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IN THIS CORNER OF THE WORLD (2016)

📅 17 January 📍 Melkweg, Amsterdam

📅 21 January 📍 KINO, Rotterdam

📅 26 January 📍 Slachtstraat Filmtheater, Utrecht

📅 18 January 📍 Forum, Groningen

📅 18 January 📍 Chassé Theater, Breda

📅 7 & 21 January 📍Filmhuis, Den Haag

📅 18 January 📍 Het Nieuwe Filmhuis, Almere

🎥 6 anime feature films

📍 7 different cinemas across NL: Amsterdam, Almere, Breda, Groningen, Rotterdam, The Hague, Utrecht

From November 2025 to April 2026, prepare to be captivated by a collection of Japanese animated classics that were rarely showcased in Dutch cinemas before. The films range from vampire dystopias, wolf families to galaxy adventures. All titles are presented in the original Japanese language with English subtitles.
And this season we are happy to add 2 more locations to our roster! Now also in The Hague and Almere will you be able to fuel your anime hunger.

🗓️ Mark your calendar:

NOVEMBER ’25

⚪ THE COLORS WITHIN (2024) ⚪

If you could see your own colour, what kind of colour would it be? For Totsuko, a vivid and religious high school student, this question lingers in her mind as she navigates life at her Catholic boarding school. Gifted with the ability to see the ‘colours’ of others, she is captivated by Kimi, a classmate whose blue colour is unparalleled. But when Kimi drops out of school, a chance encounter at a secondhand bookstore leads the two girls to form an inpromptu band with Rui, a reserved dreamer and theremin player whose mother expects him to become a doctor. As the trio practices in an old, abandoned church, their shared musical and emotional journey lets them find freedom, joy, and love.

In her first feature film for Science SARU, the anime studio known for the films of Masaaki Yuasa, director Naoko Yamada continues her lyrical exploration of youth. Reuniting with screenwriter Reiko Yoshida and composer Kensuke Ushio – with whom she made A Silent Voice and Liz and the Blue Bird – she crafts a musically inspired coming-of-age tale about the complex road to self-discovery. As in her previous work, Yamada favours a mix of realistic and impressionistic animations with gentle and detailed character designs.

The Colors Within is a contemplative portrait of adolescence, finding harmony in both music and friendship. As the final performance of Totsuko, Kimi and Rui crescendos into one of the year’s most heartfelt third acts, Yamada leaves us with an afterthought – one that will echo long after the last note fades: what colour lives inside your heart?

📅 15 November 📍 Melkweg, Amsterdam

📅 19 November📍 KINO, Rotterdam

📅 24 November📍 Slachtstraat Filmtheater, Utrecht

📅 16 November 📍 Forum, Groningen

📅 16 November 📍 Chassé Theater, Breda

📅 4 & 19 November 📍 Filmhuis, Den Haag

📅 23 November📍 Het Nieuwe Filmhuis, Almere

DECEMBER ’25

⚪ VAMPIRE HUNTER D: BLOODLUST (2000) ⚪

Vampires have sunk their teeth in film history. From the OG Dracula himself and fang-tanstic turns by Tom Cruise and Brad Pitt to an overpowered, sparkly Robert Pattinson who made pale the new chic; on-screen vampires are the stuff of collective (wet) dreams. Yet, the coldest (half-)vampire of all is D, a cooler-than-Clint Eastwood dhampir and lone bounty hunter who roams a far-future Earth that has somehow become the most gothic of wastelands. D has been summoned to track down Charlotte Elbourne, a young woman who has been abducted by vampire nobleman Meier Link. At war with himself, feared by all, tortured and alone, D is set on securing his bounty.

A stand-alone sequel to the original 1985 OVA adaptation of Hideyuki Kikuchi’s novel(s), Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust is a genre hybrid somewhere between post-apocalyptic western, the Castlevania games, Lovecraftian horror, dark fantasy and gothic romance with a criminally good-looking (anti)hero cutting across the wastelands on a cyber-horse. Its moody and stylish characters (designed by Yoshitaka Amano) and richly animated, blood-soaked action set pieces make it a cult classic that’s as immortal as its protagonist. Directed by Yoshiaki Kawajiri (Wicked City, The Animatrix), Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust celebrates its 25th anniversary as the ultimate gothic fever dream.

