03.27.11
Posted in Club Business at 12:21 am by mark
Due to continued difficulty in scheduling meeting times, difficulty in attracting new members, and increasing numbers of conflicts with member schedules, we have decided to suspend face-to-face meetings of the Longmont Anime Club for the time being. The web site and e-mail list remain active, and may be used by club members for communication; you can also reach Kris or myself via the usual e-mail addresses.
Expect to see members at the usual area conventions, and stay tuned to the e-mail list for any future developments.
Live long and prosper!
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Posted in Meeting Reports at 12:18 am by mark
It was the usual gang today, except for Fred who had to work. We shifted gears a bit, and wrapped up Martian Successor Nadesico with episode 26, then watched the two Queen Emeraldas OVAs that have been released in the US. Folks had stuff to do, so we kept it short and sweet.
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02.27.11
Posted in Meeting Reports at 12:04 am by mark
At first, it looked like it might be just Rob and myself today, but then Kris and Rei showed up, and Fred came back, so it was most of the usual suspects. We watched Martian Successor Nadesico #25 (only one more to go!), D.Gray-man #68, Pandora Hearts #9, Durarara!! #6, and Baccano! #7.
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02.10.11
Posted in Meeting Announcements at 12:39 am by mark
We weren’t able to get space at the library for Feb 12, so expect our next meeting to be Feb 26. Stay tuned to the e-mail list!
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01.29.11
Posted in Meeting Reports at 8:33 pm by mark
Kind of a lean meeting today, as it was just me and Fred and Rob.
We watched Martian Successor Nadesico #24, Baccano! #6, and Pandora Hearts #8, as scheduled, but we weren’t really feeling the D. Gray-man and I didn’t have episode #6 of Durarara!, so instead we watched episode #1 of Yamato Nadeshiko Shichi Henge and, just to be different, episode #1 of the 1980 Doctor Who story “Meglos.”
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12.02.10
Posted in Meeting Announcements at 9:44 am by mark
Due to the holiday season and various schedule conflicts, we will not meet during December 2010. Stay tuned to the e-mail list for the next meeting announcement — and if you come to the Nan Desu Kan New Year’s Eve event, come by and say hi! I should be MC-ing the show again.
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09.26.10
Posted in Meeting Reports at 10:01 am by mark
Quick update on the day’s episodes: next episode of Martian Successor Nadesico (#20, I think), Baccano #3, D. Gray-man #65, Pandora Hearts #5, and Durarara! #3.
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07.16.10
Posted in Club Business, Meeting Announcements at 7:04 am by mark
I apologize that the site has gotten stale — been pretty busy with Real Life. The Longmont Anime Club is still active, though! We are not meeting tomorrow, July 17, but we are meeting on Saturday, July 31, from 1:15 to 3:45 PM at the library.
We’re also discussing some replacement series, as the membership decided to take a break from Naruto and Bleach. We’ve added Baccano to the lineup, with Angelic Layer as a backup when we have a younger audience, and are also discussing:
- Utawarerumono
- Daughter of 20 Faces
- Uchuu no Stellvia
- Shounen Onmyouji
- Durarara!!
- Kimagure Orange Road
- Amatsuki
- Devil May Cry
- Pandora Hearts
- Ah My Goddess OVA
Please send your thoughts on these series to either Kris or myself!
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01.16.10
Posted in Meeting Reports at 10:34 pm by mark
On December 5, we watched the regularly-scheduled episodes of Nadesico #5, the double-length Naruto #127-#128, D.Gray-man #53, Bleach #98, and Gokusen #4.
On December 19, we started with Nadesico #6, but since I couldn’t find the disc with Naruto #129 on it, we watched episode 2 of The Daughter of Twenty Faces instead, then continued with D.Gray-man #54, Bleach #99, and Gokusen #5.
The following meeting would have been on Jan 2, but the library was closed, and it was booked for Jan 16, so we’re meeting Jan 17 instead at the usual time.
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11.22.09
Posted in Meeting Reports at 1:00 pm by mark
A typical Saturday meeting this time around, with the usual die-hard attendees. Fred brought in one of his consoles, using his laptop for the monitor; fortunately I didn’t see him playing “Michael Jackson’s Moonwalker”…
Episodes were the regularly-scheduled Nadesico #4, Naruto #126, D.Gray-man #52 (with a new opening sequence! Kind of looked like a new animation style to me as well), Bleach #97, and Gokusen #3.
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11.07.09
Posted in Meeting Reports at 9:57 pm by mark
Back to our usual Saturday meeting time today, and we had quite a few folks show up! Leftover Halloween candy was shared by all.
We got a late start today because I managed to leave my laptop at home, but after I dashed home to fetch it we watched Nadesico #3, Naruto #125, D.Gray-man #51, Bleach #96, and Gokusen #2.
