Iconic Events Releasing announced its film lineup for the AX Cinema Nights.

The celebrated films will include a Satoshi Kon Film Festival that will screen three of the director’s most renowned anime feature films: Perfect Blue, Tokyo Godfathers, and Paprika. Also, special presentations of Ghost in the Shell and Cowboy Bebop: The Movie are on the list for AX Cinema Nights.

These anime features will be screened in 300 theater locations nationwide beginning in September and continuing through February 2024.

Here is the complete lineup of AX Cinema Nights:

Perfect Blue 25^th anniversary screens September 6 (sub), September 7 (dub), and September 10 (encore of choice.

Ghost in the Shell screens November 8 (sub), November 9 (dub), and November 12 (encore of choice).

Tokyo Godfathers 20^th anniversary screens December 11 (sub), December 12 (dub), and December 13 (encore of choice).

Cowboy Bebop: The Movie screens January 21 (sub), January 22 (dub), and January 23 (encore of choice).

Paprika screens on February 7 (sub), February 8 (dub), and February 11 (encore of choice)

AX Cinema Nights is a year-round movie event series celebrating the best new and classic anime films in theaters beyond the annual Anime Expo.

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Perfect Blue 25^th anniversary – Rising pop star Mima has quit singing to pursue an actress and model career, but her fans aren’t ready to see her go. Harboring feelings of guilt and haunted by visions of her former self, Mima’s reality and fantasy meld into a frenzied paranoia. As her stalker closes in, in person and online, the threat he poses is more real than even Mima knows in this iconic psychological thriller that has frequently been hailed as one of the most important animated films of all time.

Ghost in the Shell – 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. Together with her fellow agents from Section 9, Kusanagi embarks on a high-tech race against time to capture the omnipresent entity. Director Mamoru Oshii’s award-winning cyber-tech thriller, based on the comic book by Shirow Masamune, is lauded as one of the leading Japanese animation films of all time.

Tokyo Godfathers – One Christmas Eve, three homeless companions stumble upon a baby girl in a garbage heap. They name her Kiyoko, and vow to care for her as they track down her family. Haunted by memories of their own broken pasts and pursued by a cast of shadowy characters from Tokyo’s nightlife, Hana, Gin, and Miyuki overcome their differences and learn to trust one another as a new, makeshift family. With the New Year fast approaching, the mystery behind baby Kiyoko deepens, and these unlikely heroes discover the surprising—and sometimes miraculous—connections that have brought them all together. Co-written by Keiko Nobumoto (Cowboy Bebop) and featuring a whimsical score by Keiichi Suzuki.

Cowboy Bebop: The Movie – Caught up in a world of dreams, lost in the cruelty of reality. What should have been an easy bounty turns into a biological war after a terrorist gets hold of a deadly virus. Drawn in by the pretty price on the mastermind’s head, Spike and the Bebop crew are ready to collect a much-needed reward. Unfortunately, the gang’s about to find themselves in more trouble than money when the terrorist threatens to unleash the virus on Halloween—effectively killing everyone on Mars. With little time and leads that seem more dreamy than helpful, they’ll have to use their own bag of tricks to stop a dangerous plot.

Paprika — When a machine that allows therapists to enter their patients’ dreams is stolen, all hell breaks loose. Only a young female therapist, Paprika, can stop it.

Check out the AX Cinema Nights trailer below. Let us know which films you are planning to check out.

Source: AX Cinema Nights