Animatrix Network

Next Club Meeting: October 20, 2018, at the Wood Dale Public Library from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

The Animatrix Network is an anime & manga fan club located in the Southwest suburbs of Chicago, Illinois. We usually meet on the fourth 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 20, 2018

Live-Action series Avatar: The Last Airbender

Avatar: The Last Airbender

Live-Action Series on NETFLIX

[Source: ToonZone] Netflix has announced that it has begun production on a live-action series based on Avatar: The Last Airbender, the hit Nickelodeon animated series. Co-creators Bryan Konietzko and Michael Dante DiMartino are both overseeing the new series, and issued a joint statement commenting on the previous live-action feature film adaptation directed by M. Night Shyamalan:

“We’re thrilled for the opportunity to helm this live-action adaptation of Avatar: The Last Airbender. We can’t wait to realize Aang’s world as cinematically as we always imagined it to be, and with a culturally appropriate, non-whitewashed cast.

It’s a once-in-a-lifetime chance to build upon everyone’s great work on the original animated series and go even deeper into the characters, story, action, and world-building. Netflix is wholly dedicated to manifesting our vision for this retelling, and we’re incredibly grateful to be partnering with them.”

The series comes on the wake of the premiere of the nine-episode animated series The Dragon Prince, a new series co-created by Avatar head writer Aaron Ehasz with Avatar alumnus Giancarlo Volpe joining as executive producer and director.

Wednesday, September 19, 2018

Teaser for Captain Marvel movie

C A P T A I N M A R V E L

Higher. Further. Faster. Watch the trailer for Marvel Studios’ Captain Marvel, in theaters March 8, 2019.

Tuesday, September 18, 2018

The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina

A witch's 16th birthday is very special.

The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina

The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina tells the story of Sabrina Spellman (Kiernan Shipka), a half-witch half-mortal teenage girl. She’s been waiting her whole life for her 16th birthday, but something wicked this way comes, forcing her to choose between the path of light and the path of night. A Netflix Original Series from the makers of Riverdale. CAOS arrives October 26th

Monday, September 17, 2018

Star Wars Resistance Featurette - "Aces"

STAR WARS: RESISTANCE

The skies belong to the Aces. Get to know the platform's most daring pilots when Star Wars Resistance premieres Sunday, October 7 at 10pm ET/PT on Disney Channel.

Sunday, September 16, 2018

Marvel's Avengers Assemble (FULL EPISODE)

MARVEL's Avengers Assemble!

When Captain America is apparently destroyed by Red Skull, Iron Man reunites the Avengers to stop Red Skull's army. But does he have the strength to lead the team?

"Marvel's Avengers Assemble" is an action-packed animated series featuring the world's mightiest heroes introduced in the 2012 blockbuster live-action film "The Avengers". The epic adventure follows Iron Man, Captain America, Thor, Hulk, Black Widow, Hawkeye, and Falcon as they dedicate themselves to protecting New York City and the world.

The series opens with the newly reunited Avengers discovering that their teammate, Captain America, has been captured by Red Skull. The flawed Super Solider Serum coursing through Red Skull's veins has led him to recruit MODOK to help him transfer his mind into Captain America's body. Upon Iron Man's victory over Red Skull and MODOK, Red Skull brings together a team of powerful villains called The Cabal. This team includes: Red Skull, MODOK, Dracula, Attuma, Hyperion, and the Super Adaptoid. It's up to this super-powered group of heroes to protect and ultimately destroy Red Skull's Cabal. Along the way they'll recruit new members, fight against powerful weapons, and find out which team is the strongest there is!

Saturday, September 15, 2018

Rick and Morty Anime

Yeah, some one made an anime version of Rick and Morty. It was only a matter of time.

Friday, September 14, 2018

N.Y.O.N. - Fan-made Animation

N . Y . O . N .

NYON is a fan made animation (Fanimation) based in the RWBY universe and taking place 1 year prior to the events in RWBY.

Chapter 2 is finally here!

Thursday, September 13, 2018

Kingdom Hearts 3 - Big Hero 6 Trailer

Kingdom Hearts 3 - Big Hero 6

Welcome to San Fransokyo! The cast of Kingdom Hearts III meet up with the heroes from Big Hero 6. Originally aired before Tokyo Game Show 2018, this trailer shows Sora, Donald, and Goofy fighting alongside Big Hero 6 in San Fransokyo! But forces of Darkness are also making ominous moves.

