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

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Wednesday, November 26, 2025

Anime Viewing Schedule for November 29, 2025...


 A N I M A T R I X   N E T W O R K
Saturday, November 29, 2025
Fountaindale Public Library
VIEWING SCHEDULE
          11:15 - 12:05   Apothecary Diaries - Season 2 eps 13-14
          12:05 - 12:55   Ranma 1/2 Remake: Season 2 eps 3-4
          12:55 - 1:30     Club Meeting
          1:30 - 1:55       Lord of Mysteries ep 1
          1:55 - 4:50       Star Wars: VISIONS 3 (All  9 episodes)
        
 
"I want to try everything!"
 
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 *
11:15 - 12:05   The Apothecary Diaries - Season 2 eps. 13-14
The Apothecary Diaries
Plot Summary:  
Jinshi dreams of his childhood, recalling an old man being taken away by an angry old woman—later explained to him to be his father and grandmother, respectively. He also told that the man he believed to be his father was actually his brother. Jinshi knows that Maomao will eventually discover the truth. Meanwhile, while Maomao observes the penmanship school, she hears the teacher telling about the nation's founding myth, focusing on the Mother Royal, a foreigner who birthed the country's first emperor. The capital was built around a shrine—the Shrine of Choosing—where emperors were once selected through a test. The shrine has been abandoned since an epidemic wiped out nearly all of the previous candidates. She also learns that her adoptive father, Luomen, sometimes visited the shrine when he had free time, and became acquainted with the eunuch who maintains it, who is also the penmanship teacher. The emperor takes Jinshi and Maomao to the shrine to attempt the test once more. Following a series of colored doors according to specific instructions, they reach the final stage, only to fail again. The failure note implies the emperor doesn't descend from the Mother Royal. After the eunuch expresses belief Luomen would have uncovered the shrine's secret, Maomao asks the emperor about the previous emperors' eyesight, learning that only the previous emperor had good eyesight; and about the parentage of the previous emperor, whose elder brothers died in an epidemic. The emperor has Jinshi take the test, guided by Maomao, who takes them to the end, a balcony on an upper floor. The shrine's caretaker explains that if none of the candidates succeeded, they were allowed to try again, aided by a concubine of the right lineage. The emperor asks for an explanation, which the eunuch has Maomao give. She deduced that the shrine was built to select for red-green color blindness, a rare trait in the country but more common in the western lands where the Mother Royal was said to have hailed from, which Luomen would know, having studied medicine abroad. However, she withholds that allowing concubines with the trait is a method to ensure that the bloodline of the Mother Royal remains in power despite the prevalent patriarchal succession of rule. The emperor jokes about taking Maomao as a concubine, but is unwilling to anger Lakan, and finds Maomao's breasts as too small. The eunuch, though, warns about suddenly introducing new blood into the imperial family. Maomao continues to wonder about Jinshi, this time no longer seeing him as "just the emperor's favorite eunuch".
 
 
12:05 - 12:55   Ranma 1/2 Remake: Season 2 eps 3-4
 
RANMA 1/2 Remake

Plot Summary:
Soun Tendou runs the Tendou Martial Arts School accompanied by his three daughters: Akane, Nabiki, and Kasumi. One day, the sisters' lives are turned upside down when their father announces that he has promised one of them to be married to a fellow martial artist's son in hopes of carrying on the family legacy. In addition to their mixed reactions, when the fiancé arrives, the last thing the Tendou family expects is Ranma Saotome and his father, Genma. Ranma has been training in China with his father until an unfortunate accident changed them both. Now, when water touches them, Ranma turns into a girl and Genma into a giant panda. Ranma ½ follows Ranma as he attempts to get along with his newly betrothed, the youngest of the Tendou sisters, Akane. As the two begin to attend the same school, they deal with fellow friends and rivals, all of whom have something to say about their engagement.
 

12:55 - 1:30     Club Announcements
Movies
Anime
Music
Pop Culture
Conventions
Cosplay
Trailers
Video Games


1:30 - 1:55    Lord of Mysteries ep 1
Lord of Mysteries
Plot Summary:  
The story begins in the year 1349 of the Fifth Epoch, on 28th June. Zhou Mingrui, a Chinese youth, transmigrates into the body of a university graduate, Klein Moretti, after the latter seemingly commits suicide. Finding himself in a world reminiscent of late Victorian era England, Zhou Mingrui (now Klein Moretti) searches for a way to go home. After reproducing a ritual that presumably caused his transmigration, he masquerades as a god-like entity and forms an organization known as the 'Tarot Club'. He is also later questioned by the police about his friends’ suicides; it is revealed that the police have mystical powers. People with mystical powers are called Beyonders. Through a series of events, he becomes an official Beyonder (one who is affiliated with the story’s Seven Orthodox Churches), and tries to find out why the original Klein committed suicide while trying to eventually return home.


1:55 - 4:50    Star Wars: VISIONS 3 (All 9 episodes)
STAR WARS: VISIONS 3
Plot Summary:   
VISIONS 3 consists of nine shorts by various Japanese anime studios, going back to the original roots of VISIONS 1 by focusing on the anime medium with returning studios and new one. One episode opens with a flashback of The Ronin cutting down a male Jedi wielding a blue lightsaber. The Jedi cries that he cannot feel his legs before the Ronin cuts him down. Gunfire and the sound of battle can be heard in the background. In the present, the Grand Master receives word from another Jedi Crusader via holoprojector that the Ronin has been spotted on the planet Olcatz. A hologram shows the Ronin amidst a lightsaber duel. The Grand Master thanks his subordinate before traveling in his starfighter to Olcatz.

Another episode opens with the aurora borealis shining on the skies of a snowy, mountainous landscape. The former Princess Crane rides on a speeder bike-sidecar with her astromech droid R9-TR2 ("Tor-Tu"), the last relic of her royal life. She chats with the Mon Calamari Admiral Basil Kiucee via holoprojector while Tor-Tu plays an upbeat tune. Crane tells the Admiral that they have made it to the coast. The Admiral cautions her against playing music and running her engines too loud during a mission. The Admiral advises the Princess to retreat if she senses any danger. Crane doesn't want to be addressed as a Princess, saying that it reminds her of the kingdom she lost. Kiucee suggests that she get ride of Tor-Tu, prompting the droid to protest in Binary. Crane defends R9-TR2, saying that he is the only droid who can play the music she likes. She adds that she had him since he was a kid. Crane narrowly avoids plunging down a cliff.

2 comments:

  1. Important note: the entire Chicago-land area may get up to 11 inches of snow by late Saturday afternoon. Please take caution and stay safe!

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  2. In case you didn't get the latest e-mail it's now confirmed this month's meeting has now been canceled due to the inclement weather in the area.

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