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10.25.09
Posted in Meeting Reports at 8:28 pm by mark
It’s been a while since I’ve posted a meeting report, and it would be difficult and useless to try to fill in all the gaps since earlier this year. Suffice to say that the club is alive and well, if small — we just had our anniversary meeting two weeks ago, on October 11 (coincidentally, my older son’s birthday).
At that meeting, we watched the last episode of Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann, and at today’s, we watched the last episode of Dennou Coil. We’re replacing those two series with Martian Successor Nadesico (on DVDs generously loaned to us by Fred) and Gokusen, respectively; we watched the first episode of each one at the anniversary meeting.
Today we watched Nadesico #2, Naruto #123, D.Gray-man #50, Bleach #95, and Dennou Coil #26 (as mentioned before, the conclusion).
Stay tuned to the e-mail list to hear about the next meeting!
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03.30.09
Posted in Meeting Reports at 12:53 pm by Kris
Hi all!!! On Feb. 28, we watched our usual shows, including Naruto #112,Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann # 18, D. Gray-man #42, Bleach #86, and Dennou Coil #16. Mark will have to fill in any additional info for this meeting in a subsequent note since I was unavoidably absent for that meeting.
The next meeting after that was shifted to March 15 due to a scheduling issue with the Library; however, we gained the benefit of one of the larger rooms to spread out in. We watched the scheduled episodes, which included Naruto #113, Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann # 19, D. Gray-man #43, Bleach #87, and Dennou Coil #17 , and enjoyed clementines, “cookies n’ cream” chocolate bars, and Mike and Ike candies; making anyone hungry yet? ;)
We decided to try something new and unprecedented for the Mar. 28 meeting; since Mark was unable to attend, we decided to substitute for our regular episodes…with video games! In the first of what will likely be many “Gaming Day”-s to come, several of our members brought in video games and systems both old and new, and soon our small room was filled with the sounds of button-mashing and electronic music. From anime-and-Japanese-themed games to puzzling adventures, we had it all and we all had a wonderful time!! Thanks to all who brought games and systems, food, and helped us carry everything in and out, and a thank you to the Library for the extra equipment they let us use and for their patience while we tried to transfer everything!!! Next time we’ll be back to our regular episodes…
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02.15.09
Posted in Meeting Reports at 1:29 pm by mark
Quick catchup. Note that we are meeting today, February 15, at the usual time, due to a schedule conflict with the library.
On January 3, we watched the scheduled episodes of Naruto #107, Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann #14, D.Gray-man #38, Bleach #81, and Dennou Coil #12.
On the 17th, the episodes were Naruto #108, Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann #15 (a climactic, dramatic episode!), D.Gray-man #39, Bleach #82, and Dennou Coil #13 (a bit of a tear-jerker).
On the 31st, we had an oddly-scheduled meeting, again due to a conflict with the library, and we barely managed to squeeze in Naruto #109, Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann #16 (a recap episode), D.Gray-man #40, Bleach #83, and Dennou Coil #14. In fact, there were recaps in a lot of today’s episodes — strange coincidence.
Today, we’re going to have to squeeze again, since there are two double episodes! The scheduled shows are Naruto #110-111, Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann #17, D.Gray-man #41, Bleach #84-85, and Dennou Coil #15.
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01.03.09
Posted in Meeting Reports at 11:35 am by mark
Akemashite omedetou gozaimasu! Which is to say, Happy New Year!
We’re meeting today, January 3, so let’s catch up with the last few meetings…
On Nov 22, as scheduled, we watched Naruto #104, Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann #11, D.Gray-man #35,Bleach #78, and Dennou Coil #9.
The December meetings were uneventful as well, with the scheduled episodes shown each time. On the 6th, those were Naruto #105, Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann #12, D.Gray-man #36,Bleach #79, and Dennou Coil #10. And, in turn, the week before Christmas we watched Naruto #106, Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann #13, D.Gray-man #37,Bleach #80, and Dennou Coil #11.
So, today we’ll watch Naruto #107, Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann #14, D.Gray-man #38,Bleach #81, and Dennou Coil #12. Hope to see you there!
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11.22.08
Posted in Meeting Reports at 12:45 pm by mark
Here we go again, with a 4-meeting catchup report. (We’re also meeting today, Nov 22.) Where does the time go??
On Sep 27, the scheduled episodes were Naruto #100, Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann #7, D.Gray-man #31,Bleach #72, and Dennou Coil #5.
October 11 was our anniversary meeting — and, coincidentally, my older son’s birthday, so he brought several friends. Along with the pizza kindly provided by Kris, and a couple of new attendees, that made this the liveliest meeting in a while! I brought a number of DVDs besides the standard episodes, but we decided to show the scheduled episodes of Naruto #101, Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann #8, D.Gray-man#32, Bleach #73-74 (a double-length special), and Dennou Coil #6.
Unfortunately, on the 25th we were back down to a small crowd, watching the scheduled episodes of were Naruto #102, Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann #9, D.Gray-man #33,Bleach #75-76 (another double episode), and Dennou Coil #7.
