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Happy New Year! We're evaluating new shows for the new year, and we would like your input. Before break, we'll continue several of our regular shows: The Twelve Kingdoms, Planetes, Mythical Detective Loki Ragnarok, and Tweeny Witches. After the break, we'll explore four different anime and ask for your opinions about them. Your feedback will help determine what we watch this coming year.
Showings are presented in Japanese language audio with English subtitles and are suggested for ages 13 and over unless otherwise specified. Starting times are approximate: Come early! No-Name Anime meetings are presented in and co-sponsored by the Santa Clara City Central Park Library. Many thanks to the library for hosting our meetings! This month, we're in the Cedar Room. Just follow the signs!
12:00
The Twelve Kingdoms #35
(Subtitled, Fantasy)
"Great Distance in the Wind, Sky at Dawn, Chapter 12" - Suzu had joined a group in Shisui who oppose Shoukou. In Meikaku, Shoukei had joined a group trying to get Gahou removed from office. Queen Youko had returned to the Rike to find that Rangyouko is dead, Keikei is severely wounded, and Enho is captured. Now, Suzu visits Meikaku to pick up up a shipment.
— Subtitled by Anime Works
12:30
Planetes #23
(Subtitled, Comedy)
"Debris Cluster" - The INTO Supreme Council is making decisions about how to divide the moon's resources. Although they choose a new location, their first extraterrestrial meeting is upstaged by a terrorist attack from the Space Defense Front.
— Subtitled by
Bandai Entertainment
12:55
Mythical Detective Loki Ragnarok #15
(Subtitled, Mythical Mayhem)
"The Beautiful Assassins" - Detective Loki has reunited with his cute canine son, Fenrir, who helps Loki regain some of his former power. However, Odin still wants to kill Loki before Ragnarok, and now the Norns, goddesses of fate, have joined Odin's cause.
— Subtitled by ADV Films
13:25
Tweeny Witches OAV #2
(Subtitled, Fantasy Action Comedy)
"The Ice Witch and the Dragon of Fire and Ice" - Arusu and her friends learn about an event in Witch Heaven's history.
— Subtitled by Anime Works
13:50
Abunai! Break time!
Random trivia: The Heisei era started on January 8, 1989. In Japan, each era is associated with the reigning emperor, and the Heisei era started when Akihito became the Emperor of Japan. Akihito will be known as "Emperor Heisei" after his death. The previous era was called Showa, and Emperor Showa was Akihito's father, Hirohito. In The Twelve Kingdoms, the rulers follow a similar naming scheme, and the name of Youko's era was Sekiraku.
14:40
Yozakura Quartet #1
(Subtitled, Fantasy)
"Cherry Blossoms Bloom" - In the town of Sakurashin, humans and demons live in harmony. Hime, the mayor of Sakurashin, works with Akina Hiizumi, Ao Nanami, and Kotoha Isone of the Lifestyle Counseling Center to send malicious demons back to the demon world.
— Subtitled by
Sentai Filmworks
15:05
Toradora #1
(Subtitled, High School Comedy Romance)
"Tiger and Dragon" - Ryuji Takasu has a face that only a mother can love. Everybody else thinks he's a delinquent gangster like his father. Unfortunately for the docile and domestic Ryuji, he encounters Taiga Aisaka, a cute girl who is as mean as he looks.
— Subtitled by
NIS America
15:35
Dirty Pair TV #1
(Subtitled, Old-school Girls with Guns)
"How to Kill a Computer" - Twenty years after the discovery of warp travel, two 19-year-old trouble consultants work for the World Welfare Works Association. Calling themselves the "Lovely Angels", Kei and Yuri solve problems with brains, brawn, looks, and mass chaos and destruction. The galactic scale of their mayhem has earned them the infamous nickname, the "Dirty Pair". In this episode, Kei and Yuri deal with a malfunctioning supercomputer. Much trouble and much shooting ensues.
— Subtitled by
Nozomi Entertainment
16:00
Lucky Star #1
(Subtitled, Comedy)
"The Girl Who Dashes Off" - Gamer and anime fan Kona-chan, glasses-wearing class representative Miyuki, and sisters Tsukasa and Kagami chatter about school, sports, games, food, health, sleep, and other random topics.
— Subtitled by
Bandai Entertainment
