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Fall 2015

[Minna no Manga] First Thursday Incoming! 10/1/15

Greetings Everyone!
 
Glad to see a lot of new faces this past Saturday, and some familiar ones. Hopefully the trend will continue for this Thursday, which is the first meeting 
of the quarter for Minna no Manga! 
 
Minna no Manga is going to be held this week in the English Building, 22-212, which you can find directions 
to here (I know Google says those directions are leading you to the Ag building, they're attached by a hallway!). 
We'll be in a different room starting next week, so be sure to read next week's email as well. The manga room is 
also listed on our site for quick reference.
 
Minna no Manga is the place for you, other people who you know from Minna no Anime, and whoever you can drag along to play board games, 
hang out, do homework, and the like. Last year I would routinely see people playing such games as KanColle, Dominion, 
and Weiss Schwartz, but we'll see what this year holds! 
 
See ya there!
 
Curtis Hilgenberg
Minna no Anime Secretary
 
Current Status: Kizumonogatari HYPE [[https://www.kizumonogatari-movie.com/]] (with a side of Owarimonogatari hype).

[Minna no Manga] ROOM CORRECTION 10/1/15

Hello Everyone!
 
Our room for Manga today (10/1/15) was double-booked, so we're now in the Agriculture Building, room 10-115.
 
Hope to see you there!
 
Curtis Hilgenberg
Minna no Anime Secretary

[Minna no Anime] Saturday Meeting 2: Electric Boogaloo 10/3/15

TL;DR: This Saturday is Minna. Football is happening, so parking is #sketchy. If you didn't get the Manga email, 
you've got to switch mailing lists at the bottom of this email to get the weekly emails. Vote for the Simulcast!
 
 
Greetings, Everyone!
 
This Saturday is Minna no Anime's second meeting of the quarter! This Saturday is also Cal Poly's second home football game 
of the quarter! Minna veterans know what that means: a conspicuous shortage of parking spaces! I hear tell that in the past 
there was often parking open around the library, near the math building, near Fisher Science, and near the Admin building, 
but with the construction in the PAC parking lot, who knows. It might not be a bad idea to show up a tad early to make sure 
that you get to club on time.
 
Also! If you did not get the Manga email earlier this week, that means that you are not on the weekly email list. In order 
to get on the weekly email list, you can adjust your settings by following the link at the bottom of the email.
 
Lastly, the voting is now up for the Simulcast here! We're watching the first episode of something in the first slot of the 
evening, you can vote on which show that should be!
 
SHOW SCHEDULE:
 
5:10 PM - Simulcast of the Week (VOTE FOR IT ABOVE)
5:35 PM - Last Exile - 02
6:10 PM - Haikyuu!! - 02
6:35 PM - Gekkan Shoujo Nozaki-kun - 02
7:00 PM - 1 HOUR DINNER BREAK WOOOH (Contains re-showing of Neon Genesis Evangelion - 01 @ 7:30 PM)
8:05 PM - Taisho Baseball Girls - 02
8:30 PM - Your Lie in April - 02
9:05 PM - Tiger and Bunny - 02
9:30 PM - Neon Genesis Evangelion - 02

See ya there!

Curtis Hilgenberg
Minna no Anime Secretary


RANT
Warning, personal opinions below.
 
Heya kids, it's been awhile. For those of you new to Minna, this space is where I (your secretary) get a chance to 
(unofficially) talk about whatever I want to at the end of the email. There's never any especially important info in 
here Minna-wise, it's just an opportunity for me to hype up the Monogatari series- I mean share info about my life. 
As an example, this week I did pretty well on my first test in CPE 357! Also was hyped about Kizumonogatari announcements! 
And wrote emails! And was behind on how my favorite League of Legends team was doing at Worlds! CLG wooh! 
 
I'm in the library right now, and if I turn my head slightly to the left I can see someone else watching Worlds, but 
I've got THINGS that I need to DO so it'll be awhile before I can start watching. I'm actually going to stop typing this and 
finish up some of my other work so that I can actually maybe watch the games CLG is in before I have to fake my way through 
another conversation started about it when somebody notices my CLG jacket. Cheers!

[Minna no Manga] Press 2 for Thursday 10/8/15

TL; DR: Minna no Manga is Thursday @ 6-10 PM in 10-115, vote for the Simulcast, Halloween party is coming up 
October 31st from 10 AM - 10 PM.
 
Greetings Everyone!
 
Another week, another Thursday. Minna no Manga will be held in Agriculture Building 10 room 115, which is going to be our 
regular room for the rest of the quarter. As always, we'll be in the room from 6 PM-10 PM. Coincidentally, 10-115 was the 
room we crashed last Thursday, so if you were at Manga last week, just go back to the same room! If you're into the whole 
playing board games/hanging out with cool anime peeps scene you should totally show up! We're always excited to see new people.
 
Also, vote for this Saturday's simulcast! As Smokey the Bear basically almost says: "Only you can decide what we're watching."
 
Additionally, coming up on October 31st from 10 AM -10 PM is the annual Minna no Anime Halloween Party! There'll be Anime Eyes, 
Anime Trivia, a Cosplay Contest, a Video Game Tournament, a Pumpkin Carving Contest, and more! The other officers and I are 
hard at work preparing for this and it's shaping up well, so be sure to show up! A more in-depth email about the 
Halloween Party with event descriptions, information on prizes, and event sign-up links will be sent out in the 
next week or so, so look out for that!
 

See you Thursday!
 
Curtis Hilgenberg
Minna no Anime Secretary
 
RANT:
Warning, Personal Opinions Below.
 
So first of all, holy shit the first episode of Owarimonogatari lived up to the hype. Probably among the best 48 min 
I've spent in my life. The insane amounts of creepiness and charisma that Ougi was putting out the whole episode moved 
her up into among my favorite characters out of anything. If you've watched and enjoyed any of the previous Monogatari 
seasons, it's so worth catching up. Of course, I tried to talk to the VP about the episode and he seemed to rate it meh/10 so 
YMMV. I shouldn't have really been surprised though, we've always had very different opinions on the franchise. Oh, and 
NisiOisiN announced new Monogatari LNs. OH YEAH AND WHEN I TYPED UP THE LAST MESSAGE THE FACT THAT THERE WERE GOING TO 
BE THREE KIZUMONOGATARI MOVIES HADN'T BEEN ANNOUNCED YET. WOOH KIZU! 
 
Aight, Monogatari fangirling over for now.
 
Other things I've been doing this week: Uh, I did recruiting pitches for Minna on both YikYak (someone asked about 
anime club, I replied) and Tinder (swiping with a profile pic of Holo from Spice and Wolf is just asking to get recruited 
for anime club :p), so that was pretty fun. Also I'm relatively on top of things for CPE 357, which is good. 
Plus I think my project for work is going to be ~20% as expensive as initial projections indicated, which is 
excellent. Anyways, that's all for now. I'll see y'all later!

[Minna no Anime] Tomorrow is Saturday! 10/10/15

TL;DR: Minna is Saturday, we're on episode 3 of everything. Vote for the simulcast. Halloween Party is 
coming, more details about it will come to your email.
 
Greetings, Everyone!
 
Tomorrow is Saturday, and you know what that means: MINNA NO ANIME! We've got a bunch of great shows lined up you 
tomorrow, each of them being episode 3. In case you were wondering, these episodes do not include Revenge of the Sith. 
Minna No Anime will never do a screening of episode three of the Star Wars prequel trilogy. As always, we'll be in 
"The Silo" (03-213) from 5 PM - 10PM.
 
There is of course one show that will not be an episode 3, which is this week's simulcast. You get to decide 
what that is, by voting HERE! 
 
SHOW SCHEDULE:
 
5:10 PM - Simulcast of the Week (VOTE FOR IT ABOVE)
5:35 PM - Last Exile - 03
6:00 PM - 10 Minute Break (for the stretching of arms)
6:10 PM - Haikyuu!! - 03
6:35 PM - Gekkan Shoujo Nozaki-kun - 03
7:00 PM - 1 HOUR DINNER BREAK WOOOH
8:05 PM - Taisho Baseball Girls - 03
8:30 PM - Your Lie in April - 03
8:55 PM - 10 Minute Break (for the stretching of legs)
9:05 PM - Tiger and Bunny - 03
9:30 PM - Neon Genesis Evangelion - 03

Other things:  Coming up on October 31st from 10 AM -10 PM is the annual Minna no Anime Halloween Party! There'll be 
Anime Eyes, Anime Trivia, a Cosplay Contest, a Video Game Tournament, a Pumpkin Carving Contest, and more! The email 
with more hard facts about this event should be out prior to the next Saturday email.
 
See you Saturday!
 
Curtis Hilgenberg
Minna no Anime Secretary
 
RANT:
Warning, Personal Opinions Below.
 
My favorite team got knocked out of the LoL world championships *sniff*. Ah well, at least there's always next season. 
In what time I've managed to find in my schedule for mental health breaks I ended up watching a couple episodes of Golden 
Time this week. It's a romcom show from the same creator as Toradora, except that I actually like the character that's 
shaping up to be the primary love interest. I'm also fond of the fact that the characters are actually in college, it's a 
really underutilized setting in anime, IMO, and they've already made good use of it in the first four episodes. There's 
one trope revealed to be prominent in the show that I'm not fond of, but all in all I'm giving the show my tentative approval thus far.
 
Anyways, gotta work on some stuff for Minna and CPE 357, so I'll see you guys Saturday!
 

[Minna no Anime] Corrected Voting Link

Hey again!

Here's the real simulcast voting link, the last one was wrong.

Cheers!

Curtis Hilgenberg
Minna no Anime Secretary

[Minna no Manga] Thursday of the Baskervilles 10/15/15

TL;DR: Minna no Manga 6-10PM in 10-115. Minna no Anime is in Fisher Science for the next two weeks. Halloween Party is on 
Oct. 31, email to follow. Vote for the simulcast!
 
Greetings everyone!
 
I hope you all had a splendiferous weekend and a slightly above average earlier this week. If the first chunk of weekdays has 
been less than wonderful, I have good news for you: Minna no Manga is this Thursday! Well, Minna no Manga is this Thursday from 
6-10 PM in 10-115 regardless of how your week's been, but I figured I'd let the people with the worse week hear about it first. 
They deserve something nice.
 
Other things!
 
Minna no Anime will not be in the Silo this week. Due to scheduling conflicts, for this Saturday and the next (10/17 & 10/24) 
we'll be watching anime in the Fisher Science Building, (Building 33 Room 286). Our discussion room will be in 33-287 for the next 
two weeks as well. Room 286 is the room with the double doors next to the vending machine. Fisher Science is one of those buildings 
where the second floor seems like it's the ground floor, so don't let the room number fool ya! For veteran Minna-goers, it's also the 
room where we had the Halloween Party last year.
 
Speaking of Halloween Party! Coming up on October 31st from 10 AM - 10 PM is the annual Minna no Anime Halloween Party! There'll be 
Anime Eyes, Anime Trivia, a Cosplay Contest, a Video Game Tournament, a Pumpkin Carving Contest, and more! This year the 
party will be once again in the Business Building (We're using rooms 03-112, 03-113, 03-114, and 03-213). My next action as 
soon as I finish drafting this email is to start drafting a Halloween Party email with more information about it, so 
more information about it is on the rather near horizon.
 
Parking is potentially wonky for the next couple of weekends, due to a men's soccer game this coming Saturday, and 
another football game the Saturday after. I hear tell that in the past there was often parking open around the 
library, near the math building, near Fisher Science (convenient), and near the Admin building, but with the construction 
in the PAC parking lot, who knows. It might not be a bad idea to show up a tad early to make sure that you get to club on time.
 
And as always...Vote for this week's simulcast! 

 
Cheers!
 
Curtis Hilgenberg
Minna no Anime Secretary
 
(No rant this email, I've got to compose another email then go into work and then work on CPE 357. I'll catch 
ya on Saturday's email, I swear!)
 

[Minna no Anime] Scrumptious Saturday Situation 10/17/15

TL;DR: Minna no Anime in 33-286, arrive early to ensure parking. Halloween Party is on October 31. Vote for the simulcast!
 
Good news everyone!
 
We're nearing the end of the week, and you know what that means... You should go get something to eat! People need nutrition 
to live. And where better to eat than the dinner break of Minna no Anime this Saturday! You can start building up an appetite 
at 5 PM, where we're going to be starting by watching a simulcast that you pick. Maybe based on food?
 
Important thing to note, Minna no Anime will not be in The Silo this week. We'll be in the Fisher Science Building, 
(Building 33 Room 286), with the discussion room being in room 287 in the same building. Room 286 is the room with the 
double doors next to the vending machine, and is on what's effectively the ground floor by the Admin Building parking lot.  
For veteran Minna-goers, it's also the room where we had the Halloween Party last year.
 
Speaking of Halloween Party! Coming up on October 31st from 10 AM - 10 PM is the annual Minna no Anime Halloween Party! 
There'll be Anime Eyes, Anime Trivia, a Cosplay Contest, a Video Game Tournament, a Pumpkin Carving Contest, and more! This 
year the party will be once again in the Business Building (We're using rooms 03-112, 03-113, 03-114, and 03-213). We're into final revisions for the 
Halloween email, look forward to it!
 
Parking is potentially wonky for the next couple of weekends, due to a men's soccer game this coming Saturday, and another 
football game the Saturday after. I hear tell that in the past there was often parking open around the library, near the math 
building, near Fisher Science (convenient), and near the Admin building, but with the construction in the PAC parking lot, who 
knows. It might not be a bad idea to show up a tad early to make sure that you get to club on time.

SCHEDULE:
 
5:10 PM - Simulcast of the Week (VOTE FOR IT ABOVE)
5:35 PM - Last Exile - 04
6:00 PM - Ten Minute Break!
6:10 PM - Haikyuu!! - 04
6:35 PM - Gekkan Shoujo Nozaki-kun - 04
7:00 PM - 1 HOUR DINNER BREAK WOOOH
8:05 PM - Taisho Baseball Girls - 04
8:30 PM - Your Lie in April - 04
8:55 PM - Ten Minute Break!
9:05 PM - Tiger and Bunny - 04
9:30 PM - Neon Genesis Evangelion - 04


Cheers!
 
Curtis Hilgenberg
 
RANT:
Warning, Personal Opinions Below
 
Firstly, Owarimonogatari Episode 2 was kind of disappointing compared to the first episode, but it set up for something cool. 
We'll see how it goes, I have faith. Speaking of faith, I'm thinking about starting a count of the amount of crosses in 
Evangelion, it's ridiculous. Other things about this week: I realized don't have enough time to get everything I need to do between 
MnA officer commitments, my job, and my classes done, so I'm constantly trying to decide what thing I'm going to let drop behind. 
So that kind of sucks, but my boss told me I could recruit a helper for work, so that should hopefully go better. During study breaks 
I've been catching up on Alan Tudyk's Con Man series. Highly recommended for anyone who likes Firefly, Felicia Day, or 
comedies about geek culture. Anyways, hope to see you guys next week! 

Minna no Halloween approaches!

Greetings Everyone!
 
It's that time of year again. Pumpkins are appearing in grocery stores, candy is getting seasonal orange packaging, and 
I start wondering about the proper holiday classification of "The Nightmare Before Christmas". That's right, it's Halloween time!
 
As returning Minna members know, the Halloween Party is Minna no Anime's biggest event of the year, an all-day festival of 
Minna awesomeness on October 31st! It'll be in the business building (Rooms 03-112, 03-113, 03-114, and 03-213) from 10 AM - 10 PM. 
Rather than our usual gig of watching anime, our Halloween Party is an opportunity for all of us that love anime to compete in 
various events related to anime, for fun and (if you're a paid member) prizes! Here's the descriptions for the events we're putting on this year:
 
CONTESTS:
 
Anime Eyes: 
The goal of this event is to accurately guess an anime character by looking at a pixelated image of them. The longer the image 
is displayed on-screen, the less pixelated the image gets, and the easier it is to guess. Each character you correctly identify nets 
you a certain amount of points, the more the character is pixelated when you guess it the more points it's worth! You can guarantee 
yourself a spot in one of the rounds here or sign up on the spot!
 
Anime Trivia:
Similar to Jeopardy, but anime-themed. Whether you're aiming to win the entire thing or you're just curious about what's in store, 
answering these anime trivia questions will test your wits and memory like nothing else.  You can guarantee yourself a spot in 
one of the rounds here or sign up on the spot!
 
Video Game Tournament:
Come test your video-game playing skills in a tournament for a game carefully selected to be something that no one is actually 
good at going in. This year we've picked STARWHAL, America's #1 local multi-player space narwhal fighting game.  There's like 
90 narwhal costumes in it!  You can guarantee yourself a spot in one of the rounds here or sign up on the spot!
 
Pumpkin Carving:
Carve a pumpkin with some sort of image that you think Minna people will enjoy! Winners determined by popular vote. Images of 
you with a pumpkin you've carved this year also acceptable, but the actual physical pumpkin is greatly preferred. We're on
Halloween this year so the pumpkins should actually have some structural integrity!
 
Cosplay Contest:
Come show off your cosplay! Whether you're dressed as a character from anime, manga, or something else entirely, we'd love 
to see you compete! Homemade costumes only please. It also helps us a lot if you bring a reference picture for your character 
so we can compare you with the person you're cosplaying as! This category is among those determined by popular vote.
 
Art Contest:
Submit a piece of anime-related art that you're proud of, and we'll determine by popular vote which one appeals to the largest 
portion of club members. 2D Art only please! You can bring in a print, bring it in on a flash drive, or send it in with your name 
as a reply to this email.
 
Prizes:
 
Each event we have in our Halloween Party schedule has a prize attached to it. Any paid member of Minna is eligible to win 
these. Minna membership costs are $5 a quarter or $10 for the year. If you'd like to compete in the contests, but don't want any 
of the prizes, talk to one of the current officers so we know to take you out of the judging!
 
As well as a prize for first place in each of the events above, you can also compete for a grand prize! The winner of the grand 
prize is whoever did the best overall throughout Anime Eyes, Anime Trivia, the Pumpkin Carving Contest, the Art Contest and the 
Cosplay Contest. The more events you compete in and the better you do in each of them the likelier you are to win the 
 
Without further ado, here are the prizes:
 
Anime Trivia (1st Place): $30 Right Stuf gift certificate
Anime Eyes (1st Place): $30 Right Stuf gift certificate
Cosplay Contest (1st Place): $30 Right Stuf gift certificate
Video Game Tournament (1st Place): $15 Right Stuf gift certificate
Pumpkin Carving Contest (1st Place): $15 Right Stuf gift certificate
Art Contest (1st Place): $15 Right Stuf gift certificate
 
Grand Prize (Overall Winner): Two tickets to a fandom-related convention of your choice! We're capping the amount earned for 
this prize based on AX ticket costs, (currently $65 a ticket).
 
Grand Prize (Runner-Up): One ticket to a fandom-related convention of your choice!
 
IMPORTANT NOTE: You will only earn the largest prize for which you are eligible. The runner-up will get the smaller prize. For 
example, if you are the Grand Prize Winner and also won Anime Trivia, the Anime Trivia prize will go to second place in Anime 
Trivia, assuming they are not already winning a prize.
 
OTHER EVENTS:
 
Karaoke:
 
Minna no Anime is once again running a karaoke event! This is our annual opportunity for club members past and present to sing 
anime OPs and EDs for the amusement of themselves and others. Minna alum Annaliese has not only graciously donated a hard drive for 
the purpose of holding anime music for karaoke, but has filled it with songs out of her own personal collection! If you know her 
say thanks. The songs we currently have on it can be found here. If you want to sing a song that's not on that list, either 
bring it yourself or suggest it here. We'll try our best to get to all suggestions, but no guarantees. Please be specific with your requests!
 
Food:
 
When people get hungry we'll be ordering pizza! We'll be selling pizza for $1/slice and soda for 50¢/can.
 
ROOMS:
 
We've reserved four rooms for the Halloween Party, all in the Business Building.  
 
03-112: Anime Trivia/ Anime Eyes room
03-113: Hangout/Discussion room. In the past people have also used this room for the trading/gifting of manga and anime. 
Last year, a kind soul also brought candy. 
03-114: Video Game room. This is where the video game tournament will be held. Feel free to bring your own game setups for 
any game you want to coerce people into playing! An officer will be posted in this room to make sure belongings are kept safe.
 
SCHEDULE:
 
10:00 AM – Official Start of Halloween Party
10:30 AM – Anime Trivia Round 1
11:15 AM – Anime Eyes Round 1
12:00 PM – Anime Trivia Round 2
12:45 PM – Anime Eyes Round 2
1:30 PM – Anime Trivia Round 3
2:15 PM – Anime Eyes Round 3
3:00 PM – Anime Trivia Finals Round
3:45 PM – Anime Eyes Finals Round
4:30 PM – Video Game Tournament
5:45 PM – Dinner Break
6:45 PM – Pumpkin Carving Contest
7:00 PM – Art Contest
7:15 PM – Cosplay Contest
7:45 PM – Karaoke
8:15 PM – Winner Announcements
8:45 PM – More Karaoke!
10:00 PM – End of Halloween Party
 
Hope to see you at the party!
 
 
Curtis Hilgenberg

[Minna no Manga] tl note: "minna" means "everyone"

TL;DR: Minna no Manga in regular room, Minna no Anime in 33-286, sign up for Eye/Trivia/Video Game Tourney, vote for the 
simulcast, and parking spots this weekend are as good as gold.
 
Greetings Everyone!
 
