Disclaimer: This event will overlap with our "Volunteer w/ Greater Chicago Food Depository (Archer Heights)"](https://www.meetup.com/chicago-anime-hangouts/events/311817054)") event. Our dates/times for both events are already locked in. Apologizes to those who wish to attend both!

Anime Chicago Hangouts is having its 1st seasonal anime screening of 2026! This event has us watch several first episodes within the current anime season lineup to see what's good (& what's not). • Seasonal Sampler List: We'll post a Google Sheets link (with a list of the shows we're watching) closer towards the sampler date once shows are out & we can review them first for quality. • Disclaimer: We'll typically avoid sequel series in case folks haven't seen them before, plus avoid anything a bit too provocative based on the venue's ...