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Location: VIZ Cinema at NEW PEOPLE in San Francisco

When: May 21 through June 5

More info: http://www.newpeopleworld.com/films/

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RSVP now to get into the party with SF Bay Guardian and watch 20th Century Boys 1 for FREE!

NEW PEOPLE is excited to have SF Bay Guardian host their VIP movie night at our venue! The VIP reception is from 6 to 7:15 and is open to all guests who RSVP. The private screening of 20th Century Boys 1: Beginning of the End will be open to the first 125 folks who check in at the VIP Reception so get there early!

WHEN:
Thursday, December 17th
Reception Time: 6:00pm – 7:15pm
VIP Movie: 7:30pm

WHERE:
Lobby and VIZ Cinema
NEW PEOPLE building 1746 Post Street, Japantown, San Francisco, CA 94115

Private Cocktail Reception: 6pm – 7:15pm.

Private Movie Screening of Death Note: 7:30pm – (120min)
At NEW PEOPLE Lobby and VIZ Cinema

NEW PEOPLE is excited to host its first VIP movie event! RSVP now for the VIP Reception. We’ll have a DJ spinning beats while the Mixologists serve up cool Red Bull Cocktails & Mocktails plus a few nibbles for your enjoyment.

The VIP reception is from 6 to 7:15 and is open to all RSVP’s. The private screening of Death Note will be open to the first 125 folks who check in at the VIP Reception so get there early!

More info & RSVP here – http://www.newpeopleworld.com/news/deathnotenight/

This post was submitted by NewPeople.

Gurren Lagann The Movie: Childhood’s End [ENCORE!]
(2008, 113min., With English Subtitles, Directed by Hiroyuki Imaishi)
11/17 (Tue) & 11/18 (Wed) 5:00pm

Watch the first film and get ready for the U.S. Premiere of Gurren Lagann: The Movie 2! Based on the anime television series, Gurren Lagann, the film takes place in a fictional future in which human beings have been forced to live in closed-off underground villages. Kamina and Simon are constrained by the limits imposed by the village elder. Yet, all this will change when Simon stumbles across a fantastic device – just as the village’s peace is broken by a violent intrusion.

Gurren Lagann The Movie 2: The Lights In The Sky Are Stars [ U.S. Premiere ]
(2009, 130min., With English Subtitles, Directed by Hiroyuki Imaishi)
11/17 (Tue) & 11/18 (Wed) 7:30pm

Watch both 1 & 2 and get a special discount! Overcoming a big loss of loved ones, Simon survived in mortal combat with the Beastmen leader Lordgenome. Seven years later, humans return to the surface to build a flourishing civilization. However, the peaceful time does not last forever as the humans begin developing beyond their world into outer space and encounter an unknown enemy.

$15 special COMBO tickets so you can watch both movies on both days!

Tickets: $10 per movie or $15 for both movies [Buy Tickets]

2008, 113min, With English Subtitles, Directed by Hiroyuki Imaishi
Location: Viz Cinema, New People 1st Floor
Tickets: $10 + service fee if bought online

Location: SUPERFROG Gallery, New People (3rd Floor)

His only appearance in the U.S. this year!

Best known for his character designs for Final Fantasy and Gatcha-man, Yoshitaka Amano brings his newest works to NEW PEOPLE! To celebrate the grand opening, Amano will attend a free public panel discussion for the J-POP SUMMIT Festival 2009, to be held on the SUMMIT stage at 12p.m. on Sat, 8/15, in front of NEW PEOPLE. Also later on the same day at 4:00p.m., there will be a special autograph session at SUPERFROG Gallery.

Due to the limited time of his appearance, tickets to the autograph session will be distributed to the first 50 customers who purchase Amano’s books or T-shirts at NEW PEOPLE The Store. Don’t miss the excitement and rare opportunity to meet the legend in person!

Source: New People

Harajuku Kawaii Experience is running a makeover contest and offering a free ticket to Tokyo as the grand prize! The top 5 contestants will be featured in a pageant to choose the winner during the J-Pop Summit Festival event at Peace Plaza in Japantown, San Francisco on Saturday, August 15th, 2009.

Contest details at the New People website.

All under one roof, come and enjoy the cinema, retail, art, and food at NEW PEOPLE. Get lost, meet new people, stop for a sip of coffee, and dream a dream. With the gallery on top and cinema down below, we’re sure that you’ll have a wonderful journey in-between, so take your time to savor it all.

The celebration will be accompanied by the J-POP SUMMIT Festival 2009, a pop culture-themed street fair that covers the grounds of Post Street from Webster to Buchanan to the Peace Plaza of Japantown, San Francisco. This year’s festival is hosted by NEW PEOPLE in cooperation with the Japantown Merchants Association, and centered around the grand opening of the NEW PEOPLE building. It all starts with the official tape cutting ceremony, and after the traditional Kagami-wari (breaking of the sake barrel), NEW PEOPLE will open its doors to the public for the very first time.

The grand opening finale is a glamorous red carpet premiere event of the Japanese hit movie 20th Century Boys at VIZ CINEMA, after a series of pop culture panels with a variety of guests from Tokyo and the local community, at the J-POP SUMMIT Stage co-presented by Yelp! in front of NEW PEOPLE.

Source: New People

Japan Nite is coming to SF to celebrate the grand opening of New People!

Sat, Aug 15, 12 noon – 6pm @ Japantown MTV IGGY Stage

Sun, Aug 16, starts at 8pm @ Yoshi’s, 1330 Fillmore St, Phone: 415-655-5600
Tickets: $ 16 advance / $20 at the door [Buy Tickets]

It looks like Japantown will be getting a great boost soon… San Francisco-based Viz Pictures (an affiliate of Viz Media) is in the process of constructing the J-POP Center in San Francisco’s Japantown. The J-POP Center will be a commercial building housing a branch of Kinokuniya Book Store, a cafe, several trendy Japanese fashion boutiques, and the 150-seat movie theater Viz Cinema. Viz Cinema will focus on Japanese film, including first-run movies directly from Tokyo, anime films, monthly directors’ series, and more.

According to a news post on the Viz Pictures official website, the J-POP Center (and presumably Viz Cinema) is scheduled to open in 2009.

The J-POP Center website: www.jpopcenter.com
Viz Cinema website: www.vizcinema.com

(Details from: SF360)