Tomorrow is Thursday, and you know what that means. Minna no Manga! As always, Manga will be in building 10-115 from 6 PM - 
10 PM. Sadly, Bonzo the clown isn't going to show up this week, but we'll still have exactly as many killer guitar 
riffs, monster trucks, and volumetric flasks as usual!
 
Important thing to note, Minna no Anime will (once again) not be in The Silo this Saturday. We'll be in the Fisher Science 
Building, (Building 33 Room 286), with the discussion room being in room 287 in the same building. Room 286 is the room with the 
double doors next to the vending machine, and is on what's effectively the ground floor by the Admin Building parking lot.  It's the same room as 
last week, we're not trying to play hide and go seek with you guys, we swear! For veteran Minna-goers, it's also the room where 
we had the Halloween Party last year. 
 
Speaking of Halloween Party! Coming up on October 31st from 10 AM - 10 PM is the annual Minna no Anime Halloween Party! There'll 
be Anime Eyes, Anime Trivia, a Cosplay Contest, a Video Game Tournament, a Pumpkin Carving Contest, and more! This year the party 
will be once again in the Business Building (We're using rooms 03-112, 03-113, 03-114, and 03-213). More details are available in the 
Halloween email I sent out earlier this week, or you can look at the site! If you intend to participate in Anime Eyes, Anime Trivia, 
or the Video Game Tournament, you can secure your spot by signing up here! We can't guarantee you a spot in these events as a walk-in, 
so be sure to sign up ahead of time!
 
Parking is once again going to be bad this weekend, this time due to an American Football game! As I understand it, they're going 
to be tackling each other and stuff, it doesn't sound very friendly. The problem of parking is further exacerbated by the fact that 
this Saturday is also Homecoming and Parent's Weekend. With the big lot by the PAC shut down, it's a perfect storm of no parking.  
I hear tell that in the past there was often parking open around the library, near the math building, near Fisher Science (convenient), 
and near the Admin building, but with all of the traffic going on this weekend, who knows. The parking behind the North Mountain dorms 
would be another good place to check out, but this certainly seems like a good weekend for carpooling.


And as always...Vote for this week's simulcast! 

Cheers!

Curtis Hilgenberg
Minna no Anime Secretary

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TL;DR: Minna no Anime in 33-286! Sign up for Halloween Party events! Parking will be terrible! Vote for the simulcast!
 
Greetings Everyone!
 
Week Five is this week! To most of the people in club, it's just another week, (albeit one with Minna in Fisher Science), 
but to myself and the other other officers, it's the first week that we haven't all already seen the episodes!  This is the 
"Here Be Dragons" area, where no one knows what lies ahead. Except our VP Justin. That kid has seen everything.
 
Important thing to note, Minna no Anime will (once again) not be in The Silo this Saturday. We'll be in the Fisher Science 
Building, (Building 33 Room 286), with the discussion room being in room 287 in the same building. Room 286 is the room with 
the double doors next to the vending machine, and is on what's effectively the ground floor by the Admin Building parking lot.  
It's the same room as last week, we're not trying to play hide and go seek with you guys, we swear! For veteran Minna-goers, it's 
also the room where we had the Halloween Party last year.
 
Speaking of Halloween Party! Coming up on October 31st from 10 AM - 10 PM is the annual Minna no Anime Halloween Party! There'll 
be Anime Eyes, Anime Trivia, a Cosplay Contest, a Video Game Tournament, a Pumpkin Carving Contest, and more! This year the party 
will be once again in the Business Building (We're using rooms 03-112, 03-113, 03-114, and 03-213). More details are available in 
the Halloween email I sent out earlier this week, or you can look at the site! If you intend to participate in Anime Eyes, Anime 
Trivia, or the Video Game Tournament, you can secure your spot by signing up here! We can't guarantee you a spot in these events 
as a walk-in, so be sure to sign up ahead of time!
 
Parking is once again going to be bad this weekend, this time due to an American Football game! As I understand it, they're going 
to be tackling each other and stuff, it doesn't sound very friendly. The problem of parking is further exacerbated by the fact that 
this Saturday is also Homecoming and Parent's Weekend. With the big lot by the PAC shut down, it's a perfect storm of no parking.  
I hear tell that in the past there was often parking open around the library, near the math building, near Fisher Science (convenient), 
and near the Admin building, but with all of the traffic going on this weekend, who knows. The parking behind the North Mountain dorms 
would be another good place to check out, but this certainly seems like a good weekend for carpooling.

And as always...Vote for this week's simulcast! 
 

Cheers!


Curtis Hilgenberg
Minna no Anime Secretary

[Minna no Manga] The Thursday before the Party 10/28/15

TL;DR: Come to the Halloween Party! Come to Minna no Manga! Sign up for Halloween Party Events!

Greetings Everyone!

Interesting Fact: Thursday is named after the Norse God Thor (pronounced /toːr/). Thor, being humanoid in appearance, 
presumably has a skeleton within him. Skeletons are widely known to be spooky, scary, and associated with Halloween. You 
know what else is associated with Halloween? Minna no Anime's Halloween Party! A coincidence? I think not! 
 
If you wish to discuss this correlation, Minna no Manga will be meeting at the usual time (6 PM - 10 PM), and the usual place 
(10-115). There will also be the board games and good times as usual. There's also a thing going on that will be cool and beneficial 
for club and I'm not sure I'm allowed to talk about, so look forward to that if you're going as well.
 
As previously stated, this Saturday, October 31st, is the annual Minna no Anime Halloween Party! The party lasts from 10 AM - 10 PM, 
with activities throughout the day to participate in. There'll be Anime Eyes, Anime Trivia, a Cosplay Contest, a Video Game Tournament, 
a Pumpkin Carving Contest, and more! This year the party will be once again in the Business Building (We're using rooms 03-112, 03-113, 
03-114, and 03-213). More details are available in the Halloween email I sent out earlier this week, or you can look at the site! If 
you intend to participate in Anime Eyes, Anime Trivia, or the Video Game Tournament, you can secure your spot by signing up here! We 
can't guarantee you a spot in these events as a walk-in, so be sure to sign up ahead of time!
 
See you there!
 
Curtis Hilgeberg
MnA Secretary

Minna no Halloween is Tomorrow!

TL;DR: Halloween Party this Saturday! Further info on the event in the email.

Greetings Everyone!
 
It's the night before the Halloween Party. That's right, it's All Hallows Eve's Eve. Anyone who's read the first gargantuan 
Halloween email won't find any new information in this one, but the other officers and I thought we'd send it out a near copy of it 
again so you guys'll have the information on-hand for tomorrow. If you've signed up for Anime Eyes or Anime Trivia, you should be 
receiving an email with your round assignment before 9 PM, October 30th.
 
The Halloween Party is Minna no Anime's biggest event of the year, an all-day festival of Minna awesomeness This Saturday, October 
31st! It'll be in the business building (Rooms 03-112, 03-113, 03-114, and 03-213 "The Silo") from 10 AM - 10 PM. Rather than our 
usual gig of watching anime, our Halloween Party is an opportunity for all of us that love anime to compete in various events 
related to anime, for fun and (if you're a paid member) prizes! Here's the descriptions for the events we're putting on this year:
 
CONTESTS:
 
Anime Eyes: 
The goal of this event is to accurately guess an anime character by looking at a pixelated image of them. The longer the image is 
displayed on-screen, the less pixelated the image gets, and the easier it is to guess. Each character you correctly identify nets 
you a certain amount of points, the more the character is pixelated when you guess it the more points it's worth!
 
Anime Trivia:
Similar to Jeopardy, but anime-themed. Whether you're aiming to win the entire thing or you're just curious about what's in store, 
answering these anime trivia questions will test your wits and memory like nothing else. 
 
Video Game Tournament:
Come test your video-game playing skills in a tournament for a game carefully selected to be something that no one is actually good 
at going in. This year we've picked STARWHAL, America's #1 local multi-player space narwhal fighting game.  There's like 90 narwhal costumes in it!  
 
Pumpkin Carving:
Carve a pumpkin with some sort of image that you think Minna people will enjoy! Winners determined by popular vote. Images of you 
with a pumpkin you've carved this year also acceptable, but the actual physical pumpkin is greatly preferred. We're on Halloween 
this year so the pumpkins should actually have some structural integrity!
 
Cosplay Contest:
Come show off your cosplay! Whether you're dressed as a character from anime, manga, or something else entirely, we'd love to see 
you compete! Homemade costumes only please. It also helps us a lot if you bring a reference picture for your character so we can 
compare you with the person you're cosplaying as! Digital images on a USB key or via a reply to this email are greatly preferred. 
This category is among those determined by popular vote.
 
Art Contest:
Submit a piece of anime-related art that you're proud of, and we'll determine by popular vote which one appeals to the largest 
portion of club members. 2D Art only please! You can bring in a print, bring it in on a flash drive, or send it in with your name 
as a reply to this email.
 
Prizes:
 
Each event we have in our Halloween Party schedule has a prize attached to it. Any paid member of Minna is eligible to win these. 
Minna membership costs are $5 a quarter or $10 for the year. If you'd like to compete in the contests, but don't want any of the 
prizes, talk to one of the current officers so we know to take you out of the judging!
 
As well as a prize for first place in each of the events above, you can also compete for a grand prize! The winner of the grand 
prize is whoever did the best overall throughout Anime Eyes, Anime Trivia, the Pumpkin Carving Contest, the Art Contest and the 
Cosplay Contest. The more events you compete in and the better you do in each of them the likelier you are to win the 
 
Without further ado, here are the prizes:
 
Anime Trivia (1st Place): $30 Right Stuf gift certificate
Anime Eyes (1st Place): $30 Right Stuf gift certificate
Cosplay Contest (1st Place): $30 Right Stuf gift certificate
Video Game Tournament (1st Place): $15 Right Stuf gift certificate
Pumpkin Carving Contest (1st Place): $15 Right Stuf gift certificate
Art Contest (1st Place): $15 Right Stuf gift certificate
 
Grand Prize (Overall Winner): Two tickets to a fandom-related convention of your choice! We're capping the amount earned for 
this prize based on AX ticket costs, (currently $65 a ticket).
 
Grand Prize (Runner-Up): One ticket to a fandom-related convention of your choice!
 
IMPORTANT NOTE: You will only earn the largest prize for which you are eligible. The runner-up will get the smaller prize. 
For example, if you are the Grand Prize Winner and also won Anime Trivia, the Anime Trivia prize will go to second place in Anime 
Trivia, assuming they are not already winning a prize.
 
OTHER EVENTS:
 
Karaoke:
 
Minna no Anime is once again running a karaoke event! This is our annual opportunity for club members past and present to sing 
anime OPs and EDs for the amusement of themselves and others. Minna alum Annaliese has not only graciously donated a hard drive 
for the purpose of holding anime music for karaoke, but has filled it with songs out of her own personal collection! If you know 
her say thanks. The songs we currently have on it can be found here.
 
Food:
 
When people get hungry we'll be ordering pizza! We'll be selling pizza for $1/slice and soda for 50¢/can.
 
ROOMS:
 
We've reserved four rooms for the Halloween Party, all in the Business Building.  
 
03-112: Anime Trivia/Anime Eyes room
03-113: Hangout/Discussion room. In the past people have also used this room for the trading/gifting of manga and anime. Last year, 
a kind soul also brought candy. 
03-114: Video Game room. This is where the video game tournament will be held. Feel free to bring your own game setups for any game 
you want to coerce people into playing! An officer will be posted in this room to make sure belongings are kept safe.
 
SCHEDULE:
 
10:00 AM – Official Start of Halloween Party
10:30 AM – Anime Trivia Round 1
11:15 AM – Anime Eyes Round 1
12:00 PM – Anime Trivia Round 2
12:45 PM – Anime Eyes Round 2
1:30 PM – Anime Trivia Round 3
2:15 PM – Anime Eyes Round 3
3:00 PM – Anime Trivia Finals Round
3:45 PM – Anime Eyes Finals Round
4:30 PM – Video Game Tournament
5:45 PM – Sinner Break (There will be PIZZA)
6:45 PM – Pumpkin Carving Contest
7:00 PM – Art Contest
7:15 PM – Cosplay Contest
7:45 PM – Karaoke
8:15 PM – Winner Announcements
8:45 PM – More Karaoke!
10:00 PM – End of Halloween Party
 
Hope to see you at the party!

 
Curtis Hilgenberg 
MnA Secretary

[Minna no Manga] The Thursday After Halloween 11/5/15

TL;DR: Manga is as per usual. Goshi's signups coming soon. Vote for the simulcast!
 
Greetings Everyone!
 
Hope y'all had fun at the Halloween Party. I know for myself that I didn't notice that I was there for the whole 12 hours until 
the tiredness hit me like a brick at the end of it...
 
Thursday, as per usual, is Minna no Manga! We're be in 10-115 as per usual, and there'll be the typical assortment of board games, 
good company, and laughter. You should come!
 
The next big thing Minna has coming up is Goshi Dinner! If you're new to club, Goshi's is Minna's traditional end-of-quarter fancy 
Japanese dinner. Minna reserves the back room at one of the best Japanese restaurants in town on the Sunday before finals week (12/6/15) 
so that club members can have a tasty (final) meeting with friends before heading into the haze of last minute studying and test-taking 
that characterizes the last week of the quarter. In order to attend this gathering, you'll need to sign up for it on our website 
(There'll be a link in the emails once the sign-up form is up). During the sign-up process, you'll order whatever food you want 
through us, and then pay our Club Treasurer (the illustrious Eric Oatey) the price of your meal. We'll order everything in a single 
big order and give Goshi's the money we've collected, so that we can get our food much more quickly day-of. It's a pretty slick 
system, honed through years of Goshi Dinners. Spots are limited, so signing up as soon as you get the link is an excellent idea.
 
And as always... Vote for the simulcast!
 
Cheers,
 
Curtis
 
PS: The vote is currently down at time of email sending. I'm attempting to go in and fix it, but if the link doesn't work 
when you click on it, it's not your fault. 

[Minna no Anime] In Name On Main 11/7/15

TL;DR: Minna no Anime is back in the Silo. Goshi's is coming up. Vote for the simulcast!
 
Greetings Everyone!
 
It's been thirteen days since we last saw the anime we're watching in club, and it's been a long break. After all, when we last saw 
Taisho Baseball Girls, Hinata and Nozaki were piloting their EVAs in pursuit of the renowned violinist Wild Tiger. I think. Like I 
said, it's been a long few days... 
 
We're going to be back in the Silo again for this Saturday's meeting. I'm going to miss the Fisher Science room a bit, but I do enjoy 
how it's so much easier to wander around the rows to talk to people in the Silo. As per usual, the meeting will be from 5 PM - 10 PM, 
following the schedule towards the bottom of this email. There's also a simulcast to vote for!
 
The next big thing Minna has coming up is Goshi Dinner! If you're new to club, Goshi's is Minna's traditional end-of-quarter 
fancy Japanese dinner. Minna reserves the back room at one of the best Japanese restaurants in town on the Sunday before finals 
week (12/6/15) so that club members can have a tasty (final) meeting with friends before heading into the haze of last minute 
studying and test-taking that characterizes the last week of the quarter. In order to attend this gathering, you'll need to sign 
up for it on our website (There'll be a link in the emails once the sign-up form is up). During the sign-up process, you'll 
order whatever food you want through us, and then pay our Club Treasurer (the illustrious Eric Oatey) the price of your meal. 
We'll order everything in a single big order and give Goshi's the money we've collected, so that we can get our food much more 
quickly day-of. It's a pretty slick system, honed through years of Goshi Dinners. Spots are limited, so signing up as soon as 
you get the link is an excellent idea. We'll have the link ready for you guys by the Thursday email!
 
SCHEDULE:
 
5:10 PM - Simulcast of the Week (VOTE FOR IT ABOVE)
5:35 PM - Last Exile - 06
6:00 PM - Ten Minute Break!
6:10 PM - Haikyuu!! - 06
6:35 PM - Gekkan Shoujo Nozaki-kun - 06
7:00 PM - 1 HOUR DINNER BREAK WOOOH
8:05 PM - Taisho Baseball Girls - 06
8:30 PM - Your Lie in April - 06
8:55 PM - Ten Minute Break!
9:05 PM - Tiger and Bunny - 06
9:30 PM - Neon Genesis Evangelion - 06

Cheers!
 
Curtis Hilgenberg
 
RANT: 
Warning, Personal Opinions Below
 
Owarimonogatari picked back up in style. It definitely feels the most tied to Second Season out of the Monogatari things that 
have been replaced, which makes sense, given the chronology. Ougi is settling in nicely as one of my favorite characters. 
I don't want to get specific because spoilers, but rest assured I'm still hyped every week for the new episode.
 
Class work has been going pretty well. I think I'm doing fine in CPE 357? It's hard to tell in that class... I have a six-question 
multiple-choice survey going out for my English class project. We're proposing an incentivised official Cal Poly carpool system. 
The name? Car Poly. I know, right? Oh, and my class on African American speculative fiction is finally back to assigning things 
I enjoy after last weekend's Blacula and Blade, so that's good. We're reading Octavia Butler's Fledgling, a vampire story set in 
the present day with a protagonist that is black, female, and appears to be about 10 while in fact being in her 50s. It's been 
good so far, looking at how her particular brand of vampires interact with race, gender, and consent. I'm about 2/3rds of the way 
through and so far I'd recommend it. I'll let you know when I'm finished. Anyways, see y'all Saturday! 

Minna no 25th Anniversary!

 Hello, fellow Minna members and alumni!

 
This school year represents a special time for Minna, one that brings fond memories of yesteryear and beyond. Think back to a 
time when Minna no Anime used to only meet once a month on Fridays and membership was $1 a year... What a time that was, back in 
1991... Wait... 2016 minus 1991 equals... OH MY GOSH
 
IT'S HERE! The 25th Anniversary of Minna no Anime!!!
 
You heard me right, folks: Minna no Anime turns 25 in 2016, and what better way to celebrate our club's mid-20s than with a party? 
Of course, it's getting closer to the big three-zero, so instead of a 1-day party... we're upping the ante and doing two whole days!
 
The 25th Anniversary Party will be held Saturday and Sunday, February 6-7, 2016. Wao!

We, the anniversary committee, would like your input about what you want to see at this fantastical celebration of a club with a 
long and rich history. What events do you wanna participate in? Do you love Goshi? How many friends can you bring along? Is that date 
even a good date for you to go? Do you love Tsurugi?
 
Leave us feedback at this link to let us know what you wanna see!
 
In the meantime, my dear Minna friends,
👋Staaaay Freeesh!!👋 

[Minna no Manga] Thursday once more 11/12/15

TL;DR: Manga this Thursday, Goshi's still in the works, Vote for the simulcast!
 
Hey folks!
 
Thursday. Thursday never changes. Since the dawn of this year, when the officers decided not to change it, Minna no Manga 
has been held on one day and one day alone: Thursday. This Thursday is no different. Come to Minna no Manga in 10-115 from 6--10pm 
this Thursday for board games, good company, and most likely a mass exodus to Campus Market at 6:07 and then making it back to the 
Manga room by the half hour.
 
And as always... Vote for the simulcast!
 
Cheers!
 
Curtis

[Minna no Anime] Hastily Typed Saturdays 11/14/15

TL;DR: A survey for Minna's 25th anniversary is open! Minna no Anime is Saturday! Vote for the Simulcast!
 

Yahallo!
 

Good news! This Saturday, we're going to be watching anime! We'll be in the Silo from 5 PM - 10 PM. We're going to be watching 
an episode each of shows that we've all already been watching! I know, I know, you're thinking there's no way the officers have 
figured out what episode you are on in the shows we're watching, even if we happen to pick the right shows. But we know. You're on 
episode 7 for all of them! Aha~! I'm right, aren't I? Man, I'm so good at guessing.
 
Coming up this February is the Minna no Anime's 25th anniversary. To celebrate, a committee of MnA alumni and current members 
has been formed in order to give Minna the birthday party it deserves! If celebrating 25 years of Minna no Anime is something 
that seems interesting to you, the committee would like your input on what shape this party should take. Is the date okay? 
Should there be potluck food with a scavenger hunt? Catered food with karaoke? A combination thereof ?!?!? You can help the committee decide!
 
 
And as always... VOTE FOR THE SIMULCAST!
 
SCHEDULE:
 
5:10 PM - Simulcast of the Week (VOTE FOR IT ABOVE)
5:35 PM - Last Exile - 07
6:00 PM - Ten Minute Break!
6:10 PM - Haikyuu!! - 07
6:35 PM - Gekkan Shoujo Nozaki-kun - 07
7:00 PM - 1 HOUR DINNER BREAK WOOOH
8:05 PM - Taisho Baseball Girls - 07
8:30 PM - Your Lie in April - 07
8:55 PM - Ten Minute Break!
9:05 PM - Tiger and Bunny - 07
9:30 PM - Neon Genesis Evangelion - 07

See ya Saturday!
 

Curtis Hilgenberg 

"[Minna no Anniversary] Reminder: Complete the Anniversary Survey to Help Us Gauge Interest in the Event

Hello, members of Minna no Anime,

The previous committee secretary has been sacked.

The Minna no 25th Anniversary Committee would like to remind all members to complete the survey that was announced 
last week. This survey is being used to gauge interest in the anniversary party and determine attendee numbers for both 
Saturday and Sunday, February 6-7, 2016.

If you have already completed the survey, we thank you very much for your contribution. We will take all answers into 
consideration so as to make the best experience for all of you and announce such a schedule in the near future.

If you have any questions about the event, please email us at anniversary@minnanoanime.org.

[Minna No Manga] A World in Which the Concept of Thursday does not Exist 11/19/15

TL;DR: Thursday Manga Reminder, Anniversary survey, vote for the Simulcast
 
Hello Everyone!
 
Tomorrow is a Thursday during a Cal Poly quarter. We are not in Summer Quarter, nor is this the first Thursday of Fall Quarter. 
Therefore, there is Minna no Manga from 6pm-10pm. 10-115 is the room as per usual. To anyone who is reading these emails and hasn't 
been showing up to Manga, you should come. It's pretty fun.
 
The Minna Anniversary Committee wants your opinion on the planned celebration of Minna's 25th Anniversary in February. Interested in 
going? Not interested? Want there to be karaoke? Anime Eyes and Trivia? Let them know here!
 
And as always, vote for the simulcast!
 
Cheers!
 
Curtis Hilgenberg
MnA Secretary

[Minna no Anime] Saturday 40K 11/21/15

TL;DR: Parking will be impacted on Saturday, Goshi's signups are open (and close in about a week), No post-Thanksgiving meeting, 
Weigh in on the Anniversary Party, Vote for the simulcast!
 
In the grim darkness of the far future there is only anime. Minna no Anime President Isaac sits near-death on a golden throne, the 
shining light of his mind telling billions across the galaxy that there will be a Minna no Anime meeting as per usual this Saturday 
from 5 PM - 10 PM. The light from his mind is the only thing allowing humanity to navigate the hellish landscape known as attempting 
to find parking during a football game. It has directed massive voidships filled with thousands of crew-members around the library, 
near the math building, near Fisher Science (convenient), near the Admin building, and away from the American Footballers that fill 
the lots of our mighty halls of learning.

Goshi's signups are now open! The Sunday night directly proceeding Final's Week Minna has made a reservation for the back room at 
Goshi's, a fancy Japanese restaurant in town. It'll be a night with good food, better company, and loud conversation, and if any of 
that interests you, you should sign up here! 

Signing up for Goshi's requires a free Minna no Anime forum account, which you can get here. Just click the "register" link and 
follow the steps, then follow the link above to get your Goshi's on.

Minna no Anime will not be meeting next weekend (11/28), due to Thanksgiving! We were going to have this whole thing with the 
officers and a Thanksgiving pageant and all wear turkey costumes but the whole thing fell through and now we're too embarrassed to 
even have an immediately post-Thanksgiving meeting. 

Coming up this February is the Minna no Anime's 25th anniversary! To celebrate, a committee of MnA alumni and current members has 
been formed in order to give Minna the birthday party it deserves! If celebrating 25 years of Minna no Anime is something that seems 
interesting to you, the committee would like your input on what shape this party should take. Is the date okay? Should there be 
potluck food with a scavenger hunt? Catered food with karaoke? A combination thereof ?!?!? You can help the committee decide! The 
survey also includes an RSVP to help the committee get a rough headcount prior to the event, so please reply if you're going!

The Saturday AFTER that (12/5), is going to be our traditional end of the quarter movie night! For those of you unfamiliar with 
Magic Minna Movie (M)Nights®,for the last Saturday meeting of every quarter the schedule changes into a new one. A Super Secret 
Cinematic Selection® of an anime movie is placed after the dinner break, with a sampling of the shows we typically watch being 
placed being crammed into the first half to make room for it. Bring your friends!

And as always...Vote for the simulcast!

Schedule 11/20/15:
 
SCHEDULE:
 
5:10 PM - Simulcast of the Week (VOTE FOR IT ABOVE)
5:35 PM - Last Exile - 08
6:00 PM - Ten Minute Break!
6:10 PM - Haikyuu!! - 08
6:35 PM - Gekkan Shoujo Nozaki-kun - 08
7:00 PM - 1 HOUR DINNER BREAK WOOOH
8:05 PM - Taisho Baseball Girls - 08
8:30 PM - Your Lie in April - 08
8:55 PM - Ten Minute Break!
9:05 PM - Tiger and Bunny - 08
9:30 PM - Neon Genesis Evangelion - 08

See you guys tomorrow!

Curtis "Walkin' " Hilgenberg
Minna no Anime Secretary Extraordinaire

[Minna no Anniversary] Let the Games Begin

Hey, Minna...

The current anniversary secretary is writing up an email, but... I know y'all want it pronto, right? Gotta read about 
anniversary stuff before Thanksgiving, right? Yeah. Yeah. I'm giving you the deets right here, right now.

The Locations and Times of This Wonderful Party
Anniversary will be held Saturday, February 6, from 10 AM to 10 PM in the Silo and the surrounding classrooms! On Sunday, 
February 7, we'll have lunch at Goshi from 11:30 AM to 2 PM and then move to Fisher Science for a movie from 3 PM to 5-ish PM.

Do I hear a question about what exactly we'll be doing for the event? No fear, questioner, for I have some answers for you!

Here's a sample of the events we're doing for 25th Anniversary!!!
Delicious Anniversary Cake
AMV Contest Returns!
Minna no Anime Trivia
Photos of Minna History
Karaoke, Round 2
Movie Nights~
Goshi Lunch on a Sunday (Scandalous!)
LET'S GET DOWN TO THE NITTY-GRITTY DETAILS, SHALL WE

Delicious Anniversary Cake
Cake is so good, oh man. I love cake. I hope there's ice cream in it, too, 'cause ice cream cake just takes cake to that next level- 
oh wait, we won't have a fridge at the party... jk guys it'll just be a really fancy, pretty cake with AWESOME breading and SCRUMPTIOUS 
frosting. Now I'm just making myself hungry...

AMV Contest Returns!
Remember this contest from a few years ago at Halloween Party? Well, we're bringing it back for the 25th! Got a sweet AMV that you've 
been wanting to submit? Send it our way at anniversary@minnanoanime.org or bring the file with you to the party and enter it before 
Saturday, Feb. 6, 5PM. Make sure it's PG-13 and 4 minutes or less, dawggg

Minna no Anime Trivia
It's a "Minna" no Anime Trivia! Everyone can make categories for trivia! Get it? "Minna" means "everyone"? ...Yeah ok that was kinda 
dumb BUT ANYWAY this trivia's soooo different from Halloween Party 'cause, like, the officers make the trivia stuff for Halloween Party, 
but now you can experience the fun and frustration of making categories for Anime Trivia!

Submit as many categories as you like through this link here. However, only one of your categories may get chosen depending on how many 
entrants there are. There will be a grand total of 20 categories chosen, so start spamming that submission link!!! (Please note that there's 
a few rules for what you can submit for Anime Trivia, and you can find those rules in the submission form, yo)

Photos of Minna History
I know some of you have photos of Minna sitting on your hard drives... so bust 'em out! Show 'em off to the rest of us at the party! 
Submit any photos you've got of club to anniversary@minnanoanime.org by Friday, Feb. 5, 5PM. We'll put them all together and make a 
special something for you all~

Karaoke, Round 2
Remember karaoke from Halloween Party? We'll be doing the same thing again, but hopefully this time with a microphone and a stand. 
Let's all listen to each other sing "A Cruel Angel's Thesis" and blast it out to the world through a mic! Here's the list of songs that 
will be at the party. If you don't see something in that list and want to add it to our song repository, please email 
anniversary@minnanoanime.org and we'll see if we can get that anime song!

Movie Nights~
We're gonna do a movie!! On Saturday!!! And Sunday!!!! So many movies!!!!! One movie will be at the end of the day on Saturday 
(probs 7-10PM), and the other movie will be after Goshi lunch on Sunday (3-5ish PM, diggitydog). But ya see... we want to hear your 
thoughts about what movies you like that club has shown throughout the years. Here's the link to let us know what movies you like!! 
Fill it out, give us the infos!

But wait... if you click on that link, you'll notice that we're also asking questions about Goshi! Which brings me to the next section...

Goshi Lunch on a Sunday (Scandalous!)
Goshi's being really, REALLY generous to us and basically giving us the whole restaurant to ourselves for lunch on Sunday. This 
is really special since they're not open on Sundays for lunch! But we wanna make it even more special. We're upping the ante and have 
asked Goshi to prepare one of these things for the lunch: buffet, bento boxes or just the regular ol' Goshi menu. But!! We wanna hear 
your guys' opinions on the matter - let us know at this link!

Ok. Ok. So, I've written all the events that the current secretary's writing, but now I'm gonna let you guys know all the other events! 
'Cause I know that's what you all really want, amirite? All right, so the next event isawpoeijsavlskd

OH SHOOT THE SECRETARY SAW ME ON THE COMPUTER, OH NO OH NO UM WELL if you have any questions and stuff, email anniversary@minnanoanime.org!!! 
Yeah!! Hahaha I better skedaddle before I get fired... or... I could just use the time machine in the backroom... tell my past self to 
stop writingOKAY I GOTTA RUN

Written by your favorite (former) anniversary secretary! Who is now a former anniversary committee member! Heh! Haha! Hahahahahha

[Minna] GOSHI'S SIGNUPS CLOSING IN UNDER 28 HOURS

TL;DR: SIGN UP FOR GOSHI DINNER RIGHT NOW IF YOU'RE GOING. PAY US FOR YOUR FOOD BY END OF CLUB SATURDAY.
 
Konnichiwa Minna-san!
 
Remember that Japanese Dinner mentioned in the email for the past couple of emails? The one scheduled for the Sunday before 
finals week? Signups for it are closing at 10 PM on Sunday, November 29th. At time of writing, that's tomorrow! If you haven't 
signed up for Goshi dinner yet, and you want to, you should sign up right away!
 
NOTE: Signing up for Goshi's requires a free Minna no Anime forum account, which you can get here if you don't have one already. 
Just click the "register" link and follow the steps!
 
Once you've signed up for Goshi's, be sure to pay for your food! Look for our treasurer, Eric, at the club meetings prior to Goshi 
Dinner to pay. Cash Only, please! If you aren't going to be able to make it to either of the club meetings prior to Goshi but still 
want to go, reply to this email and we'll see if we can figure something out.

[Minna no Anniversary] Second Survey about Goshi and Reminder Information of Events

Good day, members of Minna no Anime,
 
The former committee secretary who had been sacked has been sacked again.
 
As noted in the leaked previous email, the anniversary committee has a new survey that we would like members to fill out. It 
asks questions about your meal preferences for Goshi as well as what movies club has shown in the past that you enjoy. Please fill 
out this new survey here.
 
The committee has finalized where and when the party will be: Saturday February 6 from 10 AM to 10 PM in the Silo area, and Sunday 
February 7 from 11:30 AM to 5 PM at Goshi until 2 PM and Fisher Science area from 3 to 5 PM.
 
We have also finalized some of the events that will be celebrated at the 25th Anniversary Party. As we get closer to the party, we 
will release more information about the other events. Here's the first list of events that were announced in the previous email:
 
Cake
There will be cake. That is not a lie.
 
AMV Contest
The committee is bringing back AMV Contest from previous Halloween Parties. If you have an AMV that you'd 
like to submit, please email anniversary@minnanoanime.org with your entry. Please make sure that it's less than 4 minutes and PG-13.
 
Minna no Anime Trivia
If you've ever wanted to make categories for anime trivia, Anniversary Party gives you that opportunity! Submit categories through 
this link. Please note that if you submit more than one category, only one may get chosen depending on how many entries there are - 
there will only be 20 categories playable at Anniversary Party. More rules can be found through that link.
 
Photos of Minna History
Have photos or videos you've taken of Minna in the past? Send the photos to the anniversary committee at anniversary@minnanoanime.org! 
We will be making a special presentation with the photos we've received.
 
Karaoke
Karaoke is making a return from Halloween Party! The current list of songs can be found at this link. If there's a song you'd like to 
sing at Anniversary Party that you don't see in the list, please email anniversary@minnanoanime.org with your song request.
 
Anniversary Movies
For Anniversary, there will be two movies: one on Saturday from 8 to 10PM, and on Sunday from 3 to 5 PM. We want to know what your 
favorite movie that club has shown in the past. Please fill out this survey to let us know!
 
Sunday Goshi Lunch
Goshi is being very generous, and Sunday lunch will be at Goshi from 11:30 AM to 2 PM. We want to know how you would like to eat at Goshi: 
all-you-can-eat kitchen and sushi buffet? Bento box meals with choices from veggie, chicken, beef, salmon or sushi? Or order your own 
food? Let us know by filling out this survey, which also includes the movie survey.
 
Frequently Asked Questions
We have received questions and concerns from members of Minna throughout these past few weeks and would like to address them in this email:
 
Is February 6-7 the confirmed dates of the event?
Yes, 25th Anniversary Party is confirmed to be on the weekend of February 6-7.
 
Why is not a selectable choice on the second survey?
The list only contains movies that the Anniversary Committee knows that club has shown from 1991 to 2010, with the cutoff year being 
2010 so that more recent members aren't potentially watching the same movies they've seen in club while attending Cal Poly; we are 
planning to select what movies to watch from this survey. We also removed movies that would contain spoilers for what is currently airing in club.
 
I don't think I quite follow how the bento box and buffet options work.
The bento box options are your banquet-style lunch options. It is not 100% confirmed, but the tentative plan for the bento box is each 
person selects their main dish (vegetable rolls, chicken teriyaki, beef teriyaki, salmon teriyaki, or sushi), and then there will be a 
bunch of side dishes that will come with it.

For the buffet option, it will be all-you-can-eat and a mix of Goshi's kitchen and sushi food items. In terms of differentiating 
between the different priced buffet options, certain higher-priced items on Goshi's menu will not be served depending on how inexpensive 
the buffet is. (An example for sushi fans: the usual tuna, salmon, yellowtail and albacore will be served for all buffet styles, but 
uni or toro will not be available for the "Cheap Buffet".)

In any case, assume that any of the options for Goshi will be able to cater to your food needs, so there's no need to worry about 
that. In a future email asking for the actual RSVP to Goshi, we will also ask about food allergies and such.
 
The lack of name on the email that went out made me unsure of what voice to read it in.
Imagine a kazoo, mixed with sleigh bells and bongo drums. That is the voice to read these emails in.
 
Is the dress blue and black or white and gold? 
We traveled back in time to confirm that the dress is blue and black as well as white and gold.
 
I'm concerned about this rash on my arm. Should I go to the doctor's office? 
We are not qualified doctors, so yes, please go to the doctor's office to get a real professional's opinion on the matter.
 
If you have any other questions, comments or concerns, please email anniversary@minnanoanime.org and we will get back to you promptly.

[Minna no Manga] Thursday la Thursday 12/3/15

TL;DR: Goshi money due Saturday, Goshi Dinner @ 7 PM on Sunday, Movie Night this Saturday, Manga still exists. T-shirt contest.
 
Greetings Everyone!
 
This Thursday, there will be blood. In your veins, presumably. Or maybe the blood is running through your clothing in order to power 
it, or perhaps you've recently donated some blood to keep alive a small blonde vampire girl who's older than you are. The point is, 
I know there'll be blood somewhere at the Minna no Manga meeting in room 10-115. At least from 6 PM - 10 PM.
 
Goshi Dinner is this Sunday at 7 PM, @ Goshi restaurant in downtown SLO (Shoutouts to Andrew Elliott for reminding me that you guys 
might want to know when to show up). If you've signed up for the dinner and need a ride, feel free to talk to an officer and have us make 
an announcement, or just ask around. IF YOU'RE GOING TO GOSHI, REMEMBER TO BRING MONEY TO CLUB TO PAY FOR YOUR FOOD! Money for the food is 
due by the end of club Saturday, cash only please. All Goshi money goes to our treasurer, Eric Oatey, he of the cashbox. He'll be at club 
Thursday as well if you want to be an awesome person and get your money in early.
 
 
This Saturday is our end-of-quarter Movie Night! Movie Nights are a once a quarter event where we shift shows around in our schedule in 
order to make room for an after-Dinner-Break movie. This shifting includes the removal of the simulcast and putting Tiger & Bunny and 
Evangelion prior to the dinner break, so be aware of the schedule! Movie Nights are a great time for those people who haven't been making 
it every week to take a break from studying, kick back, and watch an anime film with like-minded people.  This Saturday we'll be 
watching "Time of Eve", a movie about a hidden café, acceptance, true friendship, and robots. It's a good ___ing movie so bring your 
friends and loved ones!
 
Every year, Minna no Anime prints a new and different official club t-shirt, with a design created by one of the awesomely talented 
artists from our club! "Why Curtis", I can hear you say, "I'm an awesomely talented artist. Can I be the one who designs the t-shirt 
this year?" And to that I say "Maybe!". Introducing the 2015 - 2016 School Year Minna No Anime T-shirt Contest! Here're the rules:
 
You can use 4 of any colors on top of a T-shirt color chosen from this link.
Don't put copyrighted/licensed characters on it, because that's a no-no.
It should say "Minna" or "Minna no Anime" on it in Japanese and/or English.
Maximum dimensions are 12" x 15" and you'll be designing the back of the shirt.

Please send us an email @ minna-no-anime@minnanoanime.org with your design attached before January 30th, 2016 to be eligible for the 
contest. PSDs preferred, but if you've escaped from the tyranny of proprietary Adobe products, feel free to send us the image in some 
other common print quality image format instead. The Unofficial Minna no Anime wiki has examples of t-shirt winners past if that's 
something you're interested in seeing.
 
SATURDAY SCHEDULE:
 
5:10 PM - Last Exile - 09
5:35 PM - Haikyuu!! - 09
6:00 PM - 10 MINUTE BREAK! REMIND YOUR FRIENDS ABOUT THE MOVIE!
6:10 PM - Tiger & Bunny - 09
6:35 PM - Neon Genesis Evangelion - 09
7:00 PM - DINNER BREAK! GO OUT AND WRANGLE YOUR FRIENDS FOR THE MOVIE!
8:05 PM - THE MOVIE! (TIME OF EVE)
 
i broke my shift key, 

 
curtis hilgenberg

[Minna no Anime] MOVIE NIGHT BRING YER FRIENDS 12/4/15

TL;DR: Minor T-Shirt Rule Revision, Goshi money due Saturday, Goshi Dinner @ 7 PM on Sunday, Movie Night this Saturday.
 
Greetings Everyone!
 
Goshi Dinner is this Sunday at 7 PM, @ Goshi restaurant in downtown SLO. If you've signed up for the dinner and need a ride, 
feel free to talk to an officer at club Saturday and have us make an announcement, or just ask around. IF YOU'RE GOING TO GOSHI, 
REMEMBER TO BRING MONEY TO CLUB TO PAY FOR YOUR FOOD! Money for the food is due by the end of club Saturday, cash only please. All 
Goshi money goes to our treasurer, Eric Oatey, he of the cashbox. Please get your money in, I think that Eric was joking about the 
"Minna no Thumbscrews" but you never can be too safe...
 
This Saturday is our end-of-quarter Movie Night! Movie Nights are a once a quarter event where we shift shows around in our schedule 
in order to make room for an after-Dinner-Break movie. This shifting includes the removal of the simulcast and putting Tiger & Bunny 
and Evangelion prior to the dinner break, so be aware of the schedule! Movie Nights are a great time for those people who haven't 
been making it every week to take a break from studying, kick back, and watch an anime film with like-minded people.  This Saturday 
we'll be watching "Time of Eve", a movie about a hidden café, acceptance, true friendship, and robots. It's a good ___ing movie so bring 
your friends and loved ones!
 
The Minna no Anime T-shirt contest is ongoing! I forgot to mention a couple of things about it in the last email that're pretty important, 
so you should read this section if you're planning on participating, and anywhere there's a conflict in the rules between this email and 
the last one, this email has precedence.
 
The way the contest will actually be decided once your lovely images are in is by anonymous vote of the current membership. If you are 
the winning artist of this contest, you'll get a free t-shirt! We'll let you pick the size and everything, it'll be great.
 
Here're the (revised) design rules:
You can use 4 of any colors on top of a T-shirt color chosen from this link.
Don't put copyrighted/licensed characters on it, because that's a no-no.
It should say "Minna" or "Minna no Anime" on it in Japanese and/or English.
Maximum dimensions are 12" x 15" and you'll be designing the back of the shirt.
300 DPI minimum
Each color should be in a separate layer.
Please send us an email @ minna-no-anime@minnanoanime.org with your design attached before January 30th, 2016 to be eligible for 
the contest. PSDs only, please! Please note that our previous statement allowing other file formats was in error due to the 
requirements of our t-shirt provider (Thanks for alerting us Phyllis!). All hail the Adobe monopoly!
 
 
SATURDAY SCHEDULE:
 
5:10 PM - Last Exile - 09
5:35 PM - Haikyuu!! - 09
6:00 PM - 10 MINUTE BREAK! REMIND YOUR FRIENDS ABOUT THE MOVIE!
6:10 PM - Tiger & Bunny - 09
6:35 PM - Neon Genesis Evangelion - 09
7:00 PM - DINNER BREAK! GO OUT AND WRANGLE YOUR FRIENDS FOR THE MOVIE!
8:05 PM - THE MOVIE! (TIME OF EVE)
 
Peace Out!
 
Curtis
 
PS: I'm almost done with 357. Rants will return next quarter :D

Winter 2016

[Minna no Anniversary] Jan 4 2016 Donate to the Great Anniversary of Everyone's Anime

It seems that we meet again, Minna. We can never truly be apart, can we? For you see, it was fate that this email
arrived in your mailbox, and I see, in the future, several more of the anniversary emails to pleasantly pop in
there, too.

