2000-2001 Emails

Email announcements from school year 2000-2001.

Fall 2000

MNA - Halloween fun

(Minna No Anime, Mon Oct 23 11:59:18 2000)
Moshi moshi minna-san!

Dylan here again with some good news.  As you may be aware we will be
having halloween festivities 2 saturdays from now (Nov 4).  Aside from the
normal shows we will be showing halloweeny-type episodes from other series
and some movies.  How can we fit this all in our normal hours you ask?  We
aren't!  Showing times are being extended from 3PM to Midnight.

Other activities:
anime pumpkin carving contest
anime trivia quiz game
costume contest
pin the scar on the battousai
and more TBA

There will prizes for all of these contests, and the winner of the costume
contest (who must also participate in the trivia contest) will get the
grand prize:

$150 (to spend on anime goodies)

We will take signups this Saturday.

Also, if anyone has access to a sewing machine that we could use we would
be eternally grateful.


We will also be having pizza (sponsered by the club).  We will be taking
signups saturday for the low, low price of

$2.50 for half a pizza!!!

Yes, that is correct.  So, if you want to gourge yourself for no money at
all bring your $2.50 this saturday.  Pre-pay isn't required, but it will
make this whole process a lot easier for everyone.

Also, we will be starting up our $.50 a soda service again (hopefully this
Saturday).


Remember: this week we will be in 34-227 (Dexter)

So we now return you to your boring lives of homework, study and more
study (at least, that's about all I do).

See you Saturday,

Dylan Hall
Fukukaichou (VP)

MNA - Quiz game

(Minna No Anime, Mon Oct 23 17:59:25 2000)
Hi again,

Here's a repost of the quiz question submission rules (in case you weren't
on the newsletter, or delete the email):
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Here's the part where you can help; we need questions.  We are trying to
get enough questions so that everyone who wants to join in the game will
be able to.  
Thus we are asking that everyone who wants to play submit at
least 1 question (with answer).  Remember, the more questions you submit
the higher the chances are you will be asked a question you know the
answer to.

Of course this wouldn't be a Cal Poly event unless we had a long list of
rules and archaic bureaucratic prosses, so here they are:

1.  Mark Salcido from AJAS (Atascadero Japanese Animation Society) will be
running the competition.  Thus, all questions need to be submitted to him
at:
yaithaven@yahoo.com
Please make
"Anime Trivia Question"
the subject line of the email. Any questions sent to 
any address other than that are subject to the will of the cosmos and
might not be included in the list of questions.

2.  The questions must come from somewhere in the subtitles or in the
animation of the show.  Credits don't count as subtitles.  e.g. no
questions like, "What's the name of the voice actor who played: Spike
Speigel (Cowboy Bebop), Ryoga Hibiki (Ranma 1/2), Papachariino (Photon)
and Kagetsu (Shamanic Princess)?" 

3.  The questions cannot be translation questions, unless the Japanese
word is found in the subtitles.  e.g. "In Lodoss War, what is the
Japanese for 'Scepter of Domination'?" However, "In Rurouni Kenshin, what
does Saitou's catch phrase of 'naru hodo' mean?" is a perfectly legit
question because it is translated and also left in Japanese.

4.  Submit the questions in the following form:
Anime from: Nuku-Nuku
Question: What color hair does Nuku-Nuku have?
Answer: Violet

5.  Lastly, try to stay away from the most obscure of references.  It's no
fun if nobody can answer any of the questions.  Also, be creative and have
fun, the point is to have a good time.  So, party on Wayne, party on
Garth.

That's about it for rules and regulations.

Did I fail to mention that there will be prizes for the top finishers!
Money!? Anime goods!? Who knows! But a good time will be had by all.
So get to writing and send in your quesions.
>
So, don't delete this one too, or I'll have to fill up your email boxes
again.


And one final note:  we will have at least some access to a sewing
machine, so don't let a little sewing stop you from making your 1:2 scale
cloth Gundam!

Maybe I won't send out another email today; but then what would you have
to look forward to?


