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Email announcements from the school year [[2002-2003]].
 
Email announcements from the school year [[2002-2003]].
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''Note:'' My email account was rather flaky this year, so I think I'm missing some emails.  If anyone else has them, please provide...  Thanks, --[[User:MikeWhipp|MikeWhipp]] 16:33, 26 December 2007 (PST)
  
 
== Fall 2002 ==
 
== Fall 2002 ==
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===[MNA] Sat, Sept 27 Meeting===
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<pre>
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(Minna No Anime, Fri Sep 27 17:17:42 2002)
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Hello Everyone!
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It is the start of a new year and another great schedule for the club. Oh
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the headaches and broken limbs we endured to bring you the shows we are
 +
putting on this year.
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But I'm sure you're wondering what they are:
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5:00 Fansub O': Saishuheiki Kanojo ("She, the Ultimate Weapon")
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5:30 Hana Yori Dango Ep1 "Declaration of War"
 +
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Break time: Enjoy it while it lasts
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6:00 Nadia: Secret of Blue Water Ep1 "Girl at the Eiffel Tower"
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6:30 Full Metal Panic Ep1 "I don't know the title"
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Break time: Get your Halloween cosplay costume ready!
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7:00 Inuyasha
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7:30 Kimagure Orange Road
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Break time: Find copy of schedule w/ episode #s
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8:00 Mahoromatic Ep1
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8:30 Fruits Basket Ep1
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Break Time: Find out about the real Erb.
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9:00 Infinite Ryvius
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9:30 Boogiepop Phantom
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That's all folks!
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And of course, if five hours of anime a week isn't enough you can always
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use one of our heaviest resources: The Club Library. Josh doesn't lug it
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around like a few of his crazy predecesors, but if you contact him ahead
 +
of time I'm sure he'd be happy to bring something for ya'.
 +
 +
This would normally be the rant space, but for this week I'll change it to
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a quick 'n dirty movie review of Spirited Away (Sen to Chihiro no
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Kamikakushi for our Nihongo speaking friends).
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I think its pretty damn good. My roomate and I went down to the El Capitan
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down in Hollywood to see the movie on a digital projector with the
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director himself in the building (from one of the q&a answers I don't
 +
think he actually watched it then) doing a Q&A session at the end of the
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film. Despite my claims to bringing a blowgun and knocking Miyazaki out, I
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merely sat there and enjoyed a great film, with some sub-par popcorn. 2
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hours and 20 minutes is the running time and the guys at Disney must have
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taken a brick to the head because for once they didn't edit anything,
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leaving the movie in its complete form. There are a few changes in
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dialogue, but they are there to help out non-Japanese audiences with small
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nuances and cultural references. Animation quality? Beautiful. Story and
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plot? Wonderful. Aftertaste? I'd see it again, but I need to make sure my
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10 year old sister sees this movie (it was mostly aimed for 10 year old
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girls).
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If you need any more information on the movie, like theaters that are
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showing it currently or will be soon, then visit nausicaa.net for details.
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See you all on Saturday.
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-Ahmad Jamshid "K" Amini
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-Minna No Anime Secretary (ie, mail-bitch)
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-www.calpoly.edu/~minnclub
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</pre>
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===[MnA] Sat, Oct. 6 Meeting===
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<pre>
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(Minna No Anime, Thu Oct  3 18:21:13 2002)
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This weeks schedule:
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5:00 pm Fansub O'
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5:30 pm Hana Yori Dango: No Brand Woman
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Break: Word to your mother.
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6:00 pm Nadia: Secret of Blue Water : The Little Fugitive
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6:30 pm Full Metal Panic : I Want To Protect You
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Break: Jump around.
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7:00 pm Inu Yasha : Naraku no Bouryaku o Uchi Yabure
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7:30 pm Kimagure Orange Road: Dangerous Autosuggestion - Kyosuke's
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Metamorphosis!
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Break: Shes just a girl, who thinks I am the one.
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8:00 pm Mahoromatic: Female Teacher Saori - 25 Years Old
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8:30 pm Fruits Basket : Tohru-kun, Aren't You A Bit Nauseaous?
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Break: Shes a brick-house.
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9:00 pm Infinite Ryvius : Unnecessary Things
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9:30 pm Boogiepop Phantom : Portraits In Darkness
 +
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Thats all folks!
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Sweet! w00t! I get rant space? And I can do this every f*$@ing
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week?? Alright! And thats why I ran for this position, and thats why
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you're going to read every damn word I have to say about this weeks topic:
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"LAME ANIME"
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 +
Yes, just because something is animated does not, by virtue of said
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animation process, mean it automatically great. Hard to believe you say?
 +
Just because we bring you guys 5 hours of what is some of the best stuff
 +
out there doesn't mean there isn't 50 hours worth of stuff that could make
 +
you roll over and want to die while watching it.
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Also, you have to remember this whole "point of view" thing when reading
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about the shows I will insult. I personally do not enjoy Dragon-Half very
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much, however I understand that people do (and some of them have cars or
 +
guns or access to both) and therefore will not insult it. However, MKR is
 +
another case.
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Magic Knights Rayearth, in my humble-yet-conceted opinion, is not very
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good. I could use much fouler language in attempting to describe this
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show, but I don't know if every recipient of this mailing list is over 18,
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and in the case of some verbs, over 21. Maybe the animators, writers,
 +
creators, inbetweeners, and sponser were all smoking some sort of payote
 +
that is only grown deep in the jungles of Japan, but seeing as how this
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isn't the case I can only wonder how this show ever made it off the
 +
drawing board. I reserve for this show a special place on the 1-10 scale:
 +
0.73. Why 0.73? Because I remember something about it amused me, or maybe
 +
because I saw two episodes of it immediately after watching The
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Neverending Story: Part III and realized that a 0 was only for movies of
 +
that caliber.
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Anywhooo, I am late to a meeting of soon to be Otaku-converts and must end
 +
my "LAME ANIME" soapbox speech here. If you want more horrible shows then
 +
go check out Lupin III: Legend of Gold Babylon (the only disappointing
 +
Lupin III movie in a long line of pretty good to friggen' Great movies and
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summer specials).