📅 13 December 📍 Melkweg, Amsterdam

📅 17 December 📍 KINO, Rotterdam

📅 29 December 📍 Slachtstraat Filmtheater, Utrecht

📅 14 December 📍 Forum, Groningen

📅 14 December 📍 Chassé Theater, Breda

📅 3 & 24 December 📍 Filmhuis, Den Haag

📅 21 December 📍 Het Nieuwe Filmhuis, Almere

JANUARY ’26

⚪ IN THIS CORNER OF THE WORLD (2016) ⚪

With a knack for drawing, writing, and daydreaming, Suzu is a kind-hearted, creative young woman growing up in 1930s-40s Japan. At 18, she leaves her seaside hometown near Hiroshima to marry a young military clerk in the naval city of Kure, just 20 or so kilometres away. As Suzu adjusts to life away from her family, the shadow of war begins to loom over the townspeople. Slowly, air raid sirens and bombings become routine, and life shifts into survival.

There have been numerous films about “the bomb” and Japan’s suffering during WWII – Ghibli’s harrowing classic Grave of the Fireflies and the Hiroshima-set Barefoot Gen among them – but few have foregrounded the country’s natural world and its quietly resilient people as powerfully as Sunao Katabuchi’s remarkably understated In This Corner of the World. Drawing on thousands of photographs, journals, diaries, and old maps, Katabuchi and his team spent years developing this adaptation of the manga of the same name.

The film’s sunlit, hand-drawn and water-coloured world evokes hope even amid its depictions of lost childhoods, young men getting drafted, women left behind, food rationing, and untimely deaths. Though Katabuchi once served as an assistant under Hayao Miyazaki, his storytelling has more in common with Ghibli co-founder Isao Takahata. In This Corner of the World is a poignant reminder of the power of the human spirit in the face of war. Even when surrounded by humanity’s darkest acts, beauty still manages to endure in small, quiet corners.

📅 17 January 📍 Melkweg, Amsterdam

📅 21 January 📍 KINO, Rotterdam

📅 26 January 📍 Slachtstraat Filmtheater, Utrecht

📅 18 January 📍 Forum, Groningen

📅 18 January 📍 Chassé Theater, Breda

📅 7 & 21 January 📍 Filmhuis, Den Haag

📅 18 January 📍 Het Nieuwe Filmhuis, Almere

FEBRUARY ’26

⚪ TEKKONKINKREET (2006) ⚪

“When the sky turns black… Why do I feel so blue?”

Welcome to town, Treasure Town. A city that has a certain je ne sais quoi; a never-never land if you will. Part gritty urban fable, part kaleidoscopic fever dream, Tekkonkinkreet follows Black and White – two orphaned boys who prowl the streets of Treasure Town, a surreal asphalt jungle and pan-Asian hybrid stitched together from Tokyo, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Bombay, and beyond. Black is sharp, dangerous, and never backs down. Street royalty in the making. White is a wandering innocent, unscathed by this armpit of a city. Together, they call themselves “The Cats”, an inseparable force ruling over back alleys and rooftops. That is… until yakuza schemes, corporate vultures, and their own inner demons threaten to tear both their bond and the city apart. As the seasons pass by, violence escalates, chaos reigns, and Black descends into madness. Is Treasure Town ripe to devour itself?

Michael Arias, who started out as a VFX artist inspired by Douglas Trumbull, became the first non-Japanese filmmaker to direct a major anime. And boy, did he come in swinging! Based on Taiyo Matsumoto’s manga, Tekkonkinkreet is a hustling-‘n-bustling coming-of-ager that wears the tag “chaos” proud on its sleeve. Arias incorporates live-action camera techniques (like handheld framing and long tracking shots) and mixes them with Studio 4°C’s trademark experimentation, fusing traditional 2D with innovated 3D CGI animation. This result is a dazzling sensory overload that channels Masaaki Yuasa, Moebius, and street art into an emotional hymn (and a warning) for the modern metropolis. Tekkonkinkreet is an orgy of images that will likely impress newcomers to anime as well as the seasoned geek. As far as city trips go, this might be the wildest ever, and you don’t even have to leave your seat for it.

📅 14 February📍 Melkweg, Amsterdam

📅 18 February📍 KINO, Rotterdam

📅 23 February📍 Slachtstraat Filmtheater, Utrecht

📅 22 February📍 Forum, Groningen

📅 22 February📍 Chassé Theater, Breda

📅 18 February📍 Filmhuis, Den Haag

📅 15 February📍 Het Nieuwe Filmhuis, Almere

MARCH ’26

⚪ ADIEU GALAXY EXPRESS 999 (1981) ⚪

The Galaxy Express rides again!

