MIT Anime Club Showing #554 Friday 22 August 2008 Summer Showing #13 Note: this showing is in room 6-120 at 7:00PM 7:10 Fullmetal Alchemist Movie: The Conqueror of Shambala 8:55 Intermission 9:25 Ryoko's Case File 1-2 10:15 Short Intermission 10:20 Master Keaton 36-39 (concludes) *********************************************************************** Contents: Open Officer Positions No Library at Next Showing (7/29/2008) The Girl Who Lept Through Time at the Brattle this weekend. Membership No Pizza Tonight Library Silence Programme ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Summer Showing #13 This is the very last summer showing. The Fullmetal Alchemist movie will hopefully give you some of that closure you were looking for, while the end of Master Keaton probably won't. I don't know why you would be looking for closure, but if you are, too bad. Besides those two conclusions we'll be giving you another sampler this week, so in general it's a good day. Stay tuned next week for our ever exciting Post Midway Showing. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Open Officer Positions Help make the club better! For the next month or so we will be looking to fill the positions which remain after elections. The one elected position which remains is: - Secretary To hold these positions, you must be an MIT student (undergraduate or graduate). In addition, there are a number of important appointed offices (industrial liaison(s), acquisitions, communications), along with many voluntary positions that help keep the club running, keep the showings happening, and keep the library functioning. Please send a note to anime-inquiry to register your interest in running for office, and talk to the club officers about what it's like to be an officer. We have a page describing the election procedure here: http://web.mit.edu/anime/www/elections.html ----------------------------------------------------------------------- No Library at Next Showing (7/29/2008) Due to all the library related people being away next week, there will be no library services at the showing. We apologize for this inconvenience, but hopefully one week won't be too bad. If it really bothers you, you can always stop in for office hours. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- The Girl Who Lept Through Time This movie was shown at MIT a while back and the reception has been pretty good. The title is somewhat self explanatory, but it's about a girl who leaps through time. It's good. If you've been wanting to see it in theaters, now's your chance!! For this weekend only, The Girl Who Lept Through Time will be playing at the Brattle theater. More Details here: http://www.brattlefilm.org/brattlefilm/calendar.html#080821 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Membership Did your club membership expire in June? 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/ ----------------------------------------------------------------------- No Pizza Tonight Due to a staffing shortage, we will not be selling pizza at our showings in August. We're sorry for the inconvenience. On a related note, if you're interested in helping out with pizza sales this summer and during the school year, please speak to an officer during intermission. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Library The library is open for checkouts again after our annual inventory. Please make sure that you have your request in by 5:00pm on Friday; requests received after that cutoff will not be honored. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Silence If you thought you could get away with talking during the less formal summer months, think again!! Nothing gets by Master Keaton and if you finds you talking, his goofy smile will be the least of your worries. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Programme 7:10 Fullmetal Alchemist Movie: The Conqueror of Shambala This movie takes place following the FMA series. If you haven't seen the rest of the series, you should probably just skip the movie. There's no excuse for not seeing the series though, since we just finished it last week. That's really the best description I can give. It's the conclusion to Fullmetal Alchemist. If you're a normal person the end of the series probably confused you, so you should come watch this movie. 9:25 Ryoko's Case File 1-2 Based on a series of light novels written by Tanaka Yoshiki. The story revolves around Ryoko Yakushiji, a brilliant 27-year-old elite investigator with the Tokyo Metropolitan Police. Together with her subordinate Junichiro Izumida, the two often investigate bizzare and supernatural cases. In addition with the paranormal, Ryoko also has a longstanding rivalry with Yukiko Muromachi, another talented police investigator. (Borrowed from the Anime News Network) 10:40 Master Keaton 36-39 Welcome to this comprehensive story of the goings and comings of an insurance agent. If you've ever been in a car wreck you know how exciting dealing with insurance agents can be. One minute you're filling out forms, the next, he's protecting you from roving bands of well-armed thugs out to steal your secret treasure. Or maybe he's rescuing your friends from the clutches of terrorists. The last time I went (nasty little fender bender), the agent was an essential part of me escaping from the Russian Mafia. What's that you say? Your agent hasn't done any of those things. My first advice to you is to find a better insurance agent. My second is to come watch Master Keaton. A mild mannered insurance agent travels around the world saving the day by relying on a skill set develeoped in his mysterious past. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- (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.