Of course, you might be asking, "Who is writing the emails?" Hmmmm... Is it me? You? That other secretary who
keeps trying to kick me out but I know the password to the email account and-

AH SHOOT NOW THE COMMITTEE WILL CHANGE THE PASSWORD

Oh well. It's not a big deal. I mean, they should be thanking me for writing this one! That other secretary has
been sitting on this email for like... a month? And been playing Xenoblade Chronicles X for at least 60 hours. Jeez
What a terrible secretary. I mean, I guess it was Winter Break, but that's no excuse!! Looks like I gotta step in
and save the day, right?

So without further ado, the point of this email: Here's how you can help out with the anniversary festivities!
Sacrifice your body to the Great Festival on February 6 and 7.
The committee's asking for volunteers to help set up stuff in the rooms on Saturday and Sunday. For Saturday,
they'll need people to help set up the Trivia/Eyes buttons and helping with the cake and other fun stuff. And for
Sunday, some "special things" will need to be set up before everyone gets to the lunch, so if you want a sneak
peek into what the committee has planned... email anniversary@minnanoanime.org with your intent to volunteer!
In the email, let them know what day(s) and the time range you'll be available.

Prize Donations!
Some of you expressed interest in donating prizes for the games and events at the party. If you're still up for it,
email anniversary@minnanoanime.org with this info, yo:

description of the prize
estimated monetary value of the prize
any other special things about the prize you wanna let the committee know
Also, you'll need to mail the prize to the committee. They'll need the prizes by January 27, so email the
anniversary account to find out what address to mail the goods to!

And finally, the monetary donation information.
Still wanna help out, but just want to pass on some money instead? We have a PayPal option available as well as
mailing a check or cash to the committee! Mike Whipp will be handling the moneys this year, so PayPal him up at
paypal@castlecagliostro.com, or email anniversary@minnanoanime.org to get the address to send a check or cash to.
The money will be used to get cool stuff for the anniversary, maybe an even cooler cake than what the committee's
got planned already... and y'all are gonna LOVE THE HECK OUTTA THAT CAKE!! If you have any requests about how
the committee will spend your money, let them know via email or the PayPal message thingy.

And that's that for helping out with the anniversary. Gotta head on out - I'm currently checking out the past years
of Minna with the time machine, and maaann there's some good stuff there. Like that Tsurugi dinner where some
people drank too much soy sauce... or that secretary that wrote an email with no pants on... or sequel power
hour.... Yeah. Gonna dig up some more good stuff.

Welcome back to school, students! And here's to a good 2016 year~ 🍻

[Minna No Manga] Where Manga Is 1/7/16

TL;DR: Manga in 10-225, T-Shirt Contest ends January 30th, vote for the simulcast.
 
Greetings Everyone!
 
Nice to talk to you all again, it's been awhile! I was going to do a bit this quarter where I had a time machine
and was writing to you from different times in the past but my time machine's been steadfastly refusing to work (I
think I need to replace some of the cardboard) so the bit's a no-go.
 
As it's the beginning of the quarter, Minna no Manga will be held in a different room! We're going to be holding
Manga this quarter every Thursday in room 10-225 from 6 PM - 10 PM. That's the same building Manga was in last
quarter! Our new room not only has a roof and walls, it has desks as well! Look forward to it.
 
There's less than a month left in the Minna no Anime T-Shirt Contest! The final day to turn in your design is
January 30th, so if you're planning on doing a design for that it'd be a good idea to get crackin' before school
sets in. Complete rules for the contest can be found here, nothing's changed since the last time I emailed
them out.
 
And as always... Vote for the simulcast! (It's been so long since I got to say that :D)
 
Cheers!
 
Curtis Hilgenberg
MnA Secretary
 
RANT:
Warning, Personal Opinions Below
 
Man, Aniplex USA gives the best Christmas presents. This summer, in the writeup I wrote for Dragonball Z:
Resurrection F I wrote that if enough people went to see it in theatres that maybe Kizumonogatari might show up in
American theatres as well! At the time I was thinking "haha, like Kizu would ever come out of development hell,
FML." but now Aniplex is actually doing it! Kizumonogatari Part 1 is going to be in American Theatres starting in
February! I'm fully prepared to go on a road trip to the nearest theatre that's showing it. My only regret is that
it'll probably have poor signs... Anyways though, I'm looking forward to it. I'm currently ignoring a groupwork
partner in order to type this up, so I'd better go. I'll tell you more about how things are going next time! See
you later! ex oh ex oh ex oh 

[Minna no Anime] Saturday of Saturdays 1/9/16

 TL;DR: Saturday meeting is as usual, weekend parking enforcement still nonexistent, T-shirt contest is
ongoing, vote for the simulcast.
 
Hello!
 
It was good to see those of you that were at Manga yesterday, I forgot how much I missed hanging out with y'all.
I'm looking forward to catching up with everyone else at the Saturday meeting!
 
Minna no Anime will be held in "The Silo" (3-213) this week as per usual, from 5:10 PM - 10 PM. I pinky swear. Oh,
and in case anyone isn't fully up to date on the riveting drama that is the Cal Poly Parking Enforcement website,
parking will not be enforced on weekends this quarter. It's still totally okay to park in the metered spots outside
the Silo, the "0:00" of the parking meter blinking vainly.
 
There's less than a month left in the Minna no Anime T-Shirt Contest! The final day to turn in your design is
January 30th! That's only three days after the square you undoubtedly have marked on your calendar as
"Curtis' Birthday", and it's more than two days closer than it was a week ago! Complete rules for the contest
can be found here.
 
And as always... Vote for the simulcast!
 
SCHEDULE 1/9/16
 
5:10 PM - Simulcast of the Week (VOTE FOR IT ABOVE)
5:35 PM - Last Exile - 10
6:00 PM - Ten Minute Break!
6:10 PM - Haikyuu!! - 10
6:35 PM - Gekkan Shoujo Nozaki-kun - 09
7:00 PM - 1 HOUR DINNER BREAK WOOOH
8:05 PM - Taisho Baseball Girls - 09
8:30 PM - Your Lie in April - 09
8:55 PM - Ten Minute Break!
9:05 PM - Tiger and Bunny - 10
9:30 PM - Neon Genesis Evangelion - 10
 
Cheers!
 
Curtis Hilgenberg
MnA Secretary
 
RANT:
 
So at the beginning of the quarter this quarter, I had a full 16 units, with three of them being courses directly
related to my major. I decided that between the classes workload and me trying to work more this quarter I was
going to die, so I ended up dropping a class. I ended up dropping the one course that wasn't a major course,
Intro to Philosophy, which may not have been the wisest choice to drop, but it was the least interesting to me, so
w/e.
 
I watched Shirobako over the break, which I enjoyed immensely. It did a great job conveying all of the stress and
anxiety of working in the anime business, and I learned a lot too. The characters were all distinct and likable,
except for this one male production assistant guy, but all of the characters in-show had a problem with him as
well, so it was OK. The show used every bit of its two cours leaving no stone unturned as it examined the
production process, 10/10 would recommend to a friend, it's my new sixth favorite show. Anyways, I'm running
up on the mythical email character limit, I'll see you all lat

[Minna no Manga] Thursday 1/13/16

TL;DR: Manga in 53-206 (where we ended up last week), T-Shirt Contest on-going, Vote for the simulcast.
 
Greetings everyone!
 
Your friendly neighborhood MnA Secretary here, checking in before this Thursday's Manga meeting! We're going
to be in Science North, 53-206 this week. That's the same room as we were in last week! The one we ended up
in, not the one I erroneously pointed at in my email. We'll get back to Building 10 eventually, but this isn't the
week for it. Manga will be from 6 PM - 10 PM as per usual.
 
The Minna no Anime T-Shirt contest is ongoing! If you want your mad Photoshop skillz to be displayed on the
official Minna no Anime 2015-2016 t-shirt, there's no better way than to enter the contest! Complete rules for
the contest can be found here.
 
And as always... Vote for the simulcast!

Cheers!

Curtis Hilgenberg
MnA Secretary

[Minna no Anniversary] Jan 15 2016 Swap Meet and Scavenger Hunt Announcement

Hello, Minna, how are you enjoying the new year?

Correction to the previous email: I have played only 40 hours of Xenoblade Chronicles X, not 60.

We would like to remind members that you can make categories for Anniversary's Anime Trivia at this link. We'd
also like to announce that Goshi will provide a buffet for us on Sunday February 7, but the price is still to be
determined.

Now, on to new event announcements!

Swap Meet
Scavenger Hunt
Movies: Millennium Actress and The Girl Who Leapt Through Time
Swap Meet is returning for Minna's 25th Anniversary, and will run from 10AM to 12PM on Saturday, February 6,
in room 3-114. If you would like to be a seller, there is a limited number of tables to sign up for. You can pick
from:
a half table of about 3' x 2',
two half tables of 3' x 4',
or a backroom full table of 2' x 5'.
The tables are all first come, first served. There's 16 half tables available and 8 backroom full tables available.
Tosign up, please fill out this form. You will need a Minna no Anime forum account to login and register as a
seller. You can make an account here, or if you've forgotten your password, you can retrieve it here.

Scavenger Hunt is also back for this anniversary! For those who have not participated in Minna's scavenger hunt
before, this is a bit different from the norm. Using this list of items, submit pictures that fit each item's
theme. For example, let's say one of the items to find was "an old man cat". I would take a picture of a
disgruntled cat, or perhaps put cat ears on my grandfather and take a picture of that. There are prizes for best
overall, best photo, and two for judge's choice. Please note that winning entries will be selected by the
Anniversary Committee.

Rules:

Your own photos only (no plagiarism!). You may work individually, in pairs or in groups.
If submitting photos digitally, please resize your photos to no larger than 1600 x 1200 pixels (or 1200 x 1600
pixels).
Due date: January 30, 2016 at 10PM.
Non-email submissions should go to an officer at club by the due date.
Accepted submissions: email anniversary@minnanoanime.org (Limit to 25mb attachments per email), printed
photos, digital photos burned to disc, or Flashdrive/external hard drive.

Prize Categories:

Best Collection Overall - Criteria: Quantity (as many as you can or 30/30), and Execution (capturing the hunt
item's 'theme', creativity, composition, and very basic technical aspects )
Best Individual Photo - Criteria: Capturing the Theme, Creativity, and Quality (Technical and Composition)
Judge's Choice: Collection - Ex. comedic, artistic, dramatic, literal, or wacky
Judge's Choice: Individual Photo - Ex. comedic, artistic, dramatic, literal, or wacky
The movies to be shown at anniversary will be Millennium Actress and The Girl Who Leapt Through Time. Both
movies will be shown in the Silo (room 3-213). Millennium Actress will be on Saturday starting at 8PM, and
The Girl Who Leapt Through Time will start at 3PM on Sunday.

Wrap-Up
Those are the newest announcements we have for the anniversary party. Here is a quick rundown and reminder
of all the other things that are going on:

Monetary Donations: paypal@castlecagliostro.com or give cash/check to Mike Whipp during a club meeting.
Prize Donations: please email anniversary@minnanoanime.org with what you want to donate, and we will
respond with more information.
Volunteer: email anniversary@minnanoanime.org with your availability as well as for more information.
Cake: two cakes, actually.
AMV Contest: Submissions to anniversary@minnanoanime.org, please. Entries must be less than 4 minutes
and PG-13.
Minna no Anime Trivia: Make categories for anime trivia by submitting a category or two to this link.
Photos of Minna History: Send us photos and videos of Minna's secret past! Email
anniversary@minnanoanime.org with your photos/videos.
Karaoke: Here are the list of songs that will be available at the party. Request more songs by emailing
anniversary@minnanoanime.org.
Sunday Goshi Lunch: It is a buffet. Price and sign-ups to be announced in a future email.
There's about 3 weeks left until the Anniversary Party. We have only a few more announcements in future emails
and then it's party time!

[Minna no Anime] A week in Fisher Science 1/16/16

TL;DR: Minna in Fisher Science, T-shirt contest ongoing, we're looking for a webmaster, Vote for the
simulcast.
 
Greetings Everyone!
 
MINNA NO ANIME WILL BE IN FISHER SCIENCE THIS WEEK!
Minna no Anime will be in the Fisher Science Building, (Building 33 Room 286) this Saturday, from 5pm - 10pm.
The room we were in with the multiple screens last quarter. As I entirely spaced on warning y'all about this
earlier on in the week, I'll be posting the information about the room change in several places throughout this
email, to ensure visibility.
 
MINNA NO ANIME WILL BE IN FISHER SCIENCE THIS WEEK!
We're getting increasingly close to the end of the T-Shirt Contest (January 30th). Remember to submit a design
if you're interested! The longer you wait, the more likely that you'll forget to make a design until it's too late. 
The contest rules can be found here! Remember that you get a free shirt if you win, so if you wear shirts you
obviously have to enter.
 
MINNA NO ANIME WILL BE IN FISHER SCIENCE THIS WEEK!
If you're potentially interested in becoming the Minna no Anime Webmaster for next school year, email our
current webmaster, Mouse, at webmaster@minnanoanime.org. If you know databases and HTML and stuff (I
had a list of the specific prereqs but I lost it) and want to be a part of the MnA officership, you should shoot
Mouse a message to get started!
 
And as always... Vote for the simulcast! 
 
SCHEDULE 1/16/16
 
5:10 PM - Simulcast of the Week (VOTE FOR IT ABOVE)
5:35 PM - Last Exile - 11
6:00 PM - Ten Minute Break!
6:10 PM - Haikyuu!! - 11
6:35 PM - Gekkan Shoujo Nozaki-kun - 10
7:00 PM - 1 HOUR DINNER BREAK WOOOH
8:05 PM - Taisho Baseball Girls - 10
8:30 PM - Your Lie in April - 10
8:55 PM - Ten Minute Break!
9:05 PM - Tiger and Bunny - 11
9:30 PM - Neon Genesis Evangelion - 11
 
CHEERS
 
Curtis
 
RANT:
 
No time for rants.... Must... tell people to go to Fisher Science for Minna no Anime this week....

[Minna no Anniversary] Jan 17, 1015Goshi Sign-Ups: Opening January 18 (Tomorrow) at 5PM

We did it, guys!!!! We made it to this point in our lives. Goshi lunch is only 10 bucks per person,
OMMMMGGGGGGG!!!!! We're getting an all-you-can-eat buffet with free soda. Quality foods directly from the
chefs of Goshi!!! I'M SO FRIGGIN' EXCITED, YOU DON'T EVEN KNOW

Anniversary's Goshi lunch sign-ups open tomorrow, January 18, at 5PM!!!!!
You can sign up for Goshi here: https://www.minnanoanime.org/mna25/goshi/login.php You will need a Minna no
Anime forum account to login. You can create one here, or get your password here.

On the sign up form, you can also add a guest. There are only 60 spots available, so sign up as soon as possible!

Reminder: Goshi lunch is on February 7, 11:30AM to 2PM. You can sit wherever you like - we have the whole
restaurant to ourselves!

Thank you to the kind donations of our fellow club members and club itself for making this a dream come
true✨✨✨

I hope to see you all there!!!! LET'S EAT EVERYTHING YOU GUYS

[Minna no Anniversary] Jan 18 2016 Reminder: Anniversary Goshi Lunch Orders Open Today at 5PM

Hello, Minna members,

This is a reminder that if you would like to attend the Goshi lunch on February 7, 11:30AM to 2PM, you must sign
up to do so, starting today at 5PM: https://www.minnanoanime.org/mna25/goshi/login.php You will need a Minna no
Anime forum account, which you can create here, or if you've forgotten your password, you can retrieve it here.

There are only 60 spots available. Please note that you can only sign up one additional person, and that this is
first-come, first-served. You will be put on a waitlist if the seats fill up.

The Goshi lunch information:

$10 per person. Pay the Saturday before, February 6, by 10PM
Sit anywhere in the restaurant!
All-you-can-eat buffet of both sushi and kitchen items from Goshi's menu
Free fountain drinks, tea and water
If you want anything additional to what is offered at the buffet, please bring some form of payment with you to
the restaurant.
If you have any questions, please email anniversary@minnanoanime.org.

Thank you, and I hope to see you there!

[Minna no Manga] Saving Private Thursday 1/20/16

 TL;DR: Manga in 10-225, T-Shirt Contest and Scavenger Hunt deadline approaching, looking for webmaster,
Vote for the simulcast

Greetings Everyone,
 
Apologies for getting this out late. I had it all ready to go last night, completed the paper I was writing, and
fell asleep.
 
After two (2) weeks of being adrift, Minna no Manga will be in Building 10 once more! Specifically, 10-225, from
6pm- 10pm January 21st. 2016. I am inordinately proud of myself for not accidentally typing  "2015"...
 
The Minna no Anime T-Shirt Contest is approaching its final days. In a little over a week, all of the entries
will be given to Minna at large for the purposes of voting. Currently. "all of the entries" stands at one entry. If
you're somebody who does digital art things, don't let that be the case. Submit a t-shirt design. Contest ends
January 30th, rules are here.
 
Also ongoing is the Minna no Anime 25th Anniversary Scavenger Hunt! Traditional scavenger hunts require you to
do things like pry license plates from the back of cars (or at least that's what Calvin and Hobbes taught me) but
Minna's is different. All you have to do is take a picture of something from this list and send it in! The fun part
is that the list requires creative interpretation. For example, the first thing on the list is "yaoi goggles". One
person might submit a photograph of a whole bunch of dudes posing in potentially suggestive ways, while another
person might papier-mâché together certain choice scenes from a manga they keep in their bottom dresser-drawer
into the shape of goggles and take a picture of that. Either one is valid! The winning entries will be selected by
the Anniversary Committee.

Rules:
Your own photos only (no plagiarism!). You may work individually, in pairs or in groups.
If submitting photos digitally, please resize your photos to no larger than 1600 x 1200 pixels (or 1200 x 1600
pixels).
Due date: January 30, 2016 at 10PM.
Non-email submissions should go to an officer at club by the due date.
Prize Categories:

Best Collection Overall - Criteria: Quantity (as many as you can or 30/30), and Execution (capturing the hunt
item's 'theme', creativity, composition, and very basic technical aspects )
Best Individual Photo - Criteria: Capturing the Theme, Creativity, and Quality (Technical and Composition)
Judge's Choice: Collection - Ex. comedic, artistic, dramatic, literal, or wacky
Judge's Choice: Individual Photo - Ex. comedic, artistic, dramatic, literal, or wacky
Accepted submissions: email anniversary@minnanoanime.org (Limit to 25mb attachments per email), printed
photos, digital photos burned to disc, or some sort of USB data storage device.
 
If you're potentially interested in becoming the Minna no Anime Webmaster for next school year, email our current
webmaster, Mouse, at webmaster@minnanoanime.org. If you're interested and willing to learn the technologies
that keep Minna running, send her an email! 
 
And as always... Vote for the simulcast!
 
Cheers!
 
Curtis
 
RANT:
 
Welp, I need to improve my time management skills. I'm currently pressed up against multiple deadlines, and
today was the day that I chose to convert my computer over to Windows 10. Windows 10 is currently striking me
as a version of Windows 8 that knows I don't like tiles and already has a start menu. So pretty good so far. It
seems like Microsoft is planning on phasing out Control Panel, as there's this new way to adjust settings called
"Settings". It's really modern-looking and user-friendly, and it's scary to me. Luckily Control Panel still exists,
so I can still use the same unintuitive. clunky menus I've been using in one form or another since Windows XP. Oh,
and multi-monitor support is slightly worse, since now when I move a window from one monitor to another it thinks
that I might want to Aero Snap the window to take up half of one of the screens. Luckily, I discovered I can fix
this by moving my cursor fast. Either way, I should probably stop playing with window management and get back
to the paper I have due tomorrow so I can start working on code I have due tomorrow. TTYL!

[Minna no Anime] ONE WEEK DEADLINE 1/22/16

TL;DR: Anime in "The Silo", T-Shirt Contest and Scavenger Hunt deadline approaching, looking for
webmaster, Vote for the simulcast

Greetings Everyone!

I'm typing this up with swift fingers since I slept through the time in which I normally write emails and I'm
writing this in a room with probably like 20% of the people that look at these emails (Hi guys). This Saturday we
are back to being in "The Silo" (03-213) from 5 PM - 10 PM as is custom.

Only a week left in the Minna no Anime T-Shirt contest! We still haven't received many entries, so if t-shirt art
is something that at all interests you you should do it! You'll get a free t-shirt, Minna prestige out the wazoo
and have an option for a firm handshake from me. Contest ends January 30th, rules are here.

Also ending January 30th is the Minna no Anime Anniversary Scavenger Hunt! If you like taking being creative and
silly and taking pictures of penguin drums this is the contest for you! More info can be found here if you're
interested. 

If you're potentially interested in becoming the Minna no Anime Webmaster for next school year, email our current
webmaster, Mouse, at webmaster@minnanoanime.org. If you're interested and willing to learn the technologies
that keep Minna running, send her an email! 

And as always... Vote for the simulcast!

SCHEDULE 1/23/16
 
5:10 PM - Simulcast of the Week (VOTE FOR IT ABOVE)
5:35 PM - Last Exile - 12
6:00 PM - Ten Minute Break!
6:10 PM - Haikyuu!! - 12
6:35 PM - Gekkan Shoujo Nozaki-kun - 11
7:00 PM - 1 HOUR DINNER BREAK WOOOH
8:05 PM - Taisho Baseball Girls - 11
8:30 PM - Your Lie in April - 11
8:55 PM - Ten Minute Break!
9:05 PM - Tiger and Bunny - 12
9:30 PM - Neon Genesis Evangelion - 12
 
Cheers!

