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To celebrate the upcoming Ghibliotheque: Presents Your Name event at Stratford Picturehouse on Wednesday 18 January, we've partnered with Japan Centre to give away a meal for two at Shoryu, who specialise in Hakata tonkotsu ramen from Fukuoka, Japan.

The Event

The screening will be introduced by Michael Leader and Jake Cunningham, hosts of the animation-focused podcast Ghibliotheque, whose new book, The Ghibliotheque Anime Movie Guide, takes readers on a journey through Japanese feature-length animation from Akira to Your Name and beyond.

Michael and Jake will also be selling and signing copies of the book after this screening.

Your Name

Mitsuha is the daughter of the mayor of a small mountain town. She's a straightforward high school girl who lives with her sister and her grandmother and has no qualms about letting it be known that she's uninterested in Shinto rituals or helping her father's electoral campaign. Instead she dreams of leaving the boring town and trying her luck in Tokyo.

Taki is a high school boy in Tokyo who works part-time in an Italian restaurant and aspires to become an architect or an artist. Every night he has a strange dream where he becomes... a high school girl in a small mountain town.

How To Enter

For a chance to win, simply email [email protected] with GHIBLIOTHEQUE in the subject line with your booking reference for your Ghibliotheque Presents: Your Name ticket(s) at Stratford Picturehouse.

The competition closes on Thursday 19 January.

Good luck!

Ghibliotheque Presents: Your Name is Stratford Picturehouse on Wednesday 18 December — Book Now

Terms and conditions: Open to UK residents only. Entrants must be at least 18 years old. The winners will be picked at random and contacted via their method of entry. This competition will close 23.59 UK time, on Thursday 19 January 2023. Travel not included. Our standard competition terms and conditions apply.