Events and Programs - Anime Clubs

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Ashman Branch, 733 N. High Point Road, 824-1780

The Ashman Anime Club was created to give people a place to gather, watch, and talk about Japanese animation. Each meeting will include screenings of everything from classic titles to new releases. The club is aimed primarily at teens and adults. Films are shown in Japanese with English subtitles. Refreshments served at each meeting. Call ahead to reserve your spot! See upcoming screenings below. Need more info? Contact the Ashman Branch Library at 824-1780. People under age 16 who are interested in attending are required to have a parent present or to have a signed parental permission slip.

 

Hawthorne Branch, 2707 E. Washington Avenue, 246-4548

The Hawthorne Anime Club meets once a month to screen and discuss anime. Films are shown in Japanese with English subtitles. Refreshments will be served. See upcoming screenings below. Need more info? Contact the Hawthorne Library at 246-4548. Viewers under age 14 must contact the library to register in advance.

 

Upcoming Films

 

Alicia Ashman Anime Club Presents...Gurren Lagann 01

Friday, August 15 at 6:45 p.m.

refreshments will be served

call 824-1780 to reserve seats or register online

In his sky-less cavern of a village Simon toils daily, drilling holes to expand his stifling little world until one day he makes an extraordinary discovery: a small glowing drill-bit and the man-sized mech it activates. Before he can give it a second thought Simon’s dragged into a plot to break through to the surface by the local gang leader Kamina, only to have the ceiling come crashing down on top of them under the weight of a giant monster! It somehow falls onto the boisterous Kamina and cowardly Simon to defend their village but once they defeat the monster what awaits the duo on the surface world? Get ready for buxom babes, beastmen and giant mechs as only GAINAX can provide them! PIERCE THE HEAVENS WITH YOUR SOUL, GURREN LAGANN! Screening permission and image courtesy of Bandai Entertainment. Visit www.bandai-ent.com for more information.

Alicia Ashman Anime Club Presents...Giant Robo, vol. 1: The Day the Earth Stood Still
Friday, August 29 at 7:00 p.m.
refreshments will be served
call 824-1780 to reserve seats or register online

An anime classic! It is a new dawn for mankind. The Shizuma Drive has brought clean, limitless energy and launched humanity into an age of prosperity. But even in this Eden of technology, there lurk the shadows of envy and greed. Big Fire: a secret brotherhood whose only goal is to direct the world toward chaos. "Together! Allegiance or death! Big Fire!"The world is protected by the Experts of Justice: a team of operatives assembled from around the globe to stop the ultimate disaster of The Eternal Night. The key to everything is the bravery of their newest member, a boy named Daisaku Kusama, and the great machine he commands..."Crush them now Giant Robo!" Screening permissions and image courtesy of Media Blasters. For more information visit the Giant Robo website.

 

 

Hawthorne Anime Club Presents...Princess Mononoke
Friday, September 5 at 6:30 p.m.

Inflicted with a deadly curse, a young warrior named Ashitaka sets out to the forests of the west in search of the cure that will save his life. Once there, he becomes inextricably entangled in a bitter battle that matches Lady Eboshi and a proud clan of humans against the forest's animal gods...who are led by the brave Princess Mononoke, a young woman raised by wolves! Written and directed by Hayao Miyazaki. Film will be shown in Japanese with English subtitles. Pizza, pop and other refreshments will be served. Screening permission and images courtesy of Movie Licensing USA. Visit http://www.princess-mononoke.com/ for more information.

 

 

Alicia Ashman Anime Club Presents...Genshiken, vol. 1:  Society for the Study of Modern Visual Culture
Friday, September 12 at 7:00 p.m.
refreshments will be served
call 824-1780 to reserve seats or register online

It is Sasahara's first day of college, and a fateful choice awaits him. Which college clubs will he choose to join? But Sasahara is no ordinary young man; a dark secret lurks within his soul. For one thing, he knows what "cosplay" is, and he'd like to know more. He knows how to unlock all the secret characters in "Guilty Gear X", and he'd like to know more. He knows what the plot twist is in episode twenty-five of "Kujibiki Unbalance" because he's read the manga, and he'd like to know more. He's heard of Doujinshi, and he... NEEDS to know more. Enter Genshiken, the barely legitimized Society for the Study of Modern Visual Culture, home to all subspecies of Otaku! Screening permission courtesy of Media Blasters.

