Ohba and Obata's Bakuman at Japanese Film Festival in Australia and New Zealand

Bakuman at 2015
Japanese Film Festival

Tickets are being sold for the 2015 Japanese Film Festival, which will tour Australia and New Zealand over the next two months.

Though Death Note isn't on the programme, creators Tsugumi Ohba and Takeshi Obata still get a showing. Bakuman will play for the Japanese culture loving Antipodean hordes.

Their semi-autobiographical tale chronicles the adventures of author Akito and artist Moritaka, as they attempt to break into the Japanese manga industry.

This was Ohba and Obata's second collaboration, which came after Death Note had completed its run.  Their live action movie Bakuman will be the version screened during the 2015 Japanese Film Festival.

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Bakuman at 2015 Japanese Film Festival

Bakuman will open in Brisbane on October 21st 2015, at 7pm, in the Event Cinemas, Brisbane City Myer Centre. Further showings there will be:

• October 24th 2015, at 8.30pm
• October 25th 2015, at 3.30pm
  

It then moves to Perth, where showings will be at Hoyts Carousel, Westfield Carousel, 1382 Albany Highway, Carousel. Those dates and times are:

• October 28th 2015, at 6.45pm
  
• October 31st 2015, at 8pm
• November 1st 2015, at 4pm

In the meantime, Bakuman is off to Adelaide, where the movie will be shown at the Mercury Cinema, 13 Morphett Street, on:

• October 30th 2015, at 7.15pm
  

Next it's off to Sydney, where the venue is the Event Cinemas in George Street. There Bakuman will be screened on:

• November 5th 2015, at 7pm
  
• November 10th 2015, at 6.10pm
• November 12th 2015, at 6.10pm

In the midst of that, the Japanese Film Festival 2015 also squeezes in an airing of the movie at another Event Cinemas, in Church Street, Parramatta. That happens on:

• November 8th 2015, at 6.30pm
  

Then it's the ACMI Cinema in Federation Square, Melbourne, for a showing on:

• November 26th 2015, at 7.20pm
  

Before Bakuman's final Film Festival screening location at Hoyts Melbourne Central, at Melbourne Central Shopping Centre. They occur on:

• November 29th 2015, at 6pm
  
• December 4th 2015, at 6.30pm

Not much going on there for Bakuman in New Zealand then. Though, by necessity of staying on topic here, the focus has only been on Ohba and Obata's work. There's plenty more going on in the schedule of the 2015 Japanese Film Festival in both Australia and New Zealand.

Japanese Film Festival 2015 Trailer

Check out the Japanese Film Festival 2015 website for more details about what is going on in the Antipodes, and where you might purchase tickets to join in.