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.
Monday, October 31, 2022
Time to Meet Your Maker...
Sunday, October 30, 2022
Jinkies! It's those Meddling Kids, again!
Saturday, October 29, 2022
Does your Gator bite? No?... Owwww!!
Friday, October 28, 2022
Catch up with The Dragon Prince...
Thursday, October 27, 2022
A New Halloween Classic is Born!
Wednesday, October 26, 2022
Holy Bat Sh%#! This was Unexpected!
James Gunn is in Charge of DC Now?! |
James Gunn and Peter Safran to Lead Newly Formed DC Studios |
Tuesday, October 25, 2022
Return to the Quantum Realm!
Monday, October 24, 2022
Highlights from New York Comic-Con 2022!
Sunday, October 23, 2022
Yu-Gi-Oh Manga Artist Died a Hero!
Saturday, October 22, 2022
Tricks or Treats at Anime Halloween Convention!
Anime Halloween is an annual anime convention now held in Rosemont, that celebrates all the joys of anime, gaming, manga, and other things involving otaku life. Come and celebrate your love of anime and cosplay! Get ready for a fun weekend involving anime, cosplay, tabletop games, late night dances, and more at our spooky yearly get-together!
Friday, October 21, 2022
Coffee, Tea, or Bullets?
Thursday, October 20, 2022
Return to The Owl House for its FINAL Season!
The third and final season of The Owl House was greenlit on May 17, 2021, ahead of the second season premiere. According to creator Dana Terrace, this season would serve as the final season, and will consist of three 44-minute specials. It premiered on October 15, 2022. The final two specials will premiere at some point in 2023.
Wednesday, October 19, 2022
Anime Viewing Schedule for October 22, 2022
Saturday, October 22, 2022
2:45 - 4:40 Drifting Home (Movie)
Tuesday, October 18, 2022
Something's Fishy Here!
Monday, October 17, 2022
Next Club Meeting is October 22, 2022
Fountaindale Public Library
Hope to see everyone there!
(Click below for maps)
Sunday, October 16, 2022
Robbie Coltrane Passes Away at Age 72
Coltrane started his career appearing alongside Hugh Laurie, Stephen Fry, and Emma Thompson in the sketch series Alfresco (1983–1984). In 1987, he starred in the BBC miniseries Tutti Frutti alongside Thompson, for which he received his first British Academy Television Award for Best Actor nomination. Coltrane then gained national prominence starring as criminal psychologist Dr. Eddie "Fitz" Fitzgerald in the ITV television series Cracker (1993–2006), a role which saw him receive the British Academy Television Award for Best Actor in three consecutive years (1994 to 1996). In 2006, Coltrane came eleventh in ITV's poll of TV's 50 Greatest Stars, voted by the public. In 2016 he starred in the four-part Channel 4 series National Treasure alongside Julie Walters, a role for which he received a British Academy Television Award nomination.
Coltrane appeared in two films for George
Harrison's Handmade Films: the Neil
Jordan neo-noir Mona Lisa (1986) with Bob
Hoskins, and Nuns on the Run with Eric Idle.
He also appeared in Kenneth Branagh's Shakespeare adaptation Henry V (1989), the comedy Let It Ride (1989), Roald Dahl's Danny, the Champion of the
World (1989), Steven Soderbergh's crime-comedy thriller Ocean's
Twelve (2004), Rian Johnson's caper film The Brothers Bloom (2008), Mike Newell's Dickens
film adaptation Great Expectations (2012), and Emma
Thompson's biographical film Effie
Gray (2014). He was also known for his voice performances in the
animated films The Tale of Despereaux (2008),
and Pixar's Brave
(2012).