Archive Spring 2013
Meeting: Thursday May 9th, 2013
Agenda: Final meeting of the semester. Summer meetings will be on Thursdays with more information to be announced. Have a great summer!
Show: Dokkoida?! (Sumeba Miyako no Cosmos-so Suttoko Taisen Dokkoidaa)
Overview (Official Description): The Galaxy Federation Police (GFP) desperately wants to cover-up its personnel shortage with new mechanized power-suits. Suzuo, 19-years old, desperately needs a job. Tampopo needs an earthling to fit the prototype of her company's suit and declares Suzuo the perfect candidate! Strong competitors and the wacky A-class criminals fight against our hero in diapers, but they must not recognize each other out of costume or the test results will be a failure - but it's OK if they all live in the same apartment building to save money, right?
Links: Official Site (English), Official Site (Japanese), Wikipedia, ANN, AnimeNfo, AniDB, MyAnimeList
Meeting: Monday May 6th, 2013
Agenda: Only one meeting left this semester!
Show: Due to it being one of Ryan's final meetings he chose an non-anime game showing.
Meeting: Thursday May 2nd, 2013
Agenda: Only two meetings left this semester.
Show: Due to lack of members the meeting was canceled.
Meeting: Thursday April 29th, 2013
Agenda: A party will held for Ryan's final meetings on Monday May 6th, 2013.
Show: Interstella 5555 (Intasutera Fo Faibu)
Overview (Description from Wikipedia): The story begins in a parallel galaxy where four blue-skinned music stars on an alien planet are performing the song "One More Time" to a similarly blue-skinned audience. At the end of the song, a team of humanoid troops appear and subdue everyone with gas, including the band on stage. The lead guitarist almost manages to escape, but is taken down by one of the troops. The four musicians are kidnapped and beamed aboard a large space vessel.
Links: Official Site (English), Official Site (Japanese), Wikipedia, ANN, AnimeNfo, AniDB, MyAnimeList
Show: Denshinbashira Elemi no Koi
Overview (Official Description): ELEMI the power pole becomes infatuated with electrician Mr.Takahashi. Pretending she is human, she decides to ring him.
But this contact is forbidden in the law of power poles.
Eventually, rumours spread all over town and ELEMI is summoned to court.
Links: Official Site (English), Official Site (Japanese), Wikipedia, ANN, AnimeNfo, AniDB, MyAnimeList
Meeting: Thursday April 25th, 2013
Agenda: Nothing of importance.
Show: Dai-Guard (Chikyu Boei Kigyo Dai Gado)
Overview (Official Description): Twelve years ago, the Earth was attacked by giant invaders. To defend our planet, the Earth's greatest minds and corporations assembled to design a giant robot of incredible power. Unfortunately, as with most government projects, the contract went to the lowest bidder. Fortunately, by the time the robot was ready, the mysterious invaders had already disappeared without a trace. The giant robot became first a curiosity, then a tourist attraction. But now the invaders are back and the only thing in their way is Dai-Guard and a young team of office workers who've been supplementing their regular incomes as part time pilots and tour guides. Can these reluctant heroes halt their alien foes while simultaneously concealing the defects in their giant robot?
Links: Official Site (English), Official Site (Japanese), Wikipedia, ANN, AnimeNfo, AniDB, MyAnimeList
Meeting: Monday April 22nd, 2013
Agenda: Congratulations to the new officers for Fall 2013-Spring 2014! President: Nate, Vice President: Matt, Secretary: Sam, Treasurer: Benjamin. Dr. Long & Dr. Karsner discussed Temple University Japan opportunities. Club fundraiser auction was a success. A fixed showing was held afterwards.
Show: Naked Wolves
Overview (Official Description): “I am gonna be a sumo wrestler as grand as Mt. Fuji~!” In the comedic adventures of “Naked Wolves”, the central character, a sumo wrestler named Mikoshiarashi, travels around the world acquiring top secret sumo techniques and making friends wiith strong wrestlers on his road to becoming an invincible “YOKOZUNA” – The Grand Sumo Champion. Howl on, Naked Wolves!
Links: Official Site (English), Official Site (Japanese), Wikipedia, ANN, AnimeNfo, AniDB, MyAnimeList
Meeting: Thursday April 18th, 2013
Agenda: Officer Elections for the Fall 2013-Spring 2014 semesters will be on Monday April 22nd, 2013. Club fundraiser auction will occur at the election meeting on Monday.
