2006-2007 Emails

Email announcements from school year 2006-2007.

Fall 2006

Minna no Anime Saturday, September 30th

HI! Welcome to the new school year! Welcome back to all our returning
members and a big IRRASSHAI to our new freshmeats! I mean freshmen! Yes!
You're not edible at all..
Our schedule for the first meeting is really great; we worked hard on it,
so I hope you like it!
5:00: Fansub of the Week
5:25: Honey & Clover Episode 1:  "... ... I just saw the moment when a
person falls in love for the first time. Oh boy... ..."
5:55 Vandred Episode 1:  Boy Meets Girl
6:20 Kyou Kara Maoh Episode 27:  Conrad's Arm
6:50 Mai HIME Episode 1: That is A Serious Matter for a Maiden
7:15 Princess Tutu Episode 1: Akt 01 - Kapitel des Eies: Ahiru and the
Prince ~ Der Nu_knacker: Blumenwalzer
7:40 Dinner Break
8:10 Heat Guy J Episode 1: Guy
8:35 Gankutsuou Episode 1: At the End of Our Travels, We Meet
9:05 Mermaid Forest Episode 1: A Mermaid Never Smiles
9:30 Speed Grapher Episode 1: The Corrupt City
After Hours: I don't want to know. (in other words, I hope you REALLY like
Urusei Yatsura and/or Cutie Honey)

Daniella here: Wow you guys! I remember last year I was just a little
freshman coming to the first club meeting (after not having one in high
school) and being so excited. And I'm STILL excited to come to club.
Honestly, I have found such great friends at Minna.  I love you guys.

But enough about me! Let's hear more about me (your secretary if you don't
know me already and the other officers this year! We have 5 lovely ladies
and 1 guy. So I would expect a lot of fan girlish screaming.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v221/djmija/anime%20club/P1010800-1.jpg
First we have Annaliese, the most beautiful president in the world and
Graphic Arts major. Really, honestly, she's gorgeous. I found her picture
in an old Teen Vogue where they were dressing up these hot new models. She
may not look it but she's really a budding supermodel with a passion for
Detective Conan. She's also a part of one of the most awesome manga
circles ever to hit California, the 5 Pants Kicking Board Club. You'll see
her doodles on the doors of the silo every week. YES, she draws new ones
every single week and maintains a web comic at http://ensuing.comicgen.com
which I need to remember to start reading again.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v221/djmija/anime%20club/P1010803.jpg
Next we have Jenn, our vice president and resident Comp Sci major. I'm not
sure what she loves as obsessively as Annaliese loves Detective Conan, but
she loves it just as obsessively as Annaliese loves Detective Conan. (News
break: she apparently likes CLAMP's newer stuff a lot) Jenn's actually
really scary. I wouldn't cross her path, seriously. She could rip your
heart out through your eyeball! She's worse than the Bride!!! No, don't
let that squishy exterior fool you, my friends, she's a killing MACHINE
worse than Chuck Norris. If you ever hear her talking about orphans, she's
not talking coding, those are the kids whose parents she's killed.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v221/djmija/anime%20club/P1010802.jpg
Then we have Audrey, the treasurer and a business major. At least I think
she's a business major. She may actually be some kind of accounting or
finance major but it has something to do with the business school. She's a
really awesome girl. I should know, I spent all of last year nearly
attached to her hip. She changes her hair color a lot and almost went bald
last year because she kind of over did it with the bleach. Girl didn't
even remember her original hair color! She works at Ralph's where you
should never shop because she'll poison everything you buy. No really, I
was there last week and the canned tuna I bought made me so sick.(Just
kidding of course, There's nothing wrong with Ralph's I think)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v221/djmija/venusdemilo.jpg Next there's
me, Daniella, the club secretary, photographer and journalism major. I'm
19, sexy and single. (Hint, hint.) I like movies, shoujo manga, and
singing while no one's listening. (aka karaoke) I speak about 4 languages
but I can't promise much in anything but English. Unless it's the dirty
words, I know ALL the dirty words. I will cook for whoever gives me back
massages. Freshmen, you might want to think about that one, you have no
idea how much campus dining sucks yet. Or maybe you do but you definitely
don't know how sick you are of it yet. I also should be maintaining my own
web comic at http://loverseden.comicgenesis.com , but I kind of left all
my inking pens at home  ::sob::

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v221/djmija/anime%20club/P1010804.jpg
Second to last is Holly, our librarian. I don't know what major she is
because she keeps changing it. At this rate she probably will never
graduate, but she's a sweet girl! And possibly more hyper than me! Which
says a lot. I lived with her sister last year in Trinity; really sweet
girls, both of them. Holly, how's your sister doing anyways? Tell her I
say hi!  She's also the only officer that it's officially taken. (That I
know of anyways, met the boyfriend. We approve.) That's right; you don't
even get to try boys!  You'll just have to take your pick from the sexier
remaining female officers!

Last, but certainly not least is Brian, the webmaster.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v221/djmija/anime%20club/Gunter025.jpg
I don't know much about Brian. Don't think I've talked to him much, but
DAMN HE'S HOT! I know for a fact that all the officers want to jump in his
pants. Too bad he's apparently ga- Just kidding, you shouldn't really
believe anything I say in this email. Let's hope that he does a good job
on the website and doesn't kill me for this!

My parting gift to you is a group photo of your highly attractive and very
loving officers taken at the WOW club fair or carnival or block party,
whatever you kids call it these days.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v221/djmija/anime%20club/P1010808.jpg


That's all for now! See you Saturday! (Sorry for the long winded post!)

Daniella
djmiajluv@<removed>.com

P.S. You will hear about a secret meeting called Minna no Manga, you will
go because it is awesome and you'll make tons of friends there and because
you secretly want to get into the Illuminati of Minna no Anime.

Minna no Manga, 10/05/06

Minna no Manga meets Thursdays, 6-10pm, in 21-204. That's Engineering
West, I believe, but don't quote me on it.


Recommendation of the Week: Nazo no Murasame-kun by Itoumi Kio

Kunai is a regular high school student, at least that's what he'd like
people to think. In reality, he is the son of the top spy in Japan and is
well versed in ninja techniques. His father swears Kunai to secrecy, and
well, if anyone finds out about his abilities... his dad won't think twice
about offing him! Now Kunai must save lives and kick butt... without
getting seen!

Do you like Harry Potter? Do you like ninjas? Then read this series. Okay,
okay, there is no magic in it, but Kunai looks like Harry Potter. If Harry
Potter was a ninja. Anyway, the story is a lot of fun, the characters and
interesting and the art is pretty cool. Kunai is always using his... kunai
for his attacks and abilities and it's always fun to see what he'll use
them to do next. This series was a really good replacement after the
Naruto manga started getting boring. I don't want to step on anyone's
toes, but I think most people will be hard pressed to say the that series
has unfortunately been going downhill lately. No, no, I liked it a lot
when it was good (I've got the fanart and the Temari costume to prove
it... hell, I even have one of the headbands hanging off my monitor), but
now it just feels like Kishimoto is pulling stuff out of the air. But you
know, bad air. I hope it goes back to being cool soon. I'm not here to
talk about Naruto though, I'm here to talk about Nazo no Murasame-kun, so
back to that. Hmmmmm... It's cool, it's.... really cool.... and you should
read it.

Nazo no Murasame-kun is about 15 chapters long and runs in Weekly Shounen
Jump. The first volume is out in Japan. Scanlations are available from
Jump-Scanlations.

~Enter the Rant:

Not much to say, life has been pretty cool lately. I'm finally getting
around to watching Dokkoida, and I'm loving it. The menus on the DVDs are
probably the best I've ever seen.

~Download Download Download:

Sorry guys, I have to say this to cover my tail. These files are for
sample only. Please delete after 24 hours. If you like what you hear,
please buy the CD.

Hateshinaku Tooi Sora Ni
b
The Stand Up- This is opening for Kyou Kara Maou. Do you want to be like
the cool kids and be able to sing along? Now you'll be able to! Yay!

http://www.sendspace.com/file/o4f8io

O-tsuki Sama
b
The Stand Up- Another song by The Stand Up. I can't tell you why I like
it, but I do. ^_^

http://www.sendspace.com/file/33wex3

Hope to see you at Minna no Manga!

Baker Street Irregular,
~Annaliese
"She can blowdart people... TO DEATH!"-Chloe, Sorcerous Stabber Orphen:
Revenge

Minna no Anime, Saturday, October 7th 2006

Ohayo!
Here's this week's schedule!

