BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 CALSCALE:GREGORIAN PRODID:adamgibbons/ics METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VEVENT UID:18677@offbeat.amsterdam SUMMARY:Tamala 2030: A Punk Cat in Dark (2025) DTSTAMP:20260906T121935Z DTSTART:20260322T180000Z DESCRIPTION:Avant-garde sci-fi anime Tamala 2010: A Punk Cat in Space (2002 ) became a cult\nhit – and is also about a cult: an ancient occult Minerva sect\, which through\nthe ages conspired to become the capitalist mega-mo nopolist Catty & Co\; a plot\nelement for which directing-screenwriting-mu sic duo t.o.L (‘trees of Life’) drew\ninspiration from Thomas Pynchon’s 19 66 novel The Crying of Lot 49.\n\nAlongside this wonderful mythology\, and the Cat Earth setting (centred on Cat\nTokyo)\, cyber-noir sequel Tamala 2030 also continues the wild stylistic\ndiversity\, ranging from flat\, bl ack-and-white 2D animation to 3D CG imagery of a\ndark metropolis\, and fr om colourful psychedelic visions to gritty cityscapes –\nall feeding into Tamala’s cult fame.\n\nPlus Tamala herself\, of course: in Tamala 2030\, o ur cuddly cat is again the\nenigmatic centre of events. Always seeming car efree\, she’d just as readily kick\nyou to the ground as give you an umbre lla when it’s raining. She looks as if\nOsamu Tezuka was asked to design H ello Kitty. Kawaii\, but foul-mouthed. The last\nfree spirit under cat cap italism.\n\nOh\, and she’s also immortal and will remain one year old fore ver. It’s clear\nthat she’s metaphysically connected to Minerva’s mega-and roid Tatla – but how?\nAs a messiah\, a simple capitalist mascot\, or even the means to end Cat Earth?\n\nClimate crisis\, capitalism\, pandemic – t he same catastrophes that plague our\nplanet\, also threaten to destroy Ca t Earth. This time with more complex\nanimation and a slightly easier-to-f ollow storyline – although you can never\nreally know what’ll happen\, whe n Tamala’s ready for “another fucking day”.\n\nMelkweg often hosts differe nt types of programmes at the same time\, such as\nconcerts\, club nights and films. Please note that there may occasionally be some\nnoise pollutio n from other programmes during the screening. URL:https://offbeat.amsterdam/event/tamala-2030-a-punk-cat-in-dark-2025 GEO:52.3647777;4.881073026725959 LOCATION:Melkweg - Lijnbaansgracht 234A\, 1017 PH Amsterdam STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:amsterdam-centrum,anime,film,japan,leidseplein,sci-fi X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Avant-garde sci-fi anime Tamala 2010: A Pun k Cat in Space (2002) became a cult hit – and is also about a cult: an anc ient occult Minerva sect, which through the ages conspired to become the c apitalist mega-monopolist Catty & Co; a plot element for which directi ng-screenwriting-music duo t.o.L (‘trees of Life’) drew inspiration from T homas Pynchon’s 1966 novel The Crying of Lot 49.

Alongside this wond erful mythology, and the Cat Earth setting (centred on Cat Tokyo), cyber-n oir sequel Tamala 2030 also continues the wild stylistic diversity, rangin g from flat, black-and-white 2D animation to 3D CG imagery of a dark metro polis, and from colourful psychedelic visions to gritty cityscapes – all f eeding into Tamala’s cult fame.

Plus Tamala herself, of course: in T amala 2030, our cuddly cat is again the enigmatic centre of events. Always seeming carefree, she’d just as readily kick you to the ground as give yo u an umbrella when it’s raining. She looks as if Osamu Tezuka was asked to design Hello Kitty. Kawaii, but foul-mouthed. The last free spirit under cat capitalism.

Oh, and she’s also immortal and will remain one year old forever. It’s clear that she’s metaphysically connected to Minerva’s mega-android Tatla – but how? As a messiah, a simple capitalist mascot, or even the means to end Cat Earth?

Climate crisis, capitalism, pandem ic – the same catastrophes that plague our planet, also threaten to destro y Cat Earth. This time with more complex animation and a slightly easier-t o-follow storyline – although you can never really know what’ll happen, wh en Tamala’s ready for “another fucking day”.

Melkweg often hosts different types of programmes at the same time, such as concerts, club nig hts and films. Please note that there may occasionally be some noise pollu tion from other programmes during the screening.

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