Curtis

[Minna no Anniversary] Jan 28 2016 Anniversary Schedule and Sign Ups for Games

Yo yo yo, Minna,

Before we get to the Anniversary schedule, here's some reminders about upcoming due dates:

*Scavenger Hunt: Due January 30, 2016 at 10PM
*Prize Donations: Originally due January 27, but extended to January 30, 2016
**In the original email for prize donations, we asked you guys to mail the prizes, but you can just bring them
day of. Please email us what you're bringing, though!

Another announcement: Goshi is completely booked!! However, if you wanna gamble with fate, there is a waitlist
available. Maybe you'll get lucky and move up a spot? Here's the link:
https://www.minnanoanime.org/mna25/goshi/signup.php It's through the forum login system, so you'll need a Minna
no Anime forum account to sign up. Make one here, or retrieve your password here.

We've never announced this, but if you've got a cosplay, please wear it to the Anniversary! We'd love to see
everyone's cool, cute, awesome outfits, so if you have the time, please do so!

Reminder that we're still accepting donations and volunteers! Please email anniversary@minnanoanime.org if you
want to volunteer, and if you'd like to make a monetary donation, please PayPal paypal@castlecagliostro.com
(Mike Whipp).

Aaannnd last announcement of previous things: There are swap meet spots still available!
You can sign up here: https://www.minnanoanime.org/mna25/swap/signup.php
Like the Goshi sign-ups, you'll need a Minna no Anime forum account to sign up. Make one here, or retrieve your
password here.

Here it is, guys: the big one. We've come up with the final schedule for the Anniversary!! (Please note that some
things that we haven't announced in previous emails are shown in the schedule, so scroll down to see their
descriptions.)

Saturday, February 6
Room 3-114
10AM - 12PM: Swap Meet
12PM - 10PM: Video Game Room

Room 3-113
10AM - 10PM: Hangout, Relax, Do Stuff Room

Room 3-112
12PM: Anime Eyes Round 1
12:30PM: MnA Game Round 1
1PM: Anime Trivia Round 1

1:30PM: Anime Eyes Round 2
2PM: MnA Game Round 2
2:30PM: Anime Trivia Round 2

3PM: Anime Eyes Round 3
3:30PM: MnA Game Round 3
4PM: Officer Trivia Finals

4:30PM: Anime Eyes Round 4
5PM: MnA Game Round 4

Room 3-213 (The Silo)
5:30PM - 6:30PM: Dinner Break - Free Pizza, Chocolate Cake and White Cake
6:30PM - 8PM: Awards for Scavenger Hunt, Anime Trivia, Anime Eyes, and AMV Contest
5:30PM - 8PM, intermittently: Karaoke
8PM - 10-ish PM: Movie 1 - Millennium Actress

Sunday, February 7
Goshi Japanese Restaurant, 570 Higuera St #150, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401
11:30AM - 2PM: Eat buffet food. Yumyum~

Room 3-114
3PM - 8PM: Side Room

Room 3-213 (The Silo)
3PM - 5-ish PM: Movie 2 - The Girl Who Leapt Through Time

If you noticed, we're gonna do Anime Eyes and a special Minna no Anime game for anniversary! There's also a video
game room available. The following is information for all these new things, as well as re-iterations of events
we've announced so far:

Minna no Anime Eyes
All images for Anime Eyes at this Anniversary are from series club has shown! This is actually kind of difficult,
imo. Sign up for a round here!

MnA Game: Minna no Fighting Game
(The game name is a misnomer - this is not a fighting game, haha)
Using the Trivia/Eyes buttons, fight against Minna no Anime officers of the past and present! This is a 1-button
game where you fight with 11 other people defeating bosses - have fun! Sign up for a time here, and create your
avatar for the game here (required to participate): https://www.minnalumni.org/goofanader/avatar_creator.php If
you have any problems or questions, please email anniversary@minnanoanime.org.

Anime Trivia
Members can have their own categories be put in the game! If you have an idea (or more) for a category, please
submit one here: http://goo.gl/forms/WlyW2JfGpu You can sign up for either round here. If you've submitted a
category and the committee includes in it a board, we will honor what round you can participate in and put your
category in the other round.

AMV Contest
Send us your best AMV! Email anniversary@minnanoanime.org with your entry. Must be under 4 minutes and
PG-13 or less.

Officer Trivia Finals
Coming back from this year's Halloween Party, certain past officers of Minna no Anime challenge the current
officers with a crazy, anything goes Anime Trivia round! This will be the conclusion of this series... for now.

Video Game Room
Like in past Halloween Parties, bring your video game equipment and make this room lively! Play lots of games to
your heart's desire. Please bring your own power strips though - we will not be able to provide for these :( If
you've got old systems and games, see if you can bring those with you to go along with the time theme! Like, if
you've got a Super Famicom with the Sailor Moon fighting game on it, that would be really awesome!!!!! *drools a
little bit*

Do Stuff Room/Side Room
Need a break from everything that's going on? Wanna do some homework? Need a quiet place to chat? Then this is
the room for you! In the past, it's been used as a makeup room, break room, candy room... quite a few things,
actually. If you need a room, here is the room for you!

Dinner Break
There will be free pizza available: 2 slices per attendee. There will also be two cakes, one that's chocolate
and one that's white cake. Hopefully there should be enough, considering we bought two cakes!!

Awards Ceremony
There are 1st and 2nd place prizes available for Anime Trivia, Anime Eyes, AMV Contest and Scavenger Hunt. We'll
show off AMV Contest entries, which will be voted by popular vote, and we'll also show off scavenger hunt entries,
which will be voted by the committee. The prizes themselves are a secret, hehe~ BUT! They are definitely VERY
exclusive to this Anniversary. If you'd like to snag one, sign up for something or submit some stuff!

Movies: Millennium Actress and The Girl Who Leapt Through Time
The times above are when they're starting, but they'll be ending before their designated end times.

And I'm out. Whew, this was a big email... And now, to reveal who wrote all these emails:

IT WAS ME, PHILLY!
I wrote as both secretaries. Thank you for putting up with my silly roleplay, I hope you enjoyed it as much as
I did.

AND NOW, TO THE FUTURE! OF THE ANNIVERSARY!!! *steps into the time machine, pulling goggles over eyes, a
big grin on her face*

Love,
Minna no Anime's 25th Anniversary Committee

[Minna no Manga] Designated T-Shirt Contest Work Time 1/28/16

TL;DR T-SHIRT CONTEST AND SCAVENGER HUNT END SATURDAY, Manga is as usual, We're still recruiting
for webmaster, Vote for the simulcast.

Greetings Everyone!

Minna no Manga is in 10-225 from 6 PM - 10 PM this week in the Agriculture Building. Luckily for the prospects of
avoiding mass migration of Minna-ers (Minna members? Minna?), it's the the same room we were in last week and
the week before! There's an official reservation on the room too, so we don't need to pretend to be members of
the Cal Poly Crochet and Badminton club or anything!

The deadline for the T-Shirt contest is right on top of us! If you've ever wanted a free t-shirt of your own
design, or just wanted to have your work in a contest (Contests are exciting, wow!) then you should enter! All
entries are due by the beginning of club this Saturday, January 30th! Contest rules can be found here!
 
The deadline for the Minna-no-Anniversary-Scavenger-Hunt-contest-amabob is, incidentally, also right on top of
us. If you've ever wanted to take a picture of a "spicy wolf" or a "slice of life" and get awarded for it, you're
rapidly running out of time.All entries are due by 10 PM this Saturday, January 30th! Incidentally, I do not
recommend trying to complete this between the start and end of clubt. That way lies madness. Contest rules can
be found here!

If you're interested in becoming Minna's webmaster for next year, email Mouse @ webmaster@minnanoanime.org
for more details. The Minna Officership could use an individual like you. Someone who reads the emails. You're
the best kind of person.

And as always... Vote for the simulcast!

Cheers!

Curtis Hilgenberg

RANT:

WOOOH 21st Birthday! I'm going to have fun getting drunk tonight! I mean, one gin and tonic that my parents sent
me through the post counts as getting drunk, right? And catching up on the mountains of classwork I'm behind
on counts as fun... right? Yeah. Of course it does, how silly of me. I should get back to having all that fun. Yay.
Woo hoo. Hopefully if I do this I can get my work done before Friday night so I can go out with friends. Welp, the
due date of my work is before Saturday so I'll get to see y'all then for sure. Just get all your work done. I know
I'm not the only one with a procrastination problem... See you on the other side of the due date!

[Minna No Anime] Belatedly Sent Saturday 1/30/16

TL;DR: Minna no Anime as per usual. T-Shirt Contest and Scavenger Hunt in final hours. Webmaster
applications still open. Vote for the simulcast!
 
Greetings Everyone!
 
Minna no Anime will be in "the Silo" 03-213 this Saturday from 5 PM - 10 PM tonight, as per usual. Events will
include watching anime (including the simulcast you vote for!), as well as a dinner break containing the
presentation of the entries for the T-Shirt Contest!
 
T-shirt contest entries are due at 5:10 PM Saturday as an attachment or link in an email sent to
minna-no-anime@minnanoanime.org. If you possessed of an internet connection that stubbornly refuses to
upload your (PSD formatted) entry, you can hand it to an officer on a USB key. But it's ever so much tidier if you
can email it. You get a t-shirt if your design gets chosen, so submit your design if that sounds pretty nifty! The
rules for the contest can be found here.
 
As for the T-Shirt Contest presentation for those of us that who have submitted entries, it'll consist of the
officers showing each design in turn up on the big screen in "The Silo" at the beginning of dinner break. The
artist of each entry will be invited to get up in front of someone and say a few words about their particular
design if they want to, so it might not be a bad idea to think of something to say about your entry. Voting on the
t-shirt contest will be done via the internet, we'll be sending out an email to all paid members with a link to the
voting some time next week.
 
The Scavenger Hunt for Minna no Anniversary is also ending Saturday, this one ending at 10 PM. Rules for the
contest are here. I'm looking forward to some entertaining pictures from this one!
 
Applications to the position of next year's official Minna no Anime Webmaster are still open! Message Mouse at
webmaster@minnanoanime.org for more details!
 
SCHEDULE 1/30/16

5:10 PM - Simulcast of the Week (VOTE)
5:35 PM - Last Exile - 13
6:00 PM - Ten Minute Break!
6:10 PM - Haikyuu!! - 13
6:35 PM - Gekkan Shoujo Nozaki-kun - 12 (LAST EPISODE!)
7:00 PM - 1 HOUR DINNER BREAK WOOOH
8:05 PM - Taisho Baseball Girls - 12 (LAST EPISODE!)
8:30 PM - Your Lie in April - 12
8:55 PM - Ten Minute Break!
9:05 PM - Tiger and Bunny - 13
9:30 PM - Neon Genesis Evangelion - 13
 

See you Saturday!

Curtis

[Minna no Anime] T-Shirt Contest Voting!

Greetings everyone!
 
It's that time of year again! As of the exact time that you recieve this email, the voting is opening once more for
the once annual Minna no Anime T-shirt Contest! We've got a field of eight (8!) entries for you guys to look at,
so take a look! To vote on the shirts, go to this link! Note that you must be a paid member in order to vote, and
you need a Minna no Anime forum account. If you're a paid member and don't yet have a forum account, you can
get one here.
 
If you want to become a paid member to get in on that sweet, sweet, t-shirt voting action, talk to MnA Treasurer
Eric Oatey. Membership dues are $5 for the quarter or $10 for the year, and get you access not only to t-shirt
voting, but also a $5 T-shirt Discount, officer voting, and prize drawing eligibility. It's a pretty sweet deal.
 
So get out there and do some T-Shirt judging!
 
Curtis Hilgenberg
MnA Secretary

[Minna no Manga] Mysterious Thursday X 2/4/16

TL;DR: Manga as usual, Anniverary Party this weekend (WOOH),  T-shirt voting, Read the Anniversary
email, looking for webmaster.
 
Greetings Everyone!
 
Anniversary Party is this weekend *hype* but before that it's THURSDAY! Minna no Manga will once again be in
10-225 from 6 PM - 10 PM. If your criteria for hanging out with someone includes a love of Japanese cartoons,
it's statistically one of the better places and times to make and keep friends, so if that's something that
interests you you should come. We'll be there the whole time and not nip off an hour early to eat Taco Bell this
time, honest.
 
T-shirt Contest Voting is on-going! The voting system was out of whack for a few minutes after I sent the email
alerting y'all to the opening of the voting, but it's fully functional now for your voting pleasure (Thanks Mike!).
We've got eight excellent entries this year, so your votes matter more than ever! To vote on the shirts, go to this
link! Note that you must be a paid member in order to vote, and you need a Minna no Anime forum account. If
you're a paid member and don't yet have a forum account, you can get one here.
 
If you want your opinion to be counted for the t-shirt contest, you can always become a paid member! Talk to MnA
Treasurer Eric Oatey. Membership dues are $5 for the quarter or $10 for the year, and get you access not only to
t-shirt voting, but also a $5 T-shirt Discount, officer voting, and prize drawing eligibility. 
 
If you're interested in becoming next year's MnA webmaster, shoot a message to Mouse at
webmaster@minnanoanime.org. We won't expect you to know the technologies we use right now, but we will
expect you to learn them.
 
I would say vote for the simulcast but since there's no real Minna no Anime this weekend ('cause of the Anniversary
meeting, I can't). so READ THE ANNIVERSARY COMMITTEE EMAIL AND DO THEIR THINGS CAUSE FUN.
 
 
See y'all later,
 
Curtis Hilgenberg
 
Rant:
WARNING PERSONAL OPINIONS BELOW
 
Ya see, I was going to be on top of getting this out early and doing my homework in a reasonable amount of time,
but then I ended up reading an entire Discworld novel and then I got hooked on reading Mysterious Girlfriend X.
It's definitely a lot better in manga form than it was in anime, a lot of it revolves around this spit exchange
tradition this dude has with his GF, and the anime makes it really gratuitous. I think they were going for the
whole Nisemonogatari thing of "just because this isn't really a typical display of physical intimacy doesn't mean
it's not incredibly uh-'interesting' to the characters, so we're going to show off that intimacy with lovingly
directed camera angles", but they did a worse job of it. In the manga, it's a lot easier to ignore the somewhat
squicky nature of the gimmick and get to the feelings that the characters are getting out of them, so that's neat.
I'm looking forward to reading more of it, which I'll probably do between finishing this email and starting back up
work on my homework because I have little self-control. I'm going to get back to it, see y'all when I see you!

[Minna no Anniversary] Feb 5 2016 The Final Countdown (and Schedule Again)

Tomorrow, we begin the trials and tribulations that a 25th anniversary comes with. Tomorrow, we will all
duel to the death for fantastic cake and free pizza slices.

Tomorrow
is
the 25th Anniversary Party for Minna no Anime!!!
For those attending Goshi on Sunday and haven't been to San Luis Obispo recently, please note that you have to
start paying for street/structure parking starting at 1PM on Sundays. The parking lots right next to Goshi are
still free since they're for that plaza, but pretty much everywhere else costs $$$.

Here's the schedule once more, and after that'll be the list of what's available to do:

Saturday, February 6
Room 3-114
10AM - 12PM: Swap Meet
12PM - 10PM: Video Game Room

Room 3-113
10AM - 10PM: Hangout, Relax, Do Stuff Room

Room 3-112
12PM: Anime Eyes Round 1
12:30PM: MnA Game Round 1
1PM: Anime Trivia Round 1

1:30PM: Anime Eyes Round 2
2PM: MnA Game Round 2
2:30PM: Anime Trivia Round 2

3PM: Anime Eyes Round 3
3:30PM: MnA Game Round 3
4PM: Officer Trivia Finals

4:30PM: Anime Eyes Round 4
5PM: MnA Game Round 4

Room 3-213 (The Silo)
5:30PM: Dinner Break START! Free Pizza
6:00PM: Chocolate Cake and White Cake, prepare for pictures~

6:30PM: AMV Contest: Look at Entrants and Vote
7:00PM: Karaoke

7:30PM: Scavenger Hunt Awards
7:40PM: AMV Contest Awards, Anime Trivia Awards, Anime Eyes Awards
7:50PM: Dole Out Donation Prizes

8PM - 10-ish PM: Movie 1 - Millennium Actress

Sunday, February 7
Goshi Japanese Restaurant, 570 Higuera St #150, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401
11:30AM - 2PM: Eat buffet food. Yumyum~

Room 3-114
3PM - 8PM: Side Room

Room 3-213 (The Silo)
3PM - 5-ish PM: Movie 2 - The Girl Who Leapt Through Time

Games and Contests with Prizes
The following games and contests have exclusive prizes for first and second place winners.

Minna no Anime Eyes: images only from series club has shown. 4 rounds, sign up here!
Minna no Anime Trivia: member-submitted categories and anniversary committee categories. 2 rounds, sign up
here! Submit categories here!
AMV Contest: submit your AMV to anniversary@minnanoanime.org or somehow physically hand over the AMV to
an officer/committee member. AMV must be under 4 minutes and PG-13 or less.
Scavenger Hunt Contest: deadline has already passed, but we'll show off entries during the awards. This contest
has 4 potential winners, two for best collection, and two for best photo!
Other Fun Stuff
These are fun things that have no prizes but are still fun!

Swap Meet: spots are still available! Sell stuff to fellow Minna members. Sign up here! You'll need a Minna no
Anime forum account to log in. Make one here, or retrieve your password here.
Minna no Fighting Game: use the Trivia/Eyes button to fight in a team against computer-controlled Minna officers
of the past and present! 4 rounds, sign up for a round here! You'll also need to create an avatar for the game
here.
Video Game Room: bring your video games and equipment with you to the party and play to your heart's content!
Officer Trivia Finals: certain past officers of Minna no Anime challenge the current officers with a crazy,
anything goes Anime Trivia.
Cosplay: we'd love to see your costumes!
Karaoke: during Dinner Break and before the first movie, karaoke will be available! The list of songs are here. If
you have any requests, please email anniversary@minnanoanime.org and we'll see if we can get it in time for the
party.

Movies
Here's some descriptions of the movies, in case you don't know 'em!

Millennium Actress: directed by Satoshi Kon, known for Paranoia Agent and Paprika. Follow the life and movie
history of an actress from her childhood to her much, much older years in a visually stunning, emotionally moving
masterpiece.
The Girl Who Leapt Through Time: directed by Mamoru Hosoda, known for Summer Wars and Wolf Children. It is,
as you would expect, about a girl who physically leaps through time, but of course, time travel isn't all fun and
games...

Food
I'm hungry, you're hungry, we're all hungry! What will be offered at the Anniversary Party?

Dinner Break: 2 free pizza slices and a slice of cake. Two cake options available: white cake and chocolate cake.
Yum!
Goshi on Sunday: all you can eat buffet of what Goshi has to offer - Japanese traditional dishes and sushi. If
you're attending, please give Mike Whipp $10 on Saturday, or please notify him at anniversary@minnanoanime.org
to make other arrangements. Soda, water and tea are free. If you plan on ordering specialty items or drinking
alcoholic beverages, you will need to bring extra money with you.
Volunteering and Donations
Want to help out with the anniversary? Here's the deets:

Volunteer: email anniversary@minnanoanime.org with your availability for either day, or let an officer/committee
member know!
Donations: donate through PayPal to paypal@castlecagliostro.com (Mike Whipp) or see Mike Whipp on either day
to help out financially.
And that's that. Use this email to refer to the schedule and stuff!

See ya all tomorrow~

[Minna no Manga] T-Shirtsday 2/11/16

TL;DR: Manga as usual, T-shirt voting closing Saturday 7 pm, looking for webmaster, hope y'all had fun at
the Anniversary Party!


Greetings Everyone!

Anniversary Party was this last weekend and I still feel like I'm recovering from that delicious Goshi buffet!!
Hope y'all didn't catch the Poly Plague (tm) that seems to be hitting the alumni.... Minna no Manga will once
again be in 10-225 from 6 - 10 pm. Come hang out with us!

T-shirt Contest Voting is on-going, but will be closing this Saturday at 7 pm! If you haven't voted already, do so
at this link! Note that you must be a paid member in order to vote, and you need a Minna no Anime forum account.
If you're a paid member and don't yet have a forum account, you can get one here.
 
 
If you want your opinion to be counted for the t-shirt contest, you can always become a paid member! Talk to MnA
Treasurer Eric Oatey. Membership dues are $5 for the quarter or $10 for the year, and get you access not only to
t-shirt voting, but also a $5 T-shirt Discount, officer voting, and prize drawing eligibility. 

If you're interested in becoming next year's MnA webmaster, shoot a message to Mouse at
webmaster@minnanoanime.org since they are graduating next year. We won't expect you to know the technologies
we use right now, but we will expect you to learn them.

Also.... Vote for the simulcast!


See y'all Thursday!
 
Mouse
MnA Webmaster

Note from the Secretary:
I entirely forgot to draft this yesterday and didn't have much time today, so Mouse did me a favour and wrote the
email for me. Thank them if you see them! - Curtis

[Minna no Anime] Dia de las camisetas 2/13/16

TL;DR: New shows, Vote for T-shirts, Minna in the Silo, Vote for the simulcast!
 
Greetings Everyone!
 
Minna no Anime will be in room 03-213, "The Silo" this week, as per usual. I'm actually putting the room number
this time because this week we're starting two new shows this week. Noragami and Barakamon! If you missed the
first meeting and have been kicking yourself for it ever since, here's a good place to jump back on! Don't worry if
you aren't caught up on the other shows, there're people in the side room for just about every show to hang with
and talk about anime n' stuff.
 