5:00: Fansub of the Week
5:25: Honey & Clover Episode 2. I panicked a little when I saw
Hagu-chan... ... hey, wait" The two affections start to turn
5:55 Vandred Episode 2. And... I've Lost My Way
6:20 Kyou Kara Maoh Episode 28. A Brutal Reunion
6:50 Mai HIME Episode 2.  Secrets After School
7:15 Princess Tutu Episode Akt 02 - Kapitel des Eies: Pieces of the Heart
~ Schwanensee: Schne finale
7:40 Dinner Break
8:10 Heat Guy J Episode 2.War
8:35 Gankutsuou Episode 2. Until the Sun Rises on the Moon
9:05 Mermaid Forest Episode 2. The Village of Fighting Fish (part one)
9:30 Speed Grapher Episode 2. Groaning Banknotes, Moaning Sack of Money
After Hours: I STILL don't want to know. (Please tell me its not LUM)

Club News: The first Minna no Manga of the year. Thursday 6-10pm Blg. 21
Room 304.You should come because its awesome and because I say so.

Pay your dues! If you pay your $5 you get discounts on stuff and access to
a gigantic library for less than you would pay to rent that many anime
elsewhere! I mean other than the obvious: this is how we get awesome stuff
for you to watch, you know you want to get my emails!

We have a facebook group! Join at:
http://calpoly.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2211151881 and invite your MnA
friends!

If you have any questions, don't reply to this email address. My personal
email is at the end and you can bug me all you want on that one.

D's rantings:

So my teachers are a little homework happy yes? Maybe I wasn't trying hard
enough last year, but I feel as if I am just that much more busy.
Maybe it's the extra time needed to walk to classes from Cerro Vista.
Maybe it's the blisters I got from walking to an interview in heels. (Ow
T_T)
Maybe it's the feature writing class that I don't have junior standing
for.
Maybe it's the column proposal I'm writing so I can get on the Mustang
Daily staff.
Maybe it's because I have to write this email! (Nah, I actually really
like writing this)

Anyways, I feel jam packed. But I'm really looking forward to Minna no
Manga, (my official weekend starter since I'm in my 4th quarter without
Friday classes)  And to my weekend, which seems to be jam packed with
awesome. I must have a lot of jam around somewhere.

Also, I'm starting to get my webcomic, Eden, up off the ground so check it
out! (http://loverseden.comicgenesis.com) Its totally
work/school/home-safe. (for now.)

Yours Truly,
Daniella
djmijaluv@<removed>.com
AIM: <removed>

Minna no Manga 10/12/06

Minna no Manga meets Thursdays, 6-10pm in 21-204. All the cool kids come.


Recommendation of the Week: Nabari no Ou by Yuhki Kamatani

Ninjas in modern day Japan! Average student Miharu finds out one day that
he is the embodiment of the "Shinranbansho,"a secret art that is said to
be able to control the world. In a move that should surprise no one,
members of the ninja community that know of this hijitsu's power go after
Miharu. In order to protect himself from his own power and the ninjas
after him, he must learn the skill and abilities of the ninjas and ally
himself with the forces of good.

"Forces of good?" Sorry, that makes the series sound lame. Basically, he
teams up with a classmate, a crazy samurai girl, and his teacher. The
group  has great chemistry, and even in the darkest situations one of them
will do something that makes me laugh. Well, almost. There are some really
dark times. The characters really are awesome and the story is a lot of
fun. This is probably my favorite ninja series. And the art! Oh, the art!
It's gorgeous. I was using Nabari no Ou wallpapers and displaying Nabari
no Ou pencil boards in my room way before I started reading the series.

Anywhooooo, check this series out, I doubt you'll be disappointed. There
are four volumes out in Japan. It runs monthly in GanGan Fantasy. The
first four chapters have been scanlated by Timcanpi.

~Enter Rant:

I'm not too fond of my art class. It's a lot of work and a lot of
pressure. but I'm too tired to complain about it today.

I hope to see everyone at five on Saturday to see our fansub. I'm so
excited to show it!! I'm so in love with this show it's driving me mad.
Mad I tell you! So please show up and check it out.

Baker Street Irregular,
~Annaliese, ensuing@<removed>.com
"They come forth along with the blue will o' the wisps... the 901
Anti-Tank Troopers..."

Minna no Anime, Saturday October 14th 2006

</pre> This week's schedule: 5:00: Fansub of the Week 5:25: Honey & Clover Episode 3: Hey. Why me?" These were two unrequited loves 5:55 Vandred Episode 3: This is the Path I Choose to Live 6:20 Kyou Kara Maoh Episode 29: A Hair-raising Prologue 6:50 Mai HIME Episode 3: A Hair-raising Prologue 7:15 Princess Tutu Episode 3: Akt 03 - Kapitel des Eies: A Princess`s Oath ~ Dornrvschen: Panorama 7:40 Dinner Break 8:10 Heat Guy J Episode 3: Bomb 8:35 Gankutsuou Episode 3: 5/22, Tempest 9:05 Mermaid Forest Episode 3: The Village of Fighting Fish (part two) 9:30 Speed Grapher Episode 3: Death by Photo, Murderous Photography, Explosive Photography After Hours: Well you'll just have to wait and see won't you?

Club News: -Minna no Manga is Thursday 6-10pm Blg. 21 Room 304. You should come because it's awesome and because I say so. -Pay your dues! If you pay your $5 you get discounts on stuff and access to a gigantic library for less than you would pay to rent that many anime elsewhere! C'mon you know you want to get my emails! -We have a facebook group! Join at: http://calpoly.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2211151881 and invite your MnA friends! -If you have any questions, don't reply to this email address. My personal email is at the end and you can bug me all you want on that one.

Bitch, Rant, Bitch:

Ok this might be a little personal for some of you. If you don't want to really hear me whine, I suggest not reading further. (except for the part about my online Mustang Daily column every Friday, check it out.) If you haven't heeded my warning and you don't like it, tell ME not someone else and don't say I didn't warn you

Let's start out with the fact that I have NO energy. There was someone I wanted to talk to at club last Saturday but I was feeling so exhausted that I just couldn't bring myself to do it. You know that's a bad thing when someone as out there as me cannot bring myself to talk to someone I really want to talk to. I know why I'm so tired. I have a lot on my plate. The column, my classes which all involve writing (save bowling which just makes writing painful) and this.

Then there's my friends. Buttloads of my friends are dating. I'm not. Seeing them make out in front of me is NOT fun because it makes me want a guy of my own. I'd be totally cool with it if they just stopped molesting each other in front of me. I would like someone to snuggle with, but I'm here for my Bachelors, not my M.R.S. degree. (For my friends, I love you and your snuggle buddies and all, but you could tone it down, please?)

The worst thing is I'm so shy around guys. I got dumped and rejected really badly before college and while I'm over the boy, I'm still afraid that any guy that I like will totally just reject me. I know none of you can tell because I'm so boisterous, but that's me trying not to be shy, I promise. It takes all my courage to ask a guy out let alone tell one that I like them.

I'm sorry the personal-ness of this piece. Don't worry about me. Sometimes you just got to bitch about things to feel better.

Yours Truly, Daniella djmijaluv@<removed>.com AIM: <removed> </pre>

[MNAMembers] Minna no Manga 10/26/06

Uhhhhh, it looks like polylog1 (aka, the thing we go through to send e-mails) is still down, 
so I'm just going ot post the weekly MnM e-mail here. Oh boy oh boy!
_________

Minna no Manga meets Thursdays, 6-10pm, in 21-204. 

~HALLOWEEN SCHEDULE:
(please remember these times are approximate!)
12-Anime starts in the silo
3-Trivia begins
6-Anime Eyes
7-Dinner (Karaoke starts!)
8-Anime Eyes Finals, Trivia Finals
9:30-AMVs, Pumpkin Carving judging (If you bring your carved pumpkin, talk to one of 
the officers, we can store it for you until the judging) 
10-Cosplay
10:30-Awards

There will be DDR all day! There will be Guilty Gear and there may be a GG tournament. 
We'll probably have some controllers, but you may want to bring your own joystick. =D


~Recommendation of the Week: Pumpkin Scissors by Ryoutarou Iwanaga

You should have seen the first episode of this a few weeks back when we showed it for 
Fansub O'. The anime follows the manga pretty well so far, so the story is the same. 
Randal Orland, formally of the 901 Anti-Tank Troopers joins the war relief unit Pumpkin 
Scissors three years after a devastating war. Orland blows tanks up. It's AWESOME. 

