2002-2003 Emails
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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)
Contents
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) Check out the website! It's hentai-a-licious! -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
Winter 2003
[MnA] Sat, January 11 Meeting
(Minna No Anime, Wed Jan 8 12:58:41 2003) Welcome back to school, suckers! Well, at least there's one good point, we're having a meeting this saturday. That's right, the first meeting of the quarter! And there is some important stuff to tell you, and some not-so-important stuff. We'll start with the important stuff, I guess. Important (if I can remember it all correctly) Okay, you guys have only ONE week left before T-shirt designs are due! And if you're cheap like me, then come pick up some old T-shirts for cheap. I did mention Cheap I hope... (by cheap we mean $7-10 depending on year) Yes, and even more important. Oh, wait, I already mentioned the T-shirts. Well, less important. Bring a friend! Yes, it's hard business dealing out heroin and the such, and we understand that. That's why you give out that first dose for free, and from then on start charging. So, if you've got a friend who might be interested in some of the shows we're putting on then try and drag them along. Oh, and rumor has it that we might, just might have Macross Zero ready and fansubbed for you guys by this Saturday. If you've got a friend who's a fan of the old Robotech series, or maybe their more old-school and love Macross, well-let them know we'll try to have it on for the Fansub'O slot this week. And now, without further ado (ado?a do? ad oooh?), this week's schedule: 5:00pm Fansub Of The Week: (tentative) Macross Zero Ep 1 5:30pm Hana Yori Dango Break: Meet up with old friends. And then crush them. 6:00pm Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water 6:30pm Full Metal Panic Break: Meet up with other old friends. Crush them as well. 7:00pm Inuyasha: I believe this show should have the sub-title of "Heroin King" 7:30pm Kimagure Orange Road Break: Pick up a T-shirt for between $7-10. 8:00pm Mahoromatic 8:30pm Fruits Basket Break: Turn in your T-shirt design for this year and earn our eternal gratitude! As well as a special mystery prize (we're all broke so don't expect anything Really great, just sorta fun like maybe a t-shirt). 9:00pm Infinite Ryvius 9:30pm Boogiepop Phantom That's all folks! I had class at 7am. No, wait I THOUGHT I had class at 7am. It's at 8pm. Tomorrow. Now you shall suffer my random words. The start of a new quarter. The smell of fear is thick in the air, along with bad perfumes and colognes worn by college students who don't know "enough is enough." But, then again, it might just smell better than "OTAKU-FUNK." Oh, you know what I mean. Ever walk into the Karaoke room at FAnime? Yeah, that smell. The one that makes you say out-loud, "what the f@#% is that smell?" and then look around at every sweaty, geeky fan-person (equality that!) in the room. And this is why you need to be a little inebriated before trying this whole "singing" thing in front of other people who smell worse than you do, so you can forget that they smell. As always, we here in the "officers mega-sexy club" are always open to suggustions for new shows. I mean, we can never start planning too early or deciding that certain shows really aren't up to par with other shows which we already know we'll never show. Need I make sense here? No, you understand the impulses coming down my nerves and you can feel them in your very being. This is a call to arms, the orcs are rushing us and we need a few good Warcraft III players to suggust another show that they'd like to see put on possibly this quarter or possibly next year. And please, feel free to recommend anything-the worst we can do is laugh at you until you cry. And there's really no bigger insult than the Officers Mega-Sexy Club laugh. Okay. I feel funny. I think i'm still high from the visuals in Macross Zero, but I could just be having a flashback to Castle in the Sky (which I have FINALLY viewed, thanx to "overseas versions" and my cheap-ass friend) when I was on all those LEGAL drugs (otherwise known as medication). For those of you who have migranes, I know completely understand the utter complete pain. Well, sort of. For those of you who have nerves that decide to go haywire and start hating you, well-YOU guys I completely understand, the migrane guys are only a close adopted brother of pain. So yeah, if you guys know someone with a migrane or shingles or something, give 'm a hug. They'll either feel better or never speak to you again. But you'll at least feel better for having put some good into the world, maybe. -Ahmad Jamshid "K" Amini -Minna No Anime Secretary (ie, mail-bizzzzzztch) You've read the newsletter, now visit the webpage! www.calpoly.edu/~minnclub
