=A0 =A0 =A0 MIT Anime Club Showing #584 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 Friday 7 May 2009 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 Spring Showing #12 Note: this showing is in room 6-120 at 7:00PM 7:10 Pumpkin Scissors 21-22 8:00 Pizza token sales (for the first 5 minutes) 8:10 Pumpkin Scissors 23-24 9:00 Intermission (Elections) 9:20 Higashi no Eden 11:00 Short Intermission 11:05 Rocket Girls 11-12 *********************************************************************** Contents: =A0Elections!! =A0Karaoke =A0Membership =A0Pizza =A0Library =A0Silence =A0Programme ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Spring Showing #12 =A0Come see the conclusions of our semester series. =A0If you've been with =A0us from the start you won't want to miss the exciting conclusions. =A0Otherwise, come for the sampler, there's a lot of good stuff this =A0season and Higashi no Eden is no exception. =A0Hope to see you there! ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Elections =A0This week: May 7th. =A0Help make the club better! =A0In early May, we'll be holding elections for next year's officers. =A0We =A0would love for a bunch of people to help out. =A0Here are the positions: =A0- President =A0- Vice President =A0- Treasurer =A0- Secretary =A0To hold these positions, you must be an MIT student =A0(undergraduate or graduate). =A0In addition, there are a number of important appointed =A0offices (industrial liaison(s), acquisitions, communications), =A0along with many voluntary positions that help keep the club =A0running, keep the showings happening, and keep the =A0library functioning. =A0Please send a note to anime-inquiry to register your =A0interest in running for office, and talk to the club =A0officers about what it's like to be an officer. =A0We have a page describing the election procedure here: =A0http://web.mit.edu/anime/www/elections.html ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Karaoke - May 9th room 4-270 2-5pm. =A0 =A0Karaoke is coming up again, if you didn't request anything, don't =A0 =A0worry since we have a large collection of songs ready for you to =A0 =A0sing. =A0The event itself will be on May 9th room 4-270 2-5pm. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Membership =A0Did your club membership expire in January? Renew now for =A0continued library checkouts and other membership privileges. Or =A0start a new membership for the term, the year, or a longer =A0period. Ask for a form at the showing or print it in advance from =A0our web site at: =A0http://web.mit.edu/anime/register/ ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Pizza =A0 =A0This is the current plan for pizza, it might change on relatively =A0 =A0short notice. =A0 We'll be using the same token-based pizza sales system we have =A0 been using for awhile: we'll sell tokens two episodes before =A0 intermission that you can exchange for slices during =A0 intermission. This week's pizza options are: =A0$1.50 =A0 =A0 Plain cheese =A0$2.00 =A0 =A0 Pepperoni =A0$2.00 =A0 =A0 Grilled Chicken (this week's feature flavor) =A0Future weeks will feature: =A0- Hawaiian (ham + pineapple) =A0- Hamburger =A0- Sausage =A0- Grilled Chicken ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Pizza Ordering Procedure =A0 To bring you a more reliable pizza experience, we're going to be =A0 taking orders using a new procedure. Instead of taking a poll on =A0 the blackboard and then selling slices for cash, we'll sell =A0 tokens early in the evening which can be exchanged for slices =A0 during intermission. If there are extra slices, we'll sell tokens =A0 for them at intermission, but advance orders will get priority. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Library =A0 We still have the newish sampler from before. =A0These are fall series =A0 some of which we've played already. As always these are not intended =A0 to be playable in stand-alone DVD players: they're intended for =A0 computers, like our CD-Rs, but have a higher capacity. This week's =A0 sampler will contain: =A0 Kyou no 5 no 2 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A01 =A0 Akane-iro ni Somaru Saka =A0 =A01-2 =A0 Toaru Majutsu no Index =A0 =A0 =A01 =A0 Macademi WAsshoi =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A01 =A0 Shikabanehime Aka =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 1 =A0 Chaos Head =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A01 =A0 Earl and Fairy =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A01 =A0 Hyakko =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A01 =A0 Toradora =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A01-2 =A0 Casshern SINS =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 1 =A0 Tales of the Abyss =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A01-2 =A0 Ga-Rei-Zero =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 1 =A0 Yozakura Quartet =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A01 =A0 Kemeko DX =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 1 =A0 Vampire Knight Guilty =A0 =A0 =A0 1 =A0 You can request one of these DVD+RWs in the normal way, but since =A0 we need to burn them in advance, supplies will be limited for =A0 requests made at the last minute. The discs are counted separately =A0 from the other limits on borrowing, but you should only ever have =A0 one out at once (we won't keep old ones circulating, since we want =A0 to reuse the discs). =A0 Look forward to a new sampler CD with winter shows soon. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Silence =A0 Be silent or you'll find out the hard way that war is hell. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Programme 7:10 Pumpkin Scissors 21-24 =A0 =A0Three years after the end of the long-running war with the =A0 =A0Republic of Frost, the Royal Empire is still far from recovered. =A0 =A0This latest military drama from GONZO follows Second Lieutenant =A0 =A0Alice Malvin and the rest of her strangely-named brigade as they =A0 =A0help citizens throughout the empire recover their dignity. They =A0 =A0are aided in this difficult task by the arrival of Corporal =A0 =A0Randal Orlando, a large man who is usually quiet, until it comes =A0 =A0time for battle: then his preferred targets are tanks. 9:20 Eden of the East (Higashi no Eden) 1-4 =A0 Helpful tips for Japanese tourists visiting Washington D.C.: =A0 - Don't try to throw coins in the fountain in front of the White =A0 =A0 House. It's too far away, and the anyway the police don't look =A0 =A0 kindly on projectiles. =A0 - If you happen to encounter a naked amnesiac man waving a pistol, =A0 =A0 it would be kind to loan him your coat; you'll never know how =A0 =A0 he'll repay the kindness. But you would be wise to remove any =A0 =A0 valuables from the pockets beforehand. =A0 - If you lose your plane ticket home (and also possibly your =A0 =A0 wallet, clothes, memories, and real identity), the Japanese =A0 =A0 consulate will loan you money for a replacement, but only if =A0 =A0 you've filed a proper police report. =A0 Saki Morimi never expected that she'd learn about all those the =A0 hard way during a short detour on her university graduation trip =A0 to the US. But the naked man in question, whose passport says =A0 "Akira Takizawa", seems nice enough, and she accompanies him on =A0 his flight back to Tokyo. But Akira's brainwashing leaves a lot of =A0 mysteries. Like where did he get that futuristic-looking cell =A0 phone with 8.2 billion yen in digital cash? And does he have =A0 anything to do with the recent "Careless Monday" missile attacks =A0 on Tokyo? =A0 Our favorite show to premiere this spring in Japan is this =A0 near-future thriller, flavored with absurdity, social commentary, =A0 romance, and Western pop culture references. It's the first =A0 original production to appear in Fuji TV's noitaminA block =A0 (Paradise Kiss, Hataraki Man, Moyashimon), and is also already =A0 scheduled for a theatrical film. It is conceived, written, and =A0 directed by Kenji Kamiyama with animation by Production I.G., the =A0 same pairing behind Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex. Other =A0 famous names include original character designs from Chika Umino =A0 (Honey and Clover) and an opening theme by Britpop staples Oasis. 11:05 Rocket Girls 11-12 =A0 =A0High school student Morita Yukari goes in search of her father, who =A0 =A0disappeared on his honeymoon in the Solomon Islands. =A0Meanwhile, t= he =A0 =A0Solomon Space Agency is trying to figure out how to start up their =A0 =A0fledgling space program - but the new rockets keep failing, and the =A0 =A0old rockets can't handle the weight requirements of a capsule for a =A0 =A0full-grown man. =A0I wonder what will happen next? =A0A short =A0 =A0(12-episode), fun series that mentions Hohmann transfer orbits, =A0 =A0produced with the assistance of the Japanese Aerospace Exploration =A0 =A0Agency. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- (This showing is made possible in part with funding from Finboard and the Undergraduate Association of MIT.) 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