special theatrical event will also include an insightful 20-minute feature on how the manga translates to live action as well as a rare interview with director Shusuke Kaneko, who is also known as the director of popular monster film “Gamera.”
I had hoped it would never happen but someone at the end of Nishikaze either accidentally took or intentionally stole some video games from our Headquarters at the end of the night. These belong to Scott Kovacs, a volunteer who put in over 10 hours of volunteering, including making sure all the vendors were safely loaded and that area of the campus was locked down.
At the end of the night, just prior to our volunteer prize draw, a small blue bag with 2 games had been found and set on our "production" table (two laptops, laser printer, and copier). Scott wasn't in the room at the time because he was off at the vendors room. That was the last time anyone had seen them.
After the prize draw and the remaining volunteers had left, Scott returned to find out that not only had he missed the draw, that someone took his games. We searched the room and the remaining boxes but they couldn't be found. We still need to search our boxes that were already packed but we believe someone took them between 8-9pm. What was taken was Arc the Lad Collection (5 disks) and Rhapsody - both Playstation games for which he spent $150 to get.
If you took these games, whether accidentally or intentionally, please return them. You can mail them to me and I will forward them to Scott. You can also message me and I will not tell Scott who took them. He just wants his games back.
Cynthia Box – Chairman – Nishikaze IV #515 821 20th Street North Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada T1H 3T6
Volunteers should have received an email from Ryan Cradduck, Director of HR. If you haven't, contact him immediately about your schedule!
We will have new spiffy banners to aid in directing the attendees around campus. Also, we will have the 2007 shirts on site for sale: $18 for Small to XLarge and $20 for 2XL-3XL. Limited quantities on all sizes! The guidebook will be making its return with Artist Profile, synopses, maps and more; all for $2!
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