Happy Halloween!

THE PERFECT PUMPKIN

Trick or Treat! Snoopy and Woodstock hit the pumpkin patch to find the perfect pumpkin for their Halloween celebrations. The Snoopy Show is available on Apple TV+.

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A Brilliant Stop-Motion Movie of a Dark Future...

JUNK HEAD

“The scenes in Junk Head are dark, and even shocking at times. But they are in fact acted out by cute dolls with rounded features in a miniature movie set, adding a touch of humor to the darkness.”

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Post-Apocalyptic Film Junk Head Lauded as ‘Work of Deranged Brilliance’

by Guillermo del Toro

Mankind can no longer reproduce because of gene manipulation aimed at making life longer. The clones ruling the bottomless underworld may have become fertile. Parton is selected to go on a mission through a subterranean labyrinth crawling with monsters to secure humanity's future. 

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STAR WARS Fan Short with Realistic Animation

AGAINST ALL ODDS

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[Source: Yahoo] There’s nothing like a good Star Wars fan film to satiate, or whet, the appetite for an adventure in a galaxy far, far away. A new short film from a production company in Australia may somehow do both, as it packs some serious animation into a two-minute clip. The video’s visual effects are so stunning, in fact, it’s easy to imagine mistaking the footage for real actors working on a real set. At least for parts of it, anyway.

The Australian production company Wireframe Cinematics recently posted the short film to the YouTube channel Frostbite Cinematics. As the creators note, this was the company’s first attempt at a short film. And they made it as an entry into the Cinematic Captures fan film competition.

The short, Against All Odds: A Star Wars Animated Short Film, drops viewers into the middle of a blaster fight between clone stormtroopers and battle droids. We then watch as our protagonist, one of the stormtroopers, sees his buddies die all around him; coming right to the fine edge between life and death himself. That is, just before his other buddies come and rescue him with a Republic Gunship. Just like this LEGO Republic Gunship, but way more realistic.

Although the story is brief and simple the visuals are jaw dropping. The creators note they sourced most of the short’s models, textures, and animations from Star Wars Battlefront 2 and Star Wars: Jedi Fallen Order. The whole thing was put together using Unreal Engine; a game engine (or software framework) developed by Epic Games.

Cat's-Out-of-the-Bag and Other Cat-Schtick

CATWOMAN: HUNTED 

In the all-new original Catwoman: Hunted, Catwoman’s attempt to steal a priceless jewel puts her squarely in the cross-hairs of both a powerful consortium of villains and the ever-resourceful Interpol, not to mention Batwoman. It might just be enough to contain her. Or not.

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Available on 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray Combo Pack,

Blu-ray and Digital on February 8, 2022.

Young Justice Returns to Fight Ghosts of their Past

YOUNG JUSTICE: PHANTOMS

Get a look at the fourth season of Young Justice: Phantoms in this trailer for the show. The first two episodes are available now on HBO Max.

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Let's Put a Beagle Into Space!

SNOOPY IN SPACE

Blast off with Snoopy as he fulfills his dream to become a NASA astronaut. Joined by Charlie Brown and the rest of the Peanuts gang, Snoopy takes command of the International Space Station and explores the moon and beyond.

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Fortune favors the bold...

UNCHARTED

The Tom Holland Uncharted trailer is here and it teases a plane scene that looks very familiar to the one in Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception. So we've done the sensible thing and put them side-by-side to see how they compare.

Fortune favors the bold. Based on one of the best-selling, most critically acclaimed video game series of all time, Uncharted introduces audiences to the young street-smart Nathan Drake (Tom Holland) and showcases his first treasure hunting adventure with wisecracking partner Victor "Sully" Sullivan (Mark Wahlberg). In an action-adventure epic that spans the globe, the two go in dangerous pursuit of "the greatest treasure never found" while also tracking clues that may lead to Nathan's long-lost brother.

The movie stars Tom Holland, Mark Wahlberg, Sophia Ali, Tati Gabrielle, and Antonio Banderas. The screenplay is by Rafe Judkins, Art Marcum, and Matt Holloway. It is produced by Charles Roven, Avi Arad, Alex Gartner, and Ari Arad. Executive producers are Ruben Fleischer, Robert J. Dohrmann, David Bernad, Tom Holland, Asad Qizilbash, Carter Swan, Neil Druckmann, Evan Wells, Art Marcum, and Matt Holloway.

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Uncharted, directed by Ruben Fleischer, arrives in theaters on February 18, 2022.

