{"rewrite":{"id":"r_950a9524a0b9dffe28378590","clusterId":"c_1a510d2e2a6fe9250be5cca7","slug":"animation-is-film-festival-adds-cherry-and-virgin-and-ghost-to-competition","model":"deepseek-v4-1-flash","headline":"Animation Is Film Festival Adds Cherry And Virgin And Ghost To Competition","summary":"Animation is Film announced on Tuesday that it will screen Masanao Kawajiri's Cherry and Virgin and Shingo Natsume and Madhouse's ghost - end of night in competition at the TCL Chinese Theatres in Hollywood on October 16-19. The festival also plans a special screening of Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust. Cherry and Virgin opens in 2027; ghost - end of night opens in Japan on February 11, 2027.","whyItMatters":"Both films arrive at the Hollywood festival already routed through Fantasia and lined up for Tokyo International Film Festival, so Animation is Film reads as one stop on an awards-season path rather than a standalone Los Angeles launch.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eThe Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust slot is a special screening, not a competition entry. GKIDS will screen the Japanese language version with English subtitles at select screenings this fall, ahead of theatrical and home entertainment releases in 2027.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCherry and Virgin won Special Mention of the Jury in the Satoshi Kon Award for Excellence in Animation section at the 30th Fantasia International Film Festival, where it had its world premiere in the Animation Plus Section. The 39th Tokyo International Film Festival will also screen it, along with ghost - end of night, from October 26 to November 4.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"Animation is Film has added Cherry and Virgin and ghost - end of night to its competition slate. The festival runs October 16-19 at the TCL Chinese Theatres in Hollywood, with a special screening of Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust.","twitterPost":"Animation is Film added Cherry and Virgin and ghost - end of night to competition. The festival runs October 16-19 at the TCL Chinese Theatres in Hollywood, plus a special screening of Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust.","threadsPost":null,"newsletterBlurb":"Animation is Film has added Masanao Kawajiri's Cherry and Virgin and Shingo Natsume and Madhouse's ghost - end of night to its competition slate for October 16-19 in Hollywood. A special screening of Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust is also planned. Both competition films are also set for the 39th Tokyo International Film Festival.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"Anime News Network\",\"url\":\"https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2026-09-22/l.a.s-animation-is-film-fest-screens-cherry-and-virgin-ghost-end-of-night/.242093\",\"title\":\"L.A.'s Animation is Film Fest Screens Cherry and Virgin, ghost - end of night\"}]","lintFlagsJson":null,"lintHits":0,"costUsd":0,"inputTokens":4291,"outputTokens":606,"status":"published","repairAttempts":0,"nextRepairAt":null,"factsAttemptedAt":1791078277,"createdAt":"2026-10-04T01:41:52.000Z","publishedAt":"2026-10-04T01:43:27.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-04T01:43:27.000Z"},"cluster":{"id":"c_1a510d2e2a6fe9250be5cca7","canonicalTitle":"News\nL.A.'s Animation is Film Fest Screens Cherry and Virgin, ghost – end of night","representativeArticleId":"a_c2b724e767526d2da4023622","sourceCount":1,"writtenSourceCount":1,"writeAttempts":0,"isSolo":true,"entitiesJson":"{\"anime_titles\":[\"Cherry and Virgin\",\"ghost – end of night\",\"Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust\"],\"manga_titles\":[],\"work_titles\":[],\"studios\":[],\"people\":[],\"type\":\"event\",\"domain\":\"anime\",\"is_roundup\":false}","contentType":"news","status":"published","firstSeenAt":"2026-09-23T01:41:46.000Z","lastSeenAt":"2026-09-23T01:41:46.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-04T01:43:21.000Z"},"attribution":[{"source":"Anime News Network","url":"https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2026-09-22/l.a.s-animation-is-film-fest-screens-cherry-and-virgin-ghost-end-of-night/.242093","title":"News\nL.A.'s Animation is Film Fest Screens Cherry and Virgin, ghost – end of night"}],"entities":{"anime_titles":["Cherry and Virgin","ghost – end of night","Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust"],"manga_titles":[],"work_titles":[],"studios":[],"people":[],"type":"event","domain":"anime","is_roundup":false},"keyFacts":null}