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Girl Who Leapt Through Time Gets More Screenings

August 28, 2008 (Cypress, CA) – Bandai Entertainment Inc. and Kadokawa Pictures USA sent out a  reminder today that THE GIRL WHO LEAPT THROUGH TIME will open theatrically tomorrow  in Seattle at the Varsity Landmark Theater August 29-September 4th.

The Landmark is located at 4329 University Way N.E. Seattle, WA 98105. Visit http://www.landmarktheatres.com/market/Seattle/VarsityTheatre.htm for more information.

NEW SCREENING ANNOUNCEMENTS:
September 13-14, New York the film returns to New York as part of the Best of New York  International Children’s Film Festival. The film will play at the IFC Center. Visit http://www.gkids.tv/intheaters.cfm for more information and to purchase tickets. (English  language version)

September 19, San Francisco. The Center for Asian American Media co-presents a free outdoor  screening of the film will take place at 8pm at the Peace Plaza in Japantown Post Street at Buchanan  Street. Visit http://www.asianamericanmedia.org/ for more information. This is a FREE screening  as part of the Cinema Under the Stars series (English language version)

October 6, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina. The film will play at 8:00pm in the  Griffith Film Theater, in the Bryan Center on Duke University's West Campus. Admission is free  and open to the public. Visit http://fvd.aas.duke.edu/screensociety/schedule.php#Oct6 for more  information.

November 24, 26, 28, 29, Philadelphia area premiere! The film will play at The Colonial
Theater, 227 Bridge Street, Phoenixville, PA. Visit  http://www.thecolonialtheatre.com/category/events/childrens/ for more information.  Look for more screenings to be announced soon!

The Girl Who Leapt Through Time (also known as TokiKake) was directed by Mamoru Hosoda with  original character designs by Yoshiyuki Sadamoto (Evangelion) and features animation from Studio  Madhouse. A continuation of the novel The Little Girl Who Conquered Time by Tsutsui Yasutaka, the  film centers on a high school girl, Makoto, who gains the power to go backward in time after a neardeath  accident at a train crossing. Since its release, the film has received great critical accolades and  international awards including the “Best Animated Film” at the thirty-ninth Sitges International Film  Festival, “Animation Grand Award” at the sixty-first Mainichi Film Awards, “Animation of the  Year” at the thirtieth Japan Academy Prize, and received “Animation of the Year” at the Tokyo  International Anime Fair.

For more information visit:  http://timeleap.bandai-ent.com/  www.kadokawapicturesusa.com

About Bandai Entertainment Inc.
Bandai Entertainment Inc. is a subsidiary of Namco Bandai Holdings (USA) Inc. and the premier  distributor of Japanese animation on DVD and programming for television broadcast in North  America. Titles include The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya, Cowboy Bebop, Outlaw Star, Escaflowne, Ghost  in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex, Gundam Seed Destiny, My Hime, and many more.

 bout Kadokawa Pictures USA
Kadokawa Pictures USA (KPUSA) the Los Angeles-based arm of the Japanese Kadokawa Group  Holdings, Inc. (KGH, Inc) expands its brand of content in the growing international world of  multimedia. KPUSA, remakes films and distributes its film libraries of live-action and anime from  over 1700 film titles. KGH, Inc. includes Kadokawa Shoten Publishing, one of the largest publishers  in Japan with over 60 year history, and Kadokawa Pictures, Japan's major production and  distribution division.