Opening Night with Electric Dragon 80.000V

Saké Tasting with Ox-Head Village

10 pm – March 18 – $19

Sample a few types of saké — or Japanese rice wine — and learn about the wide range of flavor profiles distillers create before watching the new spooky film Ox-Head Village. Please plan to arrive 10-15 minutes early to enjoy the tasting. 

Godzilla vs. Destoroyah with an Intro from Pitt Prof. Mark Best
5:15 pm – March 19 – $13
Enjoy very 1990s special effects in this Kaiju mega-movie with an intro from Film and Media Studies Professor Mark Best.  A burning Godzilla, on the verge of meltdown, emerges to lay siege to Hong Kong. At the same time horrifying new organisms are discovered in Japan. These crustacean-like beings are seemingly born of the Oxygen Destroyer, the weapon that killed the original Godzilla. Please plan to arrive 10-15 minutes early to enjoy the intro. 

Godzillympics
7:35 pm – March 20 – $15

Smash buildings, throw boulders, and… pin the tail on Godzilla. It’s the Godzillympics. A fun, Row House Original event with monstrously awesome prizes. Just sign up when you arrive and you could be called onstage to compete! Or just kick back and enjoy the spectacle! Please plan to arrive 10-15 minutes early to enjoy the full program. 

Anime Challenge with Anime Supremacy!
7:10 pm – March 24 – $16

We’re going to invite some anime-style artists on stage to draw an audience- created cartoon prompt — Mad Lib style. See what they come up with while you watch this fantastic new movie about ambition in the modern anime industry — Anime Supremacy! Please plan to arrive 10-15 minutes early to enjoy the full program. 

Pompo the Cinephile with an Intro from Prof. Yoshihiro Yasuhara
5 pm – March 26 – 13
Yoshihiro Yasuhara,  an Associate Teaching Professor in Japanese Studies at Carnegie Mellon University’s Department of Modern Language, will introduce this new anime film and give a short talk on the history and evolution of anime. Please plan to arrive 10-15 minutes early for the intro. 

Gamera vs. Guiron with Onigiri
7:15 pm – March 28 – $21

Snack on some Onigiri — aka adorable and savory filled rice cakes (one salmon and one regular) — from Mola while you watch this campy and fun 1960s outer space monster movie!

Destroy All Monsters Brew & View
7:15 & 9:45 pm– March 30 – $29

We are wrapping up two weeks of monster-movie fun the best way we know how — a Destroy All Monsters Brew & View! Ishirō Honda’s 1968 film takes place in 1999 when aliens release a whole crew of kaiju monsters — Godzilla, Mothra, Rodan, Ghidorah, and more — onto major cities across the world.