Show: The Enemy is the Pirate (Teki wa Kaizoku: Neko no Kyoen)
Overview (Description from AnimeNfo): Latell and Apulo are some of the most dangerous detectives on the force. In their rampant pursuit of space pirates, they end up causing more property damage than any one pirate could possibly hope to create. The chief, sick of all the bills, decommissions their ship and sends the duo packing. Hopefully, Apulo and Latell can survive long enough without the protection of the agency to find out what those pirates are up to and stop everyone in the known universe from becoming a cat!
Links: Official Site (English), Official Site (Japanese), Wikipedia, ANN, AnimeNfo, AniDB, MyAnimeList
Meeting: Monday April 15th, 2013
Agenda: Officer Elections for the Fall 2013-Spring 2014 semesters will be on Monday April 22nd, 2013. Club fundraiser auction will occur at the election meeting on Monday. Spring Fest banner is complete.
Show: Freedom Project
Overview (Official Description): In the 23rd century, mankind has fled Earth and emigrated to the moon. The last outpost of civilization is the Lunar Republic of Eden, where the omnipresent Citizens Administration Council grants residents everything they need. But what do you do when you discover everything you believe is a lie? A single photograph with an inscribed message found inside a rocket launched from Earth leads a group of young men to question the council ruling the seemingly utopian city. But what length will they go to discover the true meaning of Freedom?
Links: Official Site (English), Official Site (Japanese), Wikipedia, ANN, AnimeNfo, AniDB, MyAnimeList
Meeting: Thursday April 11th, 2013
Agenda: Talked about Fundraiser ideas. Anime pot luck - Random Generator episode round. One title was randomly picked by an random number generator.
Show: My Bride is a Mermaid (Seto no Hanayome)
Overview (Official Description): Nagasumi's in hot water after a beautiful, young mermaid named Sun saves him from drowning. The deep-sea sweetheart's dad is a merman Yakuza prone to executing anyone who learns his family's scaly secret! Luckily, there's a catch - if Nagasumi agrees to marry Sun, he just might avoid sleeping with the fishes! Of course, the honeymoon ends before it even begins when Nagasumi finds his life flooded with gilled gangsters looking out for their boss's little girl. The kid's definitely in over his head, but there's no denying the mermaid's allure - Nagasumi's hooked and Sun's ready to come ashore!
Links: Official Site (English), Official Site (Japanese), Wikipedia, ANN, AnimeNfo, AniDB, MyAnimeList
Meeting: Monday April 8th, 2013
Agenda: Officer Elections for the Fall 2013-Spring 2014 semesters will be on Monday April 22nd, 2013. Discussed Jaycon. Talked about Fundraiser ideas. Thursday will be pot luck - Random Generator episode round.
Show: Death Billiards (Desu Biriado)
Overview (Description from Wikipedia): Two men, a younger man wearing a suit and an elderly man find themselves in a bar helmed by a single bartender and his female assistant. Their reason for being there is to play a game of billiards, but the bartender drops several hints that suggest the loser of the game will forfeit their life.
Links: Official Site (English), Official Site (Japanese), Wikipedia, ANN, AnimeNfo, AniDB, MyAnimeList
Show: Little Witch Academia (Ritoru Witchi Akademia)
Overview (Description from Wikipedia): Akko Kagari is a girl who joins an academy for young witches after being inspired at a young age by a witch named Shiny Chariot, and often spends her days hanging with her classmates, Lotte and Susy. However, she has trouble paying attention in class, doesn't know how to ride her broom, and is often looked down upon for admiring Chariot, whom many believe gives the wrong impression about witches. One day, as the class is instructed to explore a dungeon and retrieve rare treasures, Akko finds the Shiny Rod that belonged to Chariot. Meanwhile, the top student, Diana Cavendish, inadvertently breaks a seal on a dragon that grows more powerful by absorbing magic.