[MnA] Sat, Jan 18 Meeting
(Minna No Anime, Thu Jan 16 23:39:45 2003) Puchuu! And now for another weekly reminder of where you want to be on Saturday night! Can you believe the second week of school is already over? For those of you not in school, who are doing nothing, I sort of envy you. For those of you who are working, well, I really envy your cash flow. If only watching anime could pay my bills, I'd be set. Well, sorta. I don't watch as much as I used to. Perhaps my standards have reached some weird level where it either needs to be on a theater screen or the show just needs to be damn good? Maybe I'm just being picky? Or maybe the stuff we show on Saturday is so damn worth watching that I don't feel bad waiting a week between showings... hmm... Oh well. What you've been waiting for, the schedule: 5:00pm Fansub O': Master Coo... no. 5:30pm Hana Yori Dango : The Dingo Ate Your Shoujo Break: "Ten minute break." 6:00pm Nadia-The Secret of Blue Water : I swear I see Gainax Archtypes formed in thsi show. 6:30pm Full Metal Panic : Another Gonzo show... Mechs & Pretty Girls. Like chocolate cake, they're all the same-but you don't get tired of it. Break: "Ten minute break." 7:00pm Inuyasha : You all should thank the guy behind the subs. 7:30pm Kimagure Orange Road : No Comment, not a decent one at least. Break: "Ten minute break." 8:00pm Mahoromatic : A newer Gainax show, full of the fanservice we've come to expect from shows with maids and school teachers. 8:30pm Fruits Basket : The saddest damn girly show I've ever seen. But damn do I love it. Break: "Ten minute break. The mechanical bull is plugged in if anyone wants to go ten seconds." 9:00pm Infinite Ryvius : 'King Badass. 9:30pm Boogiepop Phantom: I still can't get over how its called boogie-pop, the characters say boogie-pop and yet the bumper voice says "boojiepop," but its a very nifty mind-messing show. That's All Folks! And don't forget to check out the club library, you know who you are. Another week is done already? TWO weeks since school started and I still have yet to be struck by lightning and imbued with magical, mystical powers which grant me the ability to read, write, understand and speak Japanese. Why, with that superpower (the 2nd greatest superpower in teh world) I might even have a chance at living in Japan for a month, nay-Two months! Of course, I'd have to somehow get to Japan in the first place. Looks like some friends of mine are trying to organize a trip this summer, two or three weeks... now I just need to rob a bank and pay for my plane ticket and I'll be set. Oh wait, the language barrier. Which, despite common opinion, cannot be broken by traveling at the speed at which pressure waves propogate. Take that liberal arts! Bouja! So I've been thinking, why don't we try and hold a Minna No Anime party? Well-a few things come to mind right away. One, "party" and college students normally means music and booze. The MnA crowd really doesn't strike me as the drinking, wild rambunctiuos (take that liber arts! you can shove your spelling...) party crowd. And a quiet, soft, non-musical, non-drinking party would probably mean we'd all sit around either playing the greatest, largest, most Anime related game of charades ever-OR-we'd sit around at someone's house with a huge screen and watch 5 hours of anime. Seeing this conclusion, I realized-every meeting is like a party! Okay, you can break out your baseball bats now, I know I sound stupid. Hmmm... but maybe... just maybe we might pull this charades thing off. It's a crazy pipe-dream, I know. Speaking of which, where's that pipe... -Ahmad Jamshid "K" Amini -Minna No Anime Secretary (Mail-Bzzzzzzz...) -www.calpoly.edu/~minnclub Ah, found it!