As it usually goes, at least for me, I like the manga better than than anime. That's saying a 
lot for this series because I adore the anime. The manga has a nice art and a steady pace. 
The manga toys with my emotions. Sure, I love it when Orland turns on that crazy lantern 
and goes all crazy, but it makes my heart ache to see the mental torture he goes through 
because of it. These scenes are drawn in a very different style... Orland becomes a mass of 
moving darkness, with only his eyes and scar glowing. It's quite powerful. The characters 
are all delightful and I've come to love their little quirks. Orland with his slight slouch, 
Alice with her extreme sense of justice, Oreld and his love of the ladies, Machs with his 
timidness, Stekkin with her silly songs, and Mercury (the courier dog) with his random 
biting of people's heads. If I had to say anything bad about this series, it would be two 
little things. First, the art seems a little iffy at the beginning. Don't get me wrong, it's still 
good, it's just a couple bits here and there look... off. Second, the color pages aren't great. 
I'm not a fan of the colors chosen. But hey, if those two little things are the only bad 
things... 

There are five volumes of Pumpkin Scissors out in Japan. Volume six comes out in 
December. No groups have released any scanlated chapters yet. 

~Enter Rant:

I just turned in my first project in ART131. Finally. I think I spent about 50 hours on that 
thing. @_@ Good thing the next one seems pretty simple.

I bought Jak 3 on Sunday. I'm really enjoying it, but I keep killing poor Jak. I don't mean to, 
but the game is pretty difficult. I think by the end, I'm going to be really good at jumping 
and driving. Dark Jak and Light Jak are really, really awesome. I want to draw them. 

Baker Street Irregular,
~Annaliese
"Percursors, I've got it! Ah'mna Jak you up."

[MNAMembers] Minna no Manga 11/02/06

Minna no Manga meets Thursdays, 6-10pm, in 21-204. We may move from room to room, 
but we'll be in the general area. And obviously we STILL can't send out messages through 
polylog1. Curses!

I hope everyone had a good time at the Halloween party! I know I did. ^_^

Ugh, I'm tired. I'd write something about some manga series, but I'm feeling pretty out of it 
and am trying to get the full Halloween 2k6 Set on Gaia Online. Curse that site! I joined so I 
could do something when I reached "the end of the internet," but now I am one of the 
millions that just has to get that certain shirt or hat. Just 3k more gold before I can get my 
Shadow Spirit! *shame*

Remember that we're in the little room in Fisher Science again this week for Minna no Anime! 
We should get the bigger room in two weeks. 

Baker Street Irregular,
~Annaliese
"Help me believe, it's not the real me, someone help me tame this animal"

[MNAMembers] Minna no Anime, Saturday, Nov. 4 2006

Hi guys! Sorry about the lack of my emails. Things have beenw weird 
with polylog1, as you know, and I've been horridly busy. Still am 
actually.

IMPORTANTE! This week we will be in FISCHER SCIENCE not the silo 
thats building 33 room 287. DO NOT GO TO THE SILO WE WILL NOT BE 
THERE!

5:00 Fansub O' Week
5:25 Honey and Clover Episode5. "... ... Yeah... ... I'm 
home... ..." Thinking of mother back home 
5:55 Vandred Episode 5. Sweet Temptation 
6:20 Kyou Kara Maoh Episode 31. Land's End 
6:50 Mai HIME Episode 5. Rain--. Tears..... 
7:15 Princess Tutu Episode 5. Akt 05 - Kapitel des Eies: On the Eve 
of the Fire Festival ~ Bilder einer Ausstellung: Die Katakomben 
7:40 Dinner Break
8:10 Heat Guy J Episode 5. Doll 
8:35 Gankutsuou Episode 5. Do you love your betrothed? 
9:05 Mermaid Forest Episode 5. Mermaid's Forest (part two) 
9:30 Speed Grapher Episode 5. Madam Diamond 
After Hours: Don't know, don't care.

Rant:
Right now. I'm really hating writing. I mean its really cool that my 
Media Law professor pushed back our midterm and term paper due date, 
but that essentially gives me three days to write an 8 page profile 
for my Feature Writing class (which I have to do massive research 
about my subject for) and about two for my column. And how can I use 
the weekend for wrting anything but studying for the midterm and 
writing the term paper?

I'm one of those people who don't find writing to be hard. Whats 
hard is writing so much in so little time thats stressful. So whats 
a girl to do? 

Go out. 

I work well under pressure. The less time I have to do things, the 
less I stress out and do other things to calm myself down. And of 
course its not good for me, but hey it works.

Daniella
Don't bother me until next Thursday, please for the love of Yaoi.

Read my column tommorrow at www.mustangdaily.net (its called how to 
survive and you can find it on the navigation bar on the left side)

[MNAMembers] Minna no Manga 11/09/06

(Guess what I still can't log onto~)

Minna no Manga meets Thursdays, 6-10pm in 21-204. Last week I played Pokémon and 
read about moon bunnies. 

~Recommendation of the Week: Over Time by Amano Youichi

"A lazy ass kind of a baseball player, Taro, and A very serious crazy baseball player, 
Takami, that want to make it to the top. They cross paths on a bus that crashes. Takami 
dies and Taro lives. Taro visits Takami's grave and sees Takami's ghost. His ghost tells 
Taro to take him to the koshien and fulfill his dream." (from Jump-Scanlations)

Koshien is the stadium where the Nation high School Baseball Championships are played 
every August, fyi.

This is a pretty awesome series. I'm a big baseball fan, so this series really appeals to me. I 
love the art, it's got this awesome rough edge to it and the characters are very distinct. 
The story-telling seems a little iffy at the beginning, but it really seems to be getting it 
together. If you like sports series, this is one that your shouldn't miss!

The color spread from the first chapter makes a nifty wallpaper too! Please  try to ignore 
the wrinkles in it, I didn't notice them when I was cleaning it for wallpaper use! U_U;;

(OverTime.jpg=1.3 megs)
http://img459.imageshack.us/img459/1133/overtimecc6.jpg

The first six chapters are available for download from Jump-Scanlations, and the series 
runs in Weekly Shounen Jump. 

~Enter Rant:
I ran out of work for Viz a number of weeks ago. The translator and I must have been 
working overtime or something, because suddenly we were just out of volumes to work 
on. I asked my editor about the script and due dates for the next volume, and she just got 
the from the higher-ups last week. You'll never guess when. ....August. The next volume is 
due in late August, 2007. The translator's work isn't due until almost June, so I have a 
good seven months of no work. Ouch. The extra time is very nice, but the lack of money is 
not. I've put in a request for more work from them, so maybe, maaaayyybbbeee I'll get 
something good to work on. Then again, I don't know if you can get much worse than my 
current series (knock on wood). Please wish me luck!

Ah, don't you hate it when suddenly all your teachers have big assignments for you? 
Papers, projects, reports.... ugh. I wonder if there is some schedule.... "5th week: 
Midterms; 6th Week: More Midterms; 7th Week: Big Projects/Reports/Papers; 8th Week: 
Laugh." Well, it could me worse!

Baker Street Irregular, 
~Annaliese, ensuing@<removed>.com
"Learn what you can from the beasts you defeat, you'll need it for some of the people 
you'll meet."

[MNAMembers] Minna no Anime, Saturday, November 11, 2006

</pre>

Hi guys! Polylog1 is STILL DOWN so yeah whoever told us it wasn't ::shakes fist::

IMPORTANTE! This week we will be in FISCHER SCIENCE not the silo! Thats building 33 room 287. DO NOT GO TO THE SILO WE WILL NOT BE THERE! If you don't know where the hell it is LOOK ON A MAP!

5:00: Fansub of the Week 5:25: Honey & Clover Episode 6. "... ... Hey, Yamada, how come you fell in love with a guy like me?" The past, the tears, the confession 5:55 Vandred Episode 6. What a Wonderful World 6:20 Kyou Kara Maoh Episode 32. The Key to the Fragmented Memories 6:50 Mai HIME Episode 6. The Burning Age of 17 (^^;) 7:15 Princess Tutu Episode 6. Akt 06 - Kapitel des Eies: Aurora Dreaming ~ Dornröschen: Prolog 7:40 Dinner Break 8:10 Heat Guy J Episode 6. Money 8:35 Gankutsuou Episode 6. Her Gloom, My Gloom 9:05 Mermaid Forest Episode 6. The End of the Dream 9:30 Speed Grapher Episode 6. Goodbye, Madam Diamond

Rant: So my week of hell is over. Which is nice, but one of my deadlines got pushed to Monday. Which is cool because that article was seriously in need of work. But you know…. I thought it was all over…. Oh well

And then my parents are going to be coming on Saturday. (With my puppy! Yay!) There's nothing wrong with that but it kinda cuts into my relax time and my homework time and I just know they're going to be all up in my face about someone I went on a date with. >_< God having Jewish parents sucks….. but then again I don't think I'd want my real father (long story) instead of them. Whatever.

My week of hell was made even more hellish by my fish, Slim, dying last Friday. I had two and she was my favorite. I was bawling, I'm sure you all saw me be a little sulky at Anime club last week. That's pretty much why… T_T It still makes me sad. My poor little baby! I think my dad's going to get me a new fish, which will be great. My other fish, Wandsworth, is sulking too, so I think it'll be better for him to have a companion as well.