Links: Official Site (English), Official Site (Japanese), Wikipedia, ANN, AnimeNfo, AniDB, MyAnimeList
Show: Thermae Romae (Terumae Romae)
Overview (Official Description): When Roman architect Lucius is criticized for his "outdated" thermae designs, he retreats to the local bath to collect his thoughts. All Lucius wants is to recapture the Rome of earlier days, when one could enjoy a relaxing bath without the pressure of merchants and rough-housing patrons. Slipping deeper into the warm water, Lucius is suddenly caught in the suction and dragged through the drainage at the bottom of the bath! He emerges coughing and sputtering amid a group of strange-looking foreigners with the most peculiar bathhouse customs...over 1,500 years in the future in modern-day Japan! His contemporaries wanted him to modernize, and so, borrowing the customs of these mysterious bath-loving people, Lucius opens what quickly becomes the most popular new bathhouse in Rome: Thermae Romae!
Links: Official Site (English), Official Site (Japanese), Wikipedia, ANN, AnimeNfo, AniDB, MyAnimeList
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
Meeting: Thursday April 4th, 2013
Agenda: Thursday will be pot luck - Random Generator episode round. Club banner decoration will be on Saturday. Due to technical failure Street Fighter II V was shown instead of the winning title, A Letter to Momo.
Show: Street Fighter II V (Sutorito Faita Tsu Bui)
Overview (Official Description): Ken and Ryu have a lot to learn. From the teeming back streets of Hong Kong to the banks of the Ganges River and the arenas of Barcelona, these two friends are out to unlock the secrets of the Worlds' best fighters in order to complete a martial arts education begun together years before. But their enterprising expedition to the far corners of the Earth exposes them to far more than new combat techniques. Before long their considerable skills attract the attention of some dangerous characters - fearsome villains eager to harness the friends' newfound talents in service to the criminal organization known as "Shadowlaw." Aided by the beautiful and fearsome Chun Li, Ken and Ryu struggle to resist the formidable might of Sagat, the brawn of the towering Zangief, and the talons of the devious Vega as they inch ever closer to the mysterious mastermind behind Shadowlaw.
Links: Official Site (English), Official Site (Japanese), Wikipedia, ANN, AnimeNfo, AniDB, MyAnimeList
Meeting: Monday April 1st, 2013
Agenda: Nothing of importance.
Show: Bakemonogatari (Bakemonogatari)
Overview (Official Description): Thanks to Meme Oshino, high school student Koyomi Araragi is able to remain a human after coming across a female vampire. However, since the incident Koyomi seems to meet girls who have apparition-related issues. Hitagi Senjyogahara doesn't weigh anything, Suruga Kanbaru's right arm becomes like that of a monkey's, and a young girl, Mayoi, cannot find her way home no matter how many times she tries. Koyomi, a "Mr. Nice Guy," ends up helping each and every girl solve her problem with the help of Meme Oshino.
Links: Official Site (English), Official Site (Japanese), Wikipedia, ANN, AnimeNfo, AniDB, MyAnimeList
Meeting: Thursday March 28th, 2013
Agenda: Officer Elections for the Fall 2013-Spring 2014 semesters will be on Monday April 22nd, 2013. BUMAC will have a ring toss booth at Spring Fest.
Show: Machine Robo: Revenge of Cronos (Machine Robo: Chronos no Dai Gyakushu)
Overview (Official Description): The journey of a robot prince begins! The planet Cronos is a world of super-robotic lifeforms, ruled by the wise Master Kirai. But their peaceful existence is shattered by the conquering armies of the Gandora robots. Now, machine combats machine in an epic battle for the planet. Master Kurai's son, Rom, must lead a company of transformable mecha warriors into the fray!
Links: Official Site (English), Official Site (Japanese), Wikipedia, ANN, AnimeNfo, AniDB, MyAnimeList
Meeting: Monday March 25th, 2013
Agenda: Discussed Zenkaikon. Discussed banner competition.
Show: Sasami-san@Ganbaranai (Ms. Sasami@Unmotivated)
Overview (Description from Wikipedia): Sasami Tsukuyomi is a high school shut-in who often stays at home and is doted upon by her older brother, Kamiomi. However, due to unknowingly possessing a god's power, Kamiomi's habit of trying to appease Sasami often puts the world into chaos, while the three Yagami sisters try to put a stop to it.
Links: Official Site (English), Official Site (Japanese), Wikipedia, ANN, AnimeNfo, AniDB, MyAnimeList
No meetings on Monday March 18th, 2013 & Thursday March 21st, 2013 during Spring Break. Meetings resume on Monday March 25th, 2013.
