Archive Fall 2011

Meeting: Thursday December 8th, 2011
Agenda: Final Meeting of the Fall Semester. Good luck with finals, have a safe break, and see you next semester! First official meeting of the next semester will be held on Monday January 23rd, 2012 at 8 p.m. with location to be announced. The game committee reminds people to bring in games and systems from home for the upcoming spring Game Fest with location and date to be announced.
Show: An non-anime was showed as allowed by the special rules for this meeting.

Meeting: Monday December 5th, 2011
Agenda: Thursday will be the final meeting for the fall semester. Final meeting will be club choice (almost anything acceptable). Room reservations for next semester are being worked on.
Show: The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya (Suzumiya Haruhi no Yuutsu)

Overview (Official Description): I thought that when I entered high school, my days of believing in aliens, time travelers and ESPers were over. That was, until she introduced herself. Claiming to be interested in only aliens, time travelers, and ESPers, Haruhi Suzumiya was the strangest girl I'd met in a long time...Before I knew what was going on, I'd been dragged into her weird club, and it looks like I'm not the only one who has been drafted into this "SOS Brigade" of hers, because there are three other students here who don't seem to be so ordinary themselves. Either way, we've all found ourselves caught up in Haruhi's quest to search for all things extraordinary. And what's this I hear about us making a movie?
Links: Official Site (English), Official Site (Japanese), Wikipedia, ANN, AnimeNfo, AniDB, MyAnimeList

Meeting: Thursday December 1st, 2011
Agenda: Officer penny wars continue. Only two meetings left this semester.
Show: Persona 4: The Animation (Perusona Fo)

Overview (Official Description): When Yu Narukami’s family moves to the rural country town of Inaba, he’s expecting a lot more peace and quiet than he’s been used to in the big city. Instead, the peace has been shattered as a rash of mysterious murders and kidnappings sweep the countryside. With the police stymied, Yu finds himself joining with a group of eight other teenagers in a desperate bid to solve the mystery. A mystery that is somehow connected to both the local weather patterns and a strange video game world which Yu, his friends and the enigmatic killer can all enter.
Links: Official Site (English), Official Site (Japanese), Wikipedia, ANN, AnimeNfo, AniDB, MyAnimeList

Meeting: Monday November 28th, 2011
Agenda: Officer penny wars continue. Final meeting will be club choice (almost anything acceptable). Video Gaming will resume next semester.
Show: Detroit Metal City (Detoroito Metaru Shiti)

Overview (Official Description): Soichi Negishi dreamed of moving to Tokyo and starting up a bubblegum pop band, so what's he doing playing in Detroit Metal City, the most scandalous, outrageous and demonic death metal band on the Japanese music scene? Deep down inside, Soichi still dreams of acoustic guitars and trips to Paris, but when the makeup comes on and he transforms into his alter ego, Krauser II, not even the denizens of hell itself are safe from his soul-devouring heavy metal sound. By all accounts, Soichi Negishi is the last person on earth anyone would expect to be the front man for a death metal band: a meek little loser who's still a virgin and wants nothing more than to sing fluffy pop ballads in trendy neighborhoods. Can he reconcile his sensitive inner yearnings with his on-stage persona, Krauser II, the vilest hard rocker in Japanese (and possibly world) history?
Links: Official Site (English), Official Site (Japanese), Wikipedia, ANN, AnimeNfo, AniDB, MyAnimeList

Thursday November 24th, 2011. No meeting due to the Thanksgiving holiday. Have a Happy Thanksgiving!

Meeting: Monday November 21st, 2011
Agenda: Happy Thanksgiving! No meeting Thursday November 24th, 2011.
Show: A Certain Magical Index (Toaru Majutsu no Indekkusu)

Overview (Official Description): Kamijo is a student in Academy City, where people use science to develop supernatural abilities. The guy’s got a lot of heart – luckily for a young nun named Index. She’s on the run from a sorcery society that covets the astonishing 103,000 volumes of magical knowledge stored in her memory. When Index stumbles into Kamijo’s life, she find a faithful friend and protector, and while Kamijo’s easily the weakest kid in Academy City, he’s got something else going for him: the Imagine Breaker, an unexplainable power stored in his right hand that negates the powers of others. With scientists and sorcerers attacking from all sides, the Imagine Breaker will definitely come in handy – but it’s Kamijo’s loyalty to Index that will be his greatest weapon in the fight to keep her safe.
Links: Official Site (English), Official Site (Japanese), Wikipedia, ANN, AnimeNfo, AniDB, MyAnimeList

