Next Club Meeting: October 17, 2026, at the Fountaindale Public Library in Bolingbrook from 11:00 am - 5:00 pm

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Saturday, September 5, 2026

Gintoki is Cool (Debatable)...

Gintama the Movie 2026: Yoshiwara in Flames
When the Hyakka go after Seita, Gintoki steps in to protect him at the last moment... with interesting consequences.

Friday, August 28, 2026

Lines between Redemption & Revenge will blur...

Cyberpunk: Edgerunners 2
A washed up edgerunner & a killer netrunner in Night City... what could go wrong? A new standalone 10-episode story from the world of Cyberpunk 2077, Cyberpunk: Edgerunners 2 arrives October 20th, only on Netflix.

Wednesday, August 26, 2026

"No matter what, I'll always remember you..."

False Memory
While hunting for rare Pyrolite fuel, Guan Chao accidentally enters the Memory Bureau and joins forces with Fangtang and Bai Zhong to fight mysterious BUG creatures corrupting different memory realms, uncovering secrets beyond imagination.

Wednesday, August 19, 2026

When all falls apart, where do you turn for peace?

c o c o o n
One Summer of Girlhood
San and Mayu attend an all-girls school on a warm and tranquil island. When war reaches their shores, they are ordered to help nurse the wounded in a military hospital hidden away in a cave. Amidst escalating death and brutality, the friends struggle to find solace in their fragile lives.

Based on the manga by Machiko Kyo, cocoon – One Summer of Girlhood is the debut feature from Yukimitsu Ina and animation studio SASAYURI, founded by former Studio Ghibli animator Hitomi Tateno. The project brings together legendary veteran animators like Akihiko Yamashita and Shinji Otsuka, known for their work on PRINCESS MONONOKE and THE BOY AND THE HERON, with a new, young generation of animating talent. Featuring a stirring score from kensuke ushio (A Silent Voice, Chainsaw Man), the film is a devastating yet beautiful plea for peace.

Tuesday, August 18, 2026

Can't wait to get traumatized again...

Made in Abyss
Awakening Mystery Movie Part 1
The story follows an orphaned girl named Riko, who finds and befriends a part-robot boy named Reg, and descends with him into the titular "Abyss" that leads deep into the Earth, in hopes of exploring it and finding her mother.

Sunday, August 16, 2026

"Hell answers to me. For I am... DOOM!"

AVENGERS: DOOMSDAY
Check out the Special Look Trailer for Avengers: Doomsday, the next ensemble Avengers film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, distributed by Marvel Studios. Get a new look at the impending doom in Avengers: Doomsday in theaters on December 18.

Thursday, August 13, 2026

New Original Anime Project...

L  O  N  A
Original TV Anime Series by Akiko Nogi and Takashi Katagiri
Premieres in Spring 2027!
Director Takashi Katagiri who attracted attention with the theatrical release of SPY×FAMILY CODE: White has teamed up with Akiko Nogi, screenwriter of numerous hit titles such as Unnatural, MIU404, and The LAST MILE, to produce the original TV anime LONA.

Posuka Demizu, the acclaimed manga artist and illustrator famous for The Promised Neverland, will be in charge of the original character designs. A star-studded team of top creators from across various media has assembled for the project, including Hiroko Sebu, who has composed music for countless films. Animation production will be handled by WIT STUDIO, the studio behind Attack on Titan and SPY×FAMILY. Kazuki Yamanaka, known for his work on SPY×FAMILY and Bubble, will serve as the animation producer. WIT STUDIO will take the helm as production committee, overseeing both the planning and production of the anime.

A neuroscience adventure series depicting researchers confronting their world by connecting with the unresolved emotions left behind by the deceased. 
A broken world in the not-so distant future.
Humanity is facing a new incident.

"We’re being attacked by humans who should be dead."

The government has decided to request a specialized organization to deal with this situation. The Laboratory of Optics and Neural Analysis, commonly known as "LONA."

Researcher Ao and her apprentice Sango will try to get to the bottom of the mystery by analyzing the brains of the dead.
What do people think of, and what do they leave behind before they die? Countless memories engraved in the neural circuits. What did they see in those deep depths?

Friday, August 7, 2026

Time to Wake Up From This Nightmare!

DREAMLAND
Ever since his moth­er died in a fire, Ter­rence has seclud­ed him­self in an emo­tion­less world.