Although the machines’ home planet has been destroyed, the Machine Empire is as great of a threat as ever. Earth has become a battlefield, reduced to smoldering ruins. Young Tetsuro, older and more battle-worn, is summoned back into the interstellar fray, reinvigorated by the hope of seeing his beloved Maetel once more. The resistance against Queen Promethium is crumbling, and it’s up to Tetsuro to end the conflict once and for all. As boy becomes man, comrades fall, old friends reunite, and new allies are made. The time of rebellion has come …

Time has largely forgotten Rintaro’s sequel to Galaxy Express 999, overshadowed by the original’s cult success. Yet this is a leaner, grittier anime that opens on the battlefront and plunges headfirst into war and death. It’s an underrated conclusion to Tetsuro’s life-changing journey that the internet has re-evaluated as the what The Empire Strikes Back is to Star Wars: A New Hope – you can even hear shades of John Williams in the score. Whatever your relationship with the original, the sequel undeniably is a high-speed bullet train of emotions and brutal battles. It’s a fitting and epic requiem for Tetsuro’s dreams spun from stardust and steam. An adieu at full throttle.

NOTE: Filmhuis Den Haag & De Nieuwe Bioscoop Almere screen this film as a double bill with Galaxy Express 999!

📅 13 March 📍 Melkweg, Amsterdam

📅 18 March📍 KINO, Rotterdam

📅 30 March📍 Slachtstraat Filmtheater, Utrecht

📅 22 March📍 Forum, Groningen

📅 15 March📍 Chassé Theater, Breda

📅 4 March📍 Filmhuis, Den Haag

📅 22 March📍 Het Nieuwe Filmhuis, Almere

APRIL ’26

⚪ WOLF CHILDREN (2012) ⚪

“How on earth do wolf children grow up?”

Arguably the greatest animated film about motherhood and single parenting, Wolf Children imagines what it would be like to have a lupine lover (go Team Jacob!), have children, and raise them all by yourself. When university student Hana falls in love with a mysterious young man, she discovers he is the last of his kind: a wolf who can shift between human and animal form. Their joyful life is cut short, leaving Hana to raise their two wolf children on her own. Yuki is strong-willed and curious, while Ame is more reserved. But both are torn between the call of the wild and humankind. From small city apartments to Japan’s majestic countryside, Hana’s unwavering devotion to the happiness of her kids will make your eyes water.

Even though narrator Yuki fears this might get laughed off as a mere fairy tale, director Mamoru Hosoda has given us a grounded and deeply empathetic film, drawn from his own childhood and mother, who raised him as a single parent. The man behind modern anime classics like The Girl Who Leapt Through Time, Summer Wars, Mirai, and Belle slows the rhythm down for a richly told slice-of-life story with folkloric wonder. Despite its fantastical elements, Wolf Children feels as real and intimate as your own life. A lyrical meditation on love, nature, and the bittersweet necessity of letting go, it speaks about being a mother, being a child, smiling against all odds, and finding your true self along the way.

📅 11 April📍 Melkweg, Amsterdam

📅 15 April📍 KINO, Rotterdam

📅 27 April📍 Slachtstraat Filmtheater, Utrecht

📅 19 April📍 Forum, Groningen

📅 19 April📍 Chassé Theater, Breda

📅 1 & 22 April📍 Filmhuis, Den Haag

📅 19 April📍 Het Nieuwe Filmhuis, Almere

🤍 Kaboom Anime 2024🤍

🎥 6 anime feature films

📍 5 different cinemas across NL: Amsterdam, Breda, Groningen, Rotterdam, Utrecht

From September 2024 to February 2024, prepare to be captivated by a collection of Japanese animated classics that were rarely showcased in Dutch cinemas before. The films range from space cowboys, time-traveling girls to galaxy adventures. All titles are presented in the original Japanese language with English subtitles.
And this season we are happy to add 2 more locations to our roster! Now also in Breda and Groningen will you be able to fuel your anime hunger. 🤩

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SEPTEMBER ’24

⚪ COWBOY BEPOP THE MOVIE (2001) ⚪

It’s 2071 and the Earth has been largely abandoned after an accident on the Moon. When the Martian population is startled by a terrorist attack, the bounty-hunting crew of spaceship Bebop are on the case. Based on the popular Cowboy Bebop television series created by Hajime Yatate, Cowboy Bebop the Movie presents the Bebop’s crew of gangsters, fugitives, hackers and a hyperintelligent dog, with their most formidable enemy yet, Vincent Volaju, who intends to kill the entire Martian population using a bioweapon. Fast-paced and with gorgeous art direction, Cowboy Bebop the Movie is a must-see, both for fans of the series and newcomers. No prior knowledge of the TV series required!