Meeting: Thursday November 17th, 2011
Agenda: Officer penny wars have started again and will run until the end of the semester.
Show: The Laws of Eternity (Eien no Hou)

Overview (Image from Happy Science Europe and Description from Asia Pacific Arts): In the near future, four high school students, who study the most advanced scientific technology, receive a message from a mysterious shaman. That is the beginning of their spiritual adventure! What is Heaven? What is Hell? What is the Realm of Angels? What is the surprising truth they see behind the mystic veil? The adventurous journey is starting now!
Links: Official Site (English), Official Site (Japanese), Wikipedia, ANN, AnimeNfo, AniDB, MyAnimeList

Meeting: Monday November 14th, 2011
Agenda: Nothing of importance.
Show: Future Diary (Mirai Nikki)

Overview (Official Description): Yukiteru is a quiet boy who spends most of his time typing in his cell phone diary. One morning, he realizes that the entries in his diary are from the future! But according to what his cell phone tells him, waiting in the near future is his death. Unknown to him, Yukiteru has been dragged into a battle of survival. With a shady girl named Yuno at his side, Yukiteru must face 12 opponents who all possess Future Diaries in a battle to the death!
Links: Official Site (English), Official Site (Japanese), Wikipedia, ANN, AnimeNfo, AniDB, MyAnimeList

Meeting: Thursday November 10th, 2011
Agenda: Remember not to show up early for the Monday November 14th, 2011 meeting as the Economics Club will be meeting in the room prior to 8 p.m. We thank the Psychology class students for coming to the meeting and learning about our club.
Show: Kaiji (Gyakkyo Burai Kaiji: Ultimate Survivor)

Overview (Description from Wikipedia): After graduating from high school in 1996 in Japan, Ito Kaiji moves to Tokyo to get a job, but he fails to find steady employment because of his eccentric disposition and because the country is mired in its first recession since World War II. Depressed, he festers in his apartment, biding his time with cheap pranks, gambling, liquor and cigarettes. Kaiji is always thinking about money and his perpetual poverty frequently brings him to tears. Kaiji's unrelenting misery continues for two years until he is paid an unexpected visit from a man named Endo, who wants to collect an outstanding debt owed to him in Kaiji's name. Endō gives Kaiji two options - either spend ten years to repay this outstanding debt, or board the gambling ship Espoir ("hope" in French) for one night to clear the debt. Using a con, Endo pressures Kaiji into accepting the deal, believing he will never come back from the voyage.
Links: Official Site (English), Official Site (Japanese), Wikipedia, ANN, AnimeNfo, AniDB, MyAnimeList

Meeting: Monday November 7th, 2011
Agenda: Congratulations to Benjamin (Spike) for winning the Secretary mini-election. Remember not to show up early for the Monday November 14th, 2011 meeting as the Economics Club will be meeting in the room prior to 8 p.m.
Show: Trigun: Badlands Rumble (Toraigan baddorando ranburu)

Overview (Official Description): In town surrounded by quicksand, an outlaw from Vash the Stampede's past has resurfaced after twenty years. His name is Gasback - and he's looking to cause a little trouble. It seems Gasback has a serious beef with the town's mayor, who's paying dozens of bounty hunters to protect his turf. One of those hired guns is a beautiful woman with a vendetta against Gasback. Will she get a shot at revenge? Maybe, if she can get through Gasback's bodyguard, Wolfwood. And what's Vash got to do with this mess? Nothing much - except for the fact that he personally set off the entire chain of events two decades ago!
Links: Official Site (English), Official Site (Japanese), Wikipedia, ANN, AnimeNfo, AniDB, MyAnimeList

Meeting: Thursday November 3rd, 2011
Agenda: We wish Sydney the best in her future endeavors, she has resigned as Secretary. There will be a mini-election on Monday to vote in a replacement Secretary, nominations are still being accepted.
Show: Ben-To (Ben To)

