

# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Mothra Film Screening & Book Talk
- **Event Start and End Date**: Sun, 19 Apr, 2026 at 06:00 pm – Sun, 19 Apr, 2026 at 08:00 pm (-04:00)
- **Event Description**: Join us for a screening of MOTHRA and talk-back with author of the now-available English translation of its original book: Jeffrey AnglesAbout this EventJoin us for this special after-hours bookstore event including:--a full Screening of Mothra , theatrically released in its English dubbed version in 1962. The titular monster, Mothra, would become Toho's second most popular kaiju character after Godzilla, appearing in eleven Godzilla films and her own trilogy in the 1990s.--Cosplay welcome and bookstore prizes given to Cosplay participants--A talk-back and book signing with translator of the newly available English version of  The Luminous Fairies and Mothra : Jeffrey AnglesDescriptionThe original story that hatched Mothra, one of the most beloved monsters in the “kaijuverse”—available in English for the first timeMystical and benevolent, the colossal lepidopteran Mothra has been one of the most beloved kaiju since 1961, when The Luminous Fairies and Mothra was originally published in Japanese. Commissioned by Tōhō Studios from three of Japan’s most prominent postwar literary writers (Shin’ichirō Nakamura, Takehiko Fukunaga, and Yoshie Hotta), the novella formed the basis for the now-classic monster film Mothra, with a protagonist second only to Godzilla in number of film appearances by a kaiju. Finally available in its first official English translation, The Luminous Fairies and Mothra will captivate ardent, longtime fans of the films as well as newcomers.Written just months after the largest political demonstrations Japan had ever seen, The Luminous Fairies and Mothra reflects the rebellious spirit of the time. In this original story, explorers visit a South Pacific island and capture a group of fairies, inciting the fury of the goddess Mothra, who sets out for Japan on a mission of rescue and revenge. Expressing a powerful social stance about Japan’s need to chart its own foreign policy during the Cold War, the novella’s political message was ultimately toned down in the Tōhō Studios film. Through this translation, Anglophone audiences will discover Mothra as a figure of protest fiction intricately reflecting the complex geopolitical situation in early 1960s Japan.The Luminous Fairies and Mothra is translated into lively prose by Jeffrey Angles, who also wrote an extensive afterword about the novella’s cultural context, the unusual story of its composition, and the development of the 1961 film. Following Angles’s best-selling translation of the original Godzilla novellas, this new work will once again delight kaiju fans everywhere.Retail e-book files for this title are screen-reader friendly with images accompanied by short alt text and/or extended descriptions.About the TranslatorJeffrey Angles is professor of Japanese literature at Western Michigan University. He is author of three books and translator of several works in Japanese, including Godzilla and Godzilla Raids Again by Shigeru Kayama, also published by the University of Minnesota Press.
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/kalamazoo/mothra-film-screening-and-book-talk/100001985450066596
- **Event Categories**: Entertainment, Art, literary-art
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## Ticket Details

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- **Ticket Price Range**: min: 6.24, max: 24.09, currency: USD

## Event venue details

- **city**: Kalamazoo
- **state**: MI
- **country**: United States
- **location**: Bookbug & this is a bookstore
- **lat**: 42.2607843
- **long**: -85.61217719999999
- **full address**: Bookbug &amp; this is a bookstore, 3019 Oakland Drive, Kalamazoo, United States

## Event Organizer details

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- **organizer**: Bookbug / this is a bookstore (https://allevents.in/org/bookbug-this-is-a-bookstore/17604387)

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Sun, 19 Apr, 2026 at 06:00 pm (-04:00)
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** Bookbug &amp; this is a bookstore, 3019 Oakland Drive, Kalamazoo, United States
- **Q**: What is the ticket price?
  - **A:** starting from 6.24 up to 24.09 USD
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** Bookbug / this is a bookstore
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
  - **A:** Entertainment, Art, literary-art
- **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about Mothra Film Screening & Book Talk ?
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