Meeting: Thursday March 14th, 2013
Agenda: There will be no meetings on Monday March 18th, 2013 & Thursday March 21st, 2013 during Spring Break. Meetings resume on Monday March 25th, 2013. See you at Zenkaikon next weekend! Anime pot luck - Beach episode round. One episode from the titles with the highest votes were viewed.
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
Show: Azumanga Daioh (Azumanga Daio)
Overview (Official Description): In Miss Yukari's English class, every day is an adventure. First off, there's the teacher herself. A bit of an air-head, she may have graduated from high school, but she sure hasn't left. And with the arrival of not one, but two transfer students - one ten-year-old prodigy and one space cadet - it's going to be an interesting year!
Links: Official Site (English), Official Site (Japanese), Wikipedia, ANN, AnimeNfo, AniDB, MyAnimeList
Show: Another (Anaza)
Overview (Official Description): Mei Misaki was cute, athletic and one of the most popular girls in her school. Why should a little thing like death change that? 23 years later, a new transfer student discovers that not only is his schools student body one corpse short of a full roster, but that some secrets never leave high school. As the school bells toll a deadly dirge and students begin to die, things that were never properly buried come back to haunt the high school of the damned!
Links: Official Site (English), Official Site (Japanese), Wikipedia, ANN, AnimeNfo, AniDB, MyAnimeList
Show: Chobits (Chobittsu)
Overview (Official Description): In the near future, personal computers take the form of toys figures, animals or even people, called Persocoms (persocoms actually means PC or personal computer in Japanese). Hideki Motosuwa is a poor student who failed his entrance exams to get into college. So, Hideki is forced to move to the city, get a job, and attend cram school in hopes of passing the next college entrance exam. He of course, wants a Persocom for himself, but is way too poor to afford one. One day, while passing a building, He finds a Persocom in a trash heap. However, his new find doesn't seem to be like the others he's heard about. She doesn't seem to have any operating system at all, and only says "Chii". As Hideki learns more about his Persocom (aptly named "Chii"), he finds that she is not of any known type, and most likely some sort of homemade model. He also learns of the rumor of the "Chobits", Persocoms with the ability to think for themselves, instead of running only complex programs. What is this mysterious persocom and why was she in the trash? Hideki has a mystery to solve and still pass his classes at the same time.
Links: Official Site (English), Official Site (Japanese), Wikipedia, ANN, AnimeNfo, AniDB, MyAnimeList
Meeting: Monday March 11th, 2013
Agenda: Discussed banner competition and booth. Thursday will be pot luck - Beach episode round.
Show: Summer Wars (Sama wozu)
Overview (Official Description): Kenji is your typical teenage misfit. He’s good at math, bad with girls, and spends most of his time hanging out in the all-powerful, online community known as OZ. His second life is the only life he has – until the girl of his dreams, Natsuki, hijacks him for a starring role as a fake fiancée at her family reunion. Things only get stranger from there. A late-night email containing a cryptic mathematic riddle leads to the unleashing of a rogue AI intent on using the virtual word of OZ to destroy the real world, literarily. As Armageddon looms on the horizon, Kenji and his new “family” set aside their differences and band together to save the worlds they inhabit.
Links: Official Site (English), Official Site (Japanese), Wikipedia, ANN, AnimeNfo, AniDB, MyAnimeList
Meeting: Thursday March 7th, 2013
Agenda: Discussed banner competition and booth. Thursday will be pot luck - Beach episode round.
Show: Unofficial Sentai Akibaranger (Hikonin Sentai Akibarenja)
Overview (Description from Wikipedia): Three individuals (a Super Sentai otaku, a cosplay otaku, and a closet anime otaku) are chosen by a beautiful scientist to become the "Unofficial Sentai Akibaranger" and "protect Akihabara" from a powerful group villains that exist in their delusions. However, the fight eventually gets literally real when the villains begin to materialize in the real world.
Links: Official Site, Wikipedia, IMDb
Meeting: Monday March 4th, 2013
Agenda: Discussed banner competition.