I know I whine in these emails a lot, but I haven't really been having the best life ever these past couple weeks so please bear with me. I'm not the type to remain all sad and go emo anyways. ^_^

Ooo there's a Del-ray manga sale o_o ::scampers away::

Daniella AIM: <removed> Email: djmijaluv@<removed>.com </pre>

[MNAMembers] Minna no Manga 11/16/06

Minna no Manga meets Thursdays, 5-10pm, in 21-204... but we'll probably move to 21-238 
early on, since it is open and larger. 

~Recommendation of the Week: ...

I'm fighting off some sort of sickness or something, and I can't think of anything I'd like to 
recommend this week. Besides the Jak games. Oh baby, those games are really addicting. I 
need to find some people who also love these games so I can fangirl to them and stop 
bothering my roommates. ^_~

~Enter Rant:

See above. =3

Baker Street Irregular. 
~Annaliese, ensuing@<removed>.com
"Hey! they have pants!"

[MNAMembers] Minna no Anime Saturday, November 18, 2006

Hi guys! 

IMPORTANTE! This week we will be in FISCHER SCIENCE not the silo! 
Thats building 33 room 287. DO NOT GO TO THE SILO WE WILL NOT BE 
THERE! If you don't know where the hell it is LOOK ON A MAP!

5:00: Fansub of the Week
5:25: Honey & Clover Episode 7 "Hagu, let's go together" We look for 
a miracle
5:55 Vandred Episode 7 Easy Life
6:20 Kyou Kara Maoh Episode 33 Extreme Run! A Race in the Snow
6:50 Mai HIME Episode 7 The Lost Kittens
7:15 Princess Tutu Episode 7 Akt 07 - Kapitel des Eies: Raven 
Princess ~ An der schönen blauen Donau
7:40 Dinner Break
8:10 Heat Guy J Episode 7  Circulation
8:35 Gankutsuou Episode 7 The Secret Nectar of the Flower Garden
9:05 Mermaid Forest Episode 7 Sacred Bone Princess
9:30 Speed Grapher Episode 7 Bizarre Drills

Rant:
::sighs:: It was so nice to have some time where nothing 
particularly pressing was due. Sooo nice.

Anyways. I'm sure you've heard about Annaliese (and Jenn?) having 
husbands and wives. Well I've found mine.

Everyone, meet Izark! 
http://www.geocities.com/coolancelot/image/p21.jpg
Mmmm sekushi! So sexy, even Annaliese wants him. But no, he's mine. 
He's even sexy as a monster! 
http://www.geocities.com/coolancelot/image/p30.jpg

I met him a long time ago when I was teaching myself how to draw and 
stealing pictures of the internet in order to do so. However this 
was long long ago when I was still in middle school and the manga he 
is in "From Far Away" was not yet published by Viz. I bought volume 
one a long time ago, but since I was collecting other series and my 
main manga source back at home kinda didn't stock it I didn't get a 
chance to really get into it until now. Ooo I love it. I recommend 
it to all of you. There's enough action to not make it a totally 
sappy shoujo and enough romance to satisfy the shoujo fans. You 
should read it. All of you. (Haha Annaliese, I have been into Izark 
longer than you!) 

And this is my wife: http://mana_shrine0.tripod.com/MM-Mana-Ice.jpg
Works out really well for me don't you think!! Ohohohohohohoho!

Anyways, read my column! 
http://www.mustangdaily.net/media/storage/paper860/news/2006/11/17/Co
lumns/How-To.Survive.Getting.A.Date-2466228.shtml?
norewrite200611171755&sourcedomain=www.mustangdaily.net&&mkey=2370666

Its number two on the Mustang Daily website, lets make it NUMERO 
UNO! 

Daniella
AIM: <removed>
Email: djmijaluv@<removed>.com

More Izark sexy-ness: 
http://www.geocities.com/coolancelot/image/p27.jpg

Mmmm yum.

[MNAMembers] Minna no Manga 11/30/06

Minna no Manga meets Thursdays, 6-10pm in 21-204. But not really. You know we'll 
actually be spending most of the time in 21-238. 

~Recommendation of the Week: My Cat Loki by Bettina Kurkoski

From the back: "As a child, Ameya had always considered his cat more a sibling than a pet. 
As the years went by, their bond grew ever tighter. But the cay his feline "brother" died 
was the day Ameya withdrew from the world.

Several years later, Ameya encountrs a drenched stray cat in the park. Little does he know 
what fate has in store for him..."

My Cat Loki is an adorable tale about a bond between a cat and his owner. It's a gorgeous 
tale that will be enjoyed by any cat lover. I've enjoyed Bettina's art for a long time, so 
finally getting my hands on MCL made my day. Her art is gorgeous, filled with beautiful 
details and fun little quirks. It's obvious that she loves these characters she's created. I 
love watching Ameya being a huge dork while caring for Loki and Loki's great expressions 
when dealing with Ameya.  Each chapter cover is an amazing pencil drawing that never 
cease to wow me. My only complaint is that a lot seems to be lost between her pencil 
drawings and ink-and-tone comic pages. Well, that and the fact that I'll be waiting a while 
before the next volume is released! 

~Enter Rant:
Hope everyone had a great break! I spent most of mine watching my family have fun on 
my brother's Wii and playing Phoenix Wright 2: Justice for All. The Wii is an amazing 
gaming system! I can't wait to get one (and get Twilight Princess, but that goes without 
saying). Phoenix Wright 2 is way too much fun. My sister, who was mocking me for playing 
it the first half of the break ended up begging me to let her play it the second! 
Unfortunately, with all the important game-playing, I didn't get any school work done! 
Now I'm busy busy busy getting ready to turn in all sorts of papers and projects!

~Annaliese, ensuing@<removed>.com
"Meat and sarcasm, that's all I've got."

[MNAMembers] MInna no Anime Saturday December 2, 2006

Hi guys! We're FINALLY BACK in the SILO. That's right. DON'T go to 
the science building, GO TO THE SILO.

5:00: Fansub of the Week
5:25: Honey & Clover Episode 8 "Yeah... ... that's far... ..." I 
couldn't leave you alone
5:55 Vandred Episode 8 Impossible!
6:20 Kyou Kara Maoh Episode 34 The Heated Battle of Colloseum!?
6:50 Mai HIME Episode 8 A Dearly Important Thing
7:15 Princess Tutu Episode 8 Akt 08 - Kapitel des Eies: The Fountain 
of Warriors ~ Fantasie-Overtüre zu "Romeo und Julia"
7:40 Dinner Break
8:10 Heat Guy J Episode 8 Brother
8:35 Gankutsuou Episode 8 A Night in Boulogne
9:05 Mermaid Forest Episode 8 The Final Face (part one)
9:30 Speed Grapher Episode 8 Light of Kagura

Rant: 
Oh man. My thanksgiving was a little crazy. Internet went down. Got 
kidnapped and taken over the border by my parents to look at condos. 
As if my parents didn't own enough property already… we might be 
getting a condo in Rosarito Beach. Not that I really mind….I mean I 
inherit all of that when they die. But that's the kind of stuff that 
doesn't get me scholarships and stuff.  (other than property my 
family isn't really wealthy at all) And I'm the one who gets yelled 
at for it. As if having too much money placed in investments is MY 
fault. Other than that, looking at houses is just boring as fuck.

Luckily, I did get bribed. I got manga from my dad and A LOT of 
clothes from my mom. Yay for clothes. Seriously. There's nothing I 
like more than shopping and getting a bunch of cute new clothes. 
Well nothing except shopping and getting a bunch of awesome manga, 
but those are really separate (but not necessarily equal) categories 
for me. I did a lot of shopping over the break. I got cds, a dvd 
(Tower Records is going out of business, I suggest if there's one 
near you, go shopping the sales are so good.) … there was a sale at 
my favorite comic book shop so I got shitloads of manga (That's in 
addition to the bribery manga) the clothes… converse high tops with 
FISHES on them. So cute…
My fishes mean so much to me. They're my babies. So I just had to 
get the shoes.

That was really the highlight of my holiday. (Ha! How pathetic!) I'm 
not very fond of my mothers. My dad is fine… but my mom and my 
stepmom… well I wish I could change their personalities. Yeah I have 
two sets of parents. It's a long story.

Next weekend I was supposed to go to my step-brother's wedding in 
Florida, but because its right before finals, my mom won't let me. 
I'm kinda bummed out about not getting to go, but I realized that I 
would miss Minna no Anime, the quarterly movie, and Tsurugi's so now 
I don't feel so bummed I guess. 