He goes through his dai­ly teenag­er life apa­thet­i­cal­ly… with one excep­tion! The sim­ple sight of a flame plunges him into a world of fear, an awak­ened ver­sion of his night­mares – for, every time he falls asleep, he help­less­ly relives the trag­ic event, thus rekin­dling his pyro­pho­bia. Until that one night he can’t bear it any ­more and stops run­ning away from the dev­il­ish flames. Lit­tle does he know that, by doing so, he over­came his great­est fear and became a Trav­el­er: a very spe­cial kind of Dream­er, able to explore Dream­land, the dimen­sion born from mankind’s dreams… and nightmares!

Thursday, August 6, 2026

“The trump card was… a witch.”

Witch and Hound
Based on the original novel "MAJO TO RYOKEN" by Rainy Kamitsuki, published by Shogakukan Inc. Original character designs by LAM

The dark fantasy novel "MAJO TO RYOKEN" by Rainy Kamitsuki, originally published under Shogakukan’s Gagaga Bunko imprint, is officially getting an anime adaptation. The series is directed by Takanori Tsujimoto, whose works span both live-action and animation, including the live-action Ultraman series and the animated feature film HYPNOSISMIC -Division Rap Battle-. Character designs are by Kengo Saito, who has contributed to numerous acclaimed productions at Yostar Pictures.

Produced by the rising animation studio TriF Studio, the series promises stunning visuals and intense action.

Saturday, August 1, 2026

"Go create the ending you desire!"

FALSE  MEMORY
In order to return to the past, Guan Chao searches for the energy source known as "Blazing Stone" (灼石), which is needed to activate the Time Gun. However, he unexpectedly falls into the Memory Bureau, where he joins memory administrators such as Fang Tang and Bai Chong. Together, they battle through bizarre and mysterious layers of memories.

Premieres on August 2 at 12:00 PM!
The first release includes 3 episodes, streaming exclusively on Bilibili.

Note: The title 《记忆管理局》 literally means "Memory Bureau" or "Memory Administration Bureau." Since it's a new donghua, the official English title may differ when it is released internationally.

Friday, July 31, 2026

"It's coming to kill us!"

H  O  P  E
In the remote South Korea village of Hope Harbor, police chief Bum-seok (Hwang Jung- min) and officer Sung-ae (Hoyeon) are called to find a mysterious creature that has wreaked havoc on the village. In the nearby forest, a coterie of hunters, including Sung- ki (Zo In-Sung) set out to track the beast and find themselves hunted instead. But all is not as it seems, and perceptions can be misleading. What begins as ignorance plants the seed of disaster, escalating through human conflict into a tragedy of cosmic proportions.
In theaters September 9

Tuesday, July 28, 2026

Welcome to the dungeon...

BLADE & BASTARD
Dead. Resurrected. Forgotten. Iarumas has no memory of who he was, only a deadly dungeon to explore. With a lone survivor named Garbage at his side, he dives deeper in search of the truth.
From Kumo Kagyu (Goblin Slayer) and so-bin (Overlord), comes a brand-new dark fantasy set in the legendary world of Wizardry. Coming in 2027.

Sunday, July 26, 2026

Welcome to a Future We No Longer Control...


BLADE RUNNER 2099
Only on Prime Video, November 25, 2026
Starring: Michelle Yeoh, Hunter Schafer, Dimitri Abold
Fifty years after the events of Blade Runner 2049, Los Angeles has been reborn, just not by humanity. Cora, a fugitive in a final bid to stop running, takes on one last identity: a Blade Runner. Forced to partner with Olwen, a Replicant days from dying, she hunts down a runaway hiding a truth that could collapse their fragile city,

 

Saturday, July 25, 2026

A New Gundam Series is Arriving Soon...

Gundam RG: XARX-ZERO
Check out the reveal teaser trailer for the new anime,
Gundam RG XARX-ZERO, from San Diego Comic Con 2026!
The RG Project is a new vision for Gundam: A multi-media universe crafted by acclaimed science-fiction filmmaker Kenji Kamiyama (Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex, Star Wars: Visions Volume 3), in which entries share a narrative spanning generations within one continuous world. The initiative brings together the anime Mobile Suit Gundam RG XARX-ZERO and the upcoming, high-mobility action game, GUNDAM ROGUE ORBIT, each depicting the shared universe from a different perspective.