Be sure to drink your Ovaltine,

Dylan Hall
Fukukaichou (VP)
www.calpoly.edu/~minnclub

PS - I'll give some kind of prize to the first person to answer all the
above questions correctly (without looking up the answers on websites or
other locations).

Send all comments, questions, whines, demands and threats to:
dhall@calpoly.edu

MNA Meeting 10/28

(Minna No Anime, Thu Oct 26 20:56:20 2000)
First note:  This week we should be in 34-227, which for those of you who
don't know building numbers is Dexter Hall, room 227.  If for some reason
we can get the regular room, signs will be posted.

Second note:  For all of you who are thinking about participating in the
MNA Cosplay on Haloween and have a costume idea in mind, but no means to
make it.  We have a sewing machine on hand for this weekend for general
use.  Talk to the officers for further details, or email dhall@calpoly.edu
if you are interested.

Without further ado, the SCHEDULE (drum roll please):

5:00  Eden's Bowy ep 2 - whatever the title may be
5:25  Maison Ikkoku ep whatever - insert title here...

10 Minute Break - or not for those of you who are just getting in

6:00  Slayers #6 - FOCUS! Rezo's the Real Enemy!
6:25  Fushigi Yuugi #5 - Bewildered Heartbeat

10 Minute Break - Dare you to say "Fushigi Yuugi" 10 times fast and not
sound like a drunk.  Better practice, the officers will be coming around
and testing you.

7:00  Nuku-Nuku #6 - Phase VI
7:25  Kenshin #58 - Will The Era Inherit Shishio? Kenshin's Most Critical
Moment

10 Minute Break - Say goodbye to Catgirl, and hello to Kenshin...  he'll
be around for quite some time...

8:00  Lodoss TV #6 - Heart - Tears Reborn
8:25  Magic Knight Rayearth #5 - Escudo, the Legendary Ore

10 Minute Break - Welcome to Lodoss Island vs Chibi Rayearth...  the
ultimate fight of the year, who will take home the laughter award?  Sunday
Sunday Sunday!!!  err...  Saturday.

9:00  Cowboy Bebop #6 - Sympathy for the Devil
9:25  Utena #28 - Whispering in the Dark

I thought the mummy man was in Slayers...  Spike's too cool to stay down
for long though.

End.  Go home people.  Don't you have a home?  Are you too good for your
home?

Shameless website plug #6 brought to you by Engrish.com
http://www.calpoly.edu/~minnclub
And remember, always drink your Pocari Sweat and you will be happy life.

Nuff,
Matt

MNA - Minna no Manga 10/31 and Halloween Reminder

(Minna No Anime, Mon Oct 30 22:12:05 2000)
A ghoulish greeting to all,

We will be holding a very scary meeting of Minna no Manga tomorrow night.
There will be more Cadaver Kana and Eerie Editing, of course this is all
preceeded by Ghastly Greetings.


Anyways...
Same bat place (14-250), same bat time (7PM-10PM), same bat stuff (pencil,
paper, manga)


Also remember:  Our first
over-the-top-extravagent-expensive-alluring-intimidating-halloween party
will be this Saturday.  So be sure to ready your costume (I know of at
least 5 people doing costumes, which means that the chances of getting the
$150 prize are pretty good) and make your pumpkin.

We will have prizes (Cd's, tapes, posters , etc) for every event and also
some random door givaway stuff,  guaranteed fun for all!


So send in those trivia questions and get yourself a roll of gauze tape
for your Shishio costume.  We have a sewing machine available for use if
anyone needs it, just email us.


Mata mite ne,

Dylan Hall
Fukukaichou (VP)
dhall@calpoly.edu
www.calpoly.edu/~minnclub

MNA Meeting 11/4

(Minna No Anime, Thu Nov  2 19:22:05 2000)
We may be a little late, but that doesn't mean our Halloween fest won't be
good.  Just a reminder, we have an extended schedule for this meeting, and
plenty of extra events to accompany the Anime.  Here goes nothing...