Wednesday, September 12, 2018

Teaser trailer for SHE-RA

DreamWorkstv SHE-RA and the PRINCESSES of POWER

Will you answer the call?

Join the fun on DreamWorksTV where you can find an endless supply of laugh-out-loud jokes, lovable characters, life hacks, music, magic, gaming and more! Get crafty with our DIY hacks, sing along to today’s catchiest songs, surprise your friends with clever magic tricks, and learn all the best video game tips and tricks. DreamWorksTV has it all, made just for kids! Check back daily for new episodes and don’t forget to follow us on Facebook and Instagram.

Anime Viewing Schedule for September 15, 2018

A N I M A T R I X N E T W O R K
Saturday, September 15, 2018

Wood Dale Public Library

Yeah, we're back in Wood Dale.
Ain't that awesome?

Main Meeting Room, 10:15 am to 5:00 pm

10:15 - 11:05   Planet With 1-2
11:05 - 11:55 Banana Fish 1-2
11:55 - 12:45   Hinamatsuri 3-4
12:45 - 1:20    Club Meeting / Announcements
1:20 - 2:35     Megalo Box 3-5
2:35 - 3:25     A.I.C.O. Incarnation 11-12 (End)
3:25 - 4:40 Flavors of Youth (Movie)

All anime presented are fan-subtitled unless otherwise noted.

Don't miss the exciting anime series: Planet With and Megalo Box

ANIME DESCRIPTIONS ARE BELOW

CGI Animated Short Film: "Pharaoh"

P H A R A O H

A young new pharaoh must face down tradition and family in order to find her place as a ruler.

Pharaoh Animated short film directed by Derrick Forkel and Mitchell Jao. Created at the School of Visual Arts.

Sunday, September 9, 2018

MIRACULOUS CHIBI - THE CHASE

M I R A C U L O U S C H I B I

Cat Noir decides to ask Ladybug to the movies. But if he wants the superheroine to go with him, he'll need to catch the tickets first, as they just slipped out of his hand and are now flying away in the Paris sky….

Recommended Anime

MADE in ABYSS

The Best Anime of 2017

Made in Abyss is centered around an orphan girl named Riko who lives in the town of Orth on an island in the sea of Beoluska. The city surrounds a strange, giant hole going deep into the earth, which is commonly called the Abyss. The Abyss harbors artifacts and remnants of a civilization long gone, and is therefore the popular hunting spot for so-called Cave Raiders, who undertake arduous and dangerous descents into the mist-filled pit to recover whatever relics they can find. However, the deeper one goes into the Abyss, the more they are afflicted by a progressively fatal malady called the Curse of the Abyss once they ascend back; few who have descended into the lower regions have returned to tell of their experiences. Some legendary Cave Raiders earn the title of White Whistle, one of them being Riko's mother Lyza.

Riko's goal is to follow in her mother's footsteps and solve the mysteries of the Abyss. One day she explores the caves and discovers a robot named Reg who resembles a human boy that she and her friends befriend. Some time later, Riko is informed that some items sent by Lyza were recovered, including a message to her, telling her to meet in the bottom of the Abyss. Riko then bids farewell to her friends and departs to the Abyss with Reg in search for her mother, despite knowing of the risks and the fact that due to the Curse of the Abyss, she will never be able to return.

Characters
Riko is a trouble-prone 12-year-old girl who wants to emulate her late mother, a legendary Cave Raider named Lyza the Annihilator who disappeared in the Abyss ten years ago. Riko is currently a Cave Raider-in-training at the Belchero Orphanage, and as a rookie bears the rank of Red Whistle. She has secretly taken possession of one of her finds, the Star Compass, which she hopes to use in her exploration of the Abyss. Her poor eyesight stems from the Curse of the Abyss, which she caught when her mother gave birth to her during a mission in the Abyss.

Reg is an amnesic robot in the shape of a human boy. Having no memory of his own name, he was given the name Reg after a dog Riko used to own. Surprisingly, he can consume organic food despite being classified as a machine. His mechanical arms extensible, and can also fire a deadly energy beam capable of melting even stone, which Riko dubs the "Incinerator".

Flashback Corner - Remember This?

THE DIRTY PAIR is a series of sci-fi comedy light novels written by Haruka Takachiho and illustrated by Yoshikazu Yasuhiko that was later adapted into anime and manga versions. The franchise has bounced across multiple formats and production companies, resulting in (so far) eight novels and a few shorter stories, a television series, two OVA series, two OVA features, a feature film, a number of graphic novels, and two short Japanese radio series. The 1985 television series won the Animage Anime Grand Prix prize for that year.