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-Ahmad Jamshid "K" Amini
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-Minna No Anime Secretary (aka, "mail-b!4tch" for you minors)
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</pre>
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===[MnA] Sat. Oct 12 Meeting===
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<pre>
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(Minna No Anime, Wed Oct  9 14:38:23 2002)
 +
Greetings Oxygen breathing life forms!
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 +
Its that time again, the weekly newsletter informing you of everything you
 +
need to know about Minna No Anime.
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I want to start off by inviting all of you to our Halloween meeting. It
 +
will take place on November 2 during our regular hours, but there will be
 +
nothing regular about it.
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We will have a slew (whatever that is) of prizes to give out for our
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Gaming competition, Trivia contest, and the big CosPlay contest. Our big
 +
grand prize this year? A pair of tickets to Anime Expo! Whats that worth?
 +
About $100. Yeah, you read that right-$100. Prizes from the other rooms
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will also kick a$$, trust us.
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Oh, and for those of you who can't get enough fanboy-funk, there will be a
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DDR room setup where you will be able to stumble around to your hearts
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content for about the price of free.
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I'm sure you're also wondering if we're going to supply food? Well, sorta.
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Here is how it works: You let us know whether you want 2 slices of
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Pepperoni, Cheese, or Veggie and we'll collect $2 from you when you pick
 +
it up. $2 for 2 slices-best deal in town, I think.
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Ah, I forgot one thing about those Anime Expo tickets. You have to win the
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CosPlay contest as well as enter in at least one other contest. And if you
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think making a costume is hard or you don't have any good ideas then
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you're way wrong. Making a costume is pretty simple, and more fun than you
 +
might think. If you need ideas/help then e-mail us at this e-mail address
 +
and we'll supply whatever ideas/help we can.
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And now, for this weeks schedule:
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5:00 pm Fansub of the Week: "Erbine's Counterattack: Not So Witty Retort"
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5:30 pm Hana Yori Dango - I Wont Get Hurt
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Breaktime: CosPlay Suggustion-Japanese Schoolgirl (this isn't restricted
 +
to only the ladies)
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6:00 pm Nadia: Secret of Blue Water -  The Riddle of the Giant Sea
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Monsters
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6:30 pm Full Metal Panic - Lingerie Panic
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Breaktime: CosPlay Suggustion-Happosai (complete with Akane's Panties)
 +
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7:00 pm Inuyasha - Tsui ni Akasareta Shikon no Himitsu
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7:30 pm Kimagure Orange Road - Kyosuke's Become A Kid! Getting Super Close
 +
to Madoka
 +
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Breaktime: CosPlay Suggustion-Japanese Schoolgirl (this isn't restricted
 +
to only the fellas)
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8:00 pm Mahoromatic - A Grave So Transient
 +
8:30 pm Fruits Basket - Ep3
 +
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Breaktime: CosPlay Suggustion-Allen Schezar
 +
 +
9:00 pm Infinite Ryvius - Cross the Ocean
 +
9:30 pm Boogiepop Phantom - Life Can Be So Nice
 +
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Thats all folks!
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On one final note, I'd just like to recommend (again) that you all go out
 +
and see Spirited Away in any theater. I went home this past weekend for a
 +
day and asked my brother if he wanted to go out and watch the movie, he
 +
told me that his friend downloaded it and they watched it at his place.
 +
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Now, while we're all kinda broke (being college students and whatnot), I
 +
still think you can scrounge enough money together to support a movie that
 +
is worth watching. Do movie companies listen to what people say, or what
 +
people do? They listen to the $$$ that you shell out for that ticket. If
 +
people paid for their anime and went to see this movie, Disney would
 +
notice the large flow of cash into their pockets and think to themselves:
 +
"Maybe we should release the rest of these Ghibli movies we've been
 +
sitting on." Yes, I know its more complicated than us giving them money
 +
and them giving us our addiction, but piriting everything and DigiSubbing
 +
your way through life is a part of a larger problem.
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 +
Anywhoo, its really your call and a test of your ethics. I fall on both
 +
sides of the issue, depending on what media we're talking about, but for
 +
movies and other shows I say go pay for it legitimatly and help let
 +
companies know that its a profitable business.
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-Ahmad Jamshid "K" Amini
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-Minna no Anime Secretary (ie, mail-bizzatch)
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-www.calpoly.edu/~minnclub
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</pre>
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===[MnA] Sat. Oct 26 Meeting===
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<pre>
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(Minna No Anime, Thu Oct 24 11:23:03 2002)
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Howdy y'all! (getting into aggie mode this week for some reason, lack of
 +
sleep perhaps?)
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Some important announements and then into the schedule. First off, don't
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forget that we're having a huge halloween party on November 2nd! CosPlay
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contest with a pair of tickets to AX and $100 spending cash, Trivia
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Contest and Video Gaming contest each with ~30-40 dollar gift certificates
 +
to the best japanese food in town and possibly something else, and FREE
 +
DDR, oh-and food for a $1. Did I mention the anime room showing
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semi-halloween themed shows, Blood, I think we're getting witch hunter
 +
Robin, something else, you know. Halloweenie type stuff.
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As for the CosPlay contest, I always love seeing people in costume!
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So if you need help/inspiration for a contest then e-mail me here
 +
and I'll send you upon guided meditation with your spirit costume
 +
('slide').
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 +
Okay, enough with the new age. Why was there no mailing last week you
 +
wonder? Well, I wondered that too-and to get to the bottom of that I had
 +
to ask my friends what the hell happened to me last week to make me lose
 +
an entire week of my memory. The answer wasn't pretty, or legal in some
 +
states, but I can guarantee you that since I now have a lock on my bedroom
 +
door I'll be able to send the club mailings weekly again. Probably more
 +
than your innocent little mind wanted to know, huh?
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THE SCHEDULE!
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5:00 Fansub o' the week: "Mighty Aero Major: 15 hours of sleep per week"
 +
5:30 Hana Yori Dango
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Break: Sorry for lack of episode titles this week
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6:00 Nadia: Secret of Blue Water
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6:30 Supergals -Episode 1
 +
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Break: Little known anime fact, Supergals is replacing the 'lost' episode
 +
of Full Metal Panic that was originally aired 10/26/02.
 +
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7:00 Inuyasha : Nihongo wo hanashimasen
 +
7:30 Kimagure Orange Road
 +
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Break: I always thought that show sounded like an ice cream flavor.
 +
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8:00 Mahoromatic
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8:30 Fruits Basket
 +
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Break: Little known anime fact: Gainax directors spend months in the
 +
mountains fighting bears while training to make even more bad-arse shows,
 +
sometimes this method works.
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9:00 Infinite Ryvius
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9:30 Boogiepop Phantom
 +
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Thats all folks.
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I'd ask you all to go home, but you're probably there. So instead look in
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the new times this weekend, and maybe next weekend because it appears that
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the Palm Theater (if you need directions: just go to Palm street and turn
