Scotland Loves Anime 2025 Line-up Revealed

Scotland Loves Anime is an annual festival that brings the best in new and classic Japanese animation to the big screen in Scotland- and as of last year, London. The festival has announced this year's dates, which this year run from October 31 to November 2 (Glasgow),  November 7 to November 9 (London) and  November 10 to November 16 (Edinburgh).

New films screening this year include All You Need Is Kill, ChaO, 100 Meters, and Angel's Egg (New 4k Restoration), Classics getting another airing on the big screen include Redline, Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust (4K Restoration), Escaflowne The Movie, Promare, Mobile Suit Gundam: Char's Counter Attack, Project A-Ko and Golgo 13: The Professional. Edinburgh will also host the UK premiere of stop-motion sequel Junk World. Lupin III will be returning to the festival with the new movie The Immortal Bloodline and in the classic Lupin III: OVA Trilogy. And of course, there will be the traditional mystery film screening. What will it be this year?

The Glasgow screenings will take place at The Glasgow Film Theatre, and the London screenings will take place at Picture House Central. The Edinburgh screenings will mainly take place at the Cameo Picturehouse, with an additional screening of ChaO at Edinburgh Filmhouse, the festival's original home in the city.

ChaO director Yasuhiro Aoki will be in attendance at the Filmhouse screening of the film. Takeshi Koike director of Lupin III The Movie: The Immortal Bloodline and Redline will be at the screenings for both of his films in Glasgow on October 31. Kenichro Akimoto, director of All You Need Is Kill will be at the film's London screening on November 8.

Weekend passes for the Glasgow leg are already on sale. Tickets to individual films and passes for the other locations will go on sale soon.

Glasgow Leg

Friday October 31

Mystery Film

Lupin the IIIrd The Movie: The Immortal Bloodline  (UK premiere), pictured right, including an introduction and a Q&A with the director Takeshi Koike

Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust, (4K restoration of the film directed by Yoshiaki Kawajiri.)

Saturday November 1

The Last Blossom (UK premiere), 

Redline, featuring an appearance by the director Takeshi Koike

ChaO, 

All You Need Is Kill (UK premiere), 

Labyrinth (UK premiere),

Angel's Egg, (4K Restoration)

London Leg

Friday November 7

The Last Blossom

Promare

Mobile Suit Gundam: Char's Counterattack

Saturday November 8

All You Need Is Kill, with an appearance by director Kenichiro Akimoto

ChaO

Amazing Nuts! (UK premiere), A collection of four music videos by Studio 4°C.

Sunday November 9

100 Meters

Gridman Universe (UK premiere)

Escaflowne: The Movie

Mobile Suit Gundam Wing: Endless Waltz (4K restoration)

 Edinburgh Leg

Monday November 10

ChaO [Edinburgh Filmhouse] Featuring an appearance by the director Yasuhiro Aoki

Project A-ko, 

Tuesday November 11

You're Under Arrest: The Movie

Wednesday November 12

Golgo 13: The Professional

Thursday November 13

Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust (4K restoration)

Friday November 14

Redline

Mobile Suit Gundam Wing: Endless Waltz (4K restoration)

Angel's Egg

Saturday November 15

The Last Blossom, featuring director Baku Kinoshita

100 Meters

ChaO

All You Need Is Kill

Sunday November 16

Lupin the IIIrd The Movie: The Immortal Bloodline (Lupin the IIIrd The Movie: Fujimi no Ketsuzoku)

Labyrinth

JUNK WORLD

Lupin the IIIrd OVA trilogy, consisting of Takeshi Koike's films Lupin the IIIrd: Jigen's Gravestone, Lupin the IIIrd: Goemon's Blood Spray and Lupin the IIIrd: Fujiko Mine's Lie.

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