<p><strong>Touhou Kinema Kan (東方活動写真館)</strong> is both the name of a defunct doujin circle and the series of animated music videos they produced in the years 2009-2011.</p>

<p>Below is the list of their works in chronological order:</p>

<ul>
<li>東方活動写真館</li>
<li>東方活動写真館～第二幕～</li>
<li>橙の幻想郷音頭</li>
<li>東方恋隣童-Toho kourindo-</li>
<li>東方白昼夢</li>
<li>東方活動写真館～終幕～</li>
</ul>

<p><a href="https://jisho.org/search?utf8=%E2%9C%93&amp;keyword=%E3%82%AD%E3%83%8D%E3%83%9E" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><em>Kinema (キネマ)</em></a> is cinema, and <a href="https://jisho.org/search?utf8=%E2%9C%93&amp;keyword=%E9%A4%A8" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><em>kan (館)</em></a> is hall, so <em>Kinema Kan (活動写真館)</em> is cinema hall. The kanji <a href="https://jisho.org/search?utf8=%E2%9C%93&amp;keyword=%E6%B4%BB%E5%8B%95%E5%86%99%E7%9C%9F" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><em>活動写真 (katsudou shashin)</em></a> is a retro word for cinema, used mainly in the Meiji and Taishō period.</p>

<p>Curtain is a mistranslation of <a href="https://jisho.org/search?utf8=%E2%9C%93&amp;keyword=%E5%B9%95" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><em>幕 (maku)</em></a>, which in this context means an act, a unit of a theater work. The first act is 東方活動写真館, followed by the second act 東方活動写真館～第二幕～ and the final act 東方活動写真館～終幕～, which is a compilation of all the previous works of the doujin circle in one disc.</p>

<h3>References</h3>

<ul>
<li><p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121125022616/http://www.tohokinemakan.jp/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Official Touhou Kinema Kan website [archived]</a></p></li>
<li><p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120116094335/http://tohokinemakan.jp:80/production.html" rel="nofollow noreferrer">List of Touhou Kinema Kan's works [archived]</a></p></li>
</ul>

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2018-06-28T15:05:03.927Z
Gao
<p>I see a lot of unofficial anime-style Touhou opening and ending videos with something like "Touhou Anime Kinema-kan" mentioned in the title or description. For example:</p>

<ul>
<li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=htOqsmrz_Eo" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Touhou Anime Motion Picture ~Second Curtain~ 2nd PV 【東方】</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tq29WcecvVY" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Touhou Hana Kagura【Anime Motion Picture 2nd Curtain #2】【東方】【HQ】</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oxCMsS3zUv0" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Touhou Anime Kinema-kan - "東方白昼夢" ToHo Daydream(FULL)</a></li>
</ul>

<p>But I can't find a good description or explanation of what exactly Touhou Anime Kinema-kan is. What does Kinema-kan mean? What does it refer to? And what does 2nd Curtain refer to? Is there a 1st Curtain, 3rd Curtain, and so on?</p>

<p>All I can gleam from the video descriptions is that it seems to be something that was released at Comiket or Reitaisai, but I don't know much beyond that.</p>

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What exactly is Touhou Kinema-kan?
# What exactly is Touhou Kinema-kan?
Posted by: username_0 on 2018-06-27
I see a lot of unofficial anime-style Touhou opening and ending videos with something like "Touhou Anime Kinema-kan" mentioned in the title or description. For example:

* [Touhou Anime Motion Picture ~Second Curtain~ 2nd PV 【東方】](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=htOqsmrz_Eo)
* [Touhou Hana Kagura【Anime Motion Picture 2nd Curtain #2】【東方】【HQ】](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tq29WcecvVY)
* [Touhou Anime Kinema-kan - "東方白昼夢" ToHo Daydream(FULL)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oxCMsS3zUv0)

But I can't find a good description or explanation of what exactly Touhou Anime Kinema-kan is. What does Kinema-kan mean? What does it refer to? And what does 2nd Curtain refer to? Is there a 1st Curtain, 3rd Curtain, and so on?

All I can gleam from the video descriptions is that it seems to be something that was released at Comiket or Reitaisai, but I don't know much beyond that.
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### Answer by username_1 on 2018-06-28. Score: 3 | Accepted answer
**Touhou Kinema Kan (東方活動写真館)** is both the name of a defunct doujin circle and the series of animated music videos they produced in the years 2009-2011.

Below is the list of their works in chronological order:

* 東方活動写真館
* 東方活動写真館～第二幕～
* 橙の幻想郷音頭
* 東方恋隣童-Toho kourindo-
* 東方白昼夢
* 東方活動写真館～終幕～

[*Kinema (キネマ)*](https://jisho.org/search?utf8=%E2%9C%93&keyword=%E3%82%AD%E3%83%8D%E3%83%9E) is cinema, and [*kan (館)*](https://jisho.org/search?utf8=%E2%9C%93&keyword=%E9%A4%A8) is hall, so *Kinema Kan (活動写真館)* is cinema hall. The kanji [*活動写真 (katsudou shashin)*](https://jisho.org/search?utf8=%E2%9C%93&keyword=%E6%B4%BB%E5%8B%95%E5%86%99%E7%9C%9F) is a retro word for cinema, used mainly in the Meiji and Taishō period.

Curtain is a mistranslation of [*幕 (maku)*](https://jisho.org/search?utf8=%E2%9C%93&keyword=%E5%B9%95), which in this context means an act, a unit of a theater work. The first act is 東方活動写真館, followed by the second act 東方活動写真館～第二幕～ and the final act 東方活動写真館～終幕～, which is a compilation of all the previous works of the doujin circle in one disc.

### References

* [Official Touhou Kinema Kan website [archived]](https://web.archive.org/web/20121125022616/http://www.tohokinemakan.jp/)
* [List of Touhou Kinema Kan's works [archived]](https://web.archive.org/web/20120116094335/http://tohokinemakan.jp:80/production.html)
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