Daniella
Email: djmijaluv@<removed>.com

[MNAMembers] Minna no Manga, 12/07/06

Minna no Manga meets Thursdays, 6-10pm, in 21-238. 

~Recommendation of the Week: Blue Dragon by Takano Tsuneo and Obata Takeshi

An Obata-drawn series (Death Note, Hikaru no Go, and Ayatsuri Sakon) based off of a 
game with Toriyama art (DBZ, etc), in which a world is attacked by the "kage," creatures 
who consume others by living in thier shadows. Raru is a boy who can control a dragon 
which lives in his shadow. Led by his teacher, Mio, he protects the kingdom. 

...Actually, I'm not too sure about the plot. The first chapter came out last week and my 
Japanese is shoddy at best. But I can truthfully say that the art is really, really good. Obata 
has a chance to draw lots of motion, where as DN, HnG, and AS involved more sitting and 
mind games than running and fighting. 

There are currently no scanlations for Blue Dragon, but you can download the raws from 
Raw-Manga. The series runs in Weekly Shounen Jump. 

~Enter Rant:

Ugh, dead week! I have so much work to do still! Plus, I just started playing Twilight 
Princess (which is absolutely amazingly fantastic). Gahhh, it's hard balancing work and fun. 
Luckily, we just have a week and a half more, then most of us get a nice three week break!

Brave Story this week! *dances*

~Annaliese, ensuing@<removed>.com
"Tell the devil it's time you gave him his due
He should go back to hell, he should shake in his shoes,
'Cause the mightiest, scariest creature is you"

[MNAMembers] Minna no Anime Saturday December 9, 2006

Hi guys! We're FINALLY BACK in the SILO. That's right. DON'T go to 
the science building, GO TO THE SILO.

5:00: Honey & Clover Episode 9
5:25: Vandred Episode 9
5:55 Mai HIME Episode 9
6:20 Princess Tutu Episode 9
6:50 Heat Guy J Episode 9
7:15 Mermaid Forest 9
7:40 Dinner Break
8:10-ish Quarterly Awesome Movie: BRAVE STORY! 

Rant: 

Oh man… stressful week right everyone? I slept for two straight 
hours today after I got my classes done. Two straight hours… ok 
maybe not that much but I was in bed for that long. ::snuggles her 
bed:: soooo comfy. I lub my bed.

You guys… I'm going to miss you over the quarter… T_T I dun wanna go 
home! 
Last winter break I was so miserable going back home. Maybe because 
I had nothing to do. I worked at the old theatre I used to work at 
and all my high school friends sort of abandoned me.. But this time 
I'll be in Vietnam so I guess I won't be so bored…. 
But I miss Minna no Anime during the breaks… you guys keep me 
slightly saner than normal. I love you guys.

I hope you all have a merry Christmahannukwanzakah and Happy New 
Year as well! 

See you at Tsurugi's!

Daniella
Email: djmijaluv@<removed>.com

Winter 2007

[MNAMembers] Minna no Manga, 01/11/07 ~New Room~

 

Minna no Manga meets Thursdays, in building 20, room 129. Hear that? 20-129. 
Engineering East, the Electrical Engineering building. It's a new room! Yaaaaay~ 

~Recommendation of the Week: Guardian Dog by Akira Shirakawa and Shouko Fukaki

Guardian Dog is the story of a high school boy, Gengo, whose body is invaded by a six-
eyed water creature (he invades through his heart... keep your minds clean, people). This 
gives Gengo pretty cool water-controlling abilities and six eyes. Luckily for Gengo, the 
extra eyes are usually hidden. Unfortunately for Gengo, they are usually hidden. They 
seem to come back at very bad times and give himself away to creatures that want to 
attack the original six-eyed creature. He eventually takes in a woman who was sent to kill 
him, helps out his plant-creature teacher, and it watched over by a strange man who 
insists on being called "aniki." The story starts as a "on no, strange creatures are trying to 
take over" story and evolves into a tale of trust, friendship, and identity. This is one of the 
few manga series where the inside artwork looks much better than the cover, at least in 
my opinion. This artist has launched himself towards the top of a short list of my favorite 
mangaka. I highly recommend this series to any manga fan.

Guardian Dog is four volumes long and ran in Comic Rush. Unfortunately, no scanlations 
are available at this time.

~Enter Rant:

Ahhh, break is over. I hope it went well for everyone. 

I really hope everyone enjoyed Brave Story last quarter! I ended up taking the movie home 
and showing to everyone I could tie down for two hours. Ahh, that movie makes me so 
happy. I didn't get as much work done on my Wataru costume as I had hoped, but I got a 
lot of materials together, so I guess it's a start. *coughcough shameless plug* If you're on 
livejournal and liked the movie, you should join the community! http://
community.livejournal.com/brave_story/

Remember that we will be voting on t-shirt designs at the end of this month! The rules for 
the contest are on the website!

~Annaliese, ensuing@<removed>.com
"When in pain, I wish we were able to confess that it hurts. We are but weaklings 
pretending to be tough."

[MNAMembers] Minna no Anime, Saturday, January 13th, 2007

Hi guys! Happy New Years! Etc. Hope you all had a nice break and I'm happy to see you all!

5:00 Fansub of the Week
5:25 Honey & Clover Episode 10 "... ...It is probably not that simple to release it... ..."
We cross the sky
5:55 Vandred Episode 10 White Love
6:20 Kyou Kara Maoh Episode 34 The Heated Battle of Colloseum!?
6:50 Mai HIME Episode 10 The Great Cake Battle!!!!
7:15 Princess Tutu Episode 10 Akt 10 - Kapitel des Eies: Cinderella ~ Aschenbrödel: 
Walzer-Coda
7:40 Dinner Break
8:10 Heat Guy J Episode 10 Guns Tama (Bullet)
8:35 Gankutsuou Episode 9 I had a dream the colour of darkness
9:05 Mermaid Forest Episode 10 The Promised Tomorrow (part one)
9:30 Speed Grapher Episode 9 At the baths

Rant:
I had a really interesting break. I don't mean that in a specifically good or bad way because 
it was BOTH.
First, a family friend whose child I babysat over the summer was killed in a car accident in 
New Zealand.
Then I went to Singapore (on my way to my Vietnam) had high tea at the famous Raffles 
(yummy, I suggest if if you're ever there) and promptly twisted my ankle.
Then I went to Hanoi and promptly got very sick. I skipped the next day, I was told I didn't 
miss much.
Otherwise Vietnam was fun. Lots of interesting things (like Ho Chi Minh's embalmed body) 
lots of good shopping (I now have more purses and scarves than any normal fan girl will 
ever have in her lifetime) not so much good eating (I'm a picky eater and beef and chicken 
aren't part of Vietnam's normal menu) but a LOT of good French pastries. (Random 
Daniella Fact: I'm part-Austrian, Austrians are notoriously sweet-toothed. Then again, 
anyone who lived with my mother and/or grandmother would be.)
Everything was fine until I came home (alone, my mother and the rest of her group went 
onto Cambodia)

I found that I had no ride home. EVERYONE I knew in the LA, OC, and San Diego area was 
going home on Saturday, (I had to pick up my parents very late on Saturday) I couldn't 
take the train (a) they were sold out b) they wouldn't let me take my fish on)
Like I predicted, my dad and step-mom took me home. BUT not without my stepmom 
having a bloody FIT about doing so. SHE wanted to go to Rosarito Beach again, but noooo I 
just had to ruin things for her.

So when I got to school I was relieved, but not for long.
First, my room door wouldn't open because the entire lock shifted 90 degrees to the left. 
Had to wait hours. Then the next day I lost my key (it was in my back pocket the whole 
time) AND my computer broke. Tuesday was alright. Wednesday, I got sick and my 
homework wouldn't print out. (LUCKILY my professor was forgiving.) Today was alright 
too, I'm feeling better.

Anyways, I'm working in the package center in Sequoia. If you live on campus, expect to 
see me there on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays. Its nice. I get 7.50 to do ten times less 
than last quarter. Mwahahaha.

Daniella -djmijaluv@<removed>.com

[MNAMembers] Minna no Manga, 01/18/07

Minna no Manga meets Thursdays, 6-10pm, in 20-129. 

~Recommendation of the Week: Kurogane by Kei Toume

"Avenging his father's murder is a matter of honor for the young samurai Jintetsu. But it 
turns out that the killer is a corrupt government official -- and now the powers that be are 
determined to hunt Jintetsu down like an animal. There's only one problem: Jintetsu is 
dead.