 +
in a direction. If you miss the theater then turn around and go that way)
 +
will be picking up Spirited Away. I cannot emphasize how much this movie
 +
will rock your world. Not in a "T2"-rock your world sense, but more of a
 +
"Amelie"-rock your world sense. It is simply a wonderful movie, and we're
 +
lucky here in San Luis to have places like the Palm where we can go watch
 +
foreign films. My recommendation? Go downtown for Farmers Market, stay for
 +
the movie, hit up the theater on Monday ($4) night, hit up the theater on
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Tuesday (KCPR night-$1 off at the door if you mention our radio station),
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or use one of the Krazy Coupons and get 2for1 admission (t,w,r only) and
 +
take a friend with you for free.
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-Ahmad Jamshid "K" Amini
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-Minna No Anime Secretary (aka-awol)
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-www.calpoly.edu/~minnclub
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THIS WEEKS SPECIAL LINK:
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http://www-ucsee.eecs.berkeley.edu/~ricky/rant/
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</pre>
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===[MnA] Sat. Nov 2 HALLOWEEN Meeting===
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<pre>
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(Minna No Anime, Sat Nov  2 02:07:06 2002)
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Monday 9:15 pm : Watched Spirited Away at the Palm Theater
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Tuesday 8:00 pm : Called home, told sister to go see movie. Discussed
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finer philosophical points of Miyazaki films over Castle of Cagliostro
 +
viewing.
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Wednesday 9:15 pm : Watched Spirited Away at the Palm Theater
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Thursday 9:15 pm : I have no recollection of what happend this night after
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me and that girl with the curly hair started wrestling...
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Friday 9:15 pm : Getting weekly Gainax fix. Honneamise was pumped directly
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into my veins via an IV-drip.
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Saturday (tomorrow) allday : MinnaNoAnime Halloween Mega-Meeting!!!
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Ever wonder where the analogy between anime and crack came from?
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 +
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This saturday!! Yes, tomorrow/today (depending on when the send button
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gets pressed) is our huge Halloween meeting! I hope you have your costume
 +
ready for the CosPlay contest, 'cause the grand prize winner will get to
 +
go to AX for free, er-well we'll give you a pair of tickets anyway-how
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you get there is up to you. I wouldn't recommend driving unless you've got
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current registration and insurance (impound lots suck!).
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But wait, there's more!
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FREE DDR ROOM. Yes, you read that correctly, we'll
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have a room entirely devoted to playing DDR. Got a friend who enjoys DDR?
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Bring 'm down! And if you decide to descend upon a fury of rhythmic button
 +
smashing action, we do ask that you bring some DDR pads. I
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believe we will have at least 1 hard pad, but in the case that it doesn't
 +
show up on Saturday (a very likely possibility) we'll need someone to
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bring in a pad.
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Food? Yes we'll have pizza for $1/slice! Pepperoni, Cheese, and Veggie.
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Oh-and candy, while not food, will also be around for mass comsumption.
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Video Games! Of course, how can you possibly have any sort of Anime
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party/special meeting without video games showing up? Well, we've got a
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room devoted to a video game contest. If you think you're tough enough to
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kick some 2-D fighter butt then sign up for Guilty Gear X, otherwise your
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challenge awaits within Tekken4. I believe there are still spots open for
 +
this contest.
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Anime Trivia! The rules are simple. Two men enter! One man leaves! Oh...
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wait, no-that's Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome-sorry! The actual rules are
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simple, you buzz in-you're either right or wrong. Right answers will gain
 +
you points, wrong answers will knock those points off. The questions range
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from "easy" to "what the hell?!" and from "Black Heaven" to "Spirited
 +
Away" (Sen To Chihiro..).
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Cosplay Contest. Still in the halloween spirit? Dress up as your favorite
 +
anime character and have some fun! Winner of this contest will get a pair
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of free tickets to Anime Expo this summer in Long Beach, and yes-it is the
 +
largest anime convention on the West Coast. In order to win the tickets
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you do need to enter in at least one other contest!! Don't say we didn't
 +
warn you, you need to enter in another contest if you want to win the
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grand prize.
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Prizes: Besides the anime expo tickets?? Well-we've got some really badass
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stuff lined up, but you'll find out all about that when you show up. I'll
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leak a small hint though, the Trivia contest will have a poster box from a
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cute lil' goddess-oriented show as the 1st place prize.
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The Schedule!
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This weeks special programming:
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(times will vary due to our movie/ova/tv schedule and its oddity, so use
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this as a checklist of shows you'd like to see)
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Vampire Hunter D - Bloodlust
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Witch Hunter Robin 1
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Witch Hunter Robin 2
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Magic Users Club 1
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Magic Users Club 2
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Shamanic Princess 1
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Shamanic Princess 2
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Vampire Princess Miyu OVA 1
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Vampire Princess Miyu OVA 2
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3x3 Eyes 1
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3x3 Eyes 2
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Hopefully we'll also have some Anime Music Videos (AMV) for your enjoyment
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inbetween programs.
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That's all folks!
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One last note: The Palm Theater is showing Spirited Away. I heartily
 +
recommend you go see this amazing Miyazaki (Mononoke, Nausicaa, Laputa,
 +
Totoro, Kiki...) film. Now, I know that $7 may be a lot for a broke
 +
college student, but if you can find time on Tuesday, Wednesday, or
 +
Thursday night to watch this movie then get one of those Krazy Coupon
 +
books and go 2 for the price of 1. Take a date, take your roomate, take a
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DJ, whatever it takes-go see this film while you have a chance to!
 +
 +
-Ahmad Jamshid "K" Amini
 +
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-In case any of you are wondering where "sleep" was on that timeline of my
 +
week, well-I didn't get any until Friday. Honestly. And yes, we did have a
 +
car/impound problem last year. Ask me about it, I'll tell you.
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</pre>
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===[MnA] Sat, Nov 16 Meeting===
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<pre>
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(Minna No Anime, Wed Nov 13 22:26:07 2002)
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This weeks message is brought to you by the syllable "ha"
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Halloween wrap-up (lil' late):
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 +
Yes, I know the Halloween meeting is now almost two weeks gone, but last
 +
week was riddled with Telnet problems and whatnot so this week's mailing
 +
will have to make up for that. That being said, lets get on with it.
 +
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November 2 was a friggen' fun night. I heard most people migrated over to