3:00 - 4:30  Vampire Hunter D
4:30 - 5:00  Violinist of Hamelin Movie
5:10 - 5:30  Tenshi Ni Narumon #1

5:30 - 6:00  BREAK #1  -  Pizza for those who signed up/Pumpkins

6:00 - 6:25  Slayers #7
6:25 - 6:50  Fushigi Yuugi #6
7:00 - 7:30  Digi Charat/Mini Goddess  (we are not responsible for any
insanity caused by Digi Charat-nyu, feel free to use the exits-gema, but
do not run, we are also not resposible for injuries caused by fleeing
Otaku-nyu)

7:30 - 8:00  BREAK #2  -  Costume Judging

8:00 - 8:25  Lodoss TV #7
8:25 - 8:50  Cowboy Bebop #7
9:00 - 9:50  Silent Mobius TV #1 & #2

10:00 - 10:30  BREAK #3  -  Prize announcements and final judging

10:30 - 11:00  Fancy Lala
11:00 - 12:00  Ghost Sweeper Mikami Movie

And of course, during this insanity we will be having our Trivia contest.
This will be starting at 4:30 (end of Vampire Hunter D).  We also will
have Dance Dance Revolution (complete with Dance Pads, thanks Luke and
Fuku) when Trivia isn't running.  This will all be in one of the
classrooms across the way (room 111), we'll make sure to have it marked.
(Editor's note: you can't miss it, just listen for the music and people
laughing, also the occasional thumps as people with 2 left feet attempt to
dance...  no I'm not describing myself...  how dare you think that).  Also
in room 111, we will be having "Pin the Scar on the Battousai," the only
time you will ever be able to injure Kenshin, EVER.

Wow...  quite the day.  Hope to see you all there.  Mata ne.

- Matt

MNA 11/11 meeting

(Minna No Anime, Fri Nov 10 10:39:14 2000)
It's that time again.  Yes, Minna time, our 'special' time.

5:00 FLCL #1 - Gainax's newest OVA
5:25 Maison Ikkoku - Takahashi's 1987 show

6:00 The break that many think is only the beginning

6:10 Slayers #8 - HELP! Shabranigdo is Reborn!
6:30 Fushigi Yuugi #7 - The ep without a title that we know (mysterious
isn't it?)

6:57 Break - I'll break you if you don't like Kodocha (just kidding)

7:03 Child's Toy (Kodomo no Omocha) #29 - Finally!! after 8 months another
4 eps of this awesome show.  Hiyama Chichi love-love!!
7:28.5 Rurouni Kenshin #59 - Luck Hasn't Run Out Yet! Kenki Revived Again!

7:59 Break - We like to be precise on our break/show times

8:08 Record of Lodoss War TV #8 - The Scepter of Domination - The Dream of
a United Lodoss
8:31 Magic Knight Rayearth #6 - Presea, Escudo and uhh... stuff

8:58 Break - If anyone has a Playstation2 and would like to bring it, I've
got Tekken Tag and would love to see it larger than life ^_^

9:09 Cowboy Bebop #8 - Waltz for Venus
9:28 Shoujo Kakumei Utena #29 - Azure Blue Paler Than Sky

Doh, only 10 more eps of Utena left (tears)


Also a reminder:  Bring rough drafts of your T-shirt designs this week
(whatever you've got done).  We'll be having our competition on either
11/18 (next Saturday) or the Saturday after Thanksgiving.


That's All Folks!

Dylan Hall
Fukukaichou (VP)
www.calpoly.edu/~minnclub

MNA Minna no Manga 11/14

(Minna No Anime, Mon Nov 13 14:08:40 2000)
It's time for another newsletter from your friendly fukukaichou


The secret words for the week are
"Love" & "Peace"
Now repeat after me:
"Shousen kono seiki wa Love and Peace da!"

And I had always thought we that we build this city on rock and roll.  But
enough with the bad jokes.

This week we will ACTUALLY be starting the katakana, so bring your pencils
'cuz we're gonna cover quite a bit of it.

No 'cultural education' this week.

When: Tuesday, 7-10PM
Where: 14-250
What: Minna no Manga, mochiron!