Torn to pieces by a pack of dogs, the young samurai Jintetsu's ravaged body has been 
found by Genkichi, outcast and master inventor. Genkichi gives the dead boy a new, 
indestructible steel body and a talking sword-just what he'll need to face down the gang 
that's terrorizing his hometown and the mobster who ordered his father's hit. But what 
about Otsuki, the beautiful girl he left behind? Steel armor is defense against any sword, 
but it can't save Jintetsu from the pain in his heart." -From Del Rey's Kurogane page

Kurogane is a wonderfully interesting story taking the possible to the edge of impossible. 
The stories are packed with emotion, character development, and action, making it a great 
series for just about everyone. I really enjoy the series, but what keeps me rereading the 
volumes is the awesome artwork. It's drawn in a loose, almost sketchy style. Occasionally 
the lines become a little too unruly and busy and things are hard to make out, but most of 
the time the style adds to the depth of the series and gives it a wonderful slightly grungy 
feel. 

Volumes 1-3 have been released by Del Rey, and there are at least five volumes available 
in Japanese from Open KC. A thiry-page preview is available here:

http://www.randomhouse.com/delrey/manga/kurogane/

~Enter Rant:

I lost my train of thought about four times while writing that paragraph on Kurogane, so I 
apologize if it doesn't make much sense. 

Did you have a nice vacation day? I did. 

Don't forget about the t-shirt design contest!

~Annaliese, ensuing@<removed>.com
"Better believe in, better believe in yourself"

[MNAMembers] Minna no Anime, Saturday January 20th, 2007

Hi guys! I can't wait to see you all this week!

5:00 Fansub of the Week
5:25 Honey & Clover Episode 11 "It... ...it was not enjoyable at all... ..."
Love pushes us around
5:55 Vandred Episode 11 Together
6:20 Kyou Kara Maoh Episode 36 Farewell, Conrad
6:50 Mai HIME Episode 11 Rondo of Light and Darkness
7:15 Princess Tutu Episode 11 Akt 11 - Kapitel des Eies: La Sylphide
7:40 Dinner Break
8:10 Heat Guy J Episode 11 Mirage Maboroshi (Illusion)
8:35 Gankutsuou Episode 10 A letter from Edmond
9:05 Mermaid Forest Episode 11 The Promised Tomorrow (part two)
9:30 Speed Grapher Episode 10 Suitenguu Comes (oo la la)

Announcements: We need a librarian! Requirements: You must have lots of space and you 
must come to almost nearly every meeting (exceptions for cons, family emergencies, and 
sick days of course. If you have a hot date... well you have to bring him/her) 

Also, the T-shirt design contest ends in two weeks when we shall vote on our glorious new 
T-shirt. For rules: see website. Its there somewhere. I want to see AWESOME for our new 
shirts ok?

Rant:
Sorry about the mix up with KKM. I'm not sure how that happened but its totally my fault. 
Anyways, all fixed, no biggie.

Immediately after I came home from Minna no Anime last week, I realized I was sick. I had 
a cold all weekend. I just know one of you guys gave me your germs. But now I'm better so 
no worries.

Other than the fact that some of my favorite manga will be ending this month, so far 
things are good. A little bit heavy on the homework front but thats what spending hours 
freezing in the package center are for!

I'm trying to sell my Copic markers right now. If any of you are interested, I'll be selling 
them for half of their retail price. Or I'm willing to barter for something(s) or some kind of 
service (I'll let you make that dirty on your own) I've got a lot of colors!

-Daniella 
djmijaluv@<removed>.com

[MNAMembers] Minna no Manga, 01/25/07

Minna no Manga meets Thursdays, 6-10pm in 20-129. 

~Recommendation of the Week: Emma by Kaoru Mori

Emma is the story of a young upper-class man who falls in love with a maid and the 
troubles in creating and maintaining a relationship in Victorian times. 

I do think that's my shortest summary ever. Sweet. Emma is a adorably cute romance. I 
usually shy away from series like this, but I could not help but love this one. The setting is 
wonderful, the characters are wonderful... I didn't care much for the art at first, but it grew 
on me. 

It's a bit early and my brain is still warming up, so I'll end it there.

CMX has licensed Emma and the first volume is out in stores everywhere.

~Enter Rant:

I started downloading a couple series that have been out for a while: Kikaider and Demon 
Lord Dante. Dante is pretty interesting in a messed-up way, and Kikaider is a lot better 
than what I remembered (and I remember it being pretty cool). I'm looking forward to 
seeing more of both of them.

T-shirt designs due this week. I'm looking forward to seeing them! 

~Annaliese, ensuing@<removed>.com
"Now look up at the sky! Break open that unknown door!"

[MNAMembers] Minna no Anime, Saturday, January 27, 2007

5:00 Fansub of the Week
5:25 Honey & Clover Episode 12 "You idiot, what are you thinking?!" The sudden kiss, the 
unexpected parting
5:55 Vandred Episode 12 They Don't Care About Us
6:20 Kyou Kara Maoh Episode 37 Whereabouts of the Box
6:50 Mai HIME Episode 12 An Angel's Smile
7:15 Princess Tutu Episode 12 Akt-12---Kapitel-des-Eies-Banquet-of-Darkness--
Scheherazade
7:40 Dinner Break
8:10 Heat Guy J Episode 12 Visitor Hikari (Light)
8:35 Gankutsuou Episode 11 Engagement, Broken
9:05 Mermaid Forest Episode 12 Mermaid's Scar (part one)
9:30 Speed Grapher Episode 11 A Sudden Change in Mother's Sickness
Mother's ill; Come Back Immediately

Announcements: 
Also, the T-shirt design contest ends this week when we shall vote on our glorious new T-
shirt. For rules: see website. Its there somewhere. I want to see AWESOME for our new 
shirts ok? (because you're up against me and a lot of other AWESOME)

Rant:
Ooo last weekend was stressful. Teachers and their evil evil homework assignments.
This weekend will be only slightly better. Someone remind me, I have like ten million 
surveys for you guys to fill out. This time its for the Mustang Daily and its about RELIGION! 
Thats like the anti-thesis of most of you guys I'm sure, but you should really fill it out 
because I say so. I'll give you free hugs if you do!

Anyways this Saturday is Shannon's birthday! She'll be 20 and bringing us cupcakes so you 
BETTER treat her like she's the shit! Because she is! 

Other than that, I'd like chocolate. Specifically somewhere around mid-Feburary....

-Daniella 
djmijaluv@<removed>.com

[MNAMembers] Minna no Manga, 02/01/07

Minna no Manga meets Thursdays, 6-10pm in 20-129. We'll be discussing Open House plans 
this week!

I'm not really feeling up for writing a "review" right now (if you can call what I write a review), 
so no long, boring recommendation this week. I will say that I've been catching up with 666 
Satan (O-Parts Hunter in the US), and I'm enjoying it quite a bit. If you're feeling bored with 
Naruto, check this series out. It's done by the brother of the Naruto artist, so the style will 
feel nice and familiar. 

Enter Rant:

Ahhh, Color Theory. It's really interesting to spend three or fours hours every couple days 
painting swatches. At least in the art class I took last quarter you could see something 
coming together. This quarter? No. After so many hours, I'm left with dozens and dozens of 
little color swatches and a think coat of paint all over my arms. Joyous, really. However, there 
is one upside to this! The tasks of mixing paints and painting swatches is pretty simple (just 
amazingly time consuming), so I can watch anime while I work. Last week I finished Orphen: 
Revenge. This week I'm planning on finishing Dai Guard. Woo!

~Annaliese, ensuing@<removed>.com
"Even a salaryman can save the world!"

[MNAMembers] Minna no Anime, Saturday Feburary 3rd 2007

5:00 Fansub of the Week
5:25 Honey & Clover Episode 13 "... ...What kind of answer am I expecting... ...from her" 
All I wanted to hear was that little thing
5:55 Vandred Episode 13 To Feel the Fire
6:20 Kyou Kara Maoh Episode 38 Guenter VS Conrad
6:50 Mai HIME Episode 13 Night of the Tamayura
7:15 Princess Tutu Episode 13 akt-13 kapitel-des-eies-swan-lake schwanensee
7:40 Dinner Break
8:10 Heat Guy J Episode 13 Encounter Geki (Shooter
8:35 Gankutsuou Episode 12 Encore
9:05 Mermaid Forest Episode 13 Mermaid's Scar (part two)
9:30 Speed Grapher Episode 12 Sleeping, Embraced on the Left
Sleep, Embraced by the Left Hand

Announcements: Uh...... we're going to be talking about Open House again. We have quite 
a few people already cosplaying, but we've made a list of characters we REALLY want you 
guys to cosplay. (So don't get any ideas, Luffy, Shanks, and Nami are already taken)

Oh and a lot of your favorite series are ending! You better come if you want to see the 
end!

Rant:
UGH! I have so much work! I am so pissed off! And of course this is the weekend my 
mother decides to visit >_< At least I get to see my puppy!
I'm more pissed because I have to redo an assignment that most of the rest of the class 
doesn't have to do. Grrrrrrrrrrr.