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the video game room this year, and that our lack of DDR pads nearly caused
 +
another DDR-related death. CosPlay was amazing as usual. The creativeness
 +
shown was amazing-everything from sword weilding maniacs to Dylan with a
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hand full of... uhm, yeah. Let's just hope no one comes as Shinji next
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year.
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Anime eyes went on a little late, but those who stuck around and
 +
participated enjoyed the brain-wracking they received. Trivia and the
 +
Video game contest both attracted fanboys from all sorts dark DVD-enabled
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corners.
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And after the official festivites? Lets just say that officers know how to
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play with their monkey balls. All 4 of 'm.
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One last note, T-shirt designs are due the ... uhm... first meeting after
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Christmas break. Keen? Keen! No copying characters since copyright laws
 +
prevent this, but you can have an inspired character.
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Inspired!=Blatant_Rip_Off. If your design is chosen as the next T-shirt
 +
then I think we're poor enough to give 1 free shirt and maybe I'll take
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you out for sake (must be at least 12 years old for the added prize).
 +
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Hmm.... and now for the schedule:
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 +
(episode titles/#s are currently on a hard drive on a disassembled
 +
computer-sorry about that)
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THE SCHEDULE:
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5:00 pm Fansub O'
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5:30 pm Hana Yori Dango
 +
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Breaktime: Tell us what you think about anime music videos (AMV) being
 +
shown during breaks.
 +
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6:00 pm Nadia: Secret of Blue Water
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6:30 pm Full Metal Panic
 +
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Breaktime: Ponder cool looking submarines
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7:00 pm Inuyasha
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7:30 pm Kimagure Orange Road
 +
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Breaktime: Ponder love affairs w/ half-dog demons
 +
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8:00 pm Mahoromatic
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8:30 pm Fruits Basket
 +
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Breaktime: Ponder fan-service
 +
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9:00 pm Infinite Ryvius
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9:30 pm Boogiepop Phantom
 +
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That's all folks!
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Anime Tech
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 +
I love the technology shown in anime. There's just something about gadgets
 +
that fit into my palm, can access some sort of uber-web, AND fold up into
 +
something looking like a pistol. And of course there's the various giant
 +
fighting mecha; Gundams, Valkyries(Veritechs), Guymelefs, Armslaves, etc.
 +
I haven't even mentioned those cool neck-hook-ups from Ghost in the Shell,
 +
when and where can I get some of those?
 +
 +
What is it about these tantalizing toys that draw me to them? Perhaps it
 +
is the whole science fiction aspect. That untangible pull that led Goddard
 +
to develop the first Rocket theories (and working models) after reading
 +
War of the Worlds, that led to a nuclear submarine or other Jules Verne
 +
based ideas, that is currently driving me insane in the pre-design of a
 +
working YF-19 model, that is currently driving TRW to produce solid state
 +
lasers.
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 +
Hmm.... this rant is off topic, I'm rambling like Fred from Megatokyo
 +
aren't I? God I feel dirty.... dahr-teee...
 +
 +
 +
-Minna No Anime
 +
-Ahmad Jamshid "K" Amini (mail-bzzztch)
 +
 +
Check out the website! It's hentai-a-licious!
 +
-www.calpoly.edu/~minnclub
 +
</pre>
 +
 +
===[MnA] Sat, Dec. 7 Meeting===
 +
<pre>
 +
(Minna No Anime, Thu Dec  5 03:22:37 2002)
 +
'Alo everyone!
 +
 +
Okay, so there wasn't a newsletter letting you guys know to go home last
 +
week. Sorry 'bout that, I was too busy eating rice and lamb to notice
 +
(no-no turkey in my house) I had forgotten. Anywhoo, I hope you all had
 +
enjoyable Thanksgiving breaks, well-at least those who got a break anyway.
 +
 +
One important note, T-shirt designs!!! Due the 2nd meeting of the quarter!
 +
If you have even an ounce of creativity (an ounce isn't very much, you
 +
probably have more) then you should consider drawing a design for us. Why
 +
you ask? Well.. I don't know, so we can have a wide variety of designs to
 +
choose from? So you can win a T-shirt for free (oooh). And so you might
 +
even win fame and recognition among your fellow otaku! Yes, that's why.
 +
Sorta. Also there may be an added bonus... heh heh...
 +
 +
You'll notice that we're showing Sen To Chihiro no something something...
 +
ahem. Otherwise known as Spirited Away for the americanized audience
 +
(guess which group I belong in). This means a few shows will not be shown
 +
on saturday and our schedule is all switched around to accomodate this
 +
excellent flick. In fact, this movie is so excellent you should even try
 +
to bring a friend or something. Heck, tell them its a "screening" and by
 +
the time they notice all the Otaku it will be too late and they'll already
 +
be into the movie. Really though, its an excellent movie-don't miss it
 +
'cause you'll regret it if you do.
 +
 +
 +
And now, without further ado or prodding, the schedule!
 +
 +
 +
5:00 Fansub O' the week
 +
5:30 Full Metal Panic
 +
 +
Break
 +
 +
6:00 Inuyasha
 +
6:30 Kimagure Orange Road
 +
 +
Break
 +
 +
7:00 Mahoromatic
 +
7:30 Infinite Ryvius
 +
 +
Break
 +
 +
8:00-10:00 Sen To Chihiro No Kamikakushi
 +
 +
That's all folks!
 +
 +
 +
 +
 +
 +
 +
 +
 +
 +
It's that time of the year again. Yep, Fall quarter is coming to a close.
 +
Now some of you have weathered many fall quarters, and some not so many.
 +
Here's some advice (in a semi-bulleted list) to help out you youngsters:
 +
 +
1. Just because your teacher said, "sure, you're doing fine!" doesn't mean
 +
you're going to pass the class.
 +
 +
2. If your teacher says "I'm going to kill the entire class on the final"
 +
you may as well cry. Bawl your little eyes out.
 +
 +
3. If you're watching Escaflowne, stop around the end of tape/DVD 4. Or if
 +
you're borrowing Esca out to someone don't give them anything past that
 +
nice cliffhanger. You'll make a friend for life. Or at least what little
 +
time you have left, since they're obviously going to come for you with a
 +
knife (semi-personal experience).
 +
 +
4. Watch your favorite holiday anime episodes again. Don't have any? Go
 +
watch F3 then. Either way you'll probalby enjoy yourself.
 +
 +
5. Listen to the Noir soundtrack at 3:04am while writing another
 +
newsletter and trying to do two reports which are both incredibly
 +
important to your standing as an Aero Eng. student but at the same time
 +
try to actually KEEP your sanity.
 +
 +
6. Take your little brother/sister/both (no I'm not bashing she-males) to
 +
go see Spirited Away. If you're local-folk then bring them on Saturday.
 +
 +
7. Expand your horizons with mind-altering anime and crappy DVD menus
 +
which I swear are worse than anything I've ever
 +
inhaled/shot-up/drank/stuck-up-somewhere-unpleasant.
 +
 +
8. Study for finals now. Don't wait until next week.
 +
 +
9. Ask your friends about their middle names and when you find one that is
 +
really, really weird let everyone know. erb.
 +
 +
10. Hug an anime-club officer (please, only the girls. last time a guy
 +
hugged me...)
 +
 +
11. Finish what you start. Especially if it involves 26 episodes.
 +
 +
12. Plan your next few quarters of school, and make sure you try as hard
 +
as possible to not have classes on Fridays.
 +
 +
13. Grow your anime collection like you would fungus or bacteria or
 +
something. Or just borrow from your friends who are doing this.
 +
 +
14. Visit your local anime/otaku shop(s) and possibly support them.
 +
 +
15. Find an anime-club secretary and do his Continuum-Mechanics H.W. for
 +
him.
 +
 +
16. Think about legitimizing those MP3s you own by purchasing the CD.
 +
 +
17. Enjoy other foreign media beside anime, foriegn films for example :
 +
Amelie, Joint Security Area (JSA), and Beijing Bicycle are all excellent
 +
films. Oh, and Shaolin Soccor-but of course Steven Chao (sp?) movies rock.
 +
 +
18. Learn a Japanese saying or phrase and then never use it like an idiot
 +
again in public.
 +
 +
19. Pick up some Manga and read a little. You'd be surprised at how
 +
addicting this "new" heroine is.
 +
 +
20. Relax. That exam? Not the end of the world. Your grade? Not the end of
 +
the world. Falling on your bum in front of that girl/guy you really like?
 +
Close, but still not the end of the world.
 +
 +
21. Akio? The end of the world.
 +
 +
Enjoy your week(s) off if you can. Er, okay, didn't mean to make that
 +
sound ominous or anything-just go enjoy yourself, or else! When you come
 +
back from break we'll be here with more good anime to show you. Oh-and
 +
after Mahoromatic and Boogiepop Phantom finish their 13 episode runs
 +
mid-Winter-Quarter we'll be starting two AMAZING shows. You'll want to see
 +
those, trust me. They passed a pretty unbelievable selection process
 +
involving lots of e-mails and b!tching to make it to our final schedule.
 +
 +
See ya' on Sat. or next quarter.
 +
 +
-Ahmad Jamshid "K" Amini
 +
-Minna no Anime Secretary (mail you-know-B!...)
 +
-www.calpoly.edu/~minnclub
 +
</pre>