NOVEMBER ’24

⚪ GHOST IN THE SHELL 2: INNOCENCE (2004) ⚪

Mamoru Oshii’s Ghost in the Shell (1995) was seminal in bringing anime to the big screen in the west and its heady combination of cyberpunk and philosophy has made it a hallmark in anime history. It should come as no surprise, then, that audiences were a little wary of Oshii’s plans to release a sequel. Luckily, Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence more than lives up to its predecessor’s fame. When several gynoids – female sex robots – malfunction and cause customers’ deaths, Batou and Togusa are sent to investigate the gynoid company LOCUS SOLUS. Soon they uncover a plot that involves hacking and homicide, as well as a practice called “ghost-dubbing”, which imbues the gynoids with human souls. As impressive on the big screen the first film and again with great music by Kenji Kawai, Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence is required viewing for any anime lover.

JANUARY ’25

⚪ GIOVANNI’S ISLAND (2014) ⚪

Anime has a long history of dealing with Japan’s war legacy. Isao Takahata’s Grave of the Fireflies (1988) is almost required viewing on this subject, as is Mori Masaki’s Barefoot Gen (1983). While both deal with the aftermath of the nuclear attacks on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August 1945, Giovanni’s Island (2014) addresses the occupation of Japan by Soviet forces after the end of the war. Two young brothers, Junpei and Kanta, grow up on the island of Shikotan, in the far northeast of Japan. When the island is invaded by the Soviet Red Army at the end of the war, the boys have to deal with outsiders for the first time, as well as coping with losing the war. When Junpei befriends the Russian commander’s daughter Tanya, a new allegiance comes into being. While rooted in real-world conflict, Giovanni’s Island also often alludes to Kenji Miyazawa’s classic fantasy novel Night on the Galactic Railroad (1934), as fantasy and reality mix in the boys’ minds. A spirited plea for crosscultural appreciation in times of war, Giovanni’s Island is as relevant now as it was ten years ago.

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OCTOBER ’24

⚪ THE GIRL WHO LEAPT THROUGH TIME (2006 ) ⚪

What if we could freely travel in time? How would we use that power: to solve world problems or for our own benefit? Mamoru Hosoda’s first feature film based on an original subject asks these questions when 17-year–old Makoto discovers that she can jump through time. Combining adolescent love-story and philosophical scifi, The Girl Who Leapt Through Time, embodies Spiderman’s famous adage that with great power comes great responsibility. Satoko Okudera’s screenplay is loosely based on the popular 1967 novel with the same name, which was adapted for the screen several times but never as an anime before. A unique chance to see this early film by the director of Wolf Children, Mirai and Belle on the big screen.

DECEMBER ’24

⚪ 5 CENTIMETERS PER SECOND (2007)/ THE GARDEN OF WORDS (2013) ⚪

Makoto Shinkai has become one of the most original voices in anime over the years. Through films like Children Who Chase Lost Voices (2011), Your Name (2016), Weathering with You (2019) and Suzume (2022) Shinkai has built a body of work that bears his own signature, steering away both from more action-packed anime films, as well as from Ghibli-inspired fantasy films. Shinkai’s films have a quietness of their own and focus on young protagonists finding their way in the world, often with the uncertainties of modern life as their backdrop. Now Kaboom Anime presents a unique chance to see two of Shinkai’s mid-length films on the big screen. 5 Centimeters per Second (2007) tells the story of Takaki and Akari’s friendship, which is put to the test when one of them moves away. In The Garden of Words (2013), a teenager who skips school and a woman who avoids going to her job meet in a public park on rainy days.

FEBRUARY ’25

⚪ GALAXY EXPRESS 999 (1979) ⚪

While the boom period for anime starts from the 1990s, there are many gems to unearth from before that period. One is Galaxy Express 999, the debut feature film of Rintaro, one of the cofounders of studio Madhouse. Based on the manga of the same name, written and illustrated by Leiji Matsumoto, Galaxy Express 999 is a space opera like no other. Set in a distant future in which immortality can be achieved by transferring one’s mind into a machine-body, young Tetsuro dreams of reaching the end of the intergalactic Galaxy Express 999 line, where one of these bodies can supposedly be obtained for free. In doing so, Tetsuro hopes defeat Count Mecha, a trophy hunter responsible for his mother’s death. A wild romp across the solar system, Galaxy Express 999 was visually inspired by Star Wars and steampunk, but the result is a unique blend of anime and 1970s scifi. With a great soundtrack by Nozomu Aoki, Galaxy Express 999 is a classic that needs to be seen on the big screen.