Overview (Official Description): Every day an epic struggle rages in grocery stores across Japan - the battle for half-priced bento boxes! Once the discount stickers go on, ravenous brawlers start throwing punches in a knockdown, drag-out war over who gets to take home the cheap eats. When a young, broke high school student named Sato joins the Half-Priced Food Lovers Club, he proves to be a rising talent in the world of insane food fights. But does he have what it takes to become the king of clearance cuisine?
Links: Official Site (English), Official Site (Japanese), Wikipedia, ANN, AnimeNfo, AniDB, MyAnimeList

Meeting: Monday October 31st, 2011
Agenda: BUMAC held its annual Halloween party. Thanks to all those who dressed up, we had over a dozen members and officers come with a costume. Congratulations to Ryan P who won first place with Ghostbuster, (Three way tie for second - winners chosen randomly) Matt who won second place with Crazy Groom, Eric who won third place with Silent Bob, and an honorable mention to Bobby with Invisible man. Thanks to all those who attended!
Show: Highschool of the Dead (Gakuen Mokushiroku)

Overview (Official Description): It began without warning. It continues without mercy. Now a band of high schoolers join forces with guns, swords, baseball bats and anything else they can get their hands on to battle a bloodthirsty, flesh-hungry zombie apocalypse!
Links: Official Site (English), Official Site (Japanese), Wikipedia, ANN, AnimeNfo, AniDB, MyAnimeList

Meeting: Thursday October 27th, 2011
Agenda: BUMAC will hold its annual Halloween Party on Monday October 31st, 2011. Members are encouraged to come in costume (not only cosplay, any costume is cool!). There will be candy and a contest with small prizes for the best costumes! Members are encouraged to bring-in Horror, Psychological, or Mystery anime/live-action shows for the meeting.
Show: Vampire Hunter D Movie (Vampaia hanta D)

Overview (Official Description): In the year 12,090 A.D., the Earth has fallen into the clutches of ruthless Vampires. Humans are enslaved by a corrupted feudal system, prey to the whims of Vampiric aristocrats. Only one being has dared to challenge the cruel authority of these arrogant immortals - the mysterious Vampire Hunter called "D".
Links: Official Site (English), Official Site (Japanese), Wikipedia, ANN, AnimeNfo, AniDB, MyAnimeList

Meeting: Monday October 24th, 2011
Agenda: Thanks for all those who attended the the Film Fest!
Show: The Vision of Escaflowne (Tenku no Esukafurone)

Overview (Official Description): Hitomi Kanzaki is a typical high school girl, with typical high school problems. But when a vision of a young man battling a dragon becomes a reality, her life changes forever. Drawn into a strange vortex with the swordsman, Van, Hitomi is thrust into the strange world of Gaea. Entangled in a struggle over life and death, Van must learn to master the suit of armor, Escaflowne. Chased by the Empire of Zaibach, Van and Hitomi will encounter both allies and enemies in an effort to unlock the secrets within Escaflowne. Hitomi's heart is stirred by love and adventure, but at times aches with sorrow.
Links: Official Site (English), Official Site (Japanese), Wikipedia, ANN, AnimeNfo, AniDB, MyAnimeList

Meeting: Thursday October 20th, 2011
Agenda: See you at the Film Festival on Sunday! Congratulations to Kim on winning the club T-Shirt contest!
Show: Tiger & Bunny (Taiga Ando Bani)

Overview (Official Description): The city of Stern Bild is protected by corporate superheroes known as NEXT, who fight crime while promoting their sponsors on the popular show “HERO TV.” Veteran hero Wild Tiger relies on his years of experience and instincts to fight crime, but his tendency to destroy public property for the sake of protecting the lives of the innocent has earned him the nickname “Crusher for Justice.” Now, under orders from his new employer, Wild Tiger finds himself forced to team up with Barnaby Brooks Jr., a rookie with an attitude and two polar opposites work to fight evil!
Links: Official Site (English), Official Site (Japanese), Wikipedia, ANN, AnimeNfo, AniDB, MyAnimeList

