NCMA Loves Anime Bazaar and Film Screening
Join us for the Summer NCMA Loves Anime bazaar, featuring a day full of anime vendors, food, music, and a pre-show of the anime short, Deji Meets Girl at 7:30 PM followed by an 8:00 PM screening of Naoko Yamada’s feature film The Colors Within!
Deji Meets Girl (2021). Directed by Ushio Tazawa. Animation.
One summer Maise Higa, a listless first-year high school girl who works part-time at the front desk of her family’s hotel in Okinawa, meets an “Ichiro Suzuki,” a mysterious youth who came alone from Tokyo as a hotel guest.
The Colors Within (2024). Directed by Naoko Yamada. Animation, Drama, Music. PG. 1 h 41 min.
Totsuko is a high school student with the ability to see the ‘colors’ of others. Colors of bliss, excitement, and serenity, plus a color she treasures as her favorite. Kimi, a classmate at her school, gives off the most beautiful color of all. Although she doesn’t play an instrument, Totsuko forms a band with Kimi and Rui, a quiet music enthusiast they meet at a used bookstore in a far corner of town. As they practice at an old church on a remote island, music brings them together, forming friendships and stirring affections. Will they discover their true ‘colors’?