Mid-term fest!

Alright, everyone, we have tentative plans for next week's midterm fest!
This semester, we're going to be bringing you not one series, but two! Don't worry, we're not going to lock you in a room and force you to watch two incredibly long series; both are very short. ^^;;

First up, we'll be showing all 12 episodes (and a one episode special) for Onegai Teacher.
Mizuho Kazami, a beautiful young woman, went to a high school in mountainous area to teach Japanese. However, she is actually a representative from galaxy association on her mission to observe earth. Accidentally, Kei Kusanagi, one of her student, discovered her true identity. In order to keep it secret, Mizuho Kazami married Kei Kusanagi and they both live together secretly. Can they keep their marriage from Kei's classmates?

Onegai Teacher created a spin-off series, which was unrelated, but still took place in the same general world and various characters from Onegai Teacher do make appearences. We're talking about Onegai Twins
Maiku Kamishiro's past has always been somewhat of a mystery to him. The only clue he has to who is family might be is an old photograph showing two young children, a boy and a girl, playing in a small pool outside of a blue house. In an attempt to find his family, he moves to this blue house and begins working as a programmer. He's living a comfortable life until the day two very different girls show up at his door, both in possession of the same photograph, and both claiming to be his twin. With no way to prove who is a relative and who is a stranger, Maiku allows both girls to move in with him until they know for sure.

As you can probably guess, both series fall into the categories of Comedy, Drama, Romance, and Science Fiction. This series aren't H-anime or terribly innappropriate, but this series could and will be classified as Mature Audiences Only. Younger patrons will be asked to leave.

As for the showing times, that's still tentative. As the plan goes now, we're showing them all in three days. We have EN-2006 booked for five days of mid-term break, however we've seen that many people don't really wish to spend that many days watching endless amounts of anime. Sure, there are plenty of hardcore fans out there ^_~ But we think we'll give you a break.
Basically, the format would be nine episodes for two nights, and eight on the third. Alternatively, we could split the series evenly; showing six on night one, seven on night two, six on night three, and seven on night four.
Again, four nights might be stretching it for some of you, so please, if you have a preference, let us know! Either leave a comment below or e-mail me!

Final details will be released very soon.

Poster and Tape List up!

The new, updated, and improved tape list is up. There's been a lot added and you can find it on the mainpage sidebar. Since we have a growing digital collection, I've posted links to popular codecs that are required many of the CD/DVD-Rs on the list. DivX and XviD are, by far, the most widely-used. The third is a collection of any codec you might need, including DivX and XviD. I posted separate links for DivX and XviD because their more likely to be up-to-date.

As well, I finished the poster and uploaded it in PDF and JPG formats, which you can also find to on the sidebar.

I also have the design for the membership cards finished. Expect to see them this Friday! ^_^

Solid room details and the line-up this Friday!

Ok, guys, we finally have some solid info on room bookings for the whole semester:

Date - Type - Room
September 23rd - Next Showing - SN-2109
October 7th-11th - Midterm Fest - EN-2006(more details to come)
October 21st - Regular Showing - EN-2006
November 4th - Regular Showing - EN-2006
November 18th - Regular Showing - EN-2006
December 2nd - Last Showing - EN-2006

* All showings start at 7:30pm unless eitherwise noted.

Midterm Fest has yet to be planned, and may or may not take up the four days we booked. We almost may have a Halloween showing. That's yet to be decided.

In the meantime, we have plans for this showing. We're going to be showing the first four episodes of Azumanga Daioh and Video Girl Ai. \o/

Also, the tape list will be back online shortly, once I fix it up and add the new titles. I should also have a poster up somewhat soon.
I'll send out an e-mail to the mailing list in a short while, once I add all the new members.

Hope to see you there! Remember, while every other showing is in EN-2006 this semester, this upcoming showing is in SN-2109!

New: Atom Feed!

For anyone familiar with RSS or Atom feeds, this page now sports just that. If you're using Firefox, you can add this site as a "Live Bookmark", and get updates as soon as they happen! Internet Explorer 7 is supposed to support feeds, but I know a lot of you guys use Firefox anyways. All you need to do is click the little orange Live Bookmark button on the bottom of the window and click "Subscribe to St. John's Anime Film Society". If you add it to your Bookmark Toolbar, it'll look something quite like this.

Just one easier way of keeping up-to-date!

Retro/Nostalgia Night!

Well, because of how this semester at MUN is set up, the only easy way to schedule all the showings properly is to either start on the very first week... or the third. And because starting on the third week would totally suck, we've decided to get a fresh and early start, starting with this coming Friday, September 9th. Of course, since the semester has yet to start up, I've yet to hear back from our room-booking correspondent. I submitted a request for EN-2006 a few days back, so as long as there are no issues, the showing will go ahead at the usual 7:30pm in EN-2006. IMPORTANT: Remember to check the website before you head out, in case this changes at the last minute! Of course, if I get confirmation back in the next couple of days, I'll send an e-mail anyways.

Also, on the 8th, is MUN's annual club fair, and this year the Anime Society will be there~! Of course, you all know we exist, but there are plenty of people out there, especially new students, that don't, so we'll be there to spread the word! Drop by and say hello ^_^

Oh, and I'm sure you people are probably wondering... just what are we showing this Friday? Well, we're going to kick off the new semester with something a little different... Some old, retro anime that's sure to be familiar to you. Maybe it was something you saw on TV as a child... perhaps it was the first anime you ever saw. Well, we've got some (original) Transformers, 1980's Astroboy, and even some Samurai Pizza Cats coming at you! Yes, you read right. We're going to try and find some more stuff from around that era, but as you might suspect, it's pretty hard to find. If you happen to have
some (good quality) tapes or DVDs of some late ‘80s/early ‘90s anime lying around, bring it in! This should prove to be a good night of laughs and nostalgia~!

Hope to see you there!