The celebrations for the 25 years of One Piece continue: the Toei Animation studio brings it to Lucca Tatsuya Nagaminedirector of the last years of the anime, and Kenji Yokoyamaanimator since the beginning of the long series.
Side video games they arrive Alexey Pazitnovcreator of the famous video game Tetris (in Lucca on the 40th anniversary of its creation), and Henk B. Rogers, president of the Tetris Company, recently immortalized in the film by John S. Baird. But they will also be there Charles Cecilcreator of the graphic adventure Broken Sword, and the team at Larian Studios (Jason Latinocinematic director; Borislav Slavov, composer; And Joachim VleminckxArt Director), creators of the highly acclaimed Baldur’s Gate 3.
From Baldur’s Gate to D&D the step is very short, and we then move on to the next guest: Jeremy Crawfordgame director and lead designer of the new edition of Dungeons & Dragons. And for the first time, starting from October 26th, the largest collection of original D&D art in the world will be exhibited in Lucca, in the Chiesa dei Servi. show Gateway to Adventure.
For the important anniversary the municipality of Lucca has decided to title definitively the basement of the bulwark of San Paolino (which has hosted RPG-themed activities many times over the years of the fair) to the legendary ones Gary Gygax And Dave Arneson, creators of D&D. Other anticipated activities for analog game lovers include the world premiere of the third set of the trading card game Star Wars Unlimited.
Big events in sight also for bibliophiles: arrives in Italy for the first time R. L. Stineauthor of the super-popular Little Brividi series of novels (horror for young readers), but there will also be Stuart Tortonauthor of The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastleand our own Paola Barbatowith new novels The ivory tower And Horror game. The fantasy side, or rather fantasy romance (or romantasy, in an unlikely crasis), arrives Ava Reid (A study in drowning). Without forgetting Italian Felicia Kingsleywhich involved the online “Potterhead” community in an interactive game that imagines a magical college located in Italy.
Music and exhibitions
On November 2nd at 9pm there will be a maxi-concert with the historic guests of the festival: Cristina D’Avena, Giorgio Vanni and Max Longhi, Enzo Draghi, I Cavalieri del Re, Vince Tempera, Gli Oliver Onions, Mauro Goldsand, I Raggi Fotonici and many other artists in three hours of non-music stop to celebrate i 20 years of Lucca C&G Music.