Even Superheroes Have Pets

SUPERPETS

Dwayne Johnson and Kevin Hart voice Krypto the Superdog and Ace the Bat-Hound, respectively, in the upcoming animated movie DC League of Super-Pets. The stellar voice cast also includes Kate McKinnon, John Krasinski, Vanessa Bayer, Natasha Lyonne, Diego Luna, Keanu Reeves, and Marc Maron as Lex Luthor. Jared Stern wrote and directed DC League of Super-Pets, which is scheduled to open in theaters on May 20, 2022.

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Ghostbusters: Afterlife International Trailer

GHOSTBUSTERS: AFTERLIFE

When a single mom and her two kids arrive in a small town, they begin to discover their connection to the original Ghostbusters and the secret legacy their grandfather left behind. Check out the Ghostbusters: Afterlife Official Trailer starring Paul Rudd, Finn Wolfhard and Mckenna Grace!

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Anime Viewing Schedule for October 23, 2021

 A N I M A T R I X   N E T W O R K
Saturday, October 23, 2021

Fountaindale Public Library

VIEWING SCHEDULE

          11:15 - 12:05   Jujutsu Kaisen 15-16
          12:05 - 12:30   Seirei Gensouki: Spirit Chronicles 2

          12:30 - 1:05     Club Meeting

          1:05 - 2:20       Attack on Titan: Final Season 14-16
          2:20 - 4:45       STAR WARS: Visions 1-9

"We're here! Now, help me look for parking."

 
Fountaindale Public Library
300 W. Briarcliff Road
Bolingbrook, IL 60440

Board Room, Second Floor 

Effective August 30, 2021, face masks

are REQUIRED inside the library due to

the state of Illinois mask mandate.

From 11:15 AM to 5:00 PM

All anime presented are fan-subtitled unless otherwise noted.

 

Don't miss the exciting anime series: Kemono Jihen and Mushoku Tensei

* ANIME DESCRIPTIONS ARE BELOW *

Chris Ayres, voice of Dragon Ball's Frieza, dies at 56

CHRIS AYRES
(May 16, 1965 – October 18, 2021)

Chris Ayres, a voice actor with over 200 credits

to his name, best known for playing Frieza in 

the Dragon Ball series, has died at the age of 56.

[Source: Entertainment] Ayres' girlfriend and fellow actor Krystal LaPorte shared the sad news on social media, writing, "On October 18th at 8:40pm, my world went dark. Christopher Owen Ayres passed away peacefully, held close by his mother, brother, and girlfriend."

She continued, "Chris loved you all. How much he loved other people filled the vast majority of our conversations. To those of you who truly loved him back, thank you. To those of you who stayed in touch, checked on him, reminded him that he was so, so much more than his job, you were the fuel of his fight. You fed the dreams of a future that kept him going longer than any normal person could go."

Ayres was diagnosed with end-stage cardio obstructive pulmonary disease in 2017, and openly shared updates on his health battles on social media, including his hospital stays and surgeries. Though LaPorte's statement didn't mention a cause of death, she did reference those health struggles. "I hope where you are, the first thing you did was take a long, deep breath with your perfect lungs and danced again," she wrote.

Ayres first took on the role of Frieza in the Dragon Ball series after joining Funimation's dub of Dragon Ball Z Kai. He continued to be a part of the franchise, ending with the Dragon Ball Super: Broly movie.

Funimation shared their condolences upon learning the news, sharing in a note on Twitter, "Rest In Peace, Christopher Ayres. Thank you for all that you've done for so many fans. We'll miss you dearly." Adult Swim also tweeted, "RIP Chris Ayres, Frieza Forever."

Ayres delivered a number of other anime performances throughout his career such as those in Maburaho, Black Butler, Sengoku Basara, Gantz, Tears to Tiara, Fairy Tail, Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt, and many others. He also served as ADR director and scriptwriter for numerous English dubs.

COWBOY BEBOP

COWBOY BEBOP is an action-packed space Western about three bounty hunters, aka “cowboys,” all trying to outrun the past. As different as they are deadly, Spike Spiegel (John Cho), Jet Black (Mustafa Shakir), and Faye Valentine (Daniella Pineda) form a scrappy, snarky crew ready to hunt down the solar system’s most dangerous criminals — for the right price. But they can only kick and quip their way out of so many scuffles before their pasts finally catch up with them.

