Next Club Meeting: May 24, 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.

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Tuesday, May 6, 2025

What are the chances?

Frieren's mimic gag is surprisingly deep...
We all love the mimic gag because it makes sense when you think it over with her logic. The mimics don’t really hurt her, but because she lives so long, that 1% chance to find a real chest is probably a gamble she’s won at some point. And like a true gambler, she can’t stop.

Monday, May 5, 2025

He’s going to be the greatest samurai in Japan!

YAIBA: Samurai Legend
Follow Yaiba on his quest to be a real samurai in this new 
anime series from the creator of Case Closed and WIT Studio!
Yaiba Kurogane is an adventuring boy who knows how to be a samurai and little else. Yaiba lives with his father, Kenjurou, in the forest. One day, while Yaiba was eating, a troop of gorillas came to attack. Yaiba and his father escaped and hid inside a box, but they did not know that the box was full of pineapples and was going to be transported into the city. In the city, Yaiba finds out that he is a legendary warrior and has to fight the evil of a demonic looking high-school student named Takeshi Onimaru.
Amusing Fact: The anime shows how Yaiba's antics and behavior inadvertently turns Onimaru from a nice decent high school boy into an utterly evil demonic world dominating maniac. Witness the creation of a supervillain!
The people that Yaiba meets along his journey to become a true samurai encourage him, train him, or inspire him to greatness, though at heart he is still a child, and his incredible skill with a sword is matched only by his kindness towards his friends. Though he tends to leap before he looks, and his thick-headedness tends to turn potential allies into enemies, his friends soon clobber him, and salvage the situation. This unlikely group embarks on a host of incredible adventures where they meet legendary figures from Japanese history, and finally overcome impossible odds, and put everything on the line, to save the entire planet from a threat not of this world.

Sunday, May 4, 2025

Saturday, May 3, 2025

They're baaaaack!

Rick and Morty - Season 8
Rick and Morty season 8 premieres May 25 at 11pm on Adult Swim.

Friday, May 2, 2025

FREE Comic Book Day is Saturday, May 3, 2025!

FREE COMIC BOOK DAY is Saturday, May 3
FCBD 2025 Full Lineup of Books Revealed!
We're excited to finally reveal the full list of Free Comic Book Day 2025 comics you can get for FREE at your participating local comic shop on May 3. Did we mention it's free?? To find a participating shop near you visit:
(Comics available while supplies last. Selections may be limited per customer.)

Thursday, May 1, 2025

Star Wars Anime Fan Film...

STAR WARS: Heir to the Empire
Star Wars: Heir to the Empire is one of, if not the most popular story from the Star Wars EU. Brought to us by author Timothy Zahn, I and others have long dreamed of seeing this story, and others from the EU, adapted into a visual medium. 

This is first episode of Heir to the Empire, brought to you in a 90's animation/anime style. This ~18 min cut is what I originally intended to be the first episode. The 7 min cut has now been retitled as a teaser.
- Jar Jar Jargon