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Saturday Video Programming

Flip Flappers From Sentai Filmworks
10:00 AM, Wellington

Flip Flappers is a Japanese anime television series produced by Studio 3Hz, directed by Kiyotaka Oshiyama, written by Yuniko Ayana, featuring concept art by tanu, character designs by Takashi Kojima, and music composed by To-Mas. The series is a science fiction adventure story that revolves around two heroines – Cocona, an ordinary middle school student living with her grandmother, and Papika, an energetic yet eccentric girl involved with an organization called Flip Flappers.

Kase-san and Morning Glories From Sentai Filmworks
11:30 AM, Wellington

Kase-san is a Japanese yuri manga series written and illustrated by Hiromi Takashima, whose Japanese anime adaptation was directed by Takuya Satō for Zexcs, with character design and key animation by Kyuta Sakai and Takeshi Kuchiba on composition. Plant appointee Yui Yamada and athlete Tomoka Kase have recently started dating, but each has their own fears that need to be overcome.

Revue Starlight From Sentai Filmworks
1:00 PM, Wellington

Revue Starlight is a Japanese media franchise created in 2017 by Bushiroad, Nelke Planning and Kinema Citrus.  A 12-episode anime series was directed by Tomohiro Furukawa, with Tatsuto Higuchi writing the scripts, Hiroyuki Saita designing the characters and Yoshiaki Fujisawa and Tatsuya Kato composing the score. Karen Aijō is an enthusiastic but easygoing student at Seisho Music Academy, a prestigious performing arts school in Tokyo. She’s content to let the top students in her class shine on stage… until her childhood friend Hikari tranfers into the class after years of studying overseas.

Land of the Lustrous From Sentai Filmworks
2:30 PM, Wellington

Land of the Lustrous is an anime television series based on Haruko Ichikawa’s manga series of the same name, produced by the CG animation studio Orange, directed by Takahiko Kyōgoku and written by Toshiya Ono. The Lustrous, humanoid life forms who are the embodiments of gemstones, find themselves at war with the Lunarians who seek to harvest their bodies for decoration. Phosphophyllite is too young and brittle to fight, so they take on the task of assembling a history of their people.

Non-Finalist AMV Showcase By PopCult Video Programming
4:00 PM, Wellington

Come watch the fanmade anime music videos that were submitted to our AMV Contest this year, but didn’t quite make it to the finalist round. AMV Finalists will have already been viewed and voted on in Main Events earlier on Saturday at 2:30 PM. AMV Contest Winners will be replayed in Main Events on Sunday at 3:00 PM.

Choose Your Own Anime By PopCult Video Programming
5:00 PM, Wellington

Marvel at our video staff’s enormous media collection, then pick out your favorites! Make our video room your personal movie theater as we play series and episode requests. Selection subject to availability, first-come first-served, please be courteous if someone’s favorite series isn’t yours!

Back in My Day AMVs By PopCult Video Programming
7:00 PM, Wellington

A curated selection of popular anime music videos from days of yore.

Sunday Video Programming

Kids on the Slope From Sentai Filmworks
10:00 AM, Wellington

Kids on the Slope is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Yuki Kodama. The anime adaptation producted by MAPPA and Tezuka Productions was directed by Shinichirō Watanabe with music by Yoko Kanno, masterminds of series Macross Plus and Cowboy Bebop. New kid in town Kaoru Nishimi finds an unlikely friend in delinquent Sentarō Kawabuchi, as the two develop a close friendship through a shared love of jazz music.

AMV Contest Encore By PopCult Video Programming
11:30 AM, Wellington

An encore viewing of the PCAC23 AMV Contest. Come watch AMVs in the genres of Drama, Action, Romance, Upbeat, Comedy and this year’s special category Isekai! There will not be any voting at this screening. Find out which videos won the contest at 3PM in Main Events!

Old Source AMVs By PopCult Video Programming
1:30 PM, Wellington

A curated selection of anime music videos where all the sources are pre-2000s, reimagined with modern audio.

Non-Finalist AMV Showcase By PopCult Video Programming
2:30 PM, Wellington

Come watch the fanmade anime music videos that were submitted to our AMV Contest this year, but didn’t quite make it to the finalist round. AMV Finalists will have already been viewed and voted on in Main Events earlier on Saturday at 2:30 PM. AMV Contest Winners will be replayed in Main Events on Sunday at 3:00 PM.

 

A shout out to Sentai Filmworks for being one of the few big media companies left still willing to work with small conventions like ours!