MIT Anime Club Showing #533 Friday 14 March 2008 Spring Showing #6 Note: this showing is in room 6-120 at 7:00PM 7:10 Ghost Hound 1-2 8:00 Pizza token sales (for the first 5 minutes) 8:10 Ghost Hound 3-4 9:00 Intermission 9:20 Ergo Proxy 9-12 11:00 Short intermission 11:05 Mnemosyne 1 (End 5 minutes early.) *********************************************************************** Contents: Geneon going-out-of-business DVD donation drive Karaoke Break for Anime Boston Membership Pizza Pizza Ordering Procedure Library Silence Programme ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Spring Showing #6 Another week, another night of great anime. Of course, we bring you the next installment of Ergo Proxy, so if you like that show you should come and see that. But we also have a horror show for you in the first block that is sure to send some chills down your spine. You may have been wondering what we'd do now that Gunbuster 2 had concluded but we're on top of that too. In it's place we bring you Mnemosyne which is a good show but a bit heavy on the blood/nudity, so watch out if that's not your thing. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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 Karaoke is back, and will be held on Saturday, May 3 this time around. It'll likely run from 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_May08.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 available, the karaoke or instrumental versions of songs will be used. Requests are due by March 28. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Two weeks off for Anime Boston, MIT spring break We'll be skipping the showings on the next two Fridays. On March 21st, we'll all be at Anime Boston (hope to see many of you there), and March 28th is MIT's spring break. Showings will start again with the second halves of Dennou Coil and Ergo Proxy on April 4th. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Membership Did your club membership expire in January? 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 have been using for awhile: 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 Hamburger (this week's feature flavor) Future weeks will feature: - Sausage - Grilled Chicken - Hawaiian (ham + pineapple) - Hamburger ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 Because there won't be Friday night showings on March 21st or 28th, any items already out that you don't return tonight will need to be returned during office hours (see our web site for a schedule). But as an exception to the usual 18-day borrowing period, items checked out tonight may be kept through April 4th. The digisub sampler DVD+RW from a few weeks ago is still available. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Silence Please don't disturb your neighbors by talking or letting cell phones ring during the showing. You never know when that person napping next to you might be doing something important via astral projection. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Programme 7:10 Ghost Hound 1-4 14-year-old Taro Komori has been a bit disturbed ever since an incident 11 years ago when he was kidnapped along with his older sister, and only he survived. Specifically, his sleeping has been disturbed, and he when he dreams he has what feel like out-of-body experiences. His home life is pretty tense (his mother hasn't really gotten over losing her daughter), but he's doing pretty well, at least until some more strange things start happening. Like a mysterious transfer student poking around his past. Or a girl from the local shrine who can seem him in his dreams, if that's what they really are. Supernatural horror from an all-star staff that includes an original concept by Masamune Shirow (Ghost in the Shell), the same director and scriptwriter as Serial Experiments Lain, and the smoothly integrated 2D and 3D art that is Production I.G's hallmark (this is their 20th anniversary project). This is psychological horror not just in the sense of characters being a little crazy, but in the sense of referencing real psychological jargon and concepts with a science-fiction-like attitude. 9:20 Ergo Proxy 9-12 In a dystopian future domed city where robots and immigrants do all the hard work, a mysterious humanoid monster is on the loose, and the only one who can stop it is Re-l Mayer, an inspector of the Citizen Intelligence Bureau who also happens to be the granddaughter of the city's regent. This stylish sci-fi thriller has a distinguished pedigree, produced by Manglobe (Samurai Champloo), directed by Shukou Murase (Witch Hunter Robin), and written chiefly by Dai Sato (Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex, among others). Between the "Cogito" virus that's infecting the city's robots, and the "Ergo" in the title, you shouldn't be surprised to see philosophical themes of self-awareness under the action; a number of characters are also named after French post-structuralists. And, speaking of affectation, Re-l has a heavy touch with her blue eyeshadow. 11:05 Mnemosyne 1 Caution: this show features a lot of bloody violence, nudity, and sexual suggestion, sometimes all at once. If you enjoyed Elfen Lied, you have an idea of what you're getting into, but younger or more sensitive viewers might want to skip it. Rin Asogi is a private eye in 1990s Shinjuku, taking cases ranging from lost cats to big corporate/organized-crime conspiracies. With the help of her teenaged-looking hacker sidekick Mimi (who is nonetheless quite fond of vodka), there are few cases she can't solve. It's a dangerous job, though, and Rin has to fight off assassins both on and off the job, even right out of the shower. A series planned for 6 45-minute episodes, which are airing one per month on late-night Japanese TV with DVD releases soon afterwards. It starts with a number of fairly standard aspects (detective plots, sidekick banter, casual nudity for the sake of fanservice) that almost feel like a throwback to the OVAs of an earlier era. But then it adds a dose of unusually graphic sexualized violence, which seems to be intended largely for shock value. Pronunciation note: The female titan from Greek mythology this series is named for has her name pronounced like "NIH-mah-zuh-nee" in English, but the katakana in the title suggest that the creators would like the show's name to be pronounced "munemoshune" in Japanese. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- (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.