I thoroughly enjoy animation. All kinds of animation. Why? Because there is so much more imagination involved! Imagination that I lack and I figure this serves as fuel for the imaginative soul…
So when I heard that the Animation Show would be coming to Waterloo, I am jumping on the chance to go!
My friend and I went to check out the first year when the Animation Show was only showing at the ByTowne Cinema in Ottawa. Think of it like the Bloor Cinema in Toronto. Smaller independent theatres essentially. Anyways, it was a big hoot when we went to check it out, pretty inexpensive too and popcorn was reeeally inexpensive by comparison to Cinplex Odeon or Famous Players. Since Year 2 didn’t make it out to the golden horseshoe area, we never had the opportunity to see it, but now that Year 3 is moving inwards to Waterloo … I figure we can’t miss it this time around!
I’ve always been a fan of various types of animation, but not necessarily Japanese anime … that is until one of my friends (Dan) introduced me to Hayao Miyazaki’s Princess Mononoke which is a fantastic film with a very serious environmental and social critique. Don’t get scared by that because it is actually quite the fun film to watch. After I had the opportunity to watch it, I could honestly state that I am officially a fan of all types of animation!
If you have the opportunity to check out the Animation Show and see some independent animated shorts from around the world, do so. It is worth seeing at least once.
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