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๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐ฃ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ฑ๐๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐๐น๐ ๐๐ป๐ถ๐บ๐ฒ ๐๐๐ค๐จ๐ฉ ๐๐ฃ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ก๐ก ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ฟ๐ ๐๐ถ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐จ๐ฎโ๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ด๐ฒ๐ป๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ ๐๐ค๐ก๐ ๐๐, ๐๐๐ง๐๐ก๐ก ๐๐, ๐๐๐จ๐จ ๐๐, ๐๐๐ก๐ก ๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐ถ๐ฐ ๐ฉ๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ผ ๐๐ผ ๐๐ฒ๐น๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐ผ๐ถ๐ป๐ ๐ง๐ฎ๐น๐ธ ๐ฎ๐ ๐จ๐ The M.A. in Film Studies within the Faculty of Arts, in collaboration with Wicked Comics โ the NGO behind the ever-successful Malta Comic Con โ have joined forces to host a memorable double-bill talk on Tuesday, ๐ญ๐ญ ๐ก๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐บ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฟ at ๐ญ๐ด:๐ฌ๐ฌ, in ๐ฅ๐ผ๐ผ๐บ ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ฌ, ๐๐๐ป ๐ ๐ถ๐ธ๐ถ๐ฒ๐น ๐ซ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฟ๐ถ ๐๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ฟ๐ฒ (๐๐), Msida Campus.
The event will feature ๐๐ป๐ฑ๐ ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ป, delivering a talk entitled โBringing Anime to the West: The Business Behind the 1990s Boomโ, and ๐๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด, whose presentation โAdventures in Storytelling: From Comics to the Big Screenโ will take the audience on a journey through his multifaceted career.
The evening will conclude with Frain and King discussing together the making of U2โs animated music video of โHold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, K*ll Meโ, part of the soundtrack for Joel Schumacherโs ๐๐ข๐ต๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ ๐๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ (1995), a video that won two MTV European Music Awards and was named by ๐๐ฐ๐ญ๐ญ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐๐ต๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ as one of the greatest animated music videos of all time.
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Andy Frain is the founder of the anime distribution company Manga Entertainment and the executive producer of the 1995 anime feature ๐๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ด๐ต ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ญ, which director James Cameron hailed as โthe first truly adult animation film to reach a level of literary and visual excellenceโ. After leaving Manga Entertainment, Frain founded the animation production company Touchwood Animation, as well as CGI studios in London and Bucharest. Together, Frain and his teams have worked on numerous films, television series, commercials, and music videos.
Dave King is an award-winning director, scriptwriter, and storyboard artist with decades of experience spanning comics, animation, and film. His career includes work with Marvel Comics UK, DC Comics, and Warner Bros., contributing to iconic characters such as Dennis the Menace, Looney Tunes, and The Powerpuff Girls. King has created content for the BBC, Cartoon Network, Nickelodeon, and MTV, and continues to develop projects for film, television, and multimedia.
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