Saturday, April 18, 2015
Wood Dale Public LibraryStudio Ghibli's best film?
Watch "When Marnie Was There" @ 3:05 pm
Main Meeting Room, 10:15 am to 5:00 pm
10:15 - 10:40 Yoru no Yatterman 2-3
11:05 - 11:55 Blood Blockade Battlefront 1-2
11:55 - 12:45 Aldnoah Zero 15-16
12:45 - 1:25 Club Meeting / Announcements
1:25 - 2:15 Parasyte the maxim 12-13
2:15 - 3:05 Death Parade 4-5
3:05 - 4:45 When Marnie Was There [Feature Presentation]
11:05 - 11:55 Blood Blockade Battlefront 1-2
11:55 - 12:45 Aldnoah Zero 15-16
12:45 - 1:25 Club Meeting / Announcements
1:25 - 2:15 Parasyte the maxim 12-13
2:15 - 3:05 Death Parade 4-5
3:05 - 4:45 When Marnie Was There [Feature Presentation]
All anime presented are fan-subtitled unless otherwise noted.
ANIME DESCRIPTIONS ARE BELOW
10:15 - 11:05 Yoru no Yatterman 2-3
Y a t t e r m a n N i g h t
Plot Summary: [Source: Wikipedia] A long time ago, the Yattermen were heroes of justice who fought against the evil Doronbow Gang, exiling them and bringing peace to the Yatter Kingdom. Several generations later, however, the Yattermen have since become corrupt with power while everyone else has been forced to live in poverty and despair. After losing her mother to the Yattermen's selfishness, Leopard, a direct descendant of the gang's leader Doronjo, reforms the Doronbow Gang with Boyacky and Tonzra's descendants, Voltkatze and Elephantus, to rebel against the corrupt Yattermen.11:05 - 11:55 Blood Blockade Battlefront 1-2
Blood Blockade Battlefront
Plot Summary: [Source: Wikipedia] It centers around the crime fighting organization "Libra" and their battles in Jerusalem's Lot, formerly known as New York City. Jerusalem's Lot was created in a single night when a portal to the "Beyond" opened, and now it is a paranormal melting pot of monsters, magic and the everyday mundane city life. It's up to Libra to prevent the horrors of this city from spreading to the outside world. Leonard Watch is a young man whose special power, the "All Seeing Eyes" catches the attention of Libra.
11:55 - 12:45 Aldnoah Zero (Episodes 15-16)
Aldnoah Zero
Plot Summary: [Source: Wikipedia] In 1972, an ancient alien hypergate was discovered on the surface of the moon. Using this technology, humanity began migrating to Mars and settling there. After settlers discovered additional advanced technology, the Vers Empire was founded, which claimed Mars and its secrets for themselves. Later, the Vers Empire declared war on Earth, and in 1999, a battle on the Moon's surface caused the hypergate to explode, shattering the Moon and scattering remnants into a debris belt around the planet. Cut off from Mars, the remnants of the Vers Empire established several massive orbital space stations within the debris belt and a ceasefire was established. 15 years later, in 2014, an attack on the Vers princess during a peace mission causes the Empire to launch a new attack on Earth, this time determined to conquer it once and for all.12:45 - 1:25 Club Meeting / Announcements
April 2015 Cosplay
P a R a S y T e
Plot Summary: [Source: Wikipedia] Parasyte centers around a 17-year-old teen named Shinichi Izumi, who lives with his mother and father in a quiet neighborhood in Tokyo. One night, worm-like aliens called Parasites invade Earth, taking over the brains of human hosts by entering through their ears or noses. One Parasite attempts to crawl into Shinichi's ear while he sleeps, but fails as Shinichi is wearing headphones, and enters his body by burrowing into his arm instead. In the Japanese version, it takes over his right hand and is named Migi, after the Japanese word for 'right'; Tokyopop's version, in which the images are flipped horizontally, has the Parasite take over Shinichi's left hand and it is named Lefty. Because Shinichi was able to prevent Migi from travelling further up into his brain, both beings retain their separate intellect and personality. As the duo encounter other Parasites, they capitalize on their strange situation and gradually form a strong bond, working together to survive. This gives them an edge in battling other Parasites who frequently attack the pair upon realization that Shinichi's human brain is still intact. Shinichi feels compelled to fight other Parasites, who devour humans as food, while enlisting Migi's help.2:15 - 3:05 Death Parade (Episodes 4-5)
D E A T H P A R A D E
Plot Summary: [Source: Wikipedia] Somewhere there is a mysterious bar known as the Quindecim, where a lone bartender named Decim works. Whenever two people die at the exact time and emerge from the bar's elevators, those two must participate in a Death Game with their lives on the line, the results of which will reveal what secrets led them there and what their fate will be afterwards.3:05 - 4:45 When Marnie Was There [Feature Presentation]
"When Marnie Was There"
Plot Summary: [Source: Wikipedia] Anna Sasaki is a 12-year-old girl who lives in Sapporo with foster parents, Yoriko and her husband. One day at school she collapses from an asthma attack, so her parents send her to spend the summer with Setsu and Kiyomasa Oiwa, relatives of Yoriko, in Kushiro, a rural, seaside town where the air is clear.
On the night of the Tanabata festival, Anna discovers a rowboat by the shore and rows it across the marsh to the mansion, where she meets Marnie, the blond girl. Anna tells Marnie about her dreams, but Marnie assures Anna that she is not dreaming now. The two agree to keep their meeting secret, and they meet again on several evenings.
One evening, Marnie invites Anna to a party at the mansion. The house is filled with guests. Marnie disguises Anna as a local flower girl to get her into the party. While there, Anna sees Marnie dancing with a boy named Kazuhiko. Later some townspeople find Anna asleep by the post office. The next day, Anna returns to the mansion, but it appears abandoned and dilapidated again.
One week later, while sitting on the shore sketching in a sketchbook, Anna meets Hisako, an older woman who paints pictures of the marsh and the mansion. Hisako comments that Anna's sketches look like a girl whom she knew when she was young, that her name was Marnie and she used to live in the mansion. Hisako also tells Anna that the mansion is being renovated because someone is moving in. Anna runs to the mansion, where she meets a girl named Sayaka. Sayaka has discovered Marnie's diary hidden in the mansion. The diary includes an account of the party with the flower girl. Several pages are missing at the end of the diary.The next day, Marnie reappears. Marnie tells Anna about how her parents are always traveling abroad, how they leave her in the mansion with her nanny and two maids, and how the nanny and maids abuse her physically and psychologically. Meanwhile, Sayaka has found the missing pages from Marnie's diary, which include passages about Kazuhiko and a nearby abandoned feed silo. Sayaka and her brother head for the silo, thinking Anna may be there, and find her unconscious and feverish along the path.
When Anna recovers from her fever, Sayaka shows her the missing pages and a painting Hisako gave to Marnie. They seek out Hisako, who tells them Marnie's story. Marnie eventually married Kazuhiko and had a daughter named Emily. Kazuhiko died while Emily was young; Marnie was institutionalized; and Emily was sent to boarding school. After Marnie was released, Emily blamed Marnie for abandoning her. Emily eventually ran away and had a daughter herself, but she and her husband were killed in a car accident when their daughter was one year old. Marnie tried to raise her granddaughter, but died herself a year later. The granddaughter was placed in foster care.At the end of the summer, Yoriko goes to Kushiro to take Anna home. She gives Anna a photograph of the mansion and says it belonged to Anna's grandmother. When Anna sees Marnie's name written on the back, she realizes that she is Marnie's granddaughter.
