MIT Anime Club Showing #518 Friday 26 October 2007 Fall Showing #8 Note: this showing is in room 6-120 at 7:00PM 7:10 Basilisk 1-4 8:50 Intermission 9:20 Pani Poni Dash! 15-18 11:05 Gantz 1-2 *********************************************************************** Contents: Cosplay Picnic and Contest at Tokyo Kid this Sunday Business Meeting Next Tuesday Geneon going-out-of-business DVD donation drive Karaoke Membership Pizza Pizza Ordering Procedure Library Silence Programme ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Fall Showing #7 So, as you might have heard, either from your friends, or perhaps somewhere on the internets, next week is Halloween. And you can be certain that the fact has not escaped us at all. That being said if you're not a fan of the "old ultra-violence" you might want to skip the first and the last shows. Luckily, this is easy!! Just come between 8:50 and 9:20 and enjoy the excellent and non-gory Pani Poni Dash! You should only do this if absolute can't stand a bit (a lot) of blood, because Basilisk and Gantz are pretty good shows regardless. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Cosplay Picnic and Contest at Tokyo Kid on Sunday, October 28 Tokyo Kid will hold its annual Halloween(ish) Cosplay Picnic and Contest this Sunday, October 28. The picnic will be held at Winthrop Park in Harvard Square (diagonally across the street from the Garage building where Tokyo Kid is located) from 1-5pm, and then the event shifts back to the Tokyo Kid store for the contest, from 5-10pm. The picnic will have events like a scavenger hunt, anime bingo, and a cosplay photoshoot. The contest festivities will feature a concert by Ikeda Katsu at 8pm, and winners of the cosplay contest will be announced by 9:30pm. More information is available at the Tokyo Kid website: http://www.tokyokid.com/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Business meeting Tuesday, 7pm The club's next regular business meeting will be this upcoming Tuesday, October 30th, at 7pm. Come help us decide which series to sample at future showings, and more. The location of this meeting and subsequent ones this semester is 4-144. This is located in the same hallway you might be used to but one floor lower. If you would like to receive announcements of future meetings email anime-inquiry at mit.edu. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Geneon going-out-of-business DVD donation drive So if you've been thinking about sponsoring a disc but haven't now's your chance, what better way to prove your love for a series than buying it for us. ^^ In late September, it was announced that Geneon, one of the largest US anime companies, is getting out of the DVD sales business. Unfortunately, there were still a lot of DVDs we wanted to buy from them! To supplement our normal acquisitions budget of money from the UA, memberships, and refreshments, we're also asking for your help in picking up good series that might be going away for good. For more information, see: http://web.mit.edu/anime/www/donations/geneon-oob-2007.html ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Karaoke (DEADLINE THIS SUNDAY) Karaoke will be held on Saturday, December 1, 2007. Time will likely be 2-5pm, room TBA. All are welcome. If you have a special request or two, please fill out a request form (available at the showing or at http://web.mit.edu/anime/Events/karaoke_Dec07.pdf) and drop it off at a showing or during office hours. You may also e-mail your requests to anime-inquiry at mit.edu. Songs will be timed, and romaji lyrics provided. Whenever possible, the karaoke or instrumental versions of songs will be used. Requests are due by October 28. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Membership Did your club membership expire in August? Renew now for continued library checkouts and other membership privileges. Or start a new membership for the term, the year, or a longer period. Ask for a form at the showing or print it in advance from our web site at: http://web.mit.edu/anime/register/ ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Pizza We'll be using the same token-based pizza sales system we first tested a few weeks ago: we'll sell tokens two episodes before intermission that you can exchange for slices during intermission. This week's pizza options are: $1.50 Plain cheese $2.00 Pepperoni $2.00 Grilled Chicken (this week's feature flavor) Future weeks will feature: - Buffalo Grilled Chicken - Hamburger - Bacon - Hawaiian (ham + pineapple) - Feta cheese - Pastrami - Sausage - Grilled Chicken ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Pizza Ordering Procedure To bring you a more reliable pizza experience, we're going to be taking orders using a new procedure. Instead of taking a poll on the blackboard and then selling slices for cash, we'll sell tokens early in the evening which can be exchanged for slices during intermission. If there are extra slices, we'll sell tokens for them at intermission, but advance orders will get priority. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Library The digisub sampler DVD+RW from a few weeks ago is still available. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Silence Ever had your insides try to leave your body all at once? Me neither. I hear it's the worst way to explode. These guys were pretty brutal with the aliens, I recommend being quiet and hoping they don't turn towards you. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Programme 7:10 Basilisk 1-4 The year is 1614 AD. Two warring ninja clans, each supporting a son of Hidetada Tokugawa as the next shogun, send ten representatives each to fight to the death for the possession of a scroll. The prize: the annihilation of the other and the staunch support of the Tokugawa government for the winning clan for the next thousand years. (Basilisk Summary from Anime News Network) 9:20 Pani Poni Dash! 15-18 Becky Miyamoto is a child prodigy. She has returned to Japan from America to be a schoolteacher and to save the world. About halfway through the first episode you'll see why we're showing this manic melange of pop-culture references. Featuring the voice talent of Chiwa Saito (Lavie Hedd in "Last Exile", Anita King in "R.O.D. TV"). From the director of "Tsukiyomi Moon Phase" (Nekomimi modo desu!), "Soul Taker", and "Starship Girl Yamamoto Yohko". This series is directed by Akiyuki Shinbo, and displays a number of his characteristic animation tricks --- not the least of which is a frenetic pace and random events that require almost a frame-by-frame examination to catch all the references and jokes. Before this series was licensed, one fansub group released their subs accompanied by multi-page PDF (http://ggkthx.org/pdfs/) files containing commentary on the things that appear on the screen. 11:05 Gantz 1-2 Ever wonder where people go when they die? The various beliefs in this regard vary from person to person almost as much as their fingerprints. I'll admit, the answer to the question posed is nearly impossible to answer in any conclusive manner. I can, however, think of some places you probably wouldn't want to go when you died, and one of those places is showcased (surprise!) in Gantz. That is, you probably don't want to be teleported to some mysterious room, where a black ball will proceed to to send you to fight aliens. I know what you're thinking. That doesn't sound too bad. That's just because you haven't heard the part about the gruesome and horribly death that no doubt awaits you. Don't believe? You don't have to. Come check out Gantz and see for yourself. You're not even risking much, this anime is produced by Gonzo, and by now, that should be synonymous with great. In case you forgot, they gave us these gems: "Afro Samurai," "Welcome to the N.H.K.," "Basilisk," (Dual Gonzo Night!!) "Gankutsuou," and so many more that you'll be sorry if you miss this opportunity to check out another of their great shows. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- (This showing is made possible in part with funding from Finboard and the Undergraduate Association of MIT.) You have received this message because you are on the MIT Anime Club's email list for showing announcements. For a change in your subscription, please send mail to anime-inquiry at mit.edu.