Gonzaga to offer free screening of Japanese animated film on September 12

SPOKANE, Wash — Gonzaga University will offer a free screening of the Japanese animated film “Brave Story” at 2 p.m., Saturday, September 12, in the Auditorium of the John J. Hemmingson Center. The event is open to the public.

“Brave Story” is based on a fantasy story by popular Japanese author Miyabe Miyuki about a boy who passes through a magic gateway to another realm and embarks on a perilous journey to change his destiny. The event is co-sponsored by the Japan Foundation, the Consulate-General of Japan in Seattle, and Gonzaga’s Japanese Studies Program.

Representatives of the Japan Exchange and Teaching (JET) Program, sponsored by the Japanese government, will be on hand recruiting college graduates (and those who will graduate by July 2016) to teach English at public schools in Japan or work as international relations coordinators. The JET program recruiters will offer information sessions from 11 a.m. to 11:50 a.m., Friday, September 11 in Room 244 of College Hall, and from 4 p.m. to 5 p.m., Saturday, September 12, in the Auditorium of the John J. Hemmingson Center.