Revision as of 00:25, 27 December 2007

Email announcements from the school year 2002-2003.

Note: My email account was rather flaky this year, so I think I'm missing some emails. If anyone else has them, please provide... Thanks, --MikeWhipp 16:33, 26 December 2007 (PST)

Fall 2002

[MNA] Sat, Sept 27 Meeting

(Minna No Anime, Fri Sep 27 17:17:42 2002)
Hello Everyone!

It is the start of a new year and another great schedule for the club. Oh
the headaches and broken limbs we endured to bring you the shows we are
putting on this year.

But I'm sure you're wondering what they are:

5:00 Fansub O': Saishuheiki Kanojo ("She, the Ultimate Weapon")
5:30 Hana Yori Dango Ep1 "Declaration of War" 

Break time: Enjoy it while it lasts

6:00 Nadia: Secret of Blue Water Ep1 "Girl at the Eiffel Tower"
6:30 Full Metal Panic Ep1 "I don't know the title"

Break time: Get your Halloween cosplay costume ready!

7:00 Inuyasha 
7:30 Kimagure Orange Road

Break time: Find copy of schedule w/ episode #s

8:00 Mahoromatic Ep1
8:30 Fruits Basket Ep1

Break Time: Find out about the real Erb.

9:00 Infinite Ryvius
9:30 Boogiepop Phantom

That's all folks!

And of course, if five hours of anime a week isn't enough you can always
use one of our heaviest resources: The Club Library. Josh doesn't lug it
around like a few of his crazy predecesors, but if you contact him ahead
of time I'm sure he'd be happy to bring something for ya'.

This would normally be the rant space, but for this week I'll change it to
a quick 'n dirty movie review of Spirited Away (Sen to Chihiro no
Kamikakushi for our Nihongo speaking friends). 

I think its pretty damn good. My roomate and I went down to the El Capitan
down in Hollywood to see the movie on a digital projector with the
director himself in the building (from one of the q&a answers I don't
think he actually watched it then) doing a Q&A session at the end of the
film. Despite my claims to bringing a blowgun and knocking Miyazaki out, I
merely sat there and enjoyed a great film, with some sub-par popcorn. 2
hours and 20 minutes is the running time and the guys at Disney must have
taken a brick to the head because for once they didn't edit anything,
leaving the movie in its complete form. There are a few changes in
dialogue, but they are there to help out non-Japanese audiences with small
nuances and cultural references. Animation quality? Beautiful. Story and
plot? Wonderful. Aftertaste? I'd see it again, but I need to make sure my
10 year old sister sees this movie (it was mostly aimed for 10 year old
girls). 

If you need any more information on the movie, like theaters that are
showing it currently or will be soon, then visit nausicaa.net for details. 

See you all on Saturday.

-Ahmad Jamshid "K" Amini
-Minna No Anime Secretary (ie, mail-bitch)
-www.calpoly.edu/~minnclub

[MnA] Sat, Oct. 6 Meeting

(Minna No Anime, Thu Oct  3 18:21:13 2002)
This weeks schedule:

5:00 pm Fansub O'
5:30 pm Hana Yori Dango: No Brand Woman

Break: Word to your mother.

6:00 pm Nadia: Secret of Blue Water : The Little Fugitive
6:30 pm Full Metal Panic : I Want To Protect You

Break: Jump around.

7:00 pm Inu Yasha : Naraku no Bouryaku o Uchi Yabure
7:30 pm Kimagure Orange Road: Dangerous Autosuggestion - Kyosuke's
Metamorphosis!

Break: Shes just a girl, who thinks I am the one.

8:00 pm Mahoromatic: Female Teacher Saori - 25 Years Old
8:30 pm Fruits Basket : Tohru-kun, Aren't You A Bit Nauseaous?

Break: Shes a brick-house.

9:00 pm Infinite Ryvius : Unnecessary Things
9:30 pm Boogiepop Phantom : Portraits In Darkness

Thats all folks!

Sweet! w00t! I get rant space? And I can do this every f*$@ing
week?? Alright! And thats why I ran for this position, and thats why
you're going to read every damn word I have to say about this weeks topic:
"LAME ANIME"

Yes, just because something is animated does not, by virtue of said
animation process, mean it automatically great. Hard to believe you say?
Just because we bring you guys 5 hours of what is some of the best stuff
out there doesn't mean there isn't 50 hours worth of stuff that could make
you roll over and want to die while watching it. 

Also, you have to remember this whole "point of view" thing when reading
about the shows I will insult. I personally do not enjoy Dragon-Half very
much, however I understand that people do (and some of them have cars or
guns or access to both) and therefore will not insult it. However, MKR is
another case. 

Magic Knights Rayearth, in my humble-yet-conceted opinion, is not very
good. I could use much fouler language in attempting to describe this
show, but I don't know if every recipient of this mailing list is over 18,
and in the case of some verbs, over 21. Maybe the animators, writers,
creators, inbetweeners, and sponser were all smoking some sort of payote
that is only grown deep in the jungles of Japan, but seeing as how this
isn't the case I can only wonder how this show ever made it off the
drawing board. I reserve for this show a special place on the 1-10 scale:
0.73. Why 0.73? Because I remember something about it amused me, or maybe
because I saw two episodes of it immediately after watching The
Neverending Story: Part III and realized that a 0 was only for movies of
that caliber. 

