BrsrkEva wrote:ADV and Bandai don't like anime clubs too much... Chances are, if you asked them permission, they'd say "NO!!!"
At Animania all we show is unlicensed stuff you can get off of the unlicensed anime BitTorrent sites (not naming which though). We occasionally show something that's been licensed, but what can ya do, right?
Bandai never got back to me about showing one particular title, and I've never actually asked ADV.
We show both licensed and unlicensed stuff. I ask for permission whenever a company offers a "screening permissions" sort of page off ther website.
Spikebomb00 wrote:Alright I really like all of your ideas but I need some advice on how to start an anime club here at my school. It's not really a problem with the teachers but I don't know how many students like anime and manga and the ones who do, they might not want to come to and after school program. Is a small club okay? If not what should I do.
I think a small club would be fine. I wasn't into anime when I was in high school but when one started at my current college, the president of the club came to our Japanese class to announce its existence. Also, you could ask the people who you know like anime and manga what they think of the idea.
Trunksgirl07 wrote:
BTW, I will take your advice on the Operation Anime thing SonKitty! I think we should have more than 30 people in the club. Thanx!
Wow, that's a really impressive start. Good luck!
Bulghod wrote:I have an anime club in my college, and only 4 people are officially in it. and half of them can't make it to the meeting. it's been really bad and we've spent most of our time trying not to get kicked out of student govt.
so be warned when you start an anime club, make sure you have at least 10 DEDICATED friends involved.
Whoa, that's rough. Can you move the meeting to a more convenient time so that all can attend or is it a completely no-win setup?
Ari-chan wrote:I just became the new president for the unofficial anime club at my school, its hard work. We have been watching Naruto in the media center TV. Its hard since I only have about 11 consistant members. BUt I say to watch a varitety of anime, read Manga, go to cons (make the money to go to cons), and teach Japanese, or at least try. I try to teach them some Japanese writing and language, but so far the freshman seem to be uninterested, I had to bribe them with Snickers. I also say if you want, bring in import manga, and get them to translate a section. I had them do that with a Zelda manga, they all tried except for girl who hate Zelda.
That's really cool. I recently started a Japanese study group branch of my club. I haven't studied for so long and have a few willing learners (3), so we're trying something like that too. I'd say we have about 12 consistent members month after month and then a few others who stop by now and then. We also have an occasional party, usually at my house. Oh and going to Project A-kon in Dallas is a big thing since there when we get most of our funding for the next year. We get a table in Comic Market and have a raffle each day of the convention. This past year, we raffled off a Gundam Seed model, a set of plushies from Miyazaki movies (Jiji, Totoro, etc.), and a Sorcerer Hunters box set.
Also, a few people in my club started having smaller extra meetings on two Saturday nights out of the month to show other stuff. Oh and occasionally someone has a LAN party. I am usually unable to attend these myself, but they are all things done by club members and announced through our online message board. A few of our members will be going to Oni-con and are probably going to give us a nice little video report on how the trip went. When we went to A-kon, one of our members made a "dorkumentary," and we were amused. We watched it our post-A-kon party at my house. It was great.
Duke MadThain wrote:but so far the freshman seem to be uninterested, I had to bribe them with Snickers.
Sad, I would have jumped over people and trampled other fanboys to get opportunities like that. My school never had a club.
I like Mr. oni suggestion, fansubs and everything that isn’t mainstream. alot of the info I know now I found out thru this site, never having any better source of information. Plus if you can manage it cons are a blast with a group. Hard work to maintain a club, but the potential for enjoyment is worth it, good luck.
I think showing unlicensed stuff is a good idea too if you have the equipment needed to do so.
I haven't tried to learn it, but I have a friend who's Jap. and he says that "translating" the kanji is difficult.