Ja ne,

Dylan Hall
Fukukaichou (VP)
www.calpoly.edu/~minnclub

MNA Meeting 11/18

(Minna No Anime, Thu Nov 16 12:37:00 2000)
Youkoso Minna no Anime e,

Hoo ra for our weekly anime fix...  it is almost here.  First a few notes
from our dedicated hard-working officer team.  We know there are those of
you who dream of going to Japan and blowing your life savings on loads of
anime ...  err...  stuff...  well, do we have a deal for you!  Tuesday
November 28, from 11AM until 12, in the buisiness building, room 209 there
will be a meeting for all interested in spending their Spring quarter in
Japan.  Yes, you heard me right, Spring quarter in Japan, you earn units,
and get to see the culture.  This is open to all students, you don't  have
to know a word of Japanese either, but it is a great excuse to start
learning now.  (Shameless Plug o' the Week #1:  Also a great excuse to
attend Minna no Manga on Tuesday Nights, 7-9PM, 14-250, learn how to read
and understand Japanese through Manga!)  SUGOI!  SUBAROSHI!

For those of you who aren't going to be making the overseas trek to Nihon,
Fanime Con happens to fall on a perfect day for us Poly students.  LUCKY!
The last weekend of Spring Break, Fanime will be held in the Santa Clara
Convention Center.  This means all of you Bay Area Anime goers should have
no excuse for not going, and all you from SoCal, talk to one of your
northern neighbors.  Because of this fortuitous event, we will be taking
sign ups so we can get group rates (read:  We Save You Money if you Wanna
Go).

Now, on to the schedule:

5:00 FLCL # 2 From DVD!  Your anime FRESH.
5:25 Maison Ikkoku ep whatever...  not so fresh, but still cool

Break - I wish some company other than Viz owned Maison Ikkoku...  2 TV
quality eps on VHS for only $30!  What a steal!  (for them)  *note:  the
opinions stated herein are those solely of the Fukukaichou and loyal
henchman Matt, not necessarily of the club

6:00  Slayers #9 - IMPACT! The Eve of the Menacing Battle!
6:25  Fushigi Yuugi #8 - Brief Parting

Break - This time, Zelgadis and Gourry give Lina an external blood
transfusion...

7:00  Kodomo no Omocha #30
7:25  Kenshin #60 - The One Who Permits Victory. Shishio vs Kenshin. Last
Battle!

Break - Maybe Mummy man will FINALLY go down...  or will he.  Nevermind,
this isn't Dragonball, they can't take 50 eps for the fight.

8:00  Lodoss War TV #9 - The Young Knight - Tested Strength
8:25  Magic Knight Rayearth #7 - Ferlo in Desperation P A Romance in the
Desert

Break - Don't EVER challenge Presea to Dance Dance Revolution

9:00  Cowboy Bebop #9 - Jamming with Edward
9:25  Utena #30 - The Barefoot Girl

No break, go home ya bums, no more anime handouts...

Shameless Plug o' the Week #2 - http://www.calpoly.edu/~minnclub  our
world famous site...  or so we would like to think.

Mata mite ne,
Matt

MNA - Minna 'NO' Meeting

(Minna No Anime, Mon Nov 20 17:42:02 2000)
Konbanwa minna-san,

First the bad news:

No meetings this week.  No Minna no Manga, and no Minna no Anime.  So you
all better be eating delicious foods without Lina or there'll be hell to
pay.


The Good News:

Spring Quarter in Japan - Any student with available funds can spend all
of spring quarter in Japan.  You should be able to take some classes and
either Japanese 103 or a special conversational version of Japanese 101,
both taught by resident Japanese teacher Tachibana-sensei (she's also our
club advisor).
Informational Meeting:

Tuesday, Nov 28, 11am-12
03-209 (business building)

Go even if you are just interested, opportunities like this don't come
very often!


T shirt contest - I saw a bunch of really cool designs on the front table
last week, I wish we had the money to put all of them on shirts.
Unfortunately reality gets in the way of anime once in a while; that's
why we have contests.  This years T-shirt design contest will be on our
last meeting of the quarter (also our next meeting), 12/2.  So spend this
break perfecting your drawings and have them all ready for 12/2.


