Hello all,
 Well, once again it's time for more anime! We have our next showing this
Friday at 7:30 in A-1046 (as always, this may be subject to change). We're
being artsy next meeting so we're showing:
 
Grave of the Fireflies
 
On the final days of World War II, 14-year-old Seita and his four-year-old
sister Setsuko are orphaned after their mother is killed during an air-raid by
American forces in Kobe, Japan. After having a falling-out with their aunt,
they move into an abandoned bomb shelter. With no surviving relatives and
their emergency funds and rations depleted, Seita and Setsuko must struggle to
survive their hardships as well as those of their country, which is on the
losing end of the war.


Animax Taisho Trio

The Animax Taisho (Award) is an annual competition held by the Japanese anime
satellite network Animax. Participants all over Asia are asked to hand in a
script for half-hour anime. The script that wins the competition then actually
goes into production and is aired on the Animax network. We're screening three
of these.
Hotori ~ Tada Saiwai wo Koinegau (Hotori ~ I Only Want Happiness) (Winner
2004): At the Personality Plant, robots are being built and slowly outfitted
with the artificial memories of real people. Suzu is one such robot, being
made to replace the young boy a family has lost. By chance, he meets a Hitori,
a young girl suffering from progressive memory loss. The two children become
friends and attempt to define themselves in the light of their changing
memories.
Yumedamaya Kidan (The Strange Story of a Dream Sphere Dealer) (Winner 2006):
Fifth grader Naho has been both mama and sister to her baby brother, Jun.
After making plans to meet with her friends on her birthday, her father tells
her that he has to go out for the day and that she needs to stay home with her
brother, but he says that a Helper-san (babysitter) should be coming later.
The Helper-san turns out to be a Dream sphere Dealer who offers Naho her
choice of three very different dreams, and each one could change her life
completely ...
Azusa, Otetsudai Shimasu! (Azusa Will Help!) (Winner 2003): In a future where
robots are already commonplace in society, the Karugamo High School team needs
one more member to have the required nine players. To fill in, they resort to
acquiring a robot. Not having much to spend, they can't afford to buy a sports
robot. Instead, they purchase Azusa, a robot maid.
 Hope to see you all there (and if I were you, I would bring a jumbo box of
Kleenex because it's going to be a tearjerker.
 
~Rowena