[MnA] Sat. Jan 25 Meeting
(Minna No Anime, Thu Jan 23 14:41:10 2003) Hello all, You've been waiting and waitng for Saturday, I'm sure, but wait no more! Er, no-wait two more days. If you know someone who should be receiving this e-mail, but isn't please tell us who they are so we can hunt them down. Ah, one last important piece of information. I believe we will begin taking pre-orders for our bald-headed friend, this years Club T-Shirt. Although it wasn't a heated battle last week like it was last year (with cries of 'kill him!' 'rip his arm off' and the such coming from the crowd) we still came down to a pair of fine designs. One can only wish that our logo is tattooed forever on his forehead. Okay, not too much intro this week, so here's.... THE SCHEDULE! 5:00pm Fansub O' 5:30pm Hana Yori Dango Break: 6:00pm Nadia: The secret of blue water 6:30pm Full Metal Panic: The secret of blue panti-oh no it isn't. Break: 7:00pm Inuyasha 7:30pm Kimagure Orange Road Break: 8:00pm Mahoromatic - Coming to a close! This week... I think... 8:30pm Fruits Basket Break: 9:00pm Infinite Ryvius 9:30pm Boogiepop Phantom - Coming to a close! Soon? Wait, next week or this... d'oh! That's all folks! I usually take this extra space down here to say whatever is running through my mind and write it down, delete it because i realize it's innapropriate, and then write something cleaner. Perhaps this week I'll just give you a warning before I release my thoughts into the wired. You've been warned. Anime Music Videos hold a special place in my heart, right up there with Chocolate and Canadian Punk Rock Girls. You ever been to Canada and seen their punk rock girls? They're not like their British Punk Rock Girl overlords, who are extremely punk and barely girl, but all British. And then there's Australia, our other larger, more desert filled Britain. Although, I can't recall having seen any Aussie Punk Rock Girls. You know what? I've been wondering what if Aussie's don't call themselves Aussies, like-what if they called themselves Montopians or Herculoids? "Hey Jack, mate, I'm gonna go out with some of the Herculoids and play a spot of Rugby. Herculoid Rugby." So back to the topic, those cute little Canadians. No-damn it! They're not the topic at all, screw the Canadians. These AMV's I'm talking about. Yeah, I think I'll try to bring in some new ones or something for breaks this Saturday. -Ahmad Jamshid "K" Amini -Minna No Anime Secretary -www.calpoly.edu/~minnclub -You may have thought there was nothing worth warning you about this week, but come tomorrow when you start calling your friends the "Herculoids" you'll understand.
[MnA] Sat, Feb 8 Meeting
(Minna No Anime, Wed Feb 5 06:16:38 2003) Konnichiwa! I just had to throw some Nihongo in one of these newsletters somewhere, didn't I? This weeks news! (and last weeks by default of me being too busy/stupid to get a letter out last week) Well, think of this. As of Today (hopefully you're reading this on Wed.) Winter Quarter is now 50% done. One HALF of your quarter is over, and also half of the school year. It's all down hill from here school-wise, but looking damn good on the anime front. We've got a new schedule, or at least a modified one. Boogiepop Phantom ended with a mind-***king ending that was just unbelievable, and Mahoromatic left with a whimper. Mind you it was a cute, maid-outfit whimper with license to kill, it was still a weak ending. What're we showing the extra HOUR that opened up? Well, Abenobashi is first and replaces Gainax's Mahoro with another of their shows. Gainax is just one of the best studios out there, and from what I hear Abeno is one of their more trippy shows. And our closer of the night is now Niea_7. A show with character designs by Yoshitoshi ABe, one of the best artists around. He did the character designs for Lain, remember how great that looked? Well, these two fine shows came on last week (the 1st of Feb.) but don't feel bad if you missed an episode. Someone can fill you in on what happened, and as for Abenobashi-I don't think anyone really understood. I'm still trying to figure out "why mushrooms?" Remember those happy moments in anime? Yeah, well... I'm having trouble. Maybe I should stop watching Grave of the Fireflies over and over again, but I think it wouldn't matter anymore. I've got a lot of that film burnt into my mind. HMmm.. happy moments in anime? I'll have to think real hard about that. And now, THE SCHEDULE: 5:00pm fansub of the weeK 5:30pm hana yori dango Break: Hey, remember that time in Esca when everyone was all happy and then Van went on a killing spree and Esca turned black and fell over and oh yeah... I guess they weren't so happy. 6:00pm nadIa: the secret of blue water 6:30pm fuLl metaL panic Break: What about that time in Eva... oh, nevermind. 