That brings us to this month, when, on the 8th, we watched Naruto #103, Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann #10, D.Gray-man #34,Bleach #77, and Dennou Coil #8.
And all that is by way of helping me figure out that today’s episodes will be Naruto #104, Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann #11, D.Gray-man #35,Bleach #78, and Dennou Coil #9!
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09.27.08
Posted in Meeting Reports at 1:41 am by mark
Gotta catch up again — it’s been a while since we’ve met, and even longer since we’ve had a meeting report!
On July 19, the scheduled episodes were Naruto #97, Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann #4, D.Gray-man #28, Bleach #68-69 (a double ep), and Dennou Coil #3; however, since almost everyone had missed the previous meeting, by popular demand, we showed Dennou Coil#2 again instead.
For August 2, that made the scheduled episodes Naruto #98, Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann #5, D.Gray-man #29, Bleach #70, and Dennou Coil #3.
I was out of town on August 16, so I provided a tape with Naruto #99, Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann #6, D.Gray-man #30, Bleach #71, and Dennou Coil #4. Hope it played all right!
We had no meeting August 30, because the library was closed for Labor Day; and we had no meeting on September 13 because pretty much the whole club was attending Nan Desu Kan!
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07.05.08
Posted in Meeting Reports at 5:25 pm by mark
Definitely what you’d call a lean and mean meeting today — it was just me and Kris. Nevertheless, we watched the scheduled episodes of Naruto #95-96 (a double episode, following an epic battle among Jiraiya, Tsunade, and Orochimaru to its conclusion), Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann #3 (in which Simon and Kamina encounter a new enemy, and discover a new ability), Chi’s Sweet Home #3, D.Gray-man #27 (revealing much of Allen’s history with General Cross), Bleach #67 (taking the puzzle battle to our heroes’ school, where they win another round — but have another friend to rescue), and Dennou Coil #2 (wherein Yuko, nicknamed Yasako, gets to know Fumie, and they enlist the aid of Yasako’s grandmother to cure Densuke the cyberdog).
Hope to see you in two weeks!
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07.04.08
Posted in Meeting Reports at 7:37 pm by mark
Once again, apologies for the delay — here’s a double report to cover the last two meetings, which saw the introduction of our two new series.
June 7 we took in Naruto #93 (in which Orochimaru and Kabuto engage in combat with Tsunade and Shizune, who are then joined by Jiraiya and Naruto), Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann #1 (wherein we meet Simon, a driller, and his older friend Kamina, who discover a strange artifact, then defend their subterranean village against an invader from the surface), D.Gray-man #25 (following Allen on a mission to contact General Yeegar), Bleach #65 (in which our friends are sent on a wild goose chase, and are shown to have three antagonists named Cloud, Nova, and Rin Rin, who kidnap Chad), and Ghost Hunt #25 (the final episode, revealing Ayako’s true strength, and showing the final purification of the haunted shrine). I also tossed in episode 1 of Chi’s Sweet Home, one of the cute little three-minute series that come out from time to time, this one following a kitten who gets separated from his mother.
On June 21, we watched the scheduled episodes of Naruto #94 (following the escalating battle), Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann #2 (in which Simon and Kamina find themselves on the surface with their new friend Yoko, and some more fighting to do), Chi’s Sweet Home #2, D.Gray-man #26 (wherein General Yeegar takes on the Millennium Earl, and gets the bad end of the bargain), Bleach #66 (concerning another puzzle-chase through an empty museum, resulting in Chad and Orihime’s return), and Dennou Coil #1 (introducing Okonogi Yuko, her younger sister Kyoko, and their cyberdog Densuke, in a not-too-distant future of ubiquitous wearable computing).
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06.04.08
Posted in Meeting Reports at 3:04 pm by Kris
Due to an unexpected wedding celebration, Mark’s appearance was a short one this time around; as always, though, he was kind enough to make a tape of this week’s scheduled episodes (Thanks!!). After some fiddling around with the TV cables, we finally had a watchable picture and continued without further ado.
The eps this time around were: Naruto #92 (in which Tsunade considers Orochimaru’s offer, Naruto trains, and Jiraiya investigates…no, I mean really, he does investigate), Pumpkin Scissors #24 (which concludes the series in a somewhat satisfactory manner), D. Gray-man #24 (in which Krory and the group return to Order Headquarters, where the usual insanity ensues), Bleach #64 (in which Ichigo and company attempt to return to their usual [and I do mean the term loosely] routines, but Hollows and unexpected visitors from Soul Society manage to interrupt), and Ghost Hunt #24 (in which all hell essentially breaks loose).
Thanks to all who attended (and thanks to Rei for the Oreos :) !
Our next meeting is this Saturday, June 7, offset slightly due to scheduling issues, where we’ll be premiering Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann! Stay tuned to the mailing list for more!
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