Anywhooo, I am late to a meeting of soon to be Otaku-converts and must end
my "LAME ANIME" soapbox speech here. If you want more horrible shows then
go check out Lupin III: Legend of Gold Babylon (the only disappointing
Lupin III movie in a long line of pretty good to friggen' Great movies and
summer specials). 

-Ahmad Jamshid "K" Amini
-Minna No Anime Secretary (aka, "mail-b!4tch" for you minors)

[MnA] Sat. Oct 12 Meeting

(Minna No Anime, Wed Oct  9 14:38:23 2002)
Greetings Oxygen breathing life forms!

Its that time again, the weekly newsletter informing you of everything you
need to know about Minna No Anime.

I want to start off by inviting all of you to our Halloween meeting. It
will take place on November 2 during our regular hours, but there will be
nothing regular about it. 

We will have a slew (whatever that is) of prizes to give out for our
Gaming competition, Trivia contest, and the big CosPlay contest. Our big
grand prize this year? A pair of tickets to Anime Expo! Whats that worth?
About $100. Yeah, you read that right-$100. Prizes from the other rooms
will also kick a$$, trust us. 

Oh, and for those of you who can't get enough fanboy-funk, there will be a
DDR room setup where you will be able to stumble around to your hearts
content for about the price of free. 

I'm sure you're also wondering if we're going to supply food? Well, sorta.
Here is how it works: You let us know whether you want 2 slices of
Pepperoni, Cheese, or Veggie and we'll collect $2 from you when you pick
it up. $2 for 2 slices-best deal in town, I think.

Ah, I forgot one thing about those Anime Expo tickets. You have to win the
CosPlay contest as well as enter in at least one other contest. And if you
think making a costume is hard or you don't have any good ideas then
you're way wrong. Making a costume is pretty simple, and more fun than you
might think. If you need ideas/help then e-mail us at this e-mail address
and we'll supply whatever ideas/help we can.

And now, for this weeks schedule:

5:00 pm Fansub of the Week: "Erbine's Counterattack: Not So Witty Retort"
5:30 pm Hana Yori Dango - I Wont Get Hurt

Breaktime: CosPlay Suggustion-Japanese Schoolgirl (this isn't restricted
to only the ladies)

6:00 pm Nadia: Secret of Blue Water -  The Riddle of the Giant Sea
Monsters
6:30 pm Full Metal Panic - Lingerie Panic

Breaktime: CosPlay Suggustion-Happosai (complete with Akane's Panties)

7:00 pm Inuyasha - Tsui ni Akasareta Shikon no Himitsu
7:30 pm Kimagure Orange Road - Kyosuke's Become A Kid! Getting Super Close
to Madoka

Breaktime: CosPlay Suggustion-Japanese Schoolgirl (this isn't restricted
to only the fellas)

8:00 pm Mahoromatic - A Grave So Transient
8:30 pm Fruits Basket - Ep3

Breaktime: CosPlay Suggustion-Allen Schezar

9:00 pm Infinite Ryvius - Cross the Ocean
9:30 pm Boogiepop Phantom - Life Can Be So Nice

Thats all folks!


On one final note, I'd just like to recommend (again) that you all go out
and see Spirited Away in any theater. I went home this past weekend for a
day and asked my brother if he wanted to go out and watch the movie, he
told me that his friend downloaded it and they watched it at his place. 

Now, while we're all kinda broke (being college students and whatnot), I
still think you can scrounge enough money together to support a movie that
is worth watching. Do movie companies listen to what people say, or what
people do? They listen to the $$$ that you shell out for that ticket. If
people paid for their anime and went to see this movie, Disney would
notice the large flow of cash into their pockets and think to themselves: 
"Maybe we should release the rest of these Ghibli movies we've been
sitting on." Yes, I know its more complicated than us giving them money
and them giving us our addiction, but piriting everything and DigiSubbing
your way through life is a part of a larger problem. 

Anywhoo, its really your call and a test of your ethics. I fall on both
sides of the issue, depending on what media we're talking about, but for
movies and other shows I say go pay for it legitimatly and help let
companies know that its a profitable business.


-Ahmad Jamshid "K" Amini
-Minna no Anime Secretary (ie, mail-bizzatch)
-www.calpoly.edu/~minnclub

[MnA] Sat. Oct 26 Meeting

(Minna No Anime, Thu Oct 24 11:23:03 2002)
Howdy y'all! (getting into aggie mode this week for some reason, lack of
sleep perhaps?)

Some important announements and then into the schedule. First off, don't
forget that we're having a huge halloween party on November 2nd! CosPlay
contest with a pair of tickets to AX and $100 spending cash, Trivia
Contest and Video Gaming contest each with ~30-40 dollar gift certificates
to the best japanese food in town and possibly something else, and FREE
DDR, oh-and food for a $1. Did I mention the anime room showing
semi-halloween themed shows, Blood, I think we're getting witch hunter
Robin, something else, you know. Halloweenie type stuff. 

As for the CosPlay contest, I always love seeing people in costume!
So if you need help/inspiration for a contest then e-mail me here
and I'll send you upon guided meditation with your spirit costume
('slide').

Okay, enough with the new age. Why was there no mailing last week you
wonder? Well, I wondered that too-and to get to the bottom of that I had
to ask my friends what the hell happened to me last week to make me lose
an entire week of my memory. The answer wasn't pretty, or legal in some
states, but I can guarantee you that since I now have a lock on my bedroom
door I'll be able to send the club mailings weekly again. Probably more
than your innocent little mind wanted to know, huh?

THE SCHEDULE!

5:00 Fansub o' the week: "Mighty Aero Major: 15 hours of sleep per week"
5:30 Hana Yori Dango

Break: Sorry for lack of episode titles this week

6:00 Nadia: Secret of Blue Water
6:30 Supergals -Episode 1

Break: Little known anime fact, Supergals is replacing the 'lost' episode
of Full Metal Panic that was originally aired 10/26/02.

7:00 Inuyasha : Nihongo wo hanashimasen
7:30 Kimagure Orange Road

Break: I always thought that show sounded like an ice cream flavor.

8:00 Mahoromatic 
8:30 Fruits Basket

Break: Little known anime fact: Gainax directors spend months in the
mountains fighting bears while training to make even more bad-arse shows,
sometimes this method works.

9:00 Infinite Ryvius
9:30 Boogiepop Phantom

Thats all folks. 