7:00pm inuyaSHa 7:30pm kimAgure oraNge road Break: Okay. Okay, what about in Lain when Eiri was telling Lain that he was god when he wasn't, I mean he wasn't even Dead, right? 'Cause later we see him alive and stuff after Lain erases the memory of his death so it never happened, but she does that AND erases herself, but she still exists 'cause she doesn't erase her OWN memory, even if she doesn't exist she still remembers hersel.... what? 8:00pm abEnobashi 8:30pm fruits basket Break: Now I've got it. Kenshin OVA! He was TOTALLY happy! You know, for that one minute. Before she jumped in the way and... well, before that anyway. He was happy for a minute, wasn't he? 9:00pm infinite ryvius 9:30pm niea_7 That's all folks! I hope you got my little sub/super liminal message. Of course, were it a subliminal from the planet Krypton it might be a super-subliminal message... heh heh... or if it were sick one day it might be a sub-par-super-subliminal message. Ooooh, I think I found my new favorite word to tell drunk people at parties who I don't want to talk to. I can see it now, heads exploding all across the party circuit. So a friend of mine is asking me to help him put together a sound editing computer. Then he throws in the ability to get video from his camcorder and edit that too. Then burn DVD-R discs. Oh, and did I mention the $1k budget? Its a difficult stretch, but there's something you need to understand. I'm not about to create for him something I wouldn't create for myself (had I that sort of money and purpose), which means we're looking at decent-quality parts. Sometimes it is easy to please someone when they have little idea what you're doing to them. But its difficult to feel you've done a good job if you know you could've done better. I think this is one of those cases where him and I both know what we expect the final result to be, what it could be, and what neither of us want. My point to this tangent? I forgot. But I'm sure you can reason out a moral from it. Maybe something like... don't eat candy from strangers dressed in nothing but towels around their head? HEROIN (noun, hair'-oh-in): Region 2 DVDs from Japan. I've tapped into the plentiful world of R2 discs recently. Its frightening, but like the song goes, "I used to do a little, but the little wouldn't do it, so the little got more and more." First a Music Video DVD of Do As Infinity, next Macross Zero and some SaiKano just to see what it was like. Next the Haibane Box.... this can only lead to one possibly end: Me in the gutter, whoring off my engineering skills to poor college students who can't get any (engineering skills, not... yeah). From looking at the other junkies who are father ahead than I am right now I can reason where I'll be in a few months. I'll need a job, or worse... maybe I'll have to do something drastic like join the Navy for some of that Gov't money. Not like we haven't seen someone do that before, but I don't think I'm cut out to spend 6month with other men in a tight metal can. Anyway, I'll let you guys know how the Haibane discs go. We should have scripts and possibly even be able to fit a few eps in for after-hours or Fansub O', or at the worst do the "anime and drinks(of all sorts)" thing over at some undisclosed location only accessable by the "party wagon", which will probably end up being more of a car and less of 'party.' You still reading? Wao. Just wait 'till you hear my coherant thoughts next week. Those will actually make sense, and stuff, or something... -Ahmad Jamshid "K" Amini -Minna no Anime Secretary -www.calpoly.edu/~minnclub
[MnA] Sat, Feb 15 Meeting
(Minna No Anime, Wed Feb 12 15:46:47 2003) Konnichiwa Minna Okay-a bit mooore Nihongo this week. Well, judging by how many computer-lovin' geeks we have in the club someone probably needs to TELL you guys that this weekend is Valentines weekend, with the big V-Day on Friday. Some hints/suggustions from the V-Day strategy guide? Sure, here you go: 1: Bring your significant other somewhere nice, dark, quiet... like Minna No Anime! 2: Dinner and a movie is classico, but Anime and 50cent sodas is Nouveau Riche swanky! Okay, sorry-I'll stop now before I ruin all chances of you ever finding true love on the anime circuit. And now, the schedule: 5:00pm Fansub Of The Week 5:30pm Hana Yori Dango Break: New Phrase of the week #1: "Konnichiwa"-Hello my japanese brotha'. 6:00pm Nadia : The secret of blue water 6:30pm Full metal Panic Break: New Phrase of the week #2: "Arigato"-Dude, thanks. 7:00pm Inuyasha 7:30pm Kimagure Orange Road Break: New Phrase of the week #3: "Wo Ai Ni"-I hate this slow-arse bishounen show. 8:00pm Abenobashi Shopping District (yes! Fanservice! Weeeeeeee!) 8:30pm Fruits Basket Break: New Phrase of the week #4: "Anata no Obaasan ga daisuki des."