DVD Player - For the last year we have been showing titles from DVD
whenever available.  This is because we get better picture, sound and we
like technology ^_^ (just ask anyone who watched Lain last year).
However, as a club we do not have a player; we have been using Ben's
player.  But, come spring quarter our dignified president will be in
Japan leaving us short a player.  So instead of cutting meeting hours by a
lot or restricting ourselves to stuff we have on tape I propose that the
club gets a player.  I have done some research on the net and a player
suitable for our purposes (Region-free, Macromedia vision-free) will cost
us at least $350.  As was mentioned previously we don't have the limitless
funds that we would like to have, so we need to seek alternate forms of
income.  Thus I'm asking everyone in the club to put aside a donation to
the "MNA DVD Player Foundation" or "NAVI" (mNA dVd player foundatIon).
Any donation will help get us a good player.  If we get around $500
together we can get a REALLY nice player, and that would be sweet.  So
take $10 from your Xmas money and put it aside for the club that gives you
Nuriko, Yahiko and Edward Wong Hau Pepelu Tivrusky IV.  More details to
come.


That's all for now, have a fun break.

Sincerely,

Dylan Hall
Fukukaichou (VP)
www.calpoly.edu/~minnclub

MNA - Reminders and MNM

(Minna No Anime, Mon Nov 27 13:15:20 2000)
Welcome back from break everyone!

I hope you all had good breaks and are ready for finals.  I would like to
say "omedetou" (congratulations) to Abhay and any other graduating 
members.

Reminders:

Spring quarter in Japan informational meeting -
When: Tuesday (tomorrow) Nov 28, 11am
Where: 03-209 (Business Building)


T-shirts - 
Contest this week! Bring what you've got and be prepared for a showdown.
Long live the skewer rat!

Fukukaichou's note - I want to see a shirt with a bunch of really bad
Japanese puns on it.


Fanime 2001 - 
If you want to go to Fanime this Spring break and want to pay a little
less (10% discount) bring your $35 to this week's MNM or MNA.  It's during
the last weekend of spring break, so no excuse for skipping out (even if
you are in Japan at the time).


Club notes - 
There will be meetings of both MNM and MNA during normal hours this week.

MNM -
No lesson this week.  Bring in what you've got, because it'll be our last
meeting for 6 weeks.


Don't be an Usagi-chan this dead week, or in the name of the moon I shall
punish you!

Take care,

Dylan Hall
Fukukaichou (VP)
www.calpoly.edu/~minnclub

MNA Meeting 12/2

(Minna No Anime, Thu Nov 30 12:14:14 2000)
Once again reminders:
Tshirt contest this week (Bring your designs)!
Bring your money for Fanime Con ($31.50).

5:00  FLCL #3
5:25  Maison Ikkoku #whatever

10 Minute Break - What do you think: Godai and Haruko as a couple?
Maybe not.

6:00  Slayers #10 - JACKPOT! The Great Life or Death Gamble!
6:25  Lodoss TV #10 - Recovery - A Mission Assigned

10 Minute Break - Ashram's worst nightmare: Parn hires Lina as a
bodyguard.

7:00  Cowboy Bebop #10 - Ganymede Elegy
7:25  Kenshin #61 - Juppon Gatana. Choice of Life!

10 Minute Break - It's over!  Finally Shishio is down for the count, burnt
to a crisp, yadda yadda...  or is it???  NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
(Sandoraaaaaaaaaaaa  Note: this thought brought to you by ADV, bringers
of Excel Saga if we live long enough to see it in Region 1)

8:00  Houhokekyo Tonari no Yamada-kun (My Neighbors the Yamadas - The new
Ghibli Release, straight out of Japan with subtitles...  released 2 weeks 
ago.  Mmmmmmm  fresh anime for visual consumption.)

Sailor Fukukaichou says: I hate you CDJapan, taking my money so easily.
Wait, I can't stay mad at you.

Matt Sez:  Sailor Fuku is lucky to have income just for being a student...
He is also lucky to have outgo just for being an Otaku...

Last Shameless Webpage Plug of the quarter/year, we know yer gonna miss
it.  http://www.calpoly.edu/~minnclub

Mata mite ne,
Matt to Fuku