Monday, March 22, 2010

April Club Choice Month

So, for april, I have 3 club choice slots open.  I have some old requests, but i want some new ones too.  Send me your requests and I'll do my best to fit them in.

already requested/pending
-pandora hearts
-eyeshield 21
-law of ueki

Shown
-love*com
-TTGL
-hetalia (bad choice...)
-toradora

Crest of the Stars

Hi,
Last Thursday, we watched Crest of the Stars for club choice.  This is a 1999 vintage show, and is the prequel to banner of the Stars, a 38 episode space epic.  If you enjoyed the first episode, I can only say it gets better and I strongly recommend that you watch the rest of the series.  If you need help finding it, let me know.

On another note, I mentioned that I am looking for someone to be president of the club for next year.  We need someone to take over for the next few years so we always have someone to run the club.  If you are willing to become presidnet, I can show you the best places to find shows and can even make a dub of my collection if you want it (1.5TB+).

I would also like to announce that the two trouble makers have been perminantely banished from the club.  If anyone sees them in the room during the showing, please let an officer know so we can take appropriate action.

-Arthur

Wednesday, March 17, 2010

Right Stuff licences Dirty Pair TV!!!!!

  Great news, this ancient gem has been licensed and will be out sometime in the fall!!!!!!!!!!!!
can you tell I'm excited?  cause I am.

http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2010-03-17/right-stuf-adds

Saturday, March 6, 2010

Sampler Disk

 Hi, I handed out sampler disks at the last meeting.  If you didn't bother to read it, the disk has a readme file which I have copied and pasted here.
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Happy Holidays!

Included on this disk are some shows and movies and ovas that I think you guys should see.
In order to play most of these, you will need to install
cccp(not the soviet union, the codec pack) or use VLC player. 
I have included both so you can choose.
I would reccomend VLC if you don't already use a codec pack or watch anime from torrents.

~~~~~~IF YOU USE A MACINTOSH, CCCP WILL NOT WORK~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~~~Go here to get VLC for MAC OS X: http://www.videolan.org/vlc/

Contents
-Kimagure Orange ROad (TV ep1)
-Dirty Pair OVA (OVA ep2)
-Mahou Shojou Lyrical nanoha (magical girl lyrical nanoha) (TV ep1)
-Ranma 1/2 (TV ep1)
-They were 11 (movie)
-Assemble Insert (OVA ep1)
-Birdy the Mighty (OVA ep1)
-Wagaya no Oinari-sama (TV ep1)
-Project A-Ko (Movie part 1of6)
-Macross Flashback (1 hour music video)

>Kimagure Orange ROad
--A classic from the 80's
http://myanimelist.net/anime/1087/Kimagure_Orange_Road

>Dirty Pair OVA
--A retelling of the 1985 Dirty Pair TV series.

    !!!!!(THIS IS NOT PORN, the name just sounds like it)!!!!!!

  It's a fun, wacky show with lots of explosions.
  The main chars. are well known and have cameos in many
  anime as well as in episodes of Star Trek.
http://myanimelist.net/anime/4200/Dirty_Pair_OVA

>Mahou Shojou Lyrical nanoha
--A reimagining of the whole magical girl genre. 
  It's strong story appeals to both males and females, so give it a chance. 
  It was also made withing the last 10 years, unlike most on the disk.
http://myanimelist.net/anime/76/Mahou_Shoujo_Lyrical_Nanoha

>Ranma 1/2
--A classic and well known(among older folks) show by Rumiko Takahashi. 
    The woman behind shows like Urusei Yatsura, Inuyasha, and Maison Ikkoku
http://myanimelist.net/anime/210/Ranma_%C2%BD

>They Were 11
--A lost gem from the 80's, it's supposed to be sci-fi shojou(aimed to wards younger girls)
  but it is a brilliant piece of storytelling and is for everyone.
  It has even been featured in the Anime News Network "Burried Treasure" archive.
http://myanimelist.net/anime/1901/They_Were_11

>Assemble Insert
--This one is just plain wacked out fun. 
  It's short and not at all painful to watch, give it a shot, it won't kill ya!
  It was also featured in ANN's "Buried Treasure"
http://myanimelist.net/anime/2414/Assemble_Insert

>Birdy the Mighty
--This is the original OVA from 1996 that gave birth to at least 3 TV series within the last 2 years.
  It's a lot of fun but has  a serious story hidden within... somewhere... xD
http://myanimelist.net/anime/566/Tetsuwan_Birdy

>Wagaya no Oinari-sama
--Probably the youngest vintage on the disk, I put this on here just because I like it. 
  It helps that the main char. is really cute ^_^
http://myanimelist.net/anime/3322/Wagaya_no_Oinari-sama.

>Project A-Ko
--This is another unstable child of the 80's.  It's a really crazy story, but it's pretty funny. 
  It's a love it or hate it show, but is a part of anime history.  Too bad.
http://myanimelist.net/anime/212/Project_A-ko

>Macross Flashback 2012
--The only piece of the origonal Macross legacy that would fit on the disk, this video contains many of the
  "insert"(songs sang during the anime that are musical pieces in their own right) songs in the origonal series.
  I included this because many of you have never heard of macross or robotech.
http://myanimelist.net/anime/1504/Macross_Flash_Back_2012
 
  --TIME FOR A HISTORY LESSON--
During the 80's a show called Macross: super dimensional Fortress aired and was a big hit in Japan. 
Shortly after, 3 completely UNRELATED shows were mixed with Macross by Carl Macek & Harmony Gold
and released to the US as "Robotech".  Many of us grew up with Robotech (if you're like 20+) and from
macross and robotech came 2 very important icons.  The valkyrie, which is a quasi-realistic)
transformable airplane/robot thing, and the start of career of the Japanese singer in the original Macross series.
In the series, Lynn Minmay(Lin Minmei) is a pop idol aboard a spaceship trying to return home with the citizens
of an entire city trapped aboard.  Her songs and face are one of most recognizeable aspects of 80's. 
Some people i know have hailed her as "the poster-girl of the 80's"  and she was.  Most anime fans at the time, with their
VERY limited supply of anime on VHS or LaserDisk and occasional bootleg tape that had been copied so many times, it was hard to
tell what you were watching.  They didn't have subbing groups either.  They used scripts, if they were lucky, and
had to read along off a piece of paper.  But I digress, suffice it to say that Lynn Minmay is an important figure in anime history
and Macross, with it's legacy of literally dozens of spinoffs (look here if you don't belive me http://myanimelist.net/anime.php?q=macross&type=0&score=0&status=0&tag=&p=0&r=0&sm=0&sd=0&sy=0&em=0&ed=0&ey=0&c[]=a&c[]=b&c[]=c&gx=0)
is a key milestone in Japanese Animation. 

KNOW THE NAME, BECAUSE KNOWLEDGE IS POWER!!!
xD

-your crazy club head,
--Arthur Chang