-(try this one out-it'll be fun, probably) 9:00pm Infinite Ryvius 9:30pm Niea_7 That's all folks! Were this a perfect world we would all be given a golden ticket, just once in our lives. And this golden ticket? Well-it would get us into whatever we wanted to get into, for like... a year? A month? Even a week would be enough. But I guess even here would be drawbacks, I mean... you'd have to USE the ticket sometime, right? You wouldn't know if you were using it at the right time, or if something next year would be more important. Okay, so maybe the golden ticket wasn't the best. Ha! That's where the golden BULLET comes into play. In a perfect world, more ideal than this one or the last five I've talked about in stupors brought about by substances that begin with letter A,B,C-Y, and Z, well-in this perfect world we'd be given a bullet. ONE bullet. One, single golden bullet. This bullet would be a special bullet. No, it wouldn't kill vampires or werewolves or ghouls or whatnot.. Or, well-okay-maybe it would. I'll give you that concession, I can hear former club members calling out for revenge from the spirit world right now. Well this bullet, see? You'd be able to use it once-reprecussion free. Why? 'Cause there always has been, always will be, and is currently in your life-one person who you'd like to shoot. Heck, even if you shot this person in the ankle you'd probably feel better. They wouldn't be scarred for life, unless they were of the previously mentioned monster/undead races. Hmm... this is a bit violent. Okay, the IDEAL world would be one where I could find a damn da...uhm, too-personal. Nevermind. The IDEAL world is one where you wouldn't have to do work, right? Unless it was work you enjoyed doing. You know there is SOMETHING out there you like to do, right? So why not work toward this ideal world and go do something you like and become good at it instead of doing something you hate and being decent at it. Me? I enjoy doing nothing-and some weekends I feel like I'm the King of nothing. All bow to the king of absolute nothing! At least on weekends where my nose becomes a snot-faucet, anyway. I'm truly the king of doing nothing, heck-probably even the king of Negative work on these snot-filled weekends. -Ahmad Jamshid "K" Amini -Minna no Anime club secretary -www.calpoly.edu/~minnclub Go To The Webpage! There is much important information there (including library stuff! Yes, we have a library-with LOTS of stuff!) and links and pictures and even some general information maybe.
[MnA] Sat, Mar 1 Meeting
(Minna No Anime, Wed Feb 26 21:59:56 2003) Konnichiwa Minna! Konnichiwa kirei na onna no hito! Konnichiwa hentai-chan! See? You DO learn something new every day. Just now you learned how to great your parents. I don't know if you want to try it out just yet, but soon you'll be ready to yell this across the parking lot as you greet them. So do we have any news for you this week? Well-we're doing our Tsurugi's dinner, lunch... okay I really have no idea. You'll have to come to club to find out whats going. All I know is that somethings up, way up. And it's going to be up (or is all going down?) at Tsurugi's on uhm... hey-lets say March 16th! Sunday before finals. I really hope that's the right day. Come on in to club and ask if you're curiuos about attending. I believe we'll have the tatami room all to ourselves again, which of course means drinks for the 21+ people on me after a few of my own. Well besides Tsurugi's news I also heard rumor from a small asian girl that our T-shirt (the one you voted on at the beginning of the quarter) is still being touched up and finished. I will state this once again, I really hope our logo goes on his forehead. That would be cool. And now, the SCHEDULE!! 5:00pm Fansub o' 5:30pm Hana Yori Dango Break: 6:00pm Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water 6:30pm Full Metal Panic Break: 7:00pm Inuyasha 7:30pm Kimagure Orange Road Break: 8:00pm Abenobashi 8:30pm Fruits Basket Break: 9:00pm Infinite Ryvius 9:30pm Niea_7 That's all folks. LATE BREAKING NEWS!!! BEEP-BEEP-BEEP-BLEEP-BEEP-BEEP-BEEP! Oh crap! I forgot it! I just called called by El Presidente... it was important? Important enought that he called me, and lemme tell you guys-No One calls the secretary out here in the house of shame. At least, that must be what they call my house since they don't call. [Insert your favorite explative]! What the hell did he call me about!? Tsurugi's?.... no.... fire?... no... subtitles... crack-money... musical interpretation of Utena? I got it! Oh yeah, this ones wasy important. MEETING PLACE THIS SATURDAY IS DIFFERENT. If you show up before about... lets say 6:30-then we're going to be in room 201 of the business building (the same building we meet in normally, different room for a while). Why, you may ask, are we forced into subversive anime watching? Well, someone