On another note, I joined weight watchers because to be honest, its damn hard to eat 
healthy and I need to lose weight for my heart. I'd like to have my next surgery in TEN 
years when the technology could possibly evolve and be better rather than... mmm 2-3 
years. (I'm really scared of surgery) Plus, you know, it'll give me a better chance of living 
through the damn thing!

Ummmmmm I've come to realize, I barely know the words to any songs in English. They're 
all in Japanese, Spanish or Hebrew.

How Scary.

Daniella
djmijaluv@<removed>.com

[MNAMembers] Minna no Manga, 02/08/07

Minna no Manga meets Thursdays, 6-10pm in 20-129. We'll be talking more about Open 
House this week!

I wanted to start complaing/glorifying/talking about my opinions on manga publishing 
companies this week. I'd love to get feedback! If you disagree with me, please tell me!

Industry Watch: Tokyopop

Tokyopop, formally known as Mixx, is one of today's biggest english-language manga 
publishers. They have brought series such as Sailor Moon, Saiyuki, Cowboy Bebop, and 
Mars to us. Many American artists have been able to get their start as professional comic 
creators through their Rising Stars of Manga program. Recently, they expanded their 
company by creating their "Blu" imprint which focuses on boys' love comics.

Ah, Tokyopop. While I appreciate all the titles they bring out and the great variety of the 
titles they license, there are many things I dislike about their company. First off, being a 
graphic communication major, it really bothers me that the paper they use is pretty low 
quality. Second, their print jobs are generally low quality. With this I refer to the quality of 
the image on the paper and how well the page fits/is centered/trimmed/etc. For example, 
I enjoy the series "Threads of Time" by Mi Young Noh. I would start buying the volumes, 
but many pages in the first volumes are trimmed incorrectly. This makes the text run off 
the page. It's not hard to figure out what it being said, but it is a cause of annoyance. And, 
what actually bothers me the most about this problem is that when I asked if it would be 
reprinted because it greatly detracts from the quality of the book, I was basically told that I 
made it up. Granted, it was one guy in a large company, but it doesn't take much to make 
someone turn off of an entire company. 

Third, I hate it when a company licenses a title but does not finish releasing it or takes an 
extremely long time releasing it with no stated reason. With a company that has so many 
titles, it's not shocking that some would be left in the dust, but that doesn't make it okay. 
Hey Tokyopop, why the 18 month wait for Qwan 4?

Fourth, BAD DESIGN. Some of those logos and covers are SO poorly designed, it hurts my 
eyes... and I'm not a good designer. 

Fifth, page quality. It seems like that pages that were in color when published in 
magazines are often fuzzy in Tokyopop books. It's not a huge problem, but it's annoying 
to look at. 

I do have to compliment Tokyopop for bringing out the Twelve Kingdoms and Kino no 
Tabi books. Granted, they're not the first company to bring out books like this, but they 
did a pretty good job with the first volume of Kino. Unfortunately, my fourth complaint 
comes in again with this. They took the beautiful picture of the Kino off the cover and 
switched it with a vector image of one of the chapter pictures. Wait, chapter pictures? 
Sorry, they scaled those down and repeated, because having six tiny copies of an 
illustration is obviously better than having it full-sized. ...what genius thought that up?

Sorry Tokyopop, until you improve the general quality of your books, I will not recommend 
then to anyone.

Enter Rant:

rant rant rant.

I'm sorry if I was being strange last week. Stranger than usual, I mean. I was really tired 
from working on that flag all day. Because of our water being shut off the past two days, 
my attitude has not improved much, if at all... until today. Jenn and I finally watched the 
end of Host Club, which was very, very awesome, and I finally got off my butt and ordered 
my Wataru figure. 

...the fact that there was no note saying that they were going to turn off our water again 
yesterday didn't hurt either. ^_~

~Annaliese
"Waking up dead inside of my head... I've had a chance to be insane, asylum from the 
falling rain"

[MNAMembers] Minna no Anime, Feburary 10, 2007

IMPORTANTE! We are in BUILDING 33 (Fischer science) ROOM 287  (thats not the nice big 
room ok?) DON'T GO TO THE SILO! We WILL NOT be there!

5:00 Fansub of the Week
5:25 Honey & Clover Episode 12 "You idiot, what are you thinking?!" The sudden kiss, the 
unexpected parting
5:55 Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya Episode 1 Mikuru Asahina's Adventure Episode 00
6:20 Kyou Kara Maoh Episode 39 Your Name is Maou
6:50 Mai HIME Episode 14 Targeted School
7:15 Princess Tutu Episode 14 Akt-14:   kapitel des junges monster raven blumenwalzer 
part one
7:40 Dinner Break
8:10 Heat Guy J Episode 14 Arrow Tamashii (Soul)
8:35 Gankutsuou Episode 13 Haydee
9:05 Ayatsuri Sakon Episode 1 Vengeful Demon of the Abandoned School Part I
9:30 Speed Grapher Episode 13 Ginza Prison A Gentleman of Smiles Comes

Announcements: REMEMBER!!!! Building 33, Room 287!!!


Rant:
I really hate being busy and lazy and stuff. Really really. Oh well.

I've been in a hazy funk for about a week. I feel mentally stoned. Physically as well. Not 
that I've been smoking anything... but argh.

And I've lost all my talent and inspiration for drawing. ::sigh:: that makes me sad. 

Also....

ALL OF YOU HAVE TO GO TO THE MINNA NO ANIME WIKI!

http://www.mnalibrary.org/mnahistory/Main_Page

Go forth and  make awesome. (Or I kill you)

Daniella
djmijaluv@<removed>.com

[MNAMembers] Minna no Manga, 02/15/07

Whoops, life got a little bit busy so I didn't have time to type up something long and 
rambling! 

Minna no Manga meets Thursdays, 6-10pm in 20-129. We'll be talking about Open House 
stuff again. We will be talking about Open House stuff until Open House actually happens. 
^_^

~Annaliese

[MNAMembers] Minna no Anime Saturday, Feburary 17, 2007

This week we are in the SILO, just so you guys don't forget.

5:00 Fansub of the Week
5:25 Honey & Clover Episode 13 "... ...What kind of answer am I expecting... ...from her" 
All I wanted to hear was that little thing
5:55 Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya Episode 2 The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya I
6:20 Kyou Kara Maoh Episode 40 For the Bond
6:50 Mai HIME Episode 15 School Girl ? Through the Galaxy
7:15 Princess Tutu Episode 15 Akt 15 Kapitel des Junges Coppelia (KYA!!! COPPELIA!)
7:40 Dinner Break
8:10 Heat Guy J Episode 15 Angel Toriko (Hostage)
8:35 Gankutsuou Episode 14 Wandering Heart
9:05 Ayatsuri Sakon Episode 2 Vengeful Demon of the Abandoned School Part II
9:30 Speed Grapher Episode 14 God of Death. The Girl Who Won't Look Back

Announcements Announcements: JENN'S ALIVE! (for how long she doesn't know and she's 
being facetious) and I'm excited for the Coppelia episode of Princess Tutu. Coppelia is my 
FAVORITE ballet EVER.  


Rant: This week sucked pretty badly in terms of homework, no matter what Jen said.
But its OVER NOW! And tomorrow I'm going SHOPPING. 
Nothing makes a girl (like me) feel better than something that makes her go wheeeee 
pretty!
We'll just avoid the subject a certain holiday this past week.

Thank you everyone who gave me chocolate at minna no manga! The last thing I ever need 
is sugar (apparently its totally poisonous for my heart condition) but THANK YOU because I 
looooove chocolate!! Yum.

Moving on, I've fallen in LOVE with this little ninja romantic comedy called Tail of the 
Moon. Its AWESOME and soooo cute. Kya. I've got volumes one through three. If you want 
to borrow them, feel free, just don't ruin them :3

Umm what else....  nothing I guess. I'm just sleepy.

Oh, make the wiki awesome.

Daniella 
djmijaluv@<removed>.com

[MNAMembers] Minna no Manga, 02/22/07

Minna no Manga meets Thursdays, 6-10pm in 20-129. 


Industry Watch: CMX

CMX, a branch of DC Comics, is one of the "bad guys" of the manga industry.   It's not 
hard to see why. The company insists it releases manga the right way. No really, it's on 
their website. "...And it's manga — 100% the way the original Japanese creators want you 
to see it. In English!"

Really now, CMX? What about Tenjou Tenge? Did Oh Great want you to cut up his work to 
get rid of some of the panty shots and sex scenes? What about the changes in Ragnarok 
(Sword of the Dark Ones)? I don't think the mangaka would take the removal of Leroy's 
manbits lightly. Poor Leroy. 

