Anime Viewing Schedule for December 20, 2025

 A N I M A T R I X   N E T W O R K
Saturday, December 20, 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       Sanda ep 1

          1:55 - 4:50       Star Wars: VISIONS 3 (All  9 episodes)

        

"Wishing everyone a Magical Holiday Season!"

 

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    Sanda ep 1

Sanda

Plot Summary:  

The story is set in Japan in 2080. Affected by the declining birth rate, Japan has implemented a series of control policies for minors, including arranging marriage partners from infancy, not allowing children to sleep to slow down development, and requiring them to use the toilet separately from adults. Young people's social status is also higher than adults. Santa Claus has been sealed for a long time because of the curse, which makes society think that Santa Claus has disappeared, and regard Christmas as an ancient custom or a fictional legend. On December 25, when it was snowing, middle school student Kazushige Sanda's body seal was broken by his classmate Shiori Fuyumura, making him look like Santa Claus. From that day forward he finds himself transforming into Santa whenever he wears red clothes. Later, Sanda discovers that he can change back by eating jellybeans. The reason why Fuyumura lifted the seal was that she hoped that Sanda would help find her missing classmate Ichie Ono, and also hoped that he would remind society of Christmas.

 

 

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.