Meeting: Monday October 17th, 2011
Agenda: Entries for club t-shirt design extended until next Thursday. Discussed Film Fest.
Show: Medabots (Medarot, Medarotto)

Overview (Official Description): Set in the near future, this series revolves around the super-charged battling adventures of a group of kids and their pet robots. Fueled with artificial intelligence and a specialized arsenal of high-powered weapons Medabots compete against each other in exciting Robattles with the winners acquiring Medaparts from the defeated Medabot.
Links: Official Site (English), Official Site (Japanese), Wikipedia, ANN, AnimeNfo, AniDB, MyAnimeList

Meeting: Thursday October 13th, 2011
Agenda: Entries for club t-shirt design extended until next Thursday. Discussed Film Fest.
Show: GetBackers (Gettobakkazu Dakkan'ya)

Overview (Official Description): Everyone knows the feeling. You come home and find your home broken into. Your possessions thrown around. Dresser drawers ransacked. Everything you own has the unmistakable feel of a stranger's fingers on them. The only thing worse than that is what isn't there: the things that once belonged to you that have been taken by creeps. But now is not the time to despair. There's no time for anger. There's only time to call Ban and Ginji, the Get Backers! No one will be refused - at least not until that huge bar tab they've run up gets paid off! These guys will restore order where there is only chaos and justice where crime has run free. They are the dudes who will bring that cute stuffed animal back to its rightful owner. They're the Get Backers, and they're only one phone call away and ready to take your case!
Links: Official Site (English), Official Site (Japanese), Wikipedia, ANN, AnimeNfo, AniDB, MyAnimeList

Meeting: Monday October 10th, 2011
Agenda: Film Fest has been rescheduled for Sunday October 23rd, 2011 on the second floor of Centennial Hall. Entries for club t-shirt design contest are due on Thursday.
Show: You Are Umasou (Omae Umasou da na)

Overview (Image and Description from AsianMediaWiki): By chance, a carnivorous Tyranosaurus Rex named Hatu is raised by herbivorous dinosaur Maiasaura. As Hatu grows bigger and bigger, his size starts to place his friends in fear. Finally, Hatu realizes who he is and leaves his home. Hatu decides to live alone, but one day, Hatu comes across a baby Ankylosaurus dinosaur. Hatu says out loud "Rawr! You look delicious" and opens his mouth to eat the baby dinosaur, but suddenly the baby dinosaur says "Dad! Is my name Umasou?" (which means literally looks delicious). Hatu is embarrassed and pretends to be Umasou's father. Day by day Hatu's mind expands like a father.
Links: Official Site (English), Official Site (Japanese), Wikipedia, ANN, AnimeNfo, AniDB, MyAnimeList

Meeting: Thursday October 6th, 2011
Agenda: The option of purchasing new club t-shirts is being investigated. Film Fest has been rescheduled for Sunday October 23rd, 2011 on the second floor of Centennial Hall.
Show: Redline (Reddorain)

Overview (Official Description): The most dangerous and exciting car race in the universe is held only once every five years. And that's tonight. The competitors are lined up at the starting block. In his vehicle, JP, the most daredevil driver on the circuit, is ready for the green light. Female driver Sonoshee, with whom he is secretly in love, is also on the starting line. She will stop at nothing to get on to that podium. In this race, not only is anything possible, but also anything is allowed.
Links: Official Site (English), Official Site (Japanese), Wikipedia, ANN, AnimeNfo, AniDB, MyAnimeList

Meeting: Monday October 3rd, 2011
Agenda: Nothing of importance.
Show: Cobra the Animation (Cobra the Animation)

Overview (Description from AnimeNfo): COBRA, the famous pirate is tired of his life. In a sudden decision, he decides to delete his own memory, get a face transplant and return to common life. Then his memories start coming back...
Links: Official Site (English), Official Site (Japanese), Wikipedia, ANN, AnimeNfo, AniDB, MyAnimeList

Meeting: Thursday September 29th, 2011
Agenda: Film Fest is TBA. Video Gaming resumes on Monday at 7 p.m.
Show: Black Magic M-66 (M-66 Burakku Majikku Mario Shikkusuti Shikkusu)

