College Hill Comic Shop Manga Manga to Host Anime Film Festival This Summer

The inaugural Cincinnati Anime Film Festival is coming this summer with a lineup of screenings for all ages that span two months. The festival lineup is set to be released during a launch party at Woodward Theater on June 3.

College Hill comic book shop Manga Manga is hosting the festival, which will be held at the Hollywood Drive-in Theatre with weekly screenings beginning July 11 and running through Aug. 8.

At the launch party, Manga Manga will screen Ghost in the Shell (1995), directed by Mamoru Oshii. The film will be screened in Japanese with English subtitles. The Cincinnati Anime Festival (CAFF) shares Manga Manga’s mission of celebrating Asian culture and is eager to screen films that began as comics, according to a press release.

“Manga and anime go hand in hand. We are excited to expand the shop’s reach and present films to the community that celebrate the art of Japanese animation,” C. Jacqueline Wood, owner of Manga Manga and founder of CAFF said in the release. “Many anime films originated as comics, and we are excited to present films that started out on the page. Movies bring people together, and the Cincinnati Anime Film Festival is just another exciting project in our mission to build community and celebrate Asian art and stories.”


Tickets for the launch screening are on sale now. The launch screening begins at 7 p.m. on June 3 at the Woodward Theater. Tickets are $8 in advance and $10 at the door; find them at cincyanimefilmfest.com. Individual festival tickets go on sale June 4 at noon and the first festival screening will be July 11.

Follow CAFF on Instagram @cincyanimefilmfest and @manga_cincinnati for up-to-date information.