Now, I wouldn't have a big problem with this if that was really the whole problem. But it's 
not. Fans have come forth with ideas to keep series untouched but safe from younger 
audiences in stores, but CMX seems to reject them. Why? These ideas have helped other 
companies keep their mature manga away from younger readers. 

The design of their logos and the redesign they do on a number of covers is pretty ugly. 
And what's with changing cover designs halfway through a series? At least their print 
quality is generally pretty good. 

It makes me sad that a company would be so stubborn on censorship, while other 
companies have been slowly stopping censorship on their titles. After hearing company 
workers practically spit on the opinions of fans, I decided to stop buying their books. It 
may not effect the company at all, but in my opinion, it's important to take a stand against 
stupid censorship. It really hurts me too... I really like a lot of the titles they have. I guess 
I'll just have to read them in stores!

Enter Rant:

Meh. I'm really tired. These last few weeks have been really busy. I think I get to have some 
fun this weekend though! ...well, besides the fun I have at club every week. ^_~

My Overman King Gainer order came in today. I finally have my own copies of the first 
three discs. I think I'm going to spend the rest of my evening posing my King Gainer figure 
as I rewatch the first disc. YESSSSSS.

~Annaliese, ensuing@<removed>.com
"Kitty at my foot and I want to touch it~"

[MNAMembers] Minna no Anime Saturday, Feburary 24, 2007

ATTENTION ZOMG THIS IS IMPORTANT! WE WILL BE IN 33-287!!!! THATS THE FISCHER 
SCIENCE BUILDING NOT THE SILO!!! WE WILL NOT BE AT THE SILO!!!! 

5:00 Fansub of the Week
5:25 Honey & Clover Episode 15 "... ...Rika-san. Is it possible that Harada Design might 
still have work for me?" An unfair me begins to run
5:55 Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya Episode 3 The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya II
6:20 Kyou Kara Maoh Episode 41 Conrad's Return
6:50 Mai HIME Episode 16 Parade?
7:15 Princess Tutu Episode 16 Akt 16 kapitel des junges prayers of a maiden gebet einer 
jungfrau
7:40 Dinner Break
8:10 Heat Guy J Episode 16 Target: Hana (Bloom)
8:35 Gankutsuou Episode 15 The End of Happiness, the Beginning of Truth
9:05 Ayatsuri Sakon Episode 3 Vengeful Demon of the Abandoned School Part III
9:30 Speed Grapher Episode 15 Woman of Hell/Hell of the Soaked Woman

Announcements Announcements: Remember 33-87, not the silo.

Rant/Review:
Thats right, I'm going to start a review section here. Of whatever the fuck I want!

Rant part: so I want to stay in SLO over the summer and take classes and work and stuff. 
It'll help me graduate on-time and I won't have to spend time with the evil bitch that is my 
mother. (she's a nice lady if you don't have to LIVE with her)

But my parents won't let me.

I'm not losing this one, sorry Mommy.

Music Review: The Dresden Dolls-self-titled debut.
	This CD has been out for awhile and the Dolls have since put out other LPs, but this 
one is the best! For those of you who don't know the Dolls, they're a two-person punk-
cabaret act.

	Keyboardist/Vocalist Amanda's lyrics are very fucked-up-girl-angry-at-the-world, 
but she does it with such wonderful turn of phrase that they're unique. And she covers 
everything from ex-boyfriends, (Good Day, The Jeep Song, Truce) sucky parents and the 
stuff you inherit inadvertently from them, (Half-Jack) cutting, (Bad Habit) and rape.(Slide) 
You listen knowing you've experienced one or two of the thing she sings about.

	Of course the beats are good too, but lets face it, I know nothing about music. Just 
that its either good or bad in my humble opinion.

Movie Review: Music & Lyrics
	Ok, yes its a chick flick. Now get over that because its not your normal chick flick. Its 
not The Notebook which can emasculate any grown man into tears, but it actually has 
good valid REASON behind it! Drew Barrymore's character is depressed because her old 
mentor wrote a book portraying her as a (fictional) horrible person. Hugh Grant's character 
really an 80's era pop musician who can't write songs without his old partner and is totally 
high on his own has-been stardom and he revels in it. They get into fights for GOOD 
REASONS. And guess what, the music in it is totally catchy! I'm not the one for movie 
soundtracks, but I want to buy this music soundtrack! Besides, Drew Barrymore and Hugh 
Grant are totally cute. (respectively as well as together.)

Hope you've had a good week!

Daniella Orihuela-Gruber
djmijaluv@<removed>.com

It's just the way the operation made me

[MNAMembers] Minna no Manga, 03/15/07

Minna no Manga meets Thursdays, 6-10pm in 20-129. 

Industry Check: Go Comi

Let's end the quarter on a high note!

Go Comi is one of the newcomers in the American manga industry, having been in the 
industry for less than two years. They began with four titles; Crossroad, Cantarella, Tenshi 
Ja Nai, and one of my personal favorites, Her Majesty's Dog. They now have eight series 
(After School Nightmare, Night of the Beasts, Train + Train, and Black Sun Silver Moon), 
and are slowly expanding their comic lines. 

Truthfully, I can't find anything that bugs me about this company. They constantly impress 
me. They listen to their consumers, they have pretty nice logos, they don't censor (as far 
as I know)... In my opinion, they produce some really good books. 

When I was still an intern, I happened to come across one of their blog entries about 
lettering. (http://www.gocomi.com/blog/index.php?ID=120) I was so amazed at the 
thought they put into this. I've never seen a manga publisher explain why they do 
something like this before! I wish all manga publishers would put this much thought into 
their series.

Their blog is really interesting and I recommend it to anyone who is bored at work or 
wants to learn a little bit more about the industry. I really liked when they talked about 
getting their books printed. ( http://www.gocomi.com/blog/index.php?ID=136 ) If you 
want to stay sane, don't look at their Comiket posts... they make me mad with jealousy!

Hmm. Well, I guess there really isn't much else to say. Go Comi is my favorite manga 
publisher and I highly recommend their books!

Enter Rant:

I'm still blown away about everyone's kindness last Saturday! Thanks again everyone! <3

I finished the body pages for a the volume of a new series I'm lettering, so I've been 
checking out a lot of new series. I can't wait to talk about them! If you have the time, I 
highly recommend Gentou Club, Tegamibachi (Letterbee), Gi-Rei, and D-Live. I'll try to talk 
about them later.

If you've been looking for the next volume of series ____ for ages but haven't seen it, it 
may have been cancelled. MangaCast has posted a list of  probably cancelled titles. You 
can see it here: http://community.livejournal.com/mangacast/486726.html
That list makes me very, very sad.

~Annaliese
"I'm not crazy, I'm just a little unwell."

[MNAMembers] Minna no Anime Saturday March 17, 2007

5:00  Mai HIME Episode 19
5:25 Princess Tutu Episode 19
5:55 Heat Guy J Episode 19
6:20 Gankutsuou Episode 18
6:50  Ayatsuri Sakon Episode 10
7:15 Speed Grapher Episode 18
7:40 Dinner Break
8:10 -10:00: End of Quarter Movie: Dectective Conan 1!!!


Announcements Announcements: Last meeting of the quarter. Awww I be miss you guys. 
But this time its short! Anyways Tsurugi's on Sunday and then... FINALS! Good luck you 
guys.

Rant/Review:
I'm really pissed that the police escort van didn't let us in. Thats just not cool. There was 
room for all of us too. But no.. on-campus people have to walk.
I've been having some heart trouble lately. (I have a heart condition, long story, lets get 
over it.)  When I breathe in it hurts. I'm pretty sure its just stress but its been bothering me 
especially when I've been walking back up to Cerro. I was really tired last night and it was 
like the straw on the camel's back you know?  Curse you police escort van!! We'd be in and 
out of your car so damn quick but you can't give us a bloody ride?? Fuckin' douchebags.

Manga Review: The Gentleman's  Alliance Cross by Arina Tanemura

Now I'm a fan of Tanemura-sensei but this manga is soooo fast paced. Thank god for her 
explainations.... At first its like huh why is this person important? but it usually works 
itself out... But that all comes a little TOO late you know? I honestly don't know how I feel 
about this manga. Its certainly interesting, but its lacking in many areas. If I had written it 
Gentleman's Alliance would have been way different. I would recommend it. Plus you get a 
bad ass poster.

Manga Review 2: Princess Princess

Most people are like: this is a yaoi/shonen ai manga. Its not. Quite the opposite. The worst 
that happens is that these guys are forced to crossdress to lift the spirits of those poor 
souls in their all-boys school. Its actually quite amusing.
Lets put it this way: its more of a pretty-guys-being-forced-into-crazy-situations manga.
Anyways, if you're not afraid of your masculinity (or you have one) I'd totally check it out.