Mobile Suit Gundam RG XARX-ZERO opens this new saga, set roughly 100 years before the events of GUNDAM ROGUE ORBIT, telling the beginning of the story and how this world came to be. GUNDAM ROGUE ORBIT, picks up generations later in a future shaped by accumulated events depicted in the anime. The anime and game come together for an experience that invites Gundam fans to immerse themselves into this new world and make new choices of their own.

Wednesday, July 22, 2026

Rumor had it that a Witch lived there...

Witch on the Holy Night
(Mahoutsukai no Yoru)
The official release date announcement trailer for the upcoming Witch on the Holy Night anime movie, adapted from TYPE-MOON's visual novel and animated by ufotable.

Tuesday, July 21, 2026

The Avengers vs Doctor Doom...

Avengers: Doomsday
Doomsday arrives December 18th
Experience Avengers: Doomsday on bigger, 
brighter, & more immersive screens
Starring: Chris Hemsworth, Anthony Mackie, Vanessa Kirby, Paul Rudd, Florence Pugh, Tenoch Huerta, Simu Liu, Sebastian Stan, Letitia Wright, Ebon Moss-Bachrach, Kelsey Grammer, Lewis Pullman, Danny Ramirez, Joseph Quinn, David Harbour, Winston Duke, Hannah John-Kamen, Tom Hiddleston, Patrick Stewart, Ian McKellen, Alan Cumming, Rebecca Romijn, James Marsden, Channing Tatum, Pedro Pascal, Chris Evans, Robert Downey Jr. 
Directors: Anthony Russo and Joe Russo

Friday, July 17, 2026

Going from Weakest to the Strongest...

OVERGEARED
Shin Youngwoo (a.k.a. Grid), an unlucky man in life and a low-level player in the popular VR game “Satisfy,” finds a powerful item that earns him a rare legendary class title: “Pagma’s Successor.” He’s now a skilled blacksmith who can forge unique weapons and equip the game’s most powerful gear. Grid resolves to use his new abilities to achieve fame and fortune, but as his very existence begins to stir up trouble in Satisfy, he realizes that life as a legend may be more than he bargained for….

Monday, July 6, 2026

The Most Beautiful Animation You'll Ever See...

Goodbye, Lara!
Once upon a time, a mermaid princess named Lara fell in love with a human prince. To be with him, she used a witch’s potion to become human—but the magic came at a cost: If she failed to find true love, she would vanish into sea foam forever. Now, 200 years later, Lara awakens in Lake Biwa with one final chance at life and love.

Wednesday, July 1, 2026

Story of the Boy Who Would Be Known as Zeami...

The World Is Dancing
One does not need dance to live. In 1374, during the turbulent age when the Northern and Southern Courts were locked in conflict, the Northern Court’s shogun, Ashikaga Yoshimitsu, was becoming an increasingly dominant force.

Born the son of Kan’ami, head of the Kanze troupe of sarugaku performers, Oniyasha drifts through his days with a hazy question lodged in his heart: Why do people dance? His spirit remains clouded, until the day he encounters a dance that is truly “good.”

Curious, sensitive, and strikingly beautiful, the boy meets people, laughs, cries, confronts his own weaknesses, and slowly begins to shape a new form of dance for a world steeped in impermanence.

Kazuto Mihara’s groundbreaking Noh themed manga from Morning finally comes to life as an anime, filled with scenes that stir the heart and dynamic movement and chanting that can only be expressed through animation.

Directed by Toshimasa Kuroyanagi (The Great Passage, Backflip!!) and animated by Cypic (Uma Musume: Cinderella Gray, The Summer Hikaru Died), this series showcases top tier animation supported by a standout cast.

This is a story shaped by dance that may have unfolded when the boy who would one day create Noh—Zeami—was still known as Oniyasha, carried across 600 years to the present.
TV Anime "The World Is Dancing" Premieres This July!

Tuesday, June 30, 2026

You are the Cursed Princess...

THE RIBBON HERO
Inspired by Osamu Tezuka's classic "Princess Knight," THE RIBBON HERO follows Sapphire, the princess of the fallen kingdom of Silverland, who becomes determined to defend her new home of Goldland and its citizens from the calamity that claimed her former homeland. Brought to life by a powerhouse team of creators, this new anime film arrives August 8, 2026, only on Netflix.