The Anime Club at UT Austin will be presenting its third showing of the Fall 1997 semester on Friday, September 26th, at 7 pm in Welch 1.316. The showing is free and open to the public.
Please keep in mind that showing schedules are tentative, and are always subject to some changes. Programs are not necessarily listed here in the order they will be shown.
Unless otherwise noted, all scheduled programs are subtitled in English.
(Some listings are linked to the show's entry in the Anime Web Guide, or some other relevant web page; short-short summaries written by Rebecca Sims.)
A quasi-magical-girls series about a young woman, Miaka, who is transported into the world of a book known as 'Four Gods' Earth and Sky'. As a foretold 'girl from another world', Miaka becomes Suzaku no Miko, a priestess-figure whose duty is to find the seven warriors of the god Suzaku, and then to summon the god. In these episodes, Miaka and company have split up; the seishi are going after the second Shinzaho, while Miaka is in Nakago's camp (baaaad idea...).
Urameshi Yusuke is a high-school delinquent with a rough home life; his father is gone, and his mother is essentially a drunkard. He cuts class frequently, is disrespectful to his teachers, and is generally feared by most of his peers. However, deep down, he's not really that bad a guy, as he proves when he rescues a young boy from being hit by a car. Unfortunately, he dies in the accident. Now he has to go through a test in order to return to life, with some help from unexpected quarters.
The adventures of a wandering samurai and former assassin, now defender of the downtrodden, and his friends who of course get into lots of trouble with local bullies and gangsters so he can rescue them. And the occasional warrior who wants to challenge him.
This series focuses on two Angels, Kagetsuya and Chihaya. Along with the other Angels on the planet Eden, they monitor human activity on the Earth. If wrong acts exceed right ones by ten thousand, the Earth will be destroyed; I assume the Angels sometimes act to make sure that the balance doesn't tip in that direction. The show looks very shojo, but pretty.
The insane, bordering on lunatic, story of an 11-year-old-girl who is a child TV star, going to a regular junior high school. Being cute and famous, she is of course the 'leader' of the girls, and as such is part of an ongoing battle with the boys in her class. Her chief opponent is Hayama Akito, the leader of the boys; however, as she finds out more about him, Sana is beginning to feel some sympathy. Sana used her made-for-TV movie to bring Hayama's family closer together; now, possibly thanks to her efforts, an interesting love triangle (square?) is evolving. What happens after the 'fruit juice-soaked kiss'?
This is the story of Yawara Inokuma, a Japanese high-school student. She is typical in many ways, but this being anime, she of course also happens to be a highly-trained student of Judo. Her grandfather, a former national Judo champion, has high hopes for her as possibly even an Olympic-class Judo star. It sounds a bit Ranma-esque in some ways, including multiple suitors and impassioned enemies. The series seems to have been very popular in Japan, and the animation looks nice.
All members of the university and local community are welcome to attend this presentation of the latest and greatest in Japanese animation. The showing will run until roughly midnight, so please come when you can. We look forward to having you there!