BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 CALSCALE:GREGORIAN PRODID:adamgibbons/ics METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VEVENT UID:21732@offbeat.amsterdam SUMMARY:All You Need Is Kill (2025) DTSTAMP:20260502T171422Z DTSTART:20261114T180000Z DESCRIPTION:Together with Kaboom Animation Festival we bring the best anime to the big\nscreen! \n\nFirst came Hiroshi Sakurazaka’s ‘light novel’ in 2004. Ten years later\, we saw\nadaptations as manga\, American graphic no vel\, and the Hollywood blockbuster Edge\nof Tomorrow. And now\, an anime directed by Kenichiro Akimoto. Each time\, the\nstory starts over\, but sl ightly different. Which\, funnily enough\, is exactly the\npremise of All You Need Is Kill. In its Groundhog Day (1993) meets video game\nconcept\, each time you die\, your day starts over\, you just know a little bit\nmor e about what’s coming (something about an alien invader and the total\nann ihilation of Earth). \n\nThe two most significant changes made by Akimoto and his team are that the main\ncharacters aren’t military anymore\, but c ivilian\, and that the lead role has\nshifted from Keiji to Rita. With as an additional story layer the fact that Rita\n– although the word isn’t ex plicitly mentioned – is depressed. Which neatly fits\nthe pattern of each day feeling the same\, and having no interest at all in\ntomorrow. \n\nWhi ch effectively turns All You Need Is Kill – with all its clearly\nchoreogr aphed fight scenes and the angular\, sketchy design for which Studio 4°C\n is known – into a series of therapy sessions (after all\, therapy also req uires\nendless repetition for even minor progress): unless Rita wants to k eep dying for\nthe rest of her life (‘Live. Die. Repeat’ was Edge of Tomor row’s concise\nslogan)\, she has no choice but to take an interest in ever y single detail of\ntoday in an attempt to finally make it to tomorrow.\n\ nMelkweg often hosts different types of programmes at the same time\, such as\nconcerts\, club nights and films. Please note that there may occasion ally be some\nnoise pollution from other programmes during the screening. URL:https://offbeat.amsterdam/event/all-you-need-is-kill-2025 GEO:52.3647777;4.881073026725959 LOCATION:Melkweg - Lijnbaansgracht 234A\, 1017 PH Amsterdam STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:amsterdam-centrum,anime,film,leidseplein,sci-fi X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Together with Kaboom Animation Festival we bring the best anime to the big screen! 

First came Hiroshi Sak urazaka’s ‘light novel’ in 2004. Ten years later, we saw adaptations as ma nga, American graphic novel, and the Hollywood blockbuster Edge of Tomorro w. And now, an anime directed by Kenichiro Akimoto. Each time, the story s tarts over, but slightly different. Which, funnily enough, is exactly the premise of All You Need Is Kill. In its Groundhog Day (1993) meets video g ame concept, each time you die, your day starts over, you just know a litt le bit more about what’s coming (something about an alien invader and the total annihilation of Earth). 

The two most significant changes made by Akimoto and his team are that the main characters aren’t military anymore, but civilian, and that the lead role has shifted from Keiji to R ita. With as an additional story layer the fact that Rita – although the w ord isn’t explicitly mentioned – is depressed. Which neatly fits the patte rn of each day feeling the same, and having no interest at all in tomorrow . 

Which effectively turns All You Need Is Kill – with all its clearly choreographed fight scenes and the angular, sketchy design for whi ch Studio 4°C is known – into a series of therapy sessions (after all, the rapy also requires endless repetition for even minor progress): unless Rit a wants to keep dying for the rest of her life (‘Live. Die. Repeat’ was Ed ge of Tomorrow’s concise slogan), she has no choice but to take an interes t in every single detail of today in an attempt to finally make it to tomo rrow.

Melkweg often hosts different types of programmes at the sa me time, such as concerts, club nights and films. Please note that there m ay occasionally be some noise pollution from other programmes during the s creening.

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