This Weekend: the end of one tale and the beginning of another - Elections, Spring Preview edition

"Anime" of the Week

Post Content:

• This Weekend
  
• Officer Positions (URGENT!! ELECTIONS ON SATURDAY APRIL 28 AT 7PM)
  
• Blog Updates
• Anime of the Week

This Weekend:
Time: Friday and Saturday 7pm
Location: Maryland 110

Friday April 27 2012
ef ~A Tale of Memories~
Episodes 9-12 [END]
Now for something that's a little different from what we've shown all year. Based off minori's December 2006 and May 2008 visual novel: ef ~A Fairy Tale of the Two~. In addition, animation director Makoto Shinkai (5 Centimeters per Second, Beyond the Clouds: The Place Promised in Our Early Days), music composer TENMON (Voices of a Distant Star, Wind ~A Breath of Heart~), and character designer Naru Nanao (Da Capo, Sola) are affiliated with both the original visual novel as well as the anime adaptation. ef's first game was ranked as the fifth highest selling game of 2006 despite only releasing a few days before the new year. By late 2007, it ranked 23rd for best game overall, tying with the popular Muv-Luv Alternative and Snow. ef's second game was later ranked number one in sales in 2008.
A Tale of Memories features the first 3 major stories of ef revolving around 6 characters: Hiro Hirono, Kyousuke Tsutsumi, Renji Asou, Miyako Miyamura, Kei Shindou, and Chihiro Shindou. Furthermore, Yuuko Amamiya and Yuu Himura are a mysterious pair who constantly appear and disappear yet providing advice for the heroes and heroines of the story to go about their daily lives. The magical set of fairy tales are about to unfold, each one gradually unfolding the truth that lies behind all these stories. Shin Oonuma (PaniPoni Dash!, Baka to Test to Shoukanjuu) will provide direction, Katsuhiko Takayama (Ga-Rei -Zero-, Mirai Nikki) will compose the script, and SHAFT (Puella Magi Madoka Magica, Bakemonogatari) will provide the animation.

ef ~A Tale of Melodies~
Episodes 1-4
Continuing straight from ef ~A Tale of Memories~. ef ~A Tale of Melodies~ unravels the dark side of the fairy tale featuring Kuze Shuuichi, Mizuki Hayama, Yuuko Amamiya, and Yuu Himura. As original visual novel creator, minori, puts it, "This is the sequel, and the end of the fairytale..." The "truth" behind the stories told in ef ~A Tale of Memories~ will finally be unveiled.

Saturday April 28, 2012
Elections first, then...

Spring Preview Night
Welcome to JHAC's third annual (?) Spring Preview Night. You can find more information in the Blog Updates section below along with a list of shows that will be available for preview. While the board has rounded up a tentative list of things to show, if you have a special request of any of the shows, we will consider prioritizing it instead.


Officer Positions
ELECTIONS/CONFIDENCE VOTES WILL TAKE PLACE ON SATURDAY APRIL 28 AT 7PM
As May approaches closer and closer, JHAC is looking for at least 2 undergraduates who will be willing to take on the President and Treasurer positions of the JHAC board for next year. While elections will not be held until the end of the semester, if you are interested or would like to learn more please email waw2@jhu.edu or come to one of our regular meetings to inquire. Do note, that if no one takes on these two positions, JHAC will lose its ability to fund our regular convention trips and other activities in the future and it will be difficult to regain status that has been lost.


Blog Updates
Spring preview is HERE! Preview Night will be held on Saturday April 28.
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.

Available titles for Spring Preview Night:

• Fate/Zero 2 (we may also have episode 17 by the end of Saturday's meting for those who stuck around and watched with us last week)
  
• Ozuma
• Saint Seiya Omega
• Uchuu Kyoudai
• Hiiro no Kakera
• Shiba Inuko-san
• Kimi to Boku 2
  
• Yurumates 3D
• ZETMAN
• Queen's Blade Rebellion
• Naruto SD: Rock Lee no Seishun Full-Power Ninden
• Ginga e Kickoff!
• Gakkatsu!
• Recorder to Randoseru
• Kuromajo-san ga Tooru!!
• Kore wa Zombie Desu ka? Of the Dead
• Lupin the Third: Mine Fujiko to Iu Onna
• Medaka Box
• Shirokuma Cafe
• Acchi Kocchi
• Sengoku Collection
• Sankarea
• Natsuiro Kiseki
• Accel World
• Upotte!!
  
• Nazo no Kanojo X
  
• Kuroko no Basuke
• Cardfight!! Vanguard Asia Circuit-hen
• Phi Brain -Kami no Puzzle- 2
• Tasogare Otome x Amnesia
• Saki: Achiga-hen -Episode of Side-A-
• Haiyoru! Nyaruko-san
• Jormungand
• Sakamachi no Apollon
• Tsuritama
• Eureka Seven Ao
• Shining Hearts: Shiawase no Pan
• Hyouka

For any title that is a sequel series, we will show the first episode of the original/prequel series instead unless everyone has seen the necessary prequel title(s). Bold titles are those currently under consideration by the board and will likely be shown regardless of request. Titles carrying over from Winter 2012 in case you missed the Winter Preview Night are:

• Aquarion EVOL
• Area no Kishi
  
• Mouretsu Uchuu Kaizoku
• Smile Precure!

These titles may be requested but will not necessarily be prioritized as the did not begin in Spring 2012.

Anime of the Week
To make this section more useful, Image of the Week has been changed to Anime of the Week where a different anime title will be featured in each week's email. The point of this is to discover what may be lost gems, obscure titles, underrated titles, or buried treasure in the anime world. These titles may or may not necessarily be shown at future meetings. Each title will come with a brief background.

I'm lazy this week, so your Anime of the Week is the Spring Previews written up. Instead, here's an image: