Make the Bowers Museum your destination on Final Fridays of the month, featuring after-hours access to Asian Comics: Evolution of an Art Form, anime screenings, and a DJ spinning in the galleries. Attendees will be granted free General Admission for dressing up in cosplay.*

Metropolis (2001)  - Directed by the celebrated Rintaro, written by Katsuhiro Otomo, creator of Akira, and inspired by a Japanese manga by Osamu Tezuka published in 1949, Metropolis is an acclaimed Japanese anime set in a futuristic, regimented society where human and robots are at odds.

4-8 pm Asian Comics
4:30-7:30 pm Tangata Restaurant: Dinner & bar service
5:30 pm Amati Strings: rvine-based youth ensemble will present a 20-minute performance before the film
6 pm Film:  Metropolis (107 min)

Location:  Exhibition Gallery & Norma Kershaw Auditorium