This is the last email I'm going to be sending before the end of the t-shirt contest, so if you haven't voted for
that already you should do so! I'm talking to you, Curtis! *looks angrily at self* The contest is ending Saturday
@ 7 PM, right smack dab in the middle of club. If you're a paid member, you can vote at this link! Note that you'll
need a forum account to vote, which you can get here.
 
If you wish to become a paid member so you can vote for t-shirts and vote for officers and get a $5 t-shirt
discount and be eligible for prize drawings and most importantly support club, talk to MnA VP Justin Caballes at
this Saturday's meeting. Or maybe the President. Whoever is official looking and has a cash box to take your
membership fee. If you're in doubt and the house lights are up, just shout at someone standing in the front of the
room, they'll probably know.
 
If you're interested in becoming next year's MnA webmaster, shoot a message to Mouse at
webmaster@minnanoanime.org since they are graduating next year. We won't expect you to know the
technologies we use right now, but we will expect you to learn them.
 
And as always... Vote for the simulcast!
 
SCHEDULE 2/12/16

5:10 PM - Simulcast of the Week (VOTE ABOVE)
5:35 PM - Last Exile - 14
6:00 PM - Ten Minute Break!
6:10 PM - Haikyuu!! - 14
6:35 PM - BARAKAMON EPISODE 1 NEW SHOW HYPE
7:00 PM - A certain hunger-quenching dinner break
8:05 PM - NORAGAMI EPISODE 1 ALSO HYPE
8:30 PM - Your Lie in April - 13
8:55 PM - Ten Minute Break!
9:05 PM - Tiger and Bunny - 14
9:30 PM - Neon Genesis Evangelion - 14
 
See y'all Saturday!
 
Curtis "Walkin' " Hilgenberg
MnA Secretary
 
RANT:
 
First of all, apologies to my roommate Kevin for typing this while he's napping. I have a mechanical keyboard for
my desktop and have no doubt his dreams are being plagued by clickety-clacks. I've been reading a lot of
Discworld, which is fun, but always reminds me that Death took Terry Pratchett (the author) from us, which is
saddening. I'd definitely highly recommend the books though, they're definitely the best comedic fantasy novels
I've ever read, and there's like 45 of them with several different protagonists, which is great. I'm particularly
fond of Sam Vimes and Moist Von Lipwig, but even as I type their names I'm being reminded of other protagonists
which I also like. Oh, my laptop got stolen since I last ranted, which is unfortunate, but as I am a comp sci
student, I have a new laptop on the way, which is nice. I'm going to see Deadpool tonight, which should hopefully
be good. It has Inara from Firefly in it and Ryan Reynolds in what he seems to think is the role of his life, so
fingers are crossed. I had several tests this week, one of which I did quite well on and the other two of which I
maybe probably did OK on. I Leagued some Legends (summoner name: StrollingFellow) as well which was fun, and
had an excellent discussion on the morality of a super power that allows you to find the path to victory over any
challenge you frame it. Overall, a good week. Anyways, gotta go get dinner with peeps, I'll talk to y'all later!

[Minna no Manga] Info-Dense Thursday 2/18/16

TL;DR: Manga as usual, Tiger & Bunny during Dinner Break, Officer Elections Applications open, T-shirt
winner announced, Vote for the simulcast.
 
Hey folks,
 
Everyone have a nice three day weekend? I know I did. Sorry for getting this email out late, my schedule has been
thrown out of wack by the weirdness. Due to the fact that I'm writing this roughly 24 hours after my optimal time
to be writing this email, it'll be lacking on prose and rich in content. And boy, there is a lot of it.
 
Minna no Manga will once again be in 10-225 from 6 - 10 pm. I heard there were new people there last time,
which is awesome. Hopefully y'all stick around.

Due to Minna no Technical Difficulties @ last week's Saturday meeting, we were unable to show Tiger & Bunny
Episode 14. This week, we'll be showing it during the latter half of our Dinner Break so as to keep with our
schedule. We've successfully retrieved the disc out of the blu-ray player, which makes doing so a whole lot more
possible.

We're opening up submissions for the Minna no Anime 2016-2017 Officership! If you want to be someone who is
all responsible and important and works behind the scenes to choose the shows for the year to keep Minna
running, look here for more details.

We're still getting stuff ready behind the scenes for T-shirt ordering. For those of you not present during the
dinner break @ last week's meeting, the t-shirt contest winner is Paul Guzman, with this wonderful design.
Shout-outs to Paul for his excellent design!

And as always... Vote for the simulcast!

See y'all later!

Curtis Hilgenberg
MnA Secretary

[Minna no Anime] Non-stop Infinite Anime 2/19/16

TL;DR: Anime as usual, Tiger & Bunny during Dinner Break, Officer Elections Applications are open, T-shirt
winner announced, Vote for the simulcast.
 
Hey all!
 
Seems like just yesterday that I was typing up an email with basically the same information as this one for
y'all...
 
Minna no Anime will be in "The Silo" this week from 5 pm - 10 pm as per usual. The only thing particularly unusual
about this week's meeting is that there's a special bonus (read: last week's) episode of Tiger and Bunny being
shown during dinner break, at 7:40 pm. Be sure to come back early if you want to stay caught up on the show!
 
We're opening up submissions for the Minna no Anime 2016-2017 Officership! If you want to be someone who is
all responsible and important and works behind the scenes to choose the shows for the year to keep Minna
running, look here for more details.

We're still getting stuff ready behind the scenes for T-shirt ordering. For those of you not present during the
dinner break @ last week's meeting, the t-shirt contest winner is Paul Guzman, with this wonderful design.
Shout-outs to Paul for his excellent design!
 
And as always... Vote for the simulcast!
 
SCHEDULE 2/20/16

5:10 PM - Simulcast of the Week (VOTE ABOVE)
5:35 PM - Last Exile - 15
6:00 PM - Ten Minute Break!
6:10 PM - Haikyuu!! - 15
6:35 PM - Barakamon-  2
7:00 PM - A certain hunger-quenching dinner break (ENDS EARLY IF YOU WATCH TIGER AND BUNNY)
7:40 PM - Tiger and Bunny - 14
8:05 PM - Noragami - 2
8:30 PM - Your Lie in April - 14
8:55 PM - Ten Minute Break!
9:05 PM - Tiger and Bunny - 15
9:30 PM - Neon Genesis Evangelion - 15

See y'all later!

Curtis Hilgenberg
MnA Secretary

RANT

Wooh New Laptop! I forgot if I told you guys in this that car got broken into and my laptop bag was stolen, but
it's fine now, I got a new window and a new laptop and besides the fact that the month was expensive af because of
it everything is basically back to normal. I didn't realize how many things I was carrying in my bag until I lost
them all though... Work is going well, only one of my classes isn't going well, and errything is going pretty
good right now. I'm even having fun when I play League of Legends, which has traditionally been rare. WOOH ACTUALLY
FEELING GOOD FOR ONCE!

[Minna no Anime] Death, Taxes, and the VP watching anime 2/25/16

TL;DR: Manga as usual. Anime in Fisher Science. T-shirt Opening Open. March 12th deadline for t-shirt
ordering and officer speeches. Vote for the simulcast.
 
Hey froods!
 
Minna no Manga is going to be in the same room as usual this Thursday, 10-225 from 6 pm - 10 pm, barring an
act of god. I've done my best to avoid pissing off Loki this week, so we should be fine!
 
Minna no Anime, on the other hand, will be in Fisher Science for the next two Saturdays. Building 33 Room 286
for those of you who forget.
 
We're open for statements of candidacy for the 2016-2017 Minna Officeship! If you want to be someone who is
all responsible and important and works behind the scenes to choose the shows for the year to keep Minna
running, look here for more details. If you're even mostly kinda interested, you should give it a shot! It's worth
it, or your money back. The deadline is March 12th,  the 122nd anniversary of the first sold bottle of Coca-Cola.
 
T-shirt ordering is now open! Here's the link. Note that you need a forum account to buy a shirt. If you want a
T-shirt or a sweatshirt with this beautiful logo on it, you should get one! T-shirt ordering (also) ends March
12th, so time is limited! Be prepared to give cash to the treasurer for the amount you owe at the next meeting! The
webpage is lying to you about the shirt deadline, believe the email.
 
And as always... Vote for the simulcast!
 
Cheers!
 
Curtis Hilgenberg
MnA Secretary
 
RANT:
 
Kizumongatari this weekend. The grocery store near my house reopened today. Life is good. 

[Minna no Anime] Fisher Science Hullaballo 2/27/16

TL;DR: Anime in Fisher Science this week.. March 12th deadline for t-shirt ordering and officer speeches.
Vote for the simulcast.
 
Greetings all,
 
Minna no Anime will be in Fisher Science this Saturday, Building 33 Room 286, from 5 pm - 10 pm. If you show
up at the Silo, be aware that the people who will be inside are not shape-shifted versions of the usual crowd, but
rather a different group of people entirely.
 
We're open for statements of candidacy for the 2016-2017 Minna Officeship! If you want to be someone who is
all responsible and important and works behind the scenes to choose the shows for the year to keep Minna
running, look here for more details. If you're even mostly kinda interested, you should give it a shot! It's worth
it, or your money back. The deadline is March 12th in celebration of Chinese Arbor Day.
 
T-shirt ordering is now open! Here's the link. Note that you need a forum account to buy a shirt. If you want a
T-shirt or a sweatshirt with this beautiful logo on it, you should get one! T-shirt ordering (also) ends March
12th, so time is limited! Be prepared to give cash to the treasurer for the amount you owe at the next meeting!
The webpage is still lying to you about the shirt deadline, believe the email.
 
And as always... Vote for the simulcast!
 
Cheers!
 
Curtis Hilgenberg
MnA Secretary
 
RANT:
Apologies for the un-fluffy email. Kizu tomorrow. Hype. 

Goshi Dinner signups open! Feb 28 2016

Heya folks!
 
Minna no Anime's quarterly end-of-the-quarter Goshi Dinner is coming up in just two weeks time, Sunday March
13 @ 7:00 PM! In order to give the good people over at Goshi Japanese Restaurant time to schedule shifts and
generally prepare for the arrival of a back room full of Minna people, we need orders from you by end of club this
Saturday! That's right, if you want to order some delicious Japanese cuisine to eat amongst fine company, you'll
need to order it by 10 PM on Saturday, March 5th. Signup link is here. 
 
Payment is due to MnA treasurer Eric Oatey by Saturday, March 12. He's the guy with the cash box at any Minna
no Anime or Minna no Manga meeting. If you cannot make it to club during that time but still want to go to Goshi,
contact Eric @ treasurer@minnanoanime.org.

[Minna no Manga] Manga 3: The Search for Thursday 3/3/16

TL;DR: Manga as usual, Goshi Orders by Saturday, Anime in Fisher Science. Approaching Deadline on
Officer applications and T-shirts, Vote for the simulcast.
 
Yo!
 
This is an action-packed week over at Minna no Anime headquarters. I've got to make sure I tell you that Minna
no Anime will once again be in Fisher Science this Saturday. We're in Building 33 Room 286, from 5 pm - 10 pm,
just like last week. Minna no Manga will be where it was last week as well,10-225 from 6 pm - 10 pm. Well, it'll
actually be several thousand miles away from where it was last week due to the movement of the Earth, but in
order for society to function we ignore that fact in conversation. Only the extremely pedantic point it out.
*glares at self*
 
I've got to remember to remind you that if you're interested in going to our End-of-Quarter-Goshi-Dinner, that
orders are due here by end of club this Saturday, March 5th. That it'll have laughter and warmth and friends and
tasty Japanese cuisine. And that payment is due to MnA treasurer Eric Oatey by Saturday, March 12.
 
Also worth reminding you about are the other two March 12th deadlines, namely the Officer Elections Application,
and the T-shirt ordering for our ever-so-beautiful member-generated design. Being an officer is pretty nifty, and
all the cool cats wear the club t-shirts, so those are things you should look into.

Note that for both the Goshi's ordering and T-shirt ordering you'll need a MnA forum account, which you can get
here. 
 
And as always... Vote for the simulcast!
 
Cheers!
 
Curtis Hilgenberg
MnA Secretary
 
RANT:
 
 
Going to LA to watch Kizu was pretty fun. I went with our esteemed MnA president Isaac Cameron and former
MnA 25th Anniversary Committee member Evan "Jojo Evan" Kirkbride, who were good company and allowed me
to pressure them into going to Shin Sen Gumi for excellent ramen after the show. We unexpectedly saw Megan
there, who appeared mysteriously just in time for the movie and who I immediately lost track of post-film. The
movie was really good, I would write up all of my feelings but I agree with literally everything said in this
review by my favorite anime reviewer. typically found over at his blog WrongEverytime (I'd link it, but the more
links I have the more likely this email is to go to your spam filter. I also picked up a little Asada-san figure
(from SAO) and a Ayase (from oreimo). Ayase is currently undergoing a trial run of living on my keys, I think she's
staying, but I haven't gotten a funny look from having her on there yet. Other than that, I've just been
procrastinating a lot, and keeping my mental health up. Anyways, I'mma go play league with Elliott, catch you
guys later!

[Minna no Anime] Fisher again 3/5/16

TL;DR: Anime in Fisher Science, Goshi Orders by Saturday,  Approaching Deadline on Officer applications
and T-shirts, Vote for the simulcast.
 
Hey all!
 
This Saturday, Minna is once again in Fisher Science! We're in Building 33 Room 286, from 5 pm - 10 pm, just like
last week. I'm pretty excited, actually. Finding the best seat in Fisher is a somewhat arbitrary and complicated
process, and it entertains me immensely.

Saturday, March 5th is the ordering deadline for the End-of-Quarter-Goshi-Dinner! If the eating of tasty
Japanese food with friends is something that interests you, you can sign up for it here. Payment for Goshi's is
due to MnA treasurer Eric Oatey by Saturday, March 12.
 
It's also worth reminding you about the other two March 12th deadlines, namely the Officer Elections Application
to be an officer for next year, and the T-shirt ordering.

Note that for both the Goshi's ordering and T-shirt ordering you'll need a MnA forum account, which you can get
here.
 
And as always... Vote for the simulcast!
 
SCHEDULE 3/05/16:
 
5:10 PM - Simulcast of the Week (VOTE ABOVE)
5:35 PM - Last Exile - 17
6:00 PM - Ten Minute Break!
6:10 PM - Haikyuu!! - 17
6:35 PM - Barakamon-  4
7:00 PM - A certain hunger-quenching dinner break 
8:05 PM - Noragami - 4
8:30 PM - Your Lie in April - 16
8:55 PM - Ten Minute Break!
9:05 PM - Tiger and Bunny - 17
9:30 PM - Neon Genesis Evangelion - 17
 

Cheers!

Curtis Hilgenberg
MnA Secretary

===[Minna no Manga] Thursday Before the (Deadline) Storm===
<pre>TL;DR: Manga as Usual, Officer Applications due soon, Order a T-shirt, Pay for Goshi, Apply for
Webmaster, Vote for the simulcast!
 
Hey all~
 
Included the "~" at the end of "Hey all~" because I always thought it made the preceding text extraordinarily
kawaii, but now that I'm looking at it I'm remembering that it's often used to sort of extend the last part of the
word, with "Hi~" being read like "Hiiiiiiiiiii" because the second way of writing it just looks like garbage. It's
making me picture now saying "Hey alllllllllllllll" to all of you guys and that sort of seems like I'm a bit tipsy,
which I'm not. But hey, some googling led me to realize that the "~" being used like I just used it originated from
Japan, so it's sorta relevant? Anyways: Minna no Manga is going to be in the same place that it was last
Thursday, namely 10-225 from 6 pm - 10 pm. There will be many people there, and most of them will have had
Taco Bell within the last month. Do a survey, I'm prophetic.

Goshi Dinner is Sunday March 13 @ 7:00 PM! If you haven't already signed up, you missed the boat. If you have
already signed up but haven't paid, please get money to MnA treasurer Eric Oatey by Saturday, March 12.  He'll
be at both Anime and Manga this week, which is convenient. We don't currently accept debit or credit, so stop
by an ATM to grab cash money prior to a meeting!

This Saturday, March 12 @ 5 pm is also the deadline for the Minna no Officer Anime applications! Sorry, Minna no
Anime Officer applications! If you want to play a crucial role in choosing anime for next year, in running the
Halloween Party and Open House, or just in being a good hard-working senpai for the other club-members to
look up to the Minna no Officer Animeship is for you! More details for what you have to do to apply at the link,
but basically you'll be a) sending in an application at the link (The sooner the better to reduce our webmaster's
workload!), then b) getting up in front of people at dinner break this Saturday and telling them a bit about
yourself and why you're running. Your name will then be thrown into a poll with the names of all of the other
candidates, and all registered Minna no Anime club members will vote on who they want in the officership!

If you want to take the role of next year's enigmatic Minna no Anime webmaster (traditionally a superhero on the
 side, remember WhippMan, Captain Goofanader and The Mouse?), shoot a message to
webmaster@minnanoanime.org indicating your interest. Some knowledge of computer technologies is a must,
as is a willingness to learn the technologies used by Minna (I think PHP and MySQL stuff mostly, I don't know all
the details due to not being the webmaster). Note that webmaster is a bequethed position due to the technical
nature of the job. We'll be starting the new webmaster at the same time as the new elected officers, so while I
don't know the exact deadline of this application, it's safe to say it's soon.

This Saturday, Match 12 @ 10pm is the deadline for ordering this year's Minna no Anime apparel! If you've ever
wanted a t-shirt, sweatshirt, or other type of t-shirt advertising your involvement in the 2015-2016 Minna no
Anime year, now is the time to strike! T-shirts (and all the rest) can be ordered here. Note that you need a forum
account to order, which you can get here. We discovered this week that having an ampersand in your forum
username will render you unable to use the ordering system, so if you're in the habit of using special (non
alphanumeric) characters in your usernames, don't do that when signing up for the forum. Actually, doing it in
general probably isn't a great idea. If nothing else, some sites will accept them and others won't, and you'll end
up with multiple variations of the same username, so when you're trying to sign on to your
DefibrillateMeThroughMyIphoneBecauseIAmHavingAHeartAttack.com account and every second counts it might
cost you your life. Food for thought.
 
And as always... Vote for the simulcast!
I double-checked the voting link this time, honest.

Cheers,
 
Curtis Hilgenberg
MnA Secretary

[Minna no Anime] WINTER MOVIE ACADEMIA 3/12/16

TL;DR: Movie Night, Minna back in Silo Officer Applications due, Order a T-shirt, Pay for Goshi, Apply for
Webmaster, Vote for the simulcast!
 
Greetings Everyone!
 
This Saturday Minna no Anime is back in action, returning triumphantly to "The Silo", room 03-213. It's also the
last Minna meeting of the quarter, and you know what that means: It's time for the traditional end-of-quarter
Minna no Anime Movie Night!  Movie Nights are a once quarterly event where we end our usual anime-watching
early in order to make room for a very special anime movie! This Saturday, we've got a really easy schedule
change for y'all. The first half of the schedule, before dinner break? Exactly as usual. Everything after?
Different and AWESOME!

For this week's movie night, we've got a multi-part event lined up for you guys. Firstly we've going to be showing
the specials for everyone's favorite pre-dinner 13 episode comedic show we aired this year, Monthly Girl's
Nozaki-kun! We've chained together the shorts originally released as extras on the Japanese blu-rays into 19
minutes of additional Nozaki, never before seen (by me). Afterwards we'll be showing the excellent Studio Trigger
anime short Little Witch Academia, followed closely by its (longer) sequel, Little Witch Academia 2! Together, LWA
and LWA clock in at an additional 80 minutes of prestine anime time.

This is the perfect time to come to club if you haven't been able to make it this quarter. Take a break from
studying and come and watch anime with a group of like-minded individuals. Little Witch Academia is about as
close to a Disney-created anime feature as you'll get out of Japan, and requires no background to watch, perfect
for introducing someone to Japanese Language animation or for taking a break from watching Attack on Tokyo
Narutogatari. Invite a friend who you want to start pressuring into watching anime, or that person who you don't
know very well that you know watches anime. It's literally buckets of fun.

Goshi Dinner is Sunday March 13 @ 7:00 PM, at Goshi Japanese Restaurant in Downtown SLO! If you haven't
already signed up, you missed the boat. If you have already signed up but haven't paid, please get money to MnA
treasurer Eric Oatey by this Saturday, March 12.  We don't currently accept debit or credit, so stop by an ATM to
grab cash money prior to a meeting!

This Saturday, March 12, @ 5 pm is also the deadline for the Minna no Officer Anime applications! Sorry, Minna
no Anime Officer applications! If you want to play a crucial role in choosing anime for next year, in running the
Halloween Party and Open House, or just in being a good hard-working senpai for the other club-members to
look up to the Minna no Officer Animeship is for you! More details for what you have to do to apply at the link,
but basically you'll be a) sending in an application at the link, then b) getting up in front of people at dinner
break this Saturday and telling them a bit about yourself and why you're running. Your name will then be thrown
into a poll with the names of all of the other candidates, and all registered Minna no Anime club members will
vote on who they want in the officership!

If you want to take the role of next year's enigmatic Minna no Anime webmaster, shoot a message to
webmaster@minnanoanime.org to indicate your interest. Some knowledge of computer technologies is a must, as
is a willingness to learn the technologies used by Minna.Note that webmaster is a bequethed position due to the
technical nature of the job. We'll be starting the new webmaster at the same time as the new elected officers, so
while I don't know the exact deadline of this application, it's safe to say it's soon.

This Saturday is the deadline for ordering this year's Minna no Anime apparel!  T-shirts (as well as sweatshirts an
hoodies) can be ordered here. Note that you need a forum account to order, which you can get here. 
 