Show: Requiem from the Darkness (Kyogoku Natsuhiko Kosetsu Hyaku Monogatari)
Overview (Official Description): The setting is the end of the Edo period amid political strife and human suffering. Young Momosuke, an aspiring author, sets out on a journey to collect 100 stories to make into a book. Right away he meets up with a trio of outlaws: Mataichi the Trickster, Ogin the Puppeteer and Nagamimi the Bird Caller. As they travel, the group encounters the most twisted and horrible parts of human nature. It is the task of this group to punish each person in a manner fitting their crimes - a gruesome undertaking to say the least...Thus, the bells of the requiem are heard throughout the land.
Links: Official Site (English), Official Site (Japanese), Wikipedia, ANN, AnimeNfo, AniDB, MyAnimeList
Meeting: Thursday February 28th, 2013
Agenda: Nothing of importance.
Show: House (Hausu)
Overview (Official Description): How to describe Nobuhiko Obayashi's indescribable 1977 movie HOUSE (Hausu)? As a psychedelic ghost tale? A stream-of-consciousness bedtime story? An episode of Scooby-Doo as directed by Mario Bava? Any of the above will do for this hallucinatory head trip about a schoolgirl who travels with six classmates to her ailing aunt's creaky country home and comes face-to-face with evil spirits, a demonic house cat, a bloodthirsty piano, and other ghoulish visions, all realized by Obayashi via a series of mattes, animation, and collage effects.
Links: Official Site, Wikipedia, IMDb
Meeting: Monday February 25th, 2013
Agenda: Discussed banner competition.
Show: Dragon Ball: The Magic Begins (Xin qi long zhu Shen long de chuan shuo)
Overview (Official Description): When Lord Horn threatens to conquer the universe by stealing all seven dragon balls, it's up to Son Goku, Bulma, Master Roshi, Sea Turtle, and Chi Chi to take back the dragon balls and save the world!
Links: Official Site, Wikipedia, IMDb
Meeting: Thursday February 21st, 2013
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: Monday February 18th, 2013
Agenda: Thanks for all those who attended the the Game Fest! Discussed Katsucon. Luke, the winner of game tournament chose tonight's Anime.
Show: Beelzebub (Beruzebabu)
Overview (Official Description): Delinquent Oga Tatsumi sees a man floating down a river and pulls him to shore, where the man splits in half revealing a baby boy. The baby turns out to be the son of the demon king, and Oga has been chosen as the one to raise it!
Links: Official Site (English), Official Site (Japanese), Wikipedia, ANN, AnimeNfo, AniDB, MyAnimeList
Meeting: Thursday February 14th, 2013
Agenda: See you at Game Fest this weekend!
Show: Full Metal Panic Fumoffu (Furumetaru Panikku? Fumoffu)
Overview (Official Description): It's Full Metal Pandemonium! Sousuke and Kaname are back in action! And this time, the battleground is the school ground! High-yield explosives and hilarity come together with a bang, as the somber soldier and his unwitting target brave everything from lovesick "terrorists" to an unforgiving teacher who is bent on revenge. But as good as he is with guns, Sousuke is one clueless commando when it comes to girls – especially Kaname! A day at the beach turns sour after Sousuke misses the point one too many times (and even fails to notice Kaname's new bikini). Then, when Kaname is suddenly kidnapped, it's up to our dense hero to devise a daring rescue! Don't miss the hilarious antics of everyone's favorite military maniac – and Jin High's most fiery female – as the full-throttle action begins!
Links: Official Site (English), Official Site (Japanese), Wikipedia, ANN, AnimeNfo, AniDB, MyAnimeList
Meeting: Monday February 11th, 2013
Agenda: Discussed Game Fest. Thursday will be pot luck - Romance episode round.
Show: Dragon Half (Doragon Hafu)
Overview (Official Description): So you think YOU have problems? Mink's mom is a dragon and her dad's a knight, and that's just the beginning of her list of teenage anxieties! After all, when you're part reptile and you're in love with a handsome singer who's also a dragon slayer, you just know somebody's going to get burned! So what's a lovestruck Dragon Half to do when the man of her dreams wants her head on a platter and Mom and Dad are too busy fighting to notice? Why, go to his concert all on your own, of course, even if it does mean a long, strange journey filled with sinister villains and bizarre encounters. It's a good thing Mink inherited wings and the ability to breathe fire from her mom's side of the family, because when you're half-dragon, you don't make friends easily...