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First Look at DC's "Black Adam"

B L A C K   A D A M

Dwayne Johnson stars as the titular antihero in this DC Comics epic that introduces the Justice Society to the big screen. The cast includes Aldis Hodge as Hawkman, Pierce Brosnan as Doctor Fate, Noah Centineo as Atom Smasher, Quintessa Swindell as Cyclone, and Sarah Shahi as Adrianna Tomaz, as well as Marwan Kenzari, James Cusati-Moyer, and Bodhi Sabongui. The New Line/DC Film is directed by Jaume Collet-Serra.

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Next Club Meeting is October 23, 2021

A N I M A T R I X   N E T W O R K

"We're back in the BOARD ROOM, baby!"

M O N T H L Y   M E E T I N G

Fountaindale Public Library

300 W. Briarcliff Road

Bolingbrook, IL  60440

Board Room (2nd Floor)

Saturday, October 23, 2021

11:15 AM - 5:00 PM

PLEASE READ

 

We will be in the BOARD ROOM on the

Second Floor. The maximum number of people

allowed in the room is TEN, so please 

arrive early to claim your seat. 

 

In accordance with the CDC and state of Illinois guidance, face masks are REQUIRED.  

 

THANK YOU!

Hope to see everyone there!

 

A Viewing Schedule will be posted soon.

 

Hope to see you all there!

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New Trailer for THE BATMAN

THE BATMAN

From Warner Bros. Pictures comes The Batman, with director Matt Reeves (the Planet of the Apes films) at the helm and with Robert Pattinson starring as Gotham City's vigilante detective, Batman, and billionaire Bruce Wayne. Also in the star-studded ensemble as Gotham's famous and infamous cast of characters are Zoë Kravitz as Selina Kyle; Paul Dano as Edward Nashton; Jeffrey Wright as the GCPD's James Gordon; John Turturro as Carmine Falcone; Peter Sarsgaard as Gotham D.A. Gil Colson; Barry Keoghan as Officer Stanley Merkel; Jayme Lawson as mayoral candidate Bella Reál; with Andy Serkis as Alfred; and Colin Farrell as Oswald Cobblepot. The Batman was written by Matt Reeves & Peter Craig. The Batman is set to open in theaters on March 4, 2022 in select 3D and 2D and IMAX theaters and will be distributed worldwide by Warner Bros. Pictures.

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Meet a Dysfunctional Family of... Psychics

FREAKANGELS

FreakAngels was a post-apocalyptic webcomic created in 2008 by Eagle Award-winning writer Warren Ellis and artist Paul Duffield, and published in book format by Avatar Press. The plot focuses on twelve 23-year-old psychics living in Whitechapel six years after civilization in Great Britain is destroyed. It is now an animated Crunchyroll Original.

Warren Ellis' synopsis of the plot involves characters "living in a post-flood London that they might possibly have had something to do with." The so-called FreakAngels, who possess telepathy and many other "special" abilities, such as space-time manipulation/distortion, and pyrokinesis, live in Whitechapel.

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As the story progresses, eleven of the FreakAngels are introduced and their role in the community is expanded. For the most part cooperatively they have created a small community of roughly three hundred people with fresh water, watch towers, markets, home-grown vegetables and a medical clinic. Their society is threatened, however, externally from refugee attacks and internally from personal conflicts and crime.

"After all these years, Batsy, it all comes to an end!"

I N J U S T I C E

An unthinkable tragedy propels Superman into a dangerous new mindset, ultimately pitting Justice League members against each other in Injustice, an all-new DC Animated Movie. Produced by Warner Bros. Animation, DC and Warner Bros. Home Entertainment, the feature-length animated film is set for release on 4K Ultra HDTM Blu-ray Combo Pack, Blu-rayTM and Digital on October 19, 2021. 

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Inspired by Injustice: Gods Among Us, NetherRealm Studios’ popular video game, and the best-selling DC graphic novel based on the video game, Injustice: Gods Among Us: Year One by Tom Taylor, the animated film Injustice finds an alternate world gone mad - where The Joker has duped Superman into killing Lois Lane, sending the Man of Steel on a deadly rampage. Unhinged, Superman decides to take control of the Earth for humanity’s own good. Determined to stop him, Batman creates a team of like-minded, freedom-fighting heroes. But when Super Heroes go to war, can the world survive?

The Boy from the City of the Dead...

The Faraway Paladin

In a city of the dead, long since ruined and far from human civilization, lives a single human child. His name is Will, and he's being raised by three undead: the hearty skeletal warrior, Blood; the graceful mummified priestess, Mary; and the crotchety spectral sorcerer, Gus. The three pour love into the boy, and teach him all they know. 