has the room until about 6:30 or so I've been told. So this means we meet in room 201. They say repitition is key. ROOM 201 of the Business building. Well, if you show up before 6:30pm anyway. If you show up later then dont' worry, just come to the Silo and we'll greet you with a smile or something maybe. Well, back onto the regular one-way-conversation material that we normally share. Okay...ouch, I just fell on my keys... give me a second here... damn that hurts. I sit here in my room, on my keys, typing away on my spiffy floor-mounted keyboard drooling over my latest waste/good use-of-time. FLCL dvd2. I don't know if you pay homange to the anime gods over at Gainax studio or not, and really-I try to keep religion and anime seperate (Nothing says christian like Eva) since I take one seriously. Well... kinda seriously anyway. However, if you haven't seen FLCL I damn well recommend you go out and either pick up a copy, rent a copy, or come over to my house where the FLCL party will be held sometime in the near future. This show is.... soo good! So good baby, so good! (I'll try to throw on La Brassiere for after-hours one of these nights so you will ALL regret understanding the reference). Speaking of regret and parties, where the hell was everyone? I think no one (including myself, I chide myself too) showed up to the LAN/Geek party we held. Now, while my memory is far from perfect... okay, actually I don't even remember what day we were going to have the bloody thing. So, I say we hold the first ever, Annual or whatever the hell, MINNA NO ANIME GEEK PARTY. Humour me for a minute or two. I imagine it would go like this: I would wake up early, as someone would be knocking on my door very loud. I'd walk to the door and say "do you have any idea what time it is el presidente? Oh, hi shane." They'd promptly tell me that 3 in the afternoon was when we were supposed to meet. >From here on a slow trickle of all the familiar faces in club would appear at my front door, each of them attached to bodies. Bodies that carried computer systems that were capable of playing StarCraft type games. Now, don't get me wrong...just 'cause a few of use run cutting-edge-top-of-the-line-gaming-rigs doesn't mean we can't ALL have fun. StarCraft has got to be one of the staple games, and why you ask? After getting feedback about the state of affairs of other peoples computers I realized that anything beyond StarCraft might tax the machines too much. Perhaps we'd even move on to WarCraftIII? Not graphically intensive either, bless Blizzard's cold, rich heart. Preferably we'd all move onto games like Return to Castle Wolfie, or even old-school counter-strike. Although, a few rounds of counterstrike and we might all hate the term "knifefight" for the rest of our lives. Oh, and I haven't even mentioned console gaming yet. For those uninitiated club members, some of us play a game called "Super Monkey Ball 2." This game is good, that once-while renting it at the local BlockbUster the guy behind the counter smiled in a heartfelt manner that only gamers can use to communicate with each other when silently discussing games. Needless to say, this disturbed me. Until I took the game home, busted out some hours of mulit-monkey action with mai boratha ando mai shistaa. Ah yes, the memories of my sister crying out in vain as I knocked her ball off of the 1000 point marker... god I miss those days. So yeah, you get the idea. Timeless memories with the club that keep on... well, showing anime I guess. We don't do much else. And I think this would be fun. This and especially the Tsurugi's lunch/dinner (henceforth called "Linner") thing might actually put Names behind some of the faces I see in club every week. Okay, now my roomate is yelling at me because we're supposed to be in "lab"-whatever the hell that is. Wow, this was a long letter? I guess I should put a conclusion on here. In conclusion, Meeting @ Room 201 of the Business building, Tsurugi's Linner on 3/16(sun) and a Lan/Geek party sometime in the very near future. -Ahmad Jamshid "K" Amini -Minna No Anime Secretary -www.calpoly.edu/~minnclub
[MNA] Last meeting of the quarter
(Minna No Anime, Thu Mar 13 19:46:34 2003) Hi all, since dead week means die week for our secretary K, I'll be doing the last e-mail for this quarter. Here's the schedule for this week... 5:00-Trava parts 3 and 4 5:30-Hana Yori Dango 10 minute break 6:00-Nadia 6:30-Inuyasha 10 minute break 7:00-KOR 7:30-Infinite Ryvius 10 minute break 8:00-10:00 Patlabor Movie 3: WXIII Incase you were not aware, we're showing Patlabor Movie 3 this week as our end of the quarter movie, so no Full Metal Panic, Abenobashi, Fruits Basket, or Neia_7. They shall make their triumphant return on our first meeting of Spring quarter. See you on Saturday! -Nik Kamachi
