Anime Viewing Schedule for March 21, 2026

 A N I M A T R I X   N E T W O R K
Saturday, March 21, 2026

Fountaindale Public Library

VIEWING SCHEDULE

          11:15 - 12:05   Apothecary Diaries - Season 2 eps 18-19

          12:05 - 12:55   Ranma 1/2 Remake: Season 2 eps 9-10

          12:55 - 1:25     Club Meeting

          1:25 - 1:50       Sanda eps 6

          1:50 - 2:45       Frieren: Beyond Journeys End 3-4

          2:45 - 4:45       Scarlet (Movie)

       

"I AM THE POWAHHH!"

 

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.

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* ANIME DESCRIPTIONS ARE BELOW *

11:15 - 12:05   The Apothecary Diaries - Season 2 eps. 18-19

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 9-10

 

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 - 1:25     Club Announcements

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1:25 - 1:50    Sanda ep 6

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.

1:50 - 2:45    Frieren: Beyond Journeys End 3-4

Frieren: Beyond Journeys End

Plot Summary:  

Frieren, Fern, and Stark leave the magic city of Äußerst behind and travel along a road in the northern lands. To know more about people's hearts, the journey continues.

 

2:45 - 4:35    Scarlet (Movie)

SCARLET

Plot Summary:   

In 16th Century Denmark, Princess Scarlet reunites with her father Amleth, a kind, grand king beloved by his people except for his wicked brother, Claudius, who wants to be king in order to win the heart of Gertrude, Scarlet's vain mother. In order to prove himself to her, Claudius receives words that Amleth has betrayed his kingdom and sentences him to be executed. Before Amleth is killed, Scarlet watches in horror as Amleth speaks his last words, but she can not hear them. Scarlet tries to get Amleth to tell her what he said, but he is instantly killed. Soon after, Claudius is crowned King, but his orders cause great terror and hunger to the kingdom.

Much to the anger of Scarlet, she starts training very hard to yield swordsmanship and fight. During a ball, Claudius greets Scarlet, in a short, but heated encounter. Soon, they are both offered wine, one of which has been spiked with poison in a plan to kill Claudius. As the ball ends, Scarlet finds Claudius in the hall. Holding a knife, she attempts to kill Claudius, but before she can strike him, she collapses on the floor, indicating that Claudius had poisoned Scarlet's wine. She vows for revenge, as Claudius walks off laughing.

Scarlet then awakens in the underworld, a place where the living and the dead co-exist. Scarlet questions if she will reunite with her father, but an old woman tells her that he has become nothingness, a pile of ash, but she tells Scarlet that her uncle is also in the underworld, but not fully turned into nothingness. Infuriated, and as arms from dead bodies grab and pull her in, she escapes them, and begins her mission to avenge Amleth. Obtaining some armor and swords from other fallen knights, Scarlet fights off knights who attempt to capture the princess in order to be transported into the "Infinite Land", a world where the dead can live. Scarlet escapes the knights with the help of the old woman.

Shortly thereafter, Hijiri, a paramedic from the present day, finds himself disoriented and encounters Scarlet, who is lightly injured. Scarlet informs him that he has been deceased and is now residing in the underworld, a notion that Hijiri vehemently denies. As Hijiri recounts his journey to this realm, additional soldiers assault Scarlet, who swiftly eliminates them and vanishes into nothingness. Subsequently, Cornelius, one of King Amleth's assassins, fights and bests Scarlet in battle. Despite being on the brink of defeat, Hijiri retrieves a bow and arrow, shooting a whistling arrow to distract Cornelius and allowing Scarlet to stab Cornelius in the leg.

Hijiri nurses Cornelius back to health, and Scarlet confronts him on the whereabouts of her uncle, telling her that he is close to the Infinite Land. She begins her journey to find him while Hijiri tags along with her, and they soon encounter a caravan of elderly souls, who have been robbed by bandits. Hijiri begs them to stop, but gets attacked, and as the bandits drift away, with other bandits attacking, a massive lightning strike disintegrates the leader. Hijiri looks up to see a dragon like creature flying in the dark sky, fading away.

As Scarlet and Hijiri continue their journey, they are thanked by the elderly souls, and Hijiri offers medical attention to them, whom are concerned at first, but are intrigued by his efforts, even Scarlet. He and a Hula dancer dance in order to communicate to God. They say he doesn't listen through words, but listens to dances. After being thanked by the elderly as they go on their separate ways, Scarlet and Hijiri spot Voltimand, another of Amleth's killers. Hijiri demands him and his men to stop fighting, but is almost shot at. During their fight, the thunderous dragon returns, forcing Voltimand and his men to take cover, and Voltimand aims his gun at Hijiri. After Scarlet protects Hijiri and gets shot in the arm, Hijiri bandages her arm quickly before Scarlet soon confronts Voltimand, who begs for her forgiveness and is soon spared, before telling Scarlet that he and Cornelius know King Amleth's last word: "Forgive", which Scarlet does not understand. Soon after, Hijiri lets Voltimand and his soldiers free, parting ways soon after.

Claudius, standing with vigor in his castle over thousands of civilians, pledges to them that if they fight alongside him, they will be led to the Infinite Land. He is also informed that Cornelius failed to capture the princess, and he enlists Polonius and Laertes to find her. Meanwhile, Scarlet begins to dream of why her father wants her to forgive Claudius, only to have her vision become a nightmare when two gravediggers trap her inside an empty coffin that she thought her father's was inside it. After she wakes up, Scarlet comes over to Hijiri around an open fire, who is playing a mandolin and singing a song from his future. As he continues to play, Scarlet suddenly has a vision of the present, where she sees herself dancing alongside Hijiri and thousands of civilians in Shibuya. Regaining her consciousness back in the underworld, she tearfully hugs Hijiri, and cuts her long hair. They come across an army of civilians who are preparing for battle to storm Claudius' defenses...