Links: Official Site (English), Official Site (Japanese), Wikipedia, ANN, AnimeNfo, AniDB, MyAnimeList
Show: Puni Puni Poemy (Puni Puni Poemii)
Overview (Official Description): You don't need to be crazy to watch this, but it sure helps. Beautiful Girls! Naughty Aliens! Dead Fish! When evil aliens kill Poemi Watanabe's parents, she doesn't get mad, she gets even... but first she moves in with the seven crazy Aasu sisters, discovers the magic power of dead fish, develops a serious crush on a local octopus, experiences the bizarre and varied wonders and joys of fighting terrorists, S&M, giant robots and becoming a super hero... all while pursuing her REAL ambition of becoming a professional voice actress!
Links: Official Site (English), Official Site (Japanese), Wikipedia, ANN, AnimeNfo, AniDB, MyAnimeList
Meeting: Thursday February 7th, 2013
Agenda: Discussed Game Fest.
Show: Baka and Test: Summon the Beasts (Baka to Test to Shokanju)
Overview (Official Description): When a fight breaks out at Fumizuki Academy, nobody throws a single punch. Instead, the students utilize the school's technology to summon Avatars, pint-sized stand-ins with battle powers based on academic ability. That "academic ability" part is bad news for Yoshii: he's an idiot, stuck in lowly Class F with the slackers. If these misfits want to escape their dump of a classroom and earn some respect, they'll have to fight their way up the ranks and take on Class A, the Academy's brightest students. It's going to be tough, that's for sure, but once the underachievers of Class F get motivated, they don't give up - and Yoshii can't even spell surrender!
Links: Official Site (English), Official Site (Japanese), Wikipedia, ANN, AnimeNfo, AniDB, MyAnimeList
Meeting: Monday February 4th, 2013
Agenda: Game Fest is scheduled for Sunday February 17th, 2013 in Kehr Union Multipurpose A&B from 10:00 a.m. - 5 p.m. Thanks to Julia & Lauren for creating new Game Fest posters!
Show: Natsume's Book of Friends (Natsume Yujin-cho)
Overview (Official Description): Natsume has always been an outcast because he inherited his grandmother Reiko's ability to see yokai (strange beings that are invisible to most people).
After moving to his grandmother's hometown and accidentally releasing a yokai who was imprisoned in a Lucky Cat statue, he learns about one of his grandmother's keepsakes, her "Book of Friends," which contains the names of the yokai she defeated, and allows its wielder to command the yokai named within.
Since then, his life has gotten much more hectic, and yokai now visit him on a daily basis, seeking to either get their names back or take possession of the Book of Friends.
Links: Official Site (English), Official Site (Japanese), Wikipedia, ANN, AnimeNfo, AniDB, MyAnimeList
Meeting: Thursday January 31st, 2013
Agenda: Game Fest is scheduled for Sunday February 17th, 2013 in Kehr Union Multipurpose A&B from 10:00 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Show: Zetman (Zettoman)
Overview (Official Description): Jin Kanzaki is poor, but he lives a happy life with his grandfather. Together with his friends Kouga and Konoha, he helps out people for a fee. Meanwhile, the police are searching for a vicious serial killer. Jin comes home one day to find his grandfather lying in a pool of his own blood. Unable to understand that his grandfather is dead, Jin wanders the streets in shock. Unknown to Jin, he is next on the killer’s list!
Links: Official Site (English), Official Site (Japanese), Wikipedia, ANN, AnimeNfo, AniDB, MyAnimeList
Meeting: Monday January 28th, 2013
Agenda: First regular meeting of the semester. Game Fest is scheduled for Sunday February 17th, 2013 in Kehr Union Multipurpose A&B. Discussed Setsucon.
Show: Paranoia Agent (Moso Dairinin)
Overview (Official Description): "When the darkness overcomes the heart, Little Slugger appears..." After the first victim's story, the police felt the overly stressed woman was having a breakdown and lied to cover-up for some crime. However, after the third and fourth attacks upon unrelated victims led to the same description of a young attacker with a golden baseball bat and in-line skates, the police had to wonder- is the "Lil' Slugger" real or a sinister phantom?
Links: Official Site (English), Official Site (Japanese), Wikipedia, ANN, AnimeNfo, AniDB, MyAnimeList
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