Anime Club
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The Anime Club is a student group devoted to watching Japanese animated movies and t.v. series.
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What is Anime?
Anime are movies and t.v series, usually originating from Japanese culture, and often from the country. The implication is that a lot of anime are translated into English from Japanese.
It is identified by rather particular conventions of art style (for example, big eyes), sometimes by certain recurrent themes, and generally by a strong emphasis on emotion. Unlike cartoons, which as a group seek to be silly and are delegated as "childish", anime vary greatly and can be quite serious and deep.
Activites
The Anime Club meets every Wednesday from 7pm to 9pm in Gosnold Annex across from Einstein's for showings.
Since Fall 2006, the club has also begun hosting secondary meetings. They have not resumed yet but are expected to take place on Monday, at the same place and hour as the normal meetings.
The club also hosts CNUCon, an annual gathering of fans and supporters of Anime and related topics at the University.
The club also hosts marathons, that is, day-long showings of varied anime.
Current
We are watching Great Teacher Onizuka during the main club meetings.
The Club Council is meeting at 7pm on Thursday for club members that wish to participate. Meetings are on the second floor of the Student Union.
Public Library
The Club has been trying to build a library available to all members. The following are open to loan by any member (Other individuals interested in borrowing a title should consult with the club leadership). It is worth noting that the anime watched by the club is by no means limited to this library, but often draws from the private libraries of generous allies and members.
| Saiyuki (vol. I) | |
| Avengers | |
| Spirited Away | Disney |
| Akira | Bandai |
| Ninja Scroll (Manga) | |
| The Cat Returns | Disney |
| Vampire Hunter D - Urban Vision | |
| Armitage the Third | Geneon |
| My Neighbor Totoro | Disney |
| Yuyu Hakusho: The Movie / Ninku | FUNimation |
| Castle in the Sky | Disney |
| Scrapped Princess vol. 4 | |
| Serial Experiments Lain vol.s 1 & 2 | Geneon |
| X vol. Something ? | |
| Neon Genesis Evangelion Complete | ADV |
| Whispers of the Heart | Disney |
| AppleSeed | |
| Howl's Moving Castle | Disney |
| Steam Detectives |
History
Anime we have watched in the past include such series as Saiyuki, Fruits Basket, Saber Marionettes J, Irresponsible Captain Tylor, Noir, etc.
Membership
Fees have traditionally been something like $5/semester.
See also
- The Anime Club Website, with information about Anime in general, past series seen by the club, and current news.
- The club's Google mailing list, featuring anonymous browsing of past discussions.
- Animenfo.com, a database of descriptions of various anime shows.
- Anime Club Forum, with various topics of discussion.
