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!

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.

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.

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.

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!

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…

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.

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!

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!

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!