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The Instagram page for the “Wamono Nights” film series announced on Thursday that the 1992 anime film Tomcat’s Big Adventure (Chibineko Tom no Daibōken – Chikyū o Sukue! Nakama-tachi) will have its second North American screening at The Beacon in Seattle, WA on June 15 at 5:00 p.m.
The film made its North American premiere at the Texas Theatre in Dallas, TX on April 14. The film screened in Japanese with English subtitles as part of the “Wamono Nights” film series.
Ryūtarō Nakamura (Serial Experiments Lain, Kino’s Journey) directed the 82-minute film and wrote the script. Manabu Ōhashi (Robot Carnival) was the animation director and character designer. Kenji Kawai (Ghost in the Shell) composed the music. Hiromasa Ogura (Ninja Scroll) was the art director. Animators included Toshiyuki Inoue, Hiroyuki Okiura, Kōichi Arai, and Makiko Futaki.
The film is based on Masumi Iino’s children’s books. It has had limited availability even within Japan. The story centers on Tom and his friends as they embark on an adventure at Mt. Pinto to save the world on their summer vacation.
The film stars Toshiko Fujita as Tom, Masako Nozawa as Mark, Mika Kanai as Laura, Minami Takayama as Alex, Ryoko Sano as Amy, and Ryūsei Nakao as Bob, Akio Ōtsuka as Leonis, Chika Sakamoto as Tiki, Hiromi Tsuru as Chloe, Kappei Yamaguchi as Michael, Katsunosuke Hori as Dawn, Nobuo Tobita as Rudo, and Yūko Kobayashi as Lamaru.
Sources: Wamono Nights’ Instagram page, The Beacon
