• Edison and Leo, the first Canadian stop-motion feature, is described as a "surprising chunk of steampunk fun, a revisionist, retro science-fiction thriller with a zesty dash of decidedly adult gags." OK, I'm in.
• anime features Eureka Seven and Evangelion 1.0
  

• Outer Limits of Animation 2009 includes Run Wrake's Control Master, PES' Western Spaghetti, and Theodor Ushev's Drux Flux among others
• Outer Limits of Animation 2008 and DJ XL5's Hellzapoppin' Zappin Party will be shown in separate special outdoor screenings in Parc de la Paix

• Even more animation shorts are sprinkled throughout the festival as usual and are by no means segregated, exposing animation to the wider Fantasia audience. You can find shorts in this year's edition of Small Gauge Trauma and the many Courts métrages québécois and Courts métrages québécois DIY selections. Look out for Malcolm Sutherland's Tourists and The Astronomer's Dream.
• The fight sequences in Battle League Tokyo, animated by Gonzo
• Antique, a live-action adaptation, based on the manga Antique Bakery, which also has an anime adaptation
• M.W., a live-action adaptation based on the powerful manga by animator Osamu Tezuka.

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