But one day, Will starts to wonder: "Who am I?" Will must unravel the mysteries of this faraway dead man's land, and unearth the secret pasts of the undead. He must learn the love and mercy of the good gods, and the bigotry and madness of the bad. And when he knows it all, the boy will take his first step on the path to becoming a Paladin.

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Fire Will Reign... Dragons Will Rise...

HOUSE of the DRAGON
Gods. Kings. Fire. Blood.
House Of The Dragon is coming to HBO Max in 2022.

House of the Dragon is an upcoming American fantasy drama television series created by George R. R. Martin and Ryan J. Condal for HBO. It is a prequel to the television series Game of Thrones (2011–2019) and is based on Martin's 2018 novel Fire & Blood. The series is set two hundred years before the events of Game of Thrones and chronicles the beginning of the end of House Targaryen and the events leading up to the Targaryen civil war, known as the "Dance of the Dragons". House of the Dragon received a straight-to-series order in October 2019 with casting beginning in July 2020 and principal photography beginning in April 2021 in the United Kingdom. The first season of the series is scheduled to premiere in 2022 and will consist of ten episodes.

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Shenmue is now an Anime

Shenmue the Animation

In 1986 Yokosuka, Japan, teenage martial artist Ryo Hazuki returns to his family dojo to witness a confrontation between his father Iwao and a Chinese man, Lan Di. Lan Di demands Iwao give him a mysterious stone artifact, the dragon mirror. When he threatens to kill Ryo, Iwao tells him the mirror is buried under the cherry blossom tree outside. As Lan Di's men dig up the mirror, Lan Di mentions Zhao Sunming, whom Iwao allegedly killed in Mengcun, China. Lan Di delivers a finishing blow and Iwao dies in Ryo's arms.

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Ryo's investigation leads him to Master Chen in the Yokosuka harbor. Through Chen and his son Guizhang, Ryo learns that the dragon mirror taken by Lan Di is one of two mirrors. He locates the second, the phoenix mirror, in a basement hidden beneath his father's dojo. He defeats a local gang connected to Lan Di's organization, and Master Chen tells him to seek the aid of Master Xiuying in Hong Kong. Ryo boards a boat to China.

A Conductor who makes a pact with Destiny...

takt op DESTINY

Takt Op is set in a world where music cannot be played freely because it attracts monsters called "D2." These monsters are produced from a black meteorite that fell from the sky years ago. They hate the music produced by humans and will come to the music source to destroy them. To resist the D2s, the girls called "Musicart," who each represent classical music sheets, are fighting monsters and are lead by humans who are called "Conductors." 

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13 Angels Appear to Select a God...

P L A T I N U M   E N D

Mirai Kakehashi is a young student fed up with a life of abuse from his uncle and aunt who raised him since his parents' death, but is saved by a Guardian Angel called Nasse after attempting to commit suicide. Upon learning from Nasse that his foster parents were responsible for the deaths of his father and mother, Mirai uses the powers she bestowed him in order to confront them and enact justice. However, Mirai's ordeals are just beginning as Nasse soon after informs him that God will retire in 999 days and thirteen candidates to replace him were selected including Mirai himself. To make matters worse, not only can Mirai not refuse to take part in the contest to decide the next God, but among the other candidates there are those capable of anything to win, including killing all the Competitors as soon as possible. Mirai later forming an alliance with several candidates who also has same goal with him: to win this death game without killing competitors. 

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Capture Pokémon in the Deep, Dark Jungles...

Pokémon the Movie: Secrets of the Jungle

Koko grows up in the jungle with a solitary Zarude. When he meets Ash and Pikachu, he discovers the human world — and a plot threatening his home!

In the Forest of Okoya, the Mythical Pokémon Zarude finds an infant boy in a cradle washed up on a riverbank. Unable to leave the child on his own, Zarude adopts him as a son, giving him the name "Koko". Zarude leaves his tribe, which inhabits a Great Tree deep in the jungle where humans are forbidden to venture, to raise Koko. 

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Ten years later, Ash Ketchum and Pikachu visit the Forest of Okoya from nearby Milyfa Town. While attempting to capture a wild Cramorant, Ash and Pikachu encounter a research team from the Biotope Company, a scientific organization studying the jungle. Team Rocket, covertly following them, look up information on the Biotope Company and its leader Dr. Zed, and decide to infiltrate the group. Later, Ash sees Koko go over a waterfall, after he got knocked out from a pipe while swinging on a vine with a wild Skwovet, and retrieves him from the water, bringing him to Milyfa Town's Pokémon Center for treatment. When Koko awakens, he becomes alarmed and escapes the building, having never seen other humans before. Discovering that Koko believes himself to be a Pokémon, Ash and Pikachu spend time with him in the town, helping him to learn about humans for the first time. 

