The Anime Club at UT Austin will be presenting its eleventh showing of the Fall 1997 semester on Friday, November 7th, 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 has been released from Tomo's illusion, and is now on her way for the second Shinzaho.
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 died in the accident; but because he passed the trials given to him, he was returned to life and now acts as a detective for the spirit world. His first assignment is to pursue three spirit-world escapees who have stolen three extremely powerful artifacts.
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 appears to be a fairly lighthearted space adventure, along the lines of 'Irresponsible Captain Tylor'; it has also been described as a parody of, among other shows, Macross. Mars had been a successful Earth colony, but has been laid to waste by an alien race known as the Jovians. The Jovians are now headed for Earth, with the Battleship Nadesico, the most powerful in the human fleet, hot on their heels. The Nadesico must prevent the Jovians from reaching Earth at all costs.
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. Her chief antagonist is Hayama Akito, formerly the school's biggest troublemaker; however, after Sana took it upon herself to help, he seems to be reforming. But now, possibly thanks to her efforts, an interesting love square has evolved. This episode, however, is something else entirely, as we find out about Sana's father!
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!