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- This Weekend's Meetings
- Conventions Update
- Blog Updates
- Image of the Week
This Weekend:
Time: 7pm
Location: Maryland 110
Friday September 9, 2011
Karigurashi no Arrietty (The Borrower Arrietty) is Studio Ghibli's (studio founded by Hayao Miyazaki) latest title that premiered in Japan in July 2010. Based off a children's fantasy novel by Mary Norton, the story follows little people living under the floorboards of houses who secretly borrow items from humans living in the house in order to survive. One day, a young boy discovers their existence. Unlike the original fantasy novel, the film adaptation takes place in modern-day Japan rather than in 1950s England.
Saturday September 10, 2011
Before kicking off with our main lineup this semester, we will be showing a variety of first episodes of series this weekend, including but not limited to Ao no Exorcist (Blue Exorcist), The Tower of Druaga -the AEGIS of URUK-, Cross Game, and Natsume Yuujinchou. These titles will not be a part of the set of series we plan to show this year, BUT are relatively lengthy and/or decent titles that many anime viewers may have missed over the past few years. We will also be providing free pizza during the meeting.
Conventions Update
New York Anime Festival/Comic-Con is the arguably the 3rd largest anime and comic convention in the US and this year it will take place from October 13 to October 16 located at Jacob Javits Center in NYC. We will be going on the Friday October 14 and returning on October 16. As usual, we cover transportation and registration fees but not hotels sadly. We have not booked hotels or registration yet and will not do either until we have met a minimum attendance AND received all necessary payment. At the moment we expect hotels to range anywhere from $50 (if you don't mind having 5-10 people rooming in one room) to $130 depending on where we stay, how many rooms we book, and how many people go. We will likely require a minimum of 5 or 6 and can take a max of 10. As a down payment we will request the minimum deposit of $60. Once hotels are booked, you're down payment will be forfeited we may ask to collect any additional payments to help cover any additional hotel fees. Any leftovers will be returned to you. We will begin collecting money immediately on a first come first serve basis. We will make a final decision on whether or not we will go by Saturday September 24, 2011. Please note that if hotels completely fill up during this duration, we will cancel the trip and refund any money that was turned over.
More details can be found here: http://www.newyorkcomiccon.com/en/NYAF/
AnimeUSA will take place in Crystal City, Virginia between November 18-20. More details will be provided towards the end of the month/early October. More details can be found here: http://animeusa.org/
Blog Updates
For those who are unaware, our website can be found at: http://jhu-anime.blogspot.com/
Comments are open to all for suggestions, recommendations and the like. We encourage members to share their thoughts on topics regarding the posts as well as anything anime, manga, visual novel, light novel, and video game related. Thoughts on current titles or past titles are also welcome. As usual, any suggestions for the blog itself or how meetings are run are greatly appreciated.
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