I'd ask you all to go home, but you're probably there. So instead look in
the new times this weekend, and maybe next weekend because it appears that
the Palm Theater (if you need directions: just go to Palm street and turn
in a direction. If you miss the theater then turn around and go that way)
will be picking up Spirited Away. I cannot emphasize how much this movie
will rock your world. Not in a "T2"-rock your world sense, but more of a
"Amelie"-rock your world sense. It is simply a wonderful movie, and we're
lucky here in San Luis to have places like the Palm where we can go watch
foreign films. My recommendation? Go downtown for Farmers Market, stay for
the movie, hit up the theater on Monday ($4) night, hit up the theater on
Tuesday (KCPR night-$1 off at the door if you mention our radio station),
or use one of the Krazy Coupons and get 2for1 admission (t,w,r only) and
take a friend with you for free.

-Ahmad Jamshid "K" Amini
-Minna No Anime Secretary (aka-awol)
-www.calpoly.edu/~minnclub

THIS WEEKS SPECIAL LINK:

http://www-ucsee.eecs.berkeley.edu/~ricky/rant/

[MnA] Sat. Nov 2 HALLOWEEN Meeting

(Minna No Anime, Sat Nov  2 02:07:06 2002)
Monday 9:15 pm : Watched Spirited Away at the Palm Theater

Tuesday 8:00 pm : Called home, told sister to go see movie. Discussed
finer philosophical points of Miyazaki films over Castle of Cagliostro
viewing.

Wednesday 9:15 pm : Watched Spirited Away at the Palm Theater

Thursday 9:15 pm : I have no recollection of what happend this night after
me and that girl with the curly hair started wrestling...

Friday 9:15 pm : Getting weekly Gainax fix. Honneamise was pumped directly
into my veins via an IV-drip.

Saturday (tomorrow) allday : MinnaNoAnime Halloween Mega-Meeting!!!

Ever wonder where the analogy between anime and crack came from?



This saturday!! Yes, tomorrow/today (depending on when the send button 
gets pressed) is our huge Halloween meeting! I hope you have your costume
ready for the CosPlay contest, 'cause the grand prize winner will get to
go to AX for free, er-well we'll give you a pair of tickets anyway-how
you get there is up to you. I wouldn't recommend driving unless you've got
current registration and insurance (impound lots suck!). 

But wait, there's more! 

FREE DDR ROOM. Yes, you read that correctly, we'll
have a room entirely devoted to playing DDR. Got a friend who enjoys DDR?
Bring 'm down! And if you decide to descend upon a fury of rhythmic button
smashing action, we do ask that you bring some DDR pads. I
believe we will have at least 1 hard pad, but in the case that it doesn't
show up on Saturday (a very likely possibility) we'll need someone to
bring in a pad.

Food? Yes we'll have pizza for $1/slice! Pepperoni, Cheese, and Veggie.
Oh-and candy, while not food, will also be around for mass comsumption.

Video Games! Of course, how can you possibly have any sort of Anime
party/special meeting without video games showing up? Well, we've got a
room devoted to a video game contest. If you think you're tough enough to
kick some 2-D fighter butt then sign up for Guilty Gear X, otherwise your
challenge awaits within Tekken4. I believe there are still spots open for
this contest.

Anime Trivia! The rules are simple. Two men enter! One man leaves! Oh...
wait, no-that's Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome-sorry! The actual rules are
simple, you buzz in-you're either right or wrong. Right answers will gain
you points, wrong answers will knock those points off. The questions range
from "easy" to "what the hell?!" and from "Black Heaven" to "Spirited
Away" (Sen To Chihiro..). 

Cosplay Contest. Still in the halloween spirit? Dress up as your favorite
anime character and have some fun! Winner of this contest will get a pair
of free tickets to Anime Expo this summer in Long Beach, and yes-it is the
largest anime convention on the West Coast. In order to win the tickets
you do need to enter in at least one other contest!! Don't say we didn't
warn you, you need to enter in another contest if you want to win the
grand prize. 

Prizes: Besides the anime expo tickets?? Well-we've got some really badass
stuff lined up, but you'll find out all about that when you show up. I'll
leak a small hint though, the Trivia contest will have a poster box from a
cute lil' goddess-oriented show as the 1st place prize.



The Schedule!

This weeks special programming:

(times will vary due to our movie/ova/tv schedule and its oddity, so use
this as a checklist of shows you'd like to see)

Vampire Hunter D - Bloodlust
Witch Hunter Robin 1
Witch Hunter Robin 2
Magic Users Club 1
Magic Users Club 2
Shamanic Princess 1
Shamanic Princess 2
Vampire Princess Miyu OVA 1
Vampire Princess Miyu OVA 2
3x3 Eyes 1
3x3 Eyes 2

Hopefully we'll also have some Anime Music Videos (AMV) for your enjoyment
inbetween programs.

That's all folks!



One last note: The Palm Theater is showing Spirited Away. I heartily
recommend you go see this amazing Miyazaki (Mononoke, Nausicaa, Laputa,
Totoro, Kiki...) film. Now, I know that $7 may be a lot for a broke
college student, but if you can find time on Tuesday, Wednesday, or
Thursday night to watch this movie then get one of those Krazy Coupon
books and go 2 for the price of 1. Take a date, take your roomate, take a
DJ, whatever it takes-go see this film while you have a chance to! 

-Ahmad Jamshid "K" Amini

-In case any of you are wondering where "sleep" was on that timeline of my
week, well-I didn't get any until Friday. Honestly. And yes, we did have a
car/impound problem last year. Ask me about it, I'll tell you.

[MnA] Sat, Nov 16 Meeting

(Minna No Anime, Wed Nov 13 22:26:07 2002)
This weeks message is brought to you by the syllable "ha"

Halloween wrap-up (lil' late):

Yes, I know the Halloween meeting is now almost two weeks gone, but last
week was riddled with Telnet problems and whatnot so this week's mailing
will have to make up for that. That being said, lets get on with it.

November 2 was a friggen' fun night. I heard most people migrated over to
the video game room this year, and that our lack of DDR pads nearly caused 
another DDR-related death. CosPlay was amazing as usual. The creativeness
shown was amazing-everything from sword weilding maniacs to Dylan with a
hand full of... uhm, yeah. Let's just hope no one comes as Shinji next
year. 

Anime eyes went on a little late, but those who stuck around and
participated enjoyed the brain-wracking they received. Trivia and the
Video game contest both attracted fanboys from all sorts dark DVD-enabled
corners. 

And after the official festivites? Lets just say that officers know how to
play with their monkey balls. All 4 of 'm. 

One last note, T-shirt designs are due the ... uhm... first meeting after
Christmas break. Keen? Keen! No copying characters since copyright laws
prevent this, but you can have an inspired character.
Inspired!=Blatant_Rip_Off. If your design is chosen as the next T-shirt
then I think we're poor enough to give 1 free shirt and maybe I'll take
you out for sake (must be at least 12 years old for the added prize). 