Discover the power of art... in BLUE PERIOD

BLUE  PERIOD

The anime adaptation of Tsubasa Yamaguchi's hit manga, BLUE PERIOD, hits Netflix October 9, with new episodes every Saturday!

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Yatora Yaguchi is a fairly popular student who excels in school, but often deals with inner emptiness and frustrations. One day he became fascinated by a painting at his high school's art club so deeply that it inspired him to try his hand at painting. Later, he was inspired by a friend, Ryuji Ayukawa, and subsequently joined the art club, becoming more deeply involved, and attempts to apply for the Tokyo University of the Arts as his choice of college. 

"Don’t you have anything better to do than boo?”

Disney's MUPPETS HAUNTED MANSION

Prepare to scream… and stream! The Muppets Haunted Mansion Original Special, makes its spook-tacular entrance October 8, only on Disney+.

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Toss a Coin to Your Witcher...

THE WITCHER - Season 2

You can't escape the monster within. 

Revisit the journey so far and get a glimpse of what's ahead.

The first episode of the new season would be an adaptation of Andrzej Sapkowski's A Grain of Truth – one of the stories, on which the show is based, that was cut from the first season. It's a story of a father and daughter coming together in a place that doesn't quite feel safe for them – and of course, we really get into Nivellen who's played by the incomparable Kristofer Hivju, and we get to explore his character and his backstory with Geralt as well. It's really the perfect kick-off for season two because it's about family. It's about the secrets that we keep from each other, and it's about the monsters that we are inside sometimes. Convinced Yennefer's life was lost at the Battle of Sodden, Geralt of Rivia brings Princess Cirilla to the safest place he knows, his childhood home of Kaer Morhen, While the Continent's kings, elves, humans and demons strive for supremacy outside its walls, he must protect the girl from something far more dangerous: the mysterious power she possesses inside.

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The Witcher Season 2 premieres December 17 on NETFLIX.

There's a little magic in all of us... almost all of us

Disney's ENCANTO
This November, find your magic.
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for Disney’s Encanto, coming to theaters this Thanksgiving.

Walt Disney Animation Studios' upcoming feature film “Encanto” tells the tale of the Madrigals, an extraordinary family who live in a wondrous, charmed place called an Encanto. Each child has been blessed with a magic gift unique to them—each child except Mirabel. But when the family’s home is threatened, Mirabel may be their only hope.

The voice cast includes Stephanie Beatriz as Mirabel; María Cecilia Botero as Mirabel’s grandmother Alma aka Abuela; John Leguizamo as Bruno; Angie Cepeda and Wilmer Valderrama as Mirabel’s parents, Julieta and Agustín; and Diane Guererro and Jessica Darrow as Mirabel’s sisters, Isabela and Luisa. Also lending their voices are Carolina Gaitán and Mauro Castillo as Mirabel’s aunt and uncle, Pepa and Félix; and Adassa, Rhenzy Feliz and Ravi Cabot-Conyers as Mirabel’s cousins Dolores, Camilo and Antonio, respectively.

The film features all-new songs by Lin-Manuel Miranda (“Hamilton,” “Moana”) and is directed by Byron Howard (“Zootopia,” “Tangled”) and Jared Bush (co-director “Zootopia”), co-directed by Charise Castro Smith (writer “The Death of Eva Sofia Valdez”) and produced by Clark Spencer and Yvett Merino. Bush and Castro Smith are screenwriters on the film.Walt Disney Animation Studios’ “Encanto” opens in theaters November 24, 2021.

inside job
Have you ever wondered who barely runs the world?

In this workplace comedy set in an shadow government organization Cognito, Inc. in the US, every conspiracy theory is real, with one woman trying to keep their activities out of prying eyes. The series also follows a tech genius and her partner who try to uncover secrets about the world which are "hidden in the shadows," while she works in a place filled with reptilian shapeshifters and psychic mushrooms. 

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Inside Job is an upcoming adult animated comedy series on Netflix. Shion Takeuchi, formerly a writer for Gravity Falls and Regular Show, is the showrunner, and creator, joined by Alex Hirsch, creator of Gravity Falls, as executive producer. The series is scheduled to premiere on October 22, 2021 on Netflix.