The stories take place in the years 2138-43, by which time humanity has spread across some few thousand star systems. A corporation called the World Welfare Works Association (WWWA or 3WA) helps member systems of the United Galactica (UG) federation deal with various planetary-scale problems, for profit, by sending agents called "trouble consultants". The series focuses on a team of trouble consultants in that section, named Kei and Yuri, who have a reputation for leaving a trail of destruction behind them, for which they are known publicly as the "Dirty Pair".

Kei and Yuri are the two members of Trouble Consultant team 234, code named "Lovely Angels". Almost every mission they are involved with ends up in disaster, but not failure (they'll catch the crook, but a city may be destroyed in the process), and thus they are more generally known as the "Dirty Pair", a nickname they hate. They are always cleared of any wrongdoing by the 3WA's Central Computer because the extreme collateral damage is never actually their fault (though their mere presence has been known to make things worse). In some but not all continuities, they have joint ESP powers, usually limited to precognition. This talent was the reason they were recruited in the first place.

Kei is a hot-headed tomboy with red hair and tanned skin who wears a silver-white uniform. She favors large weaponry and prefers to "shoot first, ask questions later". The more aggressive of the two, she is also the bustier of the pair and is attracted to manly, muscular men. Yuri is of Japanese ethnicity, and wears a golden-yellow uniform. She often uses non-gun weaponry such as energy whips or throwing cards. While the more feminine of the two, she is known to become very violent when crossed. She is the more bottom-heavy of the team and is also a coy flirt who prefers cultured, refined men. Her most recognized weapon is the Bloody Card, a technologically enhanced throwing card that can be used to take down several people at once.

Gaming Corner

NIER: AUTOMATA is an action role-playing game in which players take the role of combat androids from the YoRHa units across an open world environment. In addition to standard navigation on foot, using a special item allows the player to summon a wild animal to ride, and in some scenarios pilot a flying mech to fight enemies. As with the previous game, during navigation in some environments, the camera shifts from its standard third-person view to an overhead or side-scrolling perspective. Some areas also include platforming elements, requiring the player to navigate via jumping between platforms or over obstacles. The player can complete side quests for non-playable characters found throughout the world. Shops available in hub locations allow the player to purchase items, including consumables which recover health.

Combat is action-based, with the player fighting enemies in real-time in a variety of in-game environments. During battle, the player can use light attacks—which are fast but weak—and heavy attacks—slow and more powerful. The player can evade enemy attacks, and with successfully timed button presses, can gain temporary invulnerability and launch a counterattack which deals heavy damage. The player is also assisted by a Pod, a flying robot assistant which launches customizable ranged attacks varying from simple gunfire to heavy-hitting hammer attacks. Players can access four different weapon types in battle: short swords, long swords, bracers, and spears. While attacking, the player can alternate between both weapon types and attacks to create combination attacks. Attacks with different weapon types can also be charged and launched for increased damage. Weapon Stories, a recurring element in both Nier and the Drakengard series, where weapons found throughout the world have unique stories attached to them, are also featured.

As the players progress, they gain experience levels, increasing their health, defense, and attack power. Character progression is handled through chips, items installed onto the player characters that modify their attributes; these chips provide benefits ranging from altering the HUD, to granting status buffs. The number of chips that can be installed at once are limited by how many slots are available. Chips can either be purchased from shops, or picked up from defeated enemies. If the player dies, they will respawn at their previous save point. The player can then find their original body, and either retrieve items and experience left with it to gain a bonus, or attempt to repair it. Depending on the player's success, the body is either resurrected as a temporary ally, or as an enemy the player can defeat for an extra bonus. With online features enabled, the bodies of other players can also be retrieved or resurrected at the location in which they died.

Mighty Orbots - Remember this?

MIGHTY ORBOTS

In the future, Earth is threatened by various enemies, but none worse than the organization called Shadow, lead by the cybernetic menace known as Umbra. Against this, the Galactic Patrol strives to protect Earth, but the mild mannered young scientist, Robert Simmons, does more. In times of peril, he secretly fights as the leader of the Orbots, a team of unique artificially intelligent robots each equipped with their own unique capabilities that are invaluable in this war. Together, whether individually or united as parts of a giant combined robot, they represent Earth's most powerful defense.