Overview (Official Description): Black Magic M-66 is the exciting futuristic adventure of Sybel, a freelance video journalist who becomes involved in a dangerous military fiasco when two top-secret military android assassins, known as M-66 units, are lost in a heavy storm. It triggers a series of events that will change three lives forever....One of the deadly M-66 units has a mission to eliminate Ferris, the granddaughter of its creator. Time is running out as Sybel faces the deadly M-66 android in an epic battle to save Ferris.
Links: Official Site (English), Official Site (Japanese), Wikipedia, ANN, AnimeNfo, AniDB, MyAnimeList
Show: The Humanoid (The Humanoid: Ai no Wakusei Lezeria)

Overview (Official Description): Dr. Watson is a scientific genius living on a distant outpost in the far future. His crowning achievement: Antoinette, a thinking, feeling android. With a beautiful chrome body and a heart of gold, she searches for that elusive quality called humanity. But the planetary governor isn't taken in with Antoinette's child-like charm. His only interest lies in the ruins of a past civilization and the power the ancient technology could bring!
Links: Official Site (English), Official Site (Japanese), Wikipedia, ANN, AnimeNfo, AniDB, MyAnimeList

Meeting: Monday September 26th, 2011
Agenda: Webmaster discussed website updates. Film Fest is TBA. Video Gaming resumes on Monday at 7 p.m.
Show: Steins;Gate (Shutainzu Geto)

Overview (Official Description): The microwave is a time machine. Okarin proved it. The self-anointed mad scientist nuked bananas into some gelatinous version of the future. Or maybe it was the past. Doesn’t matter. No one thought he could do it, but he did it anyway. He sent text messages through time to people he knew. To his friends. Some of them female. Pretty. He should have been more careful. He should have stopped. Tampering with the time-space continuum attracts unwelcome attention. Clandestine organizations of nefarious origins take notice. SERN. Always watching. Okarin knows; he can feel their eyes. That's why he started the top secret Future Gadget Lab. To stop them. You should join. We get to wear lab coats, and it's dangerous. Danger is exciting because it’s deadly. The microwave is a time machine.
Links: Official Site (English), Official Site (Japanese), Wikipedia, ANN, AnimeNfo, AniDB, MyAnimeList

Meeting: Thursday September 22nd, 2011
Agenda: Welcome to the new rooms...again. Meetings will be in Centennial 170 on Mondays and 164 on Thursdays. Webmaster discussed website and facebook updates. Film Fest is being rescheduled for sometime in October pending room availability in Centennial Hall.
Show: Angel Cop (Enzeru Koppu)

Overview (Description from Wikipedia): The story initially starts by dealing with terrorism in an alternate-universe 1990s era, where Japan is the largest economy in the world. The communist radical group, the Red May, are trying to bring down Japan's economy and take over the government. In response, a government agency, the Special Security Force, is formed with the ability to act outside the law. However, when the Red May suddenly find themselves being wiped out, the force discovers that something else is hunting the terrorists.
Links: Official Site (English), Official Site (Japanese), Wikipedia, ANN, AnimeNfo, AniDB, MyAnimeList

Meeting: Monday September 19th, 2011
Agenda: First regular meeting of the semester. Meetings will be moving to Centennial 170 on Mondays and 164 on Thursdays. Webmaster discussed website and facebook updates. Film Fest is being rescheduled for sometime in October pending room availability in Centennial Hall.
Show: Kamen no Maid Guy (Kamen no Maid Guy)

Overview (Description from Wikipedia): Naeka Fujiwara is the granddaughter of a billionaire and the heir to his fortune. She is pursued by those who desire her inheritance. In order to protect her from harm and ensure her proper upbringing, the amazing and fearsome Kogarashi, the masked Maid Guy, is summoned.
Links: Official Site (English), Official Site (Japanese), Wikipedia, ANN, AnimeNfo, AniDB, MyAnimeList

The Thursday September 15th, 2011 meeting has been cancelled due to the closure of Bloomsburg University because of flooding.

The Monday September 12th, 2011 meeting has been cancelled due to the closure of Bloomsburg University because of flooding.

The Thursday September 8th, 2011 meeting has been cancelled due to the closure of Bloomsburg University because of flooding.

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