Next Club Meeting: September 20, 2025, at the Fountaindale Public Library in Bolingbrook from 11:00 am - 5:00 pm

The Animatrix Network is an anime & manga fan club located in the Southwest suburbs of Chicago, Illinois. We usually meet on the third Saturday of each month (except when holidays or conventions coincide). The meetings are free and open to the public. Join us for a day filled with anime.

This site provides news, reviews, commentaries, and previews of the world of anime and everything it inspires, such as live-action films, comics, music, art, and other weird things to enjoy and contemplate.

Thursday, September 18, 2025

'Demon Slayer' Dominates above all others...

Demon Slayer: Infinity Castle
Demon Slayer: Infinity Castle raked in $70 million on its opening weekend -- almost as much as Elio made during its entire run. We talk about the insane box office, and what this means for anime in the US.

Wednesday, September 17, 2025

Anime Viewing Schedule for September 20, 2025...


 A N I M A T R I X   N E T W O R K
Saturday, September 20, 2025
Fountaindale Public Library
VIEWING SCHEDULE
          11:15 - 12:05   Apothecary Diaries - Season 2 eps 9-10
          12:05 - 12:55   M.S. Gundam GQuuuuuuX eps 11-12
          12:55 - 1:30     Club Meeting
          1:30 - 2:20       Lazarus eps 11-12
          2:20 - 3:10       The Super Cube eps 11-12
          3:103:35       To Be Hero X eps 8-9
          3:35 - 4:55       The Summer Hikaru Died 3-4
 
Time to Explore New Anime!
 
Fountaindale Public Library
300 W. Briarcliff Road
Bolingbrook, IL 60440 
Peggy J. Danhof Board Room
(Second Floor)
 
From 11:15 AM to 5:00 PM

All anime presented are fan-subtitled unless otherwise noted.
Don't miss these exciting anime series: Ranma 1/2 and Urusei Yatsura
* ANIME DESCRIPTIONS ARE BELOW *

Tuesday, September 16, 2025

This time Another shall wield the Sword...

The Witcher: Season 4
The Continent awaits. Here’s your exclusive first clip of Liam Hemsworth as Geralt of Rivia in The Witcher: Season 4. Returns October 30th, only on Netflix.

Monday, September 15, 2025

Vengeance has a name...

SISU 2: ROAD TO REVENGE
SISU: ROAD TO REVENGE is a wall-to-wall cinematic action event, a sequel to the original sleeper hit SISU. Returning to the house where his family was brutally murdered during the war, “the man who refuses to die” (Jorma Tommila) dismantles it, loads it on a truck, and is determined to rebuild it somewhere safe in their honor. When the Red Army commander who killed his family (Stephen Lang from Don’t Breathe) comes back hellbent on finishing the job, a relentless, eye-popping cross-country chase ensues - a fight to the death, full of clever, unbelievable action set pieces.
In movie theatres November 21

Sunday, September 14, 2025

Their Official Music Video...

P E R F U M E
Nebula Romance Part Two
New Album 'Nebula Romance Part Two' is available for streaming in full & the CD will be released on 9/17 (Wednesday)!

Saturday, September 13, 2025

The Next Club Meeting is September 20, 2025...

A N I M A T R I X   N E T W O R K
Something's coming your way!

M O N T H L Y   M E E T I N G
 
Fountaindale Public Library
300 W. Briarcliff Road
Bolingbrook, IL  60440
Peggy J. Danhof Board Room
 (2nd Floor)
Saturday, September 20, 2025
11:15 AM - 5:00 PM
 
We will be in the BOARD ROOM on the Second Floor.
 
Hope to see everyone there!

 
A Viewing Schedule will be posted soon.
 
(Click below for maps)

Friday, September 12, 2025

A Journey Through Time to Save Our Future...

A R C O
A magical and beautifully animated journey through time, Arco is a dazzling adventure about a 10-year-old boy from a peaceful, distant future who accidentally travels back to the year 2075 and discovers a world in peril. As Arco develops a charming and touching friendship with a young girl named Iris, they band together and along with her trusted robot caretaker Mikki, set out on a quest to get Arco home, while the two children may also be the only ones who can save our planet. A wondrous odyssey filled with hope and optimism for our future, Arco is an enchanting fable from breakout filmmaker Ugo Bienvenu, produced by Remembers’ Bienvenu and Felix de Givry, and mountainA’s Natalie Portman and Sophie Mas.
In Select Theaters November 14

Thursday, September 11, 2025

Stay Outraged My Friends...


The Most Karen Woman in the World
(Dos Equis AI Ad)

Wednesday, September 10, 2025

"This place is too Weird... but I have a Gun..."

Onirism
Get a new look at Onirism, a colorful, kid-friendly action-adventure with some serious third-person shooter chops, ahead of its 1.0 version launch on September 25 after six years in Early Access. BunBun must be rescued! 

Onirism's voice cast includes award-winning K-pop sensation and recently Billboard-chart topping artist AleXa (voicing protagonist Carol in the English version of Onirism), and Anna Lauzeray-Gishi, who played Kiriko in Overwatch (and voices Carol in the French version). In addition, the developer notes, "YouTube personalities Benzaie and Bob Lennon lend their voices to key characters, bringing fan-favorite energy and charisma to the Onirism universe."

Tuesday, September 9, 2025

It's like Returnal meets Metroid Prime...

METAL EDEN
Metal Eden, a first-person sci-fi action shooter developed by Reikon Games. Players will set out as ASKA, an android created on the basis of the human mind, to free the lost colony of Moebius. Take up arms with a suite of different weapons and abilities to dispatch enemies, gain upgrades, and save humanity in Metal Eden, available now for PlayStation 5 (PS5), Xbox Series X|S, and PC (Steam).

Monday, September 8, 2025

Official Fortnite Music Video...

Fortnite x Gorillaz - DARE Emote
Plastic beach, meet concrete jungle. Gorillaz have crossed over and crash-landed into a whole new universe as the latest Fortnite Icons: http://fn.gg/FestivalS10 Snag the 2D and Noodle Outfits now in the Item Shop with the Noodle & 2D Bundle, complete with themed cosmetics and the DARE Emote — and earn the Murdoc and Russel Outfits through the Fortnite Festival Season 10 Music Pass!

Sunday, September 7, 2025

The Superheroes are now the Undead!

Marvel Animation’s Marvel Zombies
Marvel Zombies, an animated horror installment to the Marvel Cinematic Universe distributed by Marvel Studios. This series re-contextualizes the Marvel Universe as Earth's mightiest heroes go head-to-head against a zombie outbreak, turning even the strongest of them into undead nightmares. 
 
Marvel Animation’s Marvel Zombies will be a four-part event on September 24, streaming exclusively on Disney+. After the Avengers are overtaken by a zombie plague, a desperate group of survivors discover the key to bringing an end to the super-powered undead, racing across a dystopian landscape and risking life and limb to save their world. 
 
Marvel Zombies stars Elizabeth Olsen, Paul Rudd, Florence Pugh, David Harbour, Tessa Thompson, Simu Liu, Awkwafina, Hailee Steinfeld, Wyatt Russell, Randall Park, Iman Vellani, Dominique Thorne, and more. The series is executive produced by Kevin Feige, Louis D’Esposito, Brad Winderbaum, Dana Vasquez-Eberhardt, Bryan Andrews, and Zeb Wells, and is produced by Danielle Costa, Carrie Wassenaar.