 

Hawthorne Anime Club Presents...Blue Submarine No. 6
Friday, October 3 at 6:30 p.m.

It is the future, and the world is getting smaller by the second. As a result of the machinations of the rogue scientist Zorndyke, all land at sea level has begun to succumb to the expanding ocean tides. Billions have died, and mankind is now at war with Zorndyke’s army of water dwelling hybrids. Mankind’s last hopes lie within an international fleet of submarines and the vessel, Blue Submarine No. 6, and the pilots: Kino and Hayami. Together, they and the rest of blue fleet must launch an attack on Zorndyke’s base of operations in Antartica before he floods the rest of the world’s remaining landmass. Film will be shown in Japanese with English subtitles. Pizza, pop and other refreshments will be served. Screening permission and image courtesy of Bandai Entertainment.

 

Alicia Ashman Anime Club Presents...Hell Girl, vol. 1
Friday, October 10 at 7:00 p.m.
refreshments will be served
call 824-1780 to reserve seats

According to rumor, a mysterious message board exists, accessible only at midnight. Those who find the site have the ability to post a grudge they harbor against someone, and the Jigoku Shojo (Hell Girl) will carry out the revenge and then transport that person's soul to hell. Of course, vengeance comes with a hefty price. Those who seek revenge must accept the fact that when they die, their souls will also be taken to hell... Screening permission and image courtesy of Funimation.

 

Alicia Ashman Anime Club Presents...Boogiepop Phantom, vol. 1
Friday, October 24 at 7:00 p.m.
refreshments will be served
call 824-1780 to reserve seats

A scream in the night, and in that instant the world changed ... or at least, it appeared to. There have always been forces in the world and voices in the night: some friendly and other malevolent. Invisible until summoned, they slide through dimensions as people walk through doorways. They wait, and watch the doings of Man closely ... each for their own reasons. Sometimes, they appear ... and when they do, the world changes.

Everyone knows about Boogiepop: meet her one dark night and you are taken. People tell each other the stories and laugh: no one believes that she exists in this day and age. Still, there are some strange things that appear to be going on just below the surface. Darkness takes many forms, though. Evil and good intermingle. The glass shatters. Time stands still. There is something in the darkness. You aren't alone. Are you safe? Screening permission and image courtesy of The Right Stuf/Nozomi Entertainment.

 

Hawthorne Anime Club Presents...Black Blood Brothers, Chapter 1: Bad Tidings
Friday, October 31 at 6:30 p.m.

Everyone wearing a costume will be entered in a drawing for anime prizes! It's been a decade since the sacred war between humans and vampires. The rise of the Kowloon Bloodline, a new breed of monsters bearing an infectious bite, set the streets ablaze under the reign of their king. Humanity had never witnessed such pure, animalistic brutality. Today, Jiro travels with his younger brother Kotaro to the Special Zone, a place where vampires live freely in peace alongside humans, the troubles of the past long forgotten. But the brothers find themselves in the midst of a battle between human soldiers, vampiric refugees and the re-emergence of the Kowloon Children. Assisted by Mimiko, a negotiator between their species, Jiro will try to make sense of the chaos which surrounds them before they are caught up in it and destroyed. To protect those that he holds dear, the vampire will once more draw forth the Silver Blade. TV-MA. Viewers under age 16 must register in advance. Film will be shown in Japanese with English subtitles. Pizza, pop and other refreshments will be served. Costume not required. Screening permission and image courtesy of Funimation Productions, LTD. Visit http://www.funimation.com/blackbloodbrothers/ for more information.

 

Hawthorne Anime Club Presents...Metropolis
Friday, December 12 at 6:30 p.m.

In the industrial, tri-level world of Metropolis, Duke Red is a powerful leader with plans to unveil a highly advanced robot named Tima. But Duke Red's violent son Rock distrusts robots, and intends to find and destroy Tima. Lost in the confusing labyrinth beneath Metropolis, Tima is beginning a friendship with the young nephew of a Japanese detective. But when Duke Red separates the two innocents, Tima's life - and the fate of the universe - is dangerously at stake. Film will be shown in Japanese with English subtitles. Pizza, pop and other refreshments will be served. Screening permission and image courtesy of Movie Licensing USA. Visit http://www.sonypictures.com/cthv/metropolis/ for more information.

 

Save the Dates!

 

Ashman Anime Club Presents - August 15, 2008
Ashman Anime Club Presents - September 26, 2008

 

 

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