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It's a new year! It's time to start a new series called Planetes, deal with a new plot complication in Le Chevalier D'Eon, and meet new friends and enemies in Code-E, Fate/Stay Night, and Genshiken. The lessons of Human Crossing might help achieve some New Year resolutions. If the economic downturn is on your mind, then the Rumiko Takahashi Anthology episode may help you laugh it away, and the sheer entertainment of Ghost in the Shell and Tactics may help take your mind off of it. So, come join us for the first No-Name Anime meeting of 2009!
As always, many thanks to the Santa Clara
City Library for hosting our meetings. This month, we're in the Cedar Room. Just follow the signs.
12:30
Le Chevalier D'Eon #20
(13 up)
(Subtitled, Supernatural Intrigue)
"Ready to Die For..." -
D'Eon and the other knights averted the war between France and England, but it's only a temporary setback for Sainte-Germain. Sainte-Germain now has a new plot involving Prince Augustine.
— Subtitled by
ADV Films
13:00
Ghost in the Shell SAC 2nd Gig #25
(13 up)
(Subtitled, Sci-Fi / Cyber-Action)
"This Side of Justice" -
This is the penultimate episode, so it's time for fight sequences! It's Kuze against an AI attack helicopter and Batou's group against the Special Ops Team. Gohda, a villain not known for fighting fair, plans to use help from the American Empire to end everything with a bang!
— Subtitled by
Bandai Entertainment
13:25
Fate/Stay Night #20
(13 up)
(Subtitled, Fantasy / Drama)
"Distant Trace of a Dream" -
Caster has been eliminated, but a more powerful enemy is left: the Golden Servant from the last Holy Grail War. Shirou learns that his father ordered Saber to destroy the Grail in the last war, but he doesn't understand why. Shirou's previous goal was to end the war, but now he has a change of heart.
— Subtitled by
Geneon Animation
13:55
Genshiken OVA #1 / Ep #13
(13 up)
(Subtitled, Comedy / Parody / Fan Lameness)
"My Name Is Ogiue and I Hate Otaku" - It's a year later, and the Genshiken crew is back: Madarame the president, Sasahara the average otaku, Ohno the cosplayer, Tanaka the costume designer, Kosaka the gamer, and his girlfriend Kasukabe. The new year brings new members and drastic changes to Kujibiki Unbalance.
— Subtitled by
Anime Works
14:20
Abunai! Break time!
Strike up new conversations about new topics for the new year, or visit the library to look into resources to help you on your New Year resolutions!
15:10
Rumiko Takahashi Anthology #5
(7 up)
(Subtitled, Slice of Life Comic Drama)
"Aberrant Family F" -
A girl listens to the neighborhood gossip claiming that her family is in financial trouble, and she starts worrying about her parents' aberrant behavior.
— Subtitled by
Geneon Animation
15:40
Human Crossing #11
(16 up)
(Subtitled, Slice of Life Drama)
"Whispers" -
A boy getting bullied at school meets a retiree living off of social security and learns how to stop listening to his self-sabotaging whispers.
— Subtitled by
Geneon Animation
16:05
Tactics #3
(13 up)
(Subtitled, Folklore and Fantasy)
"Mountain Fairy Tale" -
The folklore researcher named Kantaro and his friends (including the demon-eating goblin named Haruka) investigate a small village where children have been disappearing.
— Subtitled by
Manga Entertainment
16:35
Planetes #1
(13 up)
(Subtitled, Science Fiction)
"Outside the Atmosphere" -
It's the year 2075. Humans travel through space, but space garbage is now a danger. Ai Tanabe joins a large corporation's Debris Section and gets her first assignment.
— Subtitled by
Bandai Entertainment
17:00
Code-E #6
(unrated)
(Subtitled, Romantic Sci-Fi Comedy)
"About Shrine Maidens and Training" -
Ebihara is a girl with an EMP problem, and Kannagi is the boy scientist who is unsuccessfully trying to help her with it. However, others who are interested in Ebihara's "problem" aren't as innocuous. One invites her to a sleepover, while two more try to conquer Japanese red tape.
— Fansubbed