Hmm.... and now for the schedule:

(episode titles/#s are currently on a hard drive on a disassembled
computer-sorry about that)

THE SCHEDULE:

5:00 pm Fansub O'
5:30 pm Hana Yori Dango

Breaktime: Tell us what you think about anime music videos (AMV) being
shown during breaks.

6:00 pm Nadia: Secret of Blue Water
6:30 pm Full Metal Panic

Breaktime: Ponder cool looking submarines

7:00 pm Inuyasha
7:30 pm Kimagure Orange Road

Breaktime: Ponder love affairs w/ half-dog demons

8:00 pm Mahoromatic
8:30 pm Fruits Basket

Breaktime: Ponder fan-service

9:00 pm Infinite Ryvius
9:30 pm Boogiepop Phantom

That's all folks!



Anime Tech

I love the technology shown in anime. There's just something about gadgets
that fit into my palm, can access some sort of uber-web, AND fold up into
something looking like a pistol. And of course there's the various giant
fighting mecha; Gundams, Valkyries(Veritechs), Guymelefs, Armslaves, etc. 
I haven't even mentioned those cool neck-hook-ups from Ghost in the Shell,
when and where can I get some of those?

What is it about these tantalizing toys that draw me to them? Perhaps it
is the whole science fiction aspect. That untangible pull that led Goddard 
to develop the first Rocket theories (and working models) after reading 
War of the Worlds, that led to a nuclear submarine or other Jules Verne
based ideas, that is currently driving me insane in the pre-design of a
working YF-19 model, that is currently driving TRW to produce solid state
lasers.

Hmm.... this rant is off topic, I'm rambling like Fred from Megatokyo
aren't I? God I feel dirty.... dahr-teee...


-Minna No Anime 
-Ahmad Jamshid "K" Amini (mail-bzzztch)

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-www.calpoly.edu/~minnclub

[MnA] Sat, Dec. 7 Meeting

(Minna No Anime, Thu Dec  5 03:22:37 2002)
'Alo everyone!

Okay, so there wasn't a newsletter letting you guys know to go home last
week. Sorry 'bout that, I was too busy eating rice and lamb to notice
(no-no turkey in my house) I had forgotten. Anywhoo, I hope you all had
enjoyable Thanksgiving breaks, well-at least those who got a break anyway.

One important note, T-shirt designs!!! Due the 2nd meeting of the quarter!
If you have even an ounce of creativity (an ounce isn't very much, you
probably have more) then you should consider drawing a design for us. Why
you ask? Well.. I don't know, so we can have a wide variety of designs to
choose from? So you can win a T-shirt for free (oooh). And so you might
even win fame and recognition among your fellow otaku! Yes, that's why.
Sorta. Also there may be an added bonus... heh heh...

You'll notice that we're showing Sen To Chihiro no something something...
ahem. Otherwise known as Spirited Away for the americanized audience
(guess which group I belong in). This means a few shows will not be shown
on saturday and our schedule is all switched around to accomodate this
excellent flick. In fact, this movie is so excellent you should even try
to bring a friend or something. Heck, tell them its a "screening" and by
the time they notice all the Otaku it will be too late and they'll already
be into the movie. Really though, its an excellent movie-don't miss it
'cause you'll regret it if you do.


And now, without further ado or prodding, the schedule!


5:00 Fansub O' the week
5:30 Full Metal Panic

Break

6:00 Inuyasha
6:30 Kimagure Orange Road

Break

7:00 Mahoromatic
7:30 Infinite Ryvius

Break

8:00-10:00 Sen To Chihiro No Kamikakushi

That's all folks!









It's that time of the year again. Yep, Fall quarter is coming to a close.
Now some of you have weathered many fall quarters, and some not so many.
Here's some advice (in a semi-bulleted list) to help out you youngsters:

1. Just because your teacher said, "sure, you're doing fine!" doesn't mean
you're going to pass the class.

2. If your teacher says "I'm going to kill the entire class on the final"
you may as well cry. Bawl your little eyes out.

3. If you're watching Escaflowne, stop around the end of tape/DVD 4. Or if
you're borrowing Esca out to someone don't give them anything past that
nice cliffhanger. You'll make a friend for life. Or at least what little
time you have left, since they're obviously going to come for you with a
knife (semi-personal experience).

4. Watch your favorite holiday anime episodes again. Don't have any? Go
watch F3 then. Either way you'll probalby enjoy yourself.

5. Listen to the Noir soundtrack at 3:04am while writing another
newsletter and trying to do two reports which are both incredibly
important to your standing as an Aero Eng. student but at the same time
try to actually KEEP your sanity.

6. Take your little brother/sister/both (no I'm not bashing she-males) to
go see Spirited Away. If you're local-folk then bring them on Saturday. 

7. Expand your horizons with mind-altering anime and crappy DVD menus
which I swear are worse than anything I've ever
inhaled/shot-up/drank/stuck-up-somewhere-unpleasant.

8. Study for finals now. Don't wait until next week.

9. Ask your friends about their middle names and when you find one that is
really, really weird let everyone know. erb.

10. Hug an anime-club officer (please, only the girls. last time a guy
hugged me...)

11. Finish what you start. Especially if it involves 26 episodes.

12. Plan your next few quarters of school, and make sure you try as hard
as possible to not have classes on Fridays.

13. Grow your anime collection like you would fungus or bacteria or
something. Or just borrow from your friends who are doing this.

14. Visit your local anime/otaku shop(s) and possibly support them.

15. Find an anime-club secretary and do his Continuum-Mechanics H.W. for
him.

16. Think about legitimizing those MP3s you own by purchasing the CD. 

17. Enjoy other foreign media beside anime, foriegn films for example :
Amelie, Joint Security Area (JSA), and Beijing Bicycle are all excellent
films. Oh, and Shaolin Soccor-but of course Steven Chao (sp?) movies rock.

18. Learn a Japanese saying or phrase and then never use it like an idiot
again in public. 

19. Pick up some Manga and read a little. You'd be surprised at how
addicting this "new" heroine is.

20. Relax. That exam? Not the end of the world. Your grade? Not the end of
the world. Falling on your bum in front of that girl/guy you really like?
Close, but still not the end of the world. 

21. Akio? The end of the world.

Enjoy your week(s) off if you can. Er, okay, didn't mean to make that
sound ominous or anything-just go enjoy yourself, or else! When you come
back from break we'll be here with more good anime to show you. Oh-and
after Mahoromatic and Boogiepop Phantom finish their 13 episode runs
mid-Winter-Quarter we'll be starting two AMAZING shows. You'll want to see
those, trust me. They passed a pretty unbelievable selection process
involving lots of e-mails and b!tching to make it to our final schedule.

See ya' on Sat. or next quarter.

-Ahmad Jamshid "K" Amini
-Minna no Anime Secretary (mail you-know-B!...)
-www.calpoly.edu/~minnclub