And as always... Vote for the simulcast!

SCHEDULE 1/23/16
 
5:10 PM - Simulcast of the Week (VOTE FOR IT ABOVE)
5:35 PM - Last Exile - 18
6:00 PM - Ten Minute Break!
6:10 PM - Haikyuu!! - 18
6:35 PM - Barakamon - 05
7:00 PM - 1 HOUR DINNER BREAK WOOOH
8:05 PM - Monthly Girls' Nozaki-kun Specials (EVERY LAST ONE OF 'EM)
8:35 PM - WINTER MOVIE - Little Witch Academia 1 & 2
 

Cheers,
 
Curtis Hilgenberg
MnA Secretary

Spring 2016

Minna 2016-2017 Officer Voting now Officially Open!

Hey all!
 
Elections for the 2016-2017 Minna no Anime Officers are now open! If you're a paid member and would like to play
a part in deciding the direction of Minna no Anime for the coming school year, you can vote for the officers
here. Voting closes @ 5pm on April 2nd (The first meeting of spring quarter!), but you should vote now while you're
thinking about it!
 
Note that you need a forum account to log in! If you're a paid member and you don't already have a forum account,
you can get one here.
 
Happy Voting!
 
The MnA Officers

[Minna no Manga] No Manga meeting this week! 3/31/16

TL;DR: No Manga this week. Anime club as usual. Vote for the simulcast!
 
Hey folks!
 
Just got a quick email for y'all today. Sorry for the brevity, I woke up at 3am and it's now 11pm so my ability to
write clever introductory text is about as small as a very small thing right now.

Minna no Manga will not be happening this Thursday due to Caesar Chavez Day. Manga will come back again next
week, April 7th, and will be more powerful than you can possibly imagine. Minna no Anime will be starting up again
this Saturday, at the usual time and place (5:10 PM @ 03-213 "The Silo").
 
And as always... Vote for the simulcast.

Cheers!

Curtis Hilgenberg
MnA Secretary
 
RANT:
 
Watch Iron-Blooded Orphans, it's really good. Also, don't read something at 4am that makes you salty enough that
you can't sleep until after classes the next day, thereby throwing off your sleep schedule for the next few days.
It's not a good plan.

[Minna no Anime] First Saturday of the Quarter! 4/2/16

TL;DR: Anime as usual, vote for the simulcast. Open House on the horizon.
 
Hey folks!
 
This Saturday's the first weekend of the quarter, and you know what that means: The first Minna no Anime meeting
of the quarter! We'll be in "The Silo" (03-213) this Saturday, as per usual. Now, here would be the place where if
I were a cruel god secretary I'd put in an April Fool's joke. After getting repeatedly frustrated by an internet
full of things that seem interesting but are actually fake for an entire day, however, I'm going to make this email
a sanctuary from that sort of thing. Drink a cup of green tea in a gazebo whilst soft music plays. You're safe
here.
 
For those of you who enjoy helping out club and/or making delicious onigiri to sell to random strangers, Open
House is coming up in roughly two weeks. More on that as the date (April 16, 2016) approaches.
 
And as always... vote for the simulcast
 
SCHEDULE 4/01/16:
 
5:10 PM - Simulcast of the Week (VOTE ABOVE)
5:35 PM - Last Exile - 19
6:00 PM - Ten Minute Break!
6:10 PM - Haikyuu!! - 19
6:35 PM - Barakamon-  6
7:00 PM - DINNER BREAK!
8:05 PM - Noragami - 5
8:30 PM - Your Lie in April - 17
8:55 PM - Ten Minute Break!
9:05 PM - Tiger and Bunny - 18
9:30 PM - Neon Genesis Evangelion - 18

Cheers!

Curtis

[Minna no Manga] First Manga of the Quarter 4/7/16

TL;DR: Manga in 10-231, (Re) Vote for Officer Elections and the Simulcast, T-shirts coming soon.

Hey folks!

Just got back from like a 4 hour walking-around-the-neighborhood-and-talking-on-the-phone-to-someone expedition,
and realized that I needed to lay down some sweet, fresh, mass-email goodness on y'all.
 
First of all: Manga. Our room for Manga this quarter is 10-231, which is in the agriculture building. That's the
same building Manga is typically in, the one that is part and parcel with the English building. If you enjoy
talking to people about anime and manga, or enjoy sitting in the corner and being in the general vicinity of people
that are talking about anime and manga, you should come! There's also a not insubstantial amount of board-
game playing that's
going on. Overall, pretty cool / 10, you should come. We don't bite <3.
 
Also going on is the redo of next year's Minna no Anime Officer Voting. If you have not yet voted in the new round
of voting you should do so, voting closes this Saturday @ 7pm, so do it sooooon. I know I still need to. Voting
link is here.
 
T-Shirt Update: T-Shirts are almost here. If all goes according to plan, we should have them in the next two or
three days. Hopefully will have some good news for you by the time the next email rolls around, but no guarantees,
since the world of T-shirt shipping is a strange and magical place.
 
 
And as always... Vote for the simulcast!
 
Cheers!

Curtis Hilgenberg
MnA Secretary

[Minna no Anime] Help Us Out at Open House on April 16!

My dear members of Minna no Anime, here's the rundown:

Onigiri Practice, Thursday April 14: Minna no Manga, Rm. 10-231 (6-10PM)
Open House, Saturday April 16: set up at 6AM, food prep at 8AM, selling 10AM-3PM, tear down at 3PM. Volunteer
sign-ups here
No Minna no Anime meeting this week: replaced with Open House stuff!
Onigiri Practice on Thursday
Open House fast approaches! This Saturday, Minna no Anime will sell onigiri at Open House. To prepare us all for
the deliciousness that is rice balls, this Thursday's Minna no Manga will be turned into Onigiri Practice.

We will practice making what is on Saturday's menu:


Plain Onigiri
Salted Onigiri
Cucumber and Avocado Onigiri
Tuna and Mayo Onigiri
Come with an empty stomach! Help make onigiri to get a feel for how we'll make the rice balls during Open House.
You'll even get to eat them afterwards for free! Delicious~~

Open House on Saturday
This Saturday, April 16, is the day when Minna no Anime sells food to promote our club and make some dinero to
keep the prize box going. Come join us anytime from 6AM to 4PM and help set up the booth, make some onigiri,
or let others know about our club! Or, you know, just come and hang out~ Please note that we will not have a
traditional meeting that night - it's all about the Open House.

If you help out for two hours, you get ~*~ONE FREE ONIGIRI MEAL~*~, which is two onigiri of your choice and a
drink! And if you help out with taking down the booths at 3PM and loading/unloading people's cars, you get to
participate in our ~*~PRIZE BOX GIVEAWAY~*~. WOW SUCH DEALS HERE!!!!

Here are the roles and jobs we'll need volunteers for:

6-8AM: setting up booths (SO EARLY, YOU A CHAMP)
8AM-3PM: prepping and cooking rice
9AM-3PM:
cutting veggies and mixing meat
packing rice, veggies and/or meat into a mold
handing out drinks and onigiri
telling everyone how wonderful Minna no Anime is
telling everyone how wonderful our onigiri is
3-4PM: tearing down the booths and loading/unloading cars
If you're interested in any of those positions, sign up here for the times you'll be available that day.

What to Wear and Bring
If you're gonna hang out at our booth in any way, show off your anime pride with cosplay! Don't have cosplay to
wear? Fear not: wear a Minna shirt, or if you're out of those, just put on a regular ol' anime shirt! Fine small
print: please wear safe-for-work clothes, arigato gozaimasu. Also, if you plan to help out with food while
cosplaying, choose a costume you can comfortably move around in.

Bring anime merchandise, like figures, art books and manga, to decorate the info booth if you can. If you have any
knives or cutting boards, bring that too! Last but not least, please wear sunscreen!!!! If you forget, there should
be sunscreen at the booths.

Location?
We'll announce the exact location of our booth in a future update, but right now you can think about the upcoming
Onigiri Practice and chowing down on yummy rice and seaweed...

Hhhhh I'm drooling thinking about it... You know what that means... Time to go to Goshi for lunch tomorrow!!!

Phyllis Douglas
2016-2017 Minna no Anime Secretary

[Minna no Manga] Onigiri Practice n' games n' stuff 4/14/16

TL;DR: No Anime meeting on Saturday, Volunteer for Open House, Manga in 10-231, Onigiri-making @ Manga.
 
Hey folks!
 
Open House is this weekend! That means a few things. First of all, it means that there will not be anime club on
Saturday! Not that the timing for the two would overlap much, per se, but pretty much the entirety of the
officership is going to be waking up at like 5am to do stuff @ our booth from 6am to 3pm, and then another
couple hours for teardown. To attempt to then run club for several hours would be madness. MADNESS!
 
At said booth we will be making Onigiri, which are Japanese-style rice balls! Very tasty. Also at the booth is an
opportunity for you guys to be incredibly generous and awesome and get "free" food in the process. That's right,
we once again have volunteer opportunities! If you're planning at showing up to our booth (location pending), and
lending a hand, you should sign up here! For every two hours you volunteer, you get TWO onigiri and a Coca-Cola
brand soda ABSOLUTELY FREE! More detailed info on what precisely volunteering entails (written by next year's
secretary Phyllis Douglas), can be found here.
 
In order to prepare for this endeavor, we'll be having a special event at this Thursday's Manga: Onigiri Practice!
We'll have the fixins together to make every onigiri on our menu, so you can practice your culinary abilities in
the safe, nurturing environment of Minna no Manga (from 6 PM - 10 PM in 10-231 as usual). It's pretty nifty. Also,
you get to keep the onigiri you make, so free food HYPE!
 
Open House Menu:
Plain Onigiri (typically includes salt)
Cucumber and Avocado Onigiri
Tuna and Mayo Onigiri
See you Thursday!

Curtis Hilgenberg
Minna no Anime Secretary (Lame Duck)

PS: If you haven't yet picked up your t-shirt, we'll have the box @ Manga!

[Minna no Anime] Open House Booth at Ag Bldg. Parking Lot and More

YO, MINNA! In this email, we're talkin' about...

Open House Location: C24, C25, C28 in the parking lot between the Ag building and Math building (see map)
Next Year's Officers
T-Shirts Are Here: Pick them up at any Thursday or Saturday meeting. NOTE: We will NOT have shirts at Open House.
Open House Location
We know where we're located this year for Open House now! If you look at this map, we are in Zone C, that parking
lot between the Ag building and the Math building, right by one of the entrances to the Ag building. For some
reason, the Open House committee gave us weird booth spaces so they're not all in a row, but never fear! We
officers have come up with a plan to combat the mess, and all will be hunkydory tomorrow.

New Officers for 2016-2017
Welcome our new officers for next year!!!

President: Isaac Cameron
Vice President: Brian Kroger
Treasurer: Curtis Hilgenberg
Secretary: Phyllis Douglas ("Why are you still here, Phyllis. What are you doing." "Gotta be every position. Gotta
collect them all.")
Librarian: Mouse
Webmaster: Hannah Wilkins
Club Artist: Emily Mullins

Congratulations officers, and good luck!

2016 T-Shirts Have Arrived
Did you pre-order 2016's T-shirt?? Well, they are here! Talk to any one of the officers listed above or from this
current year at a Thursday or Saturday meeting, and they'll be able to give you your shirt(s). Please note that we
will not have the shirts at Open House tomorrow.

If you didn't pre-order a shirt, we have smalls through larges available for people to buy: $15 if you're a paid
member, $20 if you're not. Hand that sweet, sweet cash to Eric Oatey (the current treasurer) and he will trade
you a shirt.

And that's that, members! Hope to see you at Open House. GET READY FOR SOME ONIGIRIIIIIIII!!!!!! I'm so excited. I
love food so much. I love rice stuffed with foods so much. And there's all those other booths, too. Like, this is
my dream... to be surrounded by food booths... where they ask for your money and you give them money and you
get food in return.......... Open House should be everyday, amirite

---
Phyllis Douglas
2016-2017 Minna no Anime Secretary

[Minna no Manga] Back to Basics 4/21/16

TL;DR: Manga in 10-231, Pick up your T-shirt, Vote for the simulcast
 
Hey Folks!
 
Glad to see a bunch of you out at Open House! We got some names on a sheet from people who are interested in
doing that anime club thing next year, so that's good. Also we sold some (delicious) onigiri. Thanks to everyone
who volunteered!
 
Manga club is this Thursday, 4/21/16 in 10-231. That's the usual room, in the Agriculture building that secretly,
on its other side, is an English building. There'll be people hanging out there, it's pretty sweet. Board games and
socializing and manga, oh my!
 
Also at Manga club this week, we'll have the t-shirt box! If you ordered this year's t-shirt you can pick it up
there. We also have a number of them available to purchase on-site, $15 for members and $20 for non-members.

And, I think that's actually it. Wow. I'm so used to having roughly 600K things to talk about in an email that this
seems short by comparison. So uh, I guess I'll see you guys at Manga!
 
Oh, and Vote for the simulcast!

Cheers!

Curtis
(Lame Duck) MnA Secretary

[Minna no Anime] MS Paint Saturday 4/23/16

TL;DR: Anime in the Silo, Pick up your T-shirt, Vote for the simulcast.
 
Hey folks!
 
I'm re-writing this intro at 3:47 AM this morning because I signed up to do the signs for the club today since our
artist is out of town and I'm really excited about it. So don't blame her for the mess of an idea that I'm
currently cranking out that's shaping up to look like something a ten-year-old would create in MS Paint.
 
Minna no Anime is in its normal place this week, 03-213 from 5 PM to 10 PM. We'll be watching the same anime as
per usual, plus the ever changing simulcast. Voting link is in the TL;DR. Schedule as usual is below. 
 
Also at Anime club, we'll have the t-shirt box! If you ordered this year's t-shirt you can pick it up there. We
also have a number of them available to purchase on-site, $15 for members and $20 for non-members. I have no idea
how many people haven't picked up their t-shirt, but since I haven't picked up mine yet, I know that it's non-zero.
Plus, when you pick up your t-shirt, it means it's lighter to carry, always a plus!

And as always... Vote for the simulcast!
 
SCHEDULE 4/23/16
 
5:10 PM - Simulcast of the Week (VOTE ABOVE)
5:35 PM - Last Exile - 21
6:00 PM - Ten Minute Break!
6:10 PM - Haikyuu!! - 21
6:35 PM - Barakamon-  8
7:00 PM - DINNER BREAK!
8:05 PM - Noragami - 7
8:30 PM - Your Lie in April - 19
8:55 PM - Ten Minute Break!
9:05 PM - Tiger and Bunny - 20
9:30 PM - Neon Genesis Evangelion - 20
 
Cheers,

Curtis
(Lame Duck) MnA Secretary

[Minna no Manga] (Late) Manga Reminder 4/28/16

Hey y'all,
 
Despite my failure to post about it in a timely manner, Manga is happening. It's today (Thursday) in 10-231, from
6 PM to 10 PM.
 
Hope to see you there,
 
Curtis
Delinquent 15-16 MnA Secretary

[Minna no Anime] Running with Bread in My Mouth Saturday 4/30/16

In this email,

T-shirts are in: want to get a shirt? Buy a shirt at the meeting
Simulcast: Vote here!
Hello, clubmates, it's the secretary from the future! As a reminder, club will meet in room 3-213 (the Business
Silo) and watch anime for 5 hours... with breaks in between, of course!

Schedule for 4/30/16
5:10 PM - Simulcast of the Week
5:35 PM - Last Exile - 22
6:00 PM - Ten Minute Break
6:10 PM - Haikyuu!! - 22
6:35 PM - Barakamon - 9
7:00 PM - DINNER BREAK
8:05 PM - Noragami - 8
8:30 PM - Your Lie in April - 20
8:55 PM - Ten Minute Break
9:05 PM - Tiger & Bunny - 21
9:30 PM - Neon Genesis Evangelion - 21

T-Shirts: They Are Here
The T-shirts have arrived! If you missed out on pre-ordering and would like a shirt, be sure to come to this
meeting to buy one. It's $15 for paid members, $20 for non-members. Talk to one of the officers to get a shirt! If
you can't make it to this meeting, see an officer at any Thursday or Saturday meeting in the future to buy one.

Rant
Aaanndd that's pretty much it for this email. I was contemplating leaving a "subliminal message" of Goshi next to
the Dinner Break entry in the schedule above, but I'd be very impressed if you could go to Goshi and come back in
an hour to catch Noragami. Like, wow. Hit me up with your restaurant tips, dawg.

Also, I really need to stop talking about Goshi in every email I write. Though, to be fair, I'm thinking about
Goshi about a quarter of my time each day. "But Phyllis, what about the animes?" Well, you see, other Phyllis, I
think about anime about a quarter of my time each day as well. But it fuels my thinking about Goshi since Japanese
food tends to be in the anime I watch. And thus, it becomes an endless cycle of anime and Goshi in my head as I
sink deeper into Japanese food despair, gnawing at the air, imagining a delicious jelly donut onigiri sticking to
my hands, rice bits all over my face, and the tiny sourness of pickled plum tickling my tongue... Ah! What
torturous imagery! I simply must stop what I'm doing and go to Goshi! But they are not open right now. They closed
orders at 9:50PM. I have to impatiently wait for the clock to strike 11:30AM, which is about 11-12 hours away. I
could watch anime, but the Japanese food will be drawn in a foodgasmic way, and my mind will wander to that
favored Japanese restaurant of mine... Goshi.

Welcome to Japanese food despair,

Phyllis Douglas
2016-2017 Minna no Anime Secretary

[Minna no Manga] Cinco de Manga 5/5/16

TL;DR Goshi sign-ups start within 2 weeks, shirts available, vote for simulcast

The torch has been passed on, and I'll be taking over the weekly and event emails for Curtis until the end of this
quarter. I hope I'll be able to live up to his emails! 

Happy early Cinco de Mayo! Spend a good time with friends at tomorrow's Minna no Manga in room 10-231 from
6-10 PM. I hope there'll be some Mexican food specials at Campus Market to celebrate the holiday, like tacos.
Mmm tacos. I should really stop talking about food all the time in my emails. But... delicious tacos stuffed to the
brim with cheesy cheese, seasoned beef, and refreshing salsa... How could you say no?

Goshi Dinner Sign-ups Coming Soon
Speaking of food, our quarterly Goshi trip is coming up on June 5th, 7 PM! We have 30 spots available, so keep
your fingers ready to order when sign-ups open within two weeks. Our elegant online system allows you to order
Goshi's Japanese food to your heart's content, such as tamago nigiri, eel and shrimp tempura roll, yakiniku-don,
tanuki udon, and many more things! Please note that you will need to pay for whatever you sign up for with cash
by the June 4th Saturday meeting.

T-Shirts: They Are Still Here
We still have shirts available to buy! If you missed out on pre-ordering shirts for this year, the shirt box will
be at Minna no Manga tomorrow. It's $15 for paid members and $20 for non-members. See an officer at the
meeting to buy one!

And that's a wrap, kinda like a taco. Want more tacos? Here's a video about an anime girl that loves tacos. Also,
here's the link to vote for the simulcast - Uta no Prince-sama ep. 2, anyone?

Nacho it up,

Phyllis Douglas
2016-2017 Minna no Anime Secretary

[https://youtu.be/Wo7AIpQqQaQ]

[Minna no Manga] Playful Thursday 5/12/16

TL;DR sign up for Goshi, vote for simulcast

Fellow Minna-goers,

Here is this week's Minna no Manga email, letting you know that club meets tomorrow, AKA Thursday, from 6-10PM
in room 10-231. Play some games, watch anime, or shoot the breeze with other club members! Vote for the
simulcast or talk about how much Phyllis writes about food in the emails, which leads me to...

Goshi Sign-ups Are Open
I LOVE GOSHIIIIIIIIIIIII- *cough* I mean, Goshi sign-ups are now open! There are 30 spots available, so if you feel
like eating with your Minna friends at a Japanese restaurant, sign up here! The spring quarter Goshi dinner is on
Sunday, June 5th at 7PM. Please note that you'll need a Minna no Anime forum account to sign up. If you don't have
one yet, create one here, or if you've forgotten your password, go to this link instead. Anyone can join us at
Goshi as long as they sign up for a spot, so if you have friends outside of club that want to join, have them sign
up, too!

Sign-ups and orders close Saturday, May 28th, at 10PM. Please pay for your order in cash by the end of the June
4th Saturday meeting.

Rant (in the Style of a Theatre Script)
Spotlight on center stage, focused on a wooden table with two chairs that are on opposite sides of the table. This
is the only light onstage. Phyllis sits on the chair that is on stage left, making the Gendo pose. The spotlight
should make sure the glasses are shining so brightly that most audience members just see shine instead of eyes.

Phyllis: I've been struggling to think of a way to talk about anime in these emails. Do I do anime reviews of
episodes I've recently seen? Do I write a dissertation on what it truly means to be a tsundere with examples from
Toradora!, Neon Genesis Evangelion, and Oreimo? Do I gloat about how much anime I've watched and expose you all
to very obscure anime that is of various quality? (Pause.) Or, you know, I could take the easy road and just talk
about talking about anime. As I am currently doing, heh.

(Phyllis gets up from the chair and moves to down center stage. She starts pacing. A spotlight follows her
movements.)

Phyllis: Letting your opinion known about anime can bring about heated arguments or much agreement, depending
on who you are talking to. I'm not sure if I'd feel comfortable talking about my opinions on anime in these emails
since I tend to believe that most of the anime I like is "mediocre or bad anime", even if I genuinely like it. A
very confusing kind of opinion, no? You would think that if I like something, I would place it on a golden pedestal
where nothing can bring it down! I shall not have a negative opinion about it!

(Phyllis stops pacing, pauses a moment, and sits in the other chair. She leans back in the chair, hands crossed
over on her stomach.)

Phyllis: Unfortunately, I over-analyze things. I need to see things from all different angles and opinions, see
what's appealing about a thing and what's not, what worked and what didn't. When you start analyzing a show to
that point, its flaws start to appear and the golden pedestal crumbles.

(Phyllis slams the table suddenly.)

Phyllis: BUT THAT DOES NOT MEAN YOU CANNOT LIKE IT!

(Phyllis jumps out of the chair and runs to down center stage, facing the audience. A new spotlight shines in this
spot. Her arms are spread wide.)

Phyllis: LIKE WHAT YOU LIKE! BE WHO YOU WANT TO BE! There will always be faults in things, and there will
always be beauty in things. But do not use these to try and reason with your feelings! If your heart enjoys the
thing, then follow your heart. If your heart dissuades you to even bear witness to it, then shy away. There is no
shame in that!

(Pause. Phyllis casually brings out sunglasses from her breast pocket and puts them on.)

Phyllis: Remember: anime is serious business. Know where your opinion stands and know what others will argue
about. Bring your A-game to the table, not your B-game! Fight for your love but understand that others will also
fight just as hard for theirs!

(Phyllis starts walking towards offstage left.)

Phyllis: This is the world we live in, an anime world. Opinions are the real beasts out there. We have to tame them
and make them ours.

(Phyllis pauses right near the exit of the stage and whips her head around.)

Phyllis: This is how we anime. (Phyllis exits.)

END SCENE

---
Phyllis Douglas
2016-2017 Minna no Anime Secretary

[Minna no Manga] Uncharted Thursday 5/19/2016

TL;DR suggest anime for next year, shows ending, discussion room in 3-113 Saturday, no meeting 5/28, Goshi
sign ups, vote for simulcast

This Thursday, club members will meet up in room 10-231 from 6-10 PM, discussing the niceties of anime, games,
and homework. Perhaps a round of Sentinels of the Multiverse will be used to show how card games can be
designed for cooperative play rather than competitive, or maybe Space Pirate Luluco will be viewed on the projector
screen to help the argument that anime shorts are not to be trifled with. Who knows, a debate about which anime
to watch for Simulcast of the Week may erupt in the middle of the classroom! In any case, fun, light-hearted
discourse awaits those who join club at its Minna no Manga meeting this week.

Recommend Some Anime to the Officers
Have some anime that you'd like club to show one day? Suggest away! Fill out this form with your anime suggestions,
and next year's officers will take them into consideration. We are closing the form Saturday May 21st at 2 PM.

Shows Ending this Saturday, May 21st
Everything must come to an end, and that includes our Minna no Anime show schedule. The following shows will
end at this Saturday's meeting on May 21st:

Haikyuu!!
Barakamon
Noragami (two episodes shown back-to-back)
Discussion Room in 3-113 this Saturday, May 21st
Alas, discussion room will be moved to 3-113 just for the Saturday May 21st meeting. Discussion room will meet
back in room 3-114 on June 4th.

No Meeting Saturday May 28th
We are getting closer to the days of Fanime, and for that Saturday, May 28th, club will not have an official
meeting due to a good portion of members and officers attending Fanime. However, if you want to watch some
anime with club members in SLO, Future VP Brian will be running the show. Talk to him at a meeting for more
information!

Spring Goshi Dinner: An Evening with Fellows
Enjoy Japanese food? Love sushi as much as this secretary? Join us at Minna no Anime's quarterly Goshi dinner on
June 5th, 7PM! Sign up and order here if you have a Minna forum account. If you don't have one, create one here,
or if you've forgotten your password, retrieve it here. Orders close May 28th at 10 PM, and money is due to our
treasurer, Eric Oatey, June 4th by 10 PM.

Rant
Uncharted 4 came out on Tuesday last week. I kinda forgot until my friend was like, "oh mah gawdddd phyllis this
is so goood", and then I was like, "oh mah gawwwdd I need to buy iiiit" but my HDD hard drive was making clicky
sounds so I bought an SSD to replace it but you only get free shipping for 2 days on Amazon if you're a Prime
member, you know? So, like, I couldn't play Uncharted 4 until Thursday 'cause I bought the SSD on Tuesday, and then
I had to figure out how to make a backup and remove the HDD from the PS4 without bricking my PS4 'cause I break
electronics real easy. But like. Anyway.

SO WORTH.

You guys, this game is just... incredible. The graphics are amazing, the animation is amazing, the characters are
amazing, the story is ama- okaythestoryisallright BUT LIKE!!! It's so worth the $60 I put down for it. Having
played the previous three games, it's really cool to see the protagonist Nathan Drake really have character depth
and see how far he has come. He struggles with his marriage and his love for adventure, acts aloof but in reality
he knows that he's messing up, and he's just as witty and funny as in all the previous games. Oh! And we're hunting
for 400 million dollars worth of pirate treasure, which is hidden behind many elaborate temple trials and traps.
I'M JUST IN LOVE WITH ALL THIS????!!!!!

I'm about a little over halfway through the game if the bonus content is anything to go by, so I really hope the
ending will be just as crazy as the other games. Hoo boy, if you ever get the chance to watch a Let's Play for the
series or play them yourself, get on that boyeeee 

On the search for vast sums of pirate monies,

Phyllis Douglas
2016-2017 Minna no Anime Secretary

[Minna no Anime] Seraph of the Saturday 5/21/2016

TL;DR suggest shows for next year, last eps. for shows, discussion room in 3-113, no official meeting 5/28, Goshi
sign-ups, vote for simulcast

Wow. This is the second-to-last meeting of Minna no Anime 2015-2016. You guys. I dunno if I can handle the
emotions welling up inside of me. This is our last Simulcast of the Week vote too, jeez man. LET'S MAKE IT COUNT!

Our almost last schedule of the year:
5:10 PM - Simulcast of the Week (last week for SotW, vote here!)
5:35 PM - Last Exile - 25
6:00 PM - Ten Minute Break
6:10 PM - Haikyuu!! - 25 (last episode!)
6:35 PM - Barakamon - 12 (last episode!)
7:00 PM - DINNER BREAK
8:05 PM - Noragami - 11
8:30 PM - Noragami - 12 (last episode!)
8:55 PM - Ten Minute Break
9:05 PM - Tiger & Bunny - 24
9:30 PM - Neon Genesis Evangelion - 24

Lots of stuff end this week, so if you've been following Haikyuu!!, Barakamon, or Noragami in club, be sure to
watch the finale tomorrow!

Last Chance to Suggest Shows for Next Year!
The officers would love your input on what to preview for next year! Suggest some anime in this form. Please note
that the form closes at 2 PM tomorrow, 5/21, so get your ideas in!

Discussion Room in 3-113
Yo dawgs, use room 3-113 for your discussion needs. We'll be back to room 3-114 June 4th.

No Official Saturday Meeting Next Week, 5/28
There's gonna be a lot of officers and other club members going to Fanime next weekend, woohoo! ...Which means
we can't really have an official meeting...  Never fear though! Brian, our future VP, will lead some anime viewings
in room 3-213. Talk to him at this meeting for more info.

Goshi Goshi Goshi Goshi
Goshi Goshi sign up here, Goshi Goshi make an account here, Goshi Goshi retrieve your password here~ Goshi Oh-shi-
sign-ups close May 28th at 10PM, Goshi Yoshi payment due June 4th 10PM~

Rant
There's a certain anime convention convening next week called Fanime (or FanimeCon, if you wanna be official).
I'm staffing it this year as Second of Webteam. It's pretty coo'. My name is plastered on a lot of posts, nbd. I
feel like I'm really making a change for the con, you know?

But of course, being one of the public faces of Fanime means I have to be the bearer of bad news, like how Art
Gallery is canceled this year. (Please note: Artist Alley is still open!!) Man, that was not fun to post,
considering there were a lot of people wanting to enter it.

But hey, what can I do? I'm just the messenger. I just relay what I'm told to the internet. Pretty chill, tbh.

"Get to the point of your rant, Phyllis"

...

"...Do you not have a point"

...I may have wrote this to add more "anime" to my rants considering we're an anime club, 'cause otherwise I'd be
talking about that cat dating sim I bought...

"Oh."

Yeah.

"Well."

Hmm.

"..."

...I could talk about how I watched a few episodes of Seraph of the End???

"Oh! That's a good one, let's go with that."

I watched the first two episodes of Seraph since I missed out on that show when it was airing that season. Anime-
Planet has it tagged "Horror", so I was all like, "OH YEAH GOTTA WATCH THIS!!"

It's not a horror.

The first episode is actually kind of scary in like a psychological way?? The background art was super gorgeous,
and the animation was well done. I liked the characters well enough. And then episode two happened and... I
realized pretty quickly it was a shonen. The first episode really doesn't show that; it's almost like a horror
in that first episode.

I mean, I'm okay with shonens and stuff, but I kinda wanted?? Something scary???? And not about beating up
vampires, I dunno *shrug*

"...Okay, that wasn't as good as I thought. Just talk about the cat dating sim. I can see you making faces at me
that say, 'I want to write about the cat dating sim'."

YESSSSS

SO LIKE OMG, I BOUGHT THIS VISUAL NOVEL CALLED "HUSTLE CAT" AND YOU DATE TALKING CATS IN THAT
GAME

DO YOU GUYS
UNDERSTAND

HOW MUCH
I LOVE CATS
AND DATING CATS*??

ONE OF THE CATS IS INTERNET-FAMOUS, AND I DATED HER!!!! HER NAME IS JELLY DONUT AND SHE BALANCES
A JELLY DONUT ON HER HEAD AND SHE'S SO CUTE

AND YOU WORK IN A CAT CAFE, SO THERE'S CATS EVERYWHERE, ALL THE TIME, AND MY HEART CAN'T HANDLE
HOW CUTE IT IS!!

IT'S EVERYTHING I'VE EVER WANTED!!!!!!!!!!! I LOVE!! CATS!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Loving cats a little too much,

Phyllis Douglas
2016-2017 Minna no Anime Secretary

*Note: The cats are actually humans who have been cursed to be cats outside of the cat cafe. You kind of date
cats in this game. But all the humans are really hot, so I'm okay with it 

[Minna no Manga] Re:ZERO -Starting Life on Another Thursday- 5/26/2016

TL;DR no official Saturday meeting 5/28, Goshi sign-ups close Saturday 10 PM, movie night 6/4: "Kara no
Kyoukai: The Garden of Sinners" movies 1 & 2

Fanime starts this Friday, but never fear! Minna no Manga will meet tomorrow in good ol' room 10-231 from 6 to
10 PM. Games! Anime! Talking! It's all here at... Minna no Manga.

No Official Meeting Saturday May 28th
You might have to fear Fanime a little bit because Minna no Anime will not officially meet on Saturday due to
officers and club members attending the anime convention. If you'll be in San Luis Obispo though, future VP Brian
will lead a meeting on Saturday from 5-10 PM. A future email will go out with a bit more details about what he's
got planned!

Spring Goshi Dinner: Sign-ups Closing 5/28 @ 10 PM
Get your orders in! Goshi Dinner sign-ups and orders close this Saturday at 10 PM. Haven't signed up or need to
edit your order? Use this link to do so and join us for a fiesta of Japanese food! You'll need a Minna no Anime
forum account to sign up. Don't have one? Create one here, or retrieve your password here.

Reminder: Goshi Dinner money is due in cash to treasurer Eric by Saturday, June 4th, 10 PM. The dinner will be on
Sunday, June 5th at 7PM. Need a car ride? Ask around in club or leave a message in our Facebook group!

Movie Night's Movie: "Kara no Kyoukai: The Garden of Sinners"
The spring quarter movie has been chosen, and on June 4th at 8:05 PM, Minna no Anime will show Kara no Kyoukai:
The Garden of Sinners, movies 1 & 2! It's a series of seven films, and club will show the first two movies in the
line-up. Created by the people behind the Fate series and animated by ufotable, expect exhilarating action, magic,
and interesting characters in this beautiful, dangerous saga!

Please note that Saturday's meeting schedule will be different from the usual due to shows ending.

Rant
Re:ZERO is a currently-airing anime in Japan right now. It's pretty good in my opinion 'cause it hits all the
things that I really like: a fantasy world, demihumans, scary things, poor life choices, time travel, and... a cat.
Specifically, a flying talking cat.

A FLYING TALKING CAT THAT CAN CHANGE HIS SIZE FROM NORMAL CAT SIZE TO HUMAN SIZE!!!

His name is Puck, and he and the protagonist Subaru play off each other so well. Omg, they're just so funny to
watch!! Aah, I can't even describe how much I enjoy them just kinda horsing around and making jokes, and then
Emilia laughs at it or she gets mad and it's... just... REALLY GOOD CHARACTER INTERACTIONS IN RE:ZERO!!!

Oh and like Puck is a magical spirit creature, so he and Emilia made a contract so that she can use his powers. But
like a business person, he only works 9 to 5. AH THAT'S SO CUTE~~

Also also Puck uses ice magic to attack, and even though he's so tiny, HE'S SO GOOD AT IT!!! Best cat ever.
...Okay. That was a joke. Nyanko-sensei is still the best cat ever. Puck isn't old enough to hit old man cat
tier... yet.

Puck is nyanderful,

Phyllis Douglas
Minna no Anime 2016-2017 Secretary

[Minna no Anime] Unofficial Saturday Meeting in the Silo 5/28

Hey all,

This is Brian, your future and forever (not really) vice president.

For all you "time conservative" peeps: Saturday meeting Silo from 5-10 pm, Non-Fanime-goers give suggestions
(Link in email), Chicken people hate tires

So this email is to all you people who will not be going to Fanime. I don't care for the reason: lack of money,
time, chicken people slashing your tires, etc. But if you are going to be here, we (Eric and I) will be throwing an
unofficial
Saturday meeting!!

So during this meeting, it will be your guys' suggestion for a solid 5 hours, with breaks like usual. However to do
this, I need suggestions or I become dictator of anime and show all my shows. So in order to save me from power
you should come to club with suggestions or put them on this sheet:

[link here]

(make suggestions that are not breaking the rules (no crazy ecchi, porn, and if it is on Crunchyroll or some other
legal fashion, that would be great))

Also this meeting will take place in the Silo in the business building as usual from 5-10 pm

If you are going to Fanime and have read this entire email, you are a silly goose, have fun at Fanime.

Cya all on Saturday

Brian Kroger
Soon-to-be Overlord of Chicken People
Best VP ever (in 2016-2017)

[Minna no Manga] ThursdayCon 6/2/2016

TL;DR movie night showing Kara no Kyoukai: Garden of Sinners 1&2, Goshi dinner (check order here), summer minna
room 3-112

Hello Minna, how was your Memorial Day Weekend? Went to a party? Traveled to Fanime? Buckled down and finished
some homework? Or did you count the days on your fingers to the last meeting of Minna no Manga this year? It's sad
but true: our last social meeting for Spring Quarter will be tomorrow, 6/2, from 6 to 10 PM in room 10-231. Bring
your best games to make a lasting impression on this year's Minna no Anime!

Movie Night, Kara no Kyoukai: Garden of Sinners 1 and 2
Just like how we're having a last Manga meeting, so too goes the Saturday meeting. On June 4th, club will have its
last Saturday meeting and show the final episodes of Last Exile, Tiger & Bunny, and Neon Genesis Evangelion.
After dinner break, club will present Kara no Kyoukai: Garden of Sinners movies 1 and 2 starting at 8:05 PM.

Goshi Dinner: June 5, 7PM
The day after movie night, club's quarterly Goshi dinner occurs! If you signed up, please join us at Goshi for
dinner that night. We'll walk to Doc Bernstein's Ice Cream afterwards! If you have not yet paid, please pay the
treasurer Eric your order amount before June 4th, 10 PM. If you don't know how much you owe, please check this link.

Summer Minna: Saturdays Room 3-112 5-10 PM, Starting June 25th
With things ending, it leaves room for new beginnings! Summer Minna will start meeting June 25th at 5PM and will
meet thereafter each Saturday from 5-10 PM in room 3-112. The last summer meeting will be on September 17. We'll
also have a discussion room available in room 3-104. Unlike the yearly Minna no Anime meetings, Minna no Summer
is a bring-your-own-anime setup, and members in attendance pick what to watch that meeting. If you're in SLO any
time during the summer, be sure to drop by!

Rant
I bought some stuff at Fanime. You know how you forget to bring stuff on trips? Well, I forgot to bring a jacket
with me to Fanime. :\ So, I was all like, "I'll just get one at con," and that's what I did. I got a sweatshirt of
a corgi waving his butt at you.

It's baby purple and cute and I love it.

I've also been meaning to get a hair clip for my hair ever since I got my dramatic haircut. My bangs are so long,
I can do the anime one-eye-look, but really, it's not practical. So, I bought a hair clip at Fanime's Artist Alley.
It has a mushroom floating above it.

It's poison red and spotted and I love it.

My friend and I went to Clockwork Alchemy and wowee-zowee, all the artists there are so good at their craft! One
artist makes robot figurines out of wood, and he had a few small ones that were mystery box type. I bought one
'cause I love robots as much as I love old men talking cats. I got a tiny robot.

It's small and square and I love it.

I stayed at the Westin: Sainte Claire this year, and hoo boy, that's one heck of a nice hotel. There was a Samsung
50"-ish TV, and it showed off my PS4's graphics soooo well. Oh man, it was so fun to play Uncharted 4 and Digimon
Story on it. Though I may have splurged on the hotel a bit...

It's very expensive and gorgeous and I love it.

My wallet doesn't.

---
Phyllis Douglas
2016-2017 Minna no Anime Secretary

[Minna no Anime] The Last Saturday 6/4/2016

TL;DR LAST MEETING OF THE YEAR!, Goshi 7PM on Sunday, Summer Minna room 3-112 on 6/25 5-10PM

It's here. It's happening. Tomorrow in room 3-213, we will convene for the last meeting of Minna no Anime 2015-2016.

Tears!! Everflowing tears of sadness! I... I must make it through this! I must fulfill my duty as secretary and
write down what is happening at this last meeting. But!!! THE STRUGGLE IS REAL! TO KNOW THAT IT IS THE END OF
AN ERA... BUUUHHHHUHHUHUHUU

Here is the schedule for our last meeting!!!!
Please note that we're skipping Simulcast of the Week to make room for the movies. Also note that there will be
two episodes of Neon Genesis Evangelion to finish off the series. Lastly, the schedule is very different than usual,
so make sure to come earlier if you want to see your favorite shows!

5:10 PM - Last Exile - 26 (last episode)
5:35 PM - Tiger & Bunny - 25 (another last episode)
6:00 PM - Ten Minute Break
6:10 PM - Neon Genesis Evangelion - 25 (you thought this might be the last episode, but guess again)
6:35 PM - Neon Genesis Evangelion - 26 (here's the last episode, y'all ready for this)
7:00 PM - DINNER BREAK
8:05 PM - Kara no Kyoukai: The Garden of Sinners Movie 1: Thanatos. (Overlooking View)
8:55 PM - Kara no Kyoukai: The Garden of Sinners Movie 2: ...and nothing heart. (Murder Speculation Part A)
9:55 PM - The End :(

It's Goshi Time
As a form of farewell, let's eat at Goshi! This Sunday at 7PM, meet up at Goshi if you had signed up for the dinner
in the previous weeks. If you haven't already, remember to pay Eric the treasurer the amount you owe in cash before
June 4th, 10PM. Don't remember how much you got? You can see your cost here. If you need a ride, officers will
set up a ride list at the meeting tomorrow, or you can message the Facebook group!

A Summer Full of Minna
Club may be coming to a close for this school year, but if you want a jump-start on next year, Minna no Anime meets
during the summer! It follows the same number of hours, 5-10PM on Saturdays, but instead of a set anime lineup
to follow, attending members bring their own anime and choose what to watch from that instead. The first meeting
will be on June 25th in room 3-112, and the discussion room will be located in 3-104. The last meeting will be
September 17th, and then we'll come back for 2016-2017 on Saturday, September 24!

Rant: So Long, Farewell, and Good Luck
It's been a pleasure writing some of the emails for this school year. I feel like we've all come to know me much
better as a person. ...Maybe a little too close. If you ever see me at club, you know what you can talk to me about:
old men talking cats.

Here's an end message from Curtis, the secretary of 2015-2016 Minna no Anime:

Hey all! Thanks for putting up with me for much of the year, and for reading what I wrote. Being secretary is a
stressful job with a lot of deadlines, and it really helped me feel better when members would talk to me about
something in the email or even just give me flak about how late I put it out on a given day. It meant people were
paying at least some degree of attention, and that made all the difference. For those of you who read the rants,
apologies for not doing more of them. When I took the job, I was fired up and ready to stand on a soapbox and tell
everyone my opinions on everything. I am like that, to a degree, but the summer I spent prior to taking up the job
cooled that roaring fire to a glowing ember. I still enjoy discussing my opinions, but I'm more inclined to only go
in depth into those that are relevant to a discussion, rather than shouting all of them to everyone. Thus rants
became scarcer. I simply didn't have anything I really felt the need to talk about to the mailing list at large. That
being said, if anyone here plays Overwatch on PC, and you're looking for people to play with, add WalkinDude#1296.
I hope to see some of y'all at Summer Minna, and into the next year.

And with that, mata rainen, tomodachi!

Phyllis Douglas
2016-2017 Minna no Anime Secretary