I waited exactly 360 days for Anime Expo 2011. Through wallet-empty days, through KitaEri/Hocchan-signature-less nights, I waited with bated breath for registration, Guests of Honor announcements, and schedule releases. Even through my heartache at the March 11th Japan earthquake, even through my stressful schoolwork, I waited patiently. And then Anime Expo 2011 came, and the one thing I remember doing the most during the con was... waiting. Then again, I was able to wait in actual physical lines, so I guess that's a change of pace! The most important part of course, was that all the waiting were worth it.
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The biggest annual anime convention in North America starts tomorrow on July 1st! Several of our Anime Club officers will be roaming around in the convention, and from our surveys it seems alot of GHS students are interested in going as well. Say hello if you see us, as we will if we see you! I can’t wait [...]
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Due to budget cuts and layoffs, Ms. Rusin has been given a heavy burden by the school to train new teachers next year. Unfortunately, on account of her hectic schedule, this means she can no longer be our club’s adviser. No doubt, Ms. Rusin has done much to help this club take off. Starting the club was no easy task for [...]
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It’s been a long 9 months. We’ve walked through the U.S. Roaring Twenties in the universe of Baccano and through mysterious dream worlds within Yumekui Merry. We’ve seen the stories of espers in Cencoroll, of warriors and friends in Black Rock Shooter, of archivists in Pale Cocoon, of world leaders in Reform Without Wasted Draws, and of star-crossed lovers in [...]
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Oh man, did the bulletins mention this today? This week, on Tuesday in room E260, we will be screening Voices of a Distant Star, a sci-fi romance title about two lovers who have to rely on email to communicate across a vast expanse of space. It is directed by Makoto Shinkai, the famous director who [...]
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All teachers have a meeting on Wednesday at lunch, plus there is the Renaissance Assembly on Thursday, so we are moving the screening of our fifth OVA to 5/24, Tuesday. But what exactly is the fifth OVA you ask? Stay tuned in the bulletin and this blog to find out. (If you see on Monday’s bulletin that we will be screening on Wednesday, that’s [...]
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With the beginning of Week 4, our end-of-the-year OVA screenings are now half over. This also means we only have roughly 4 more weeks until summer break starts. \o/ The OVA of this week is Reform Without Wasted Draws (also known as Mudazumo Naki Kaikaku or The Legend of Koizumi), a satirical comedy anime in which world leaders solve diplomatic issues through [...]
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Apparently, I really do have the memory span of a goldfish (and no, I don’t remember the 3-second thing is already mythbusted). Sorry for the late post once again! This week on Wednesday in room E260, we will be screening Pale Cocoon, a post-apocalyptic sci-fi anime set in a future in which humanity has already forgotten its [...]
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Yay, I’m not late this time! This week we are screening Black Rock Shooter, a fantasy/drama anime about two girls who become friends in one world, but are mortal enemies on a seperate mysterious world. It is roughly 50 minutes long, so we will be screening it in two parts, the first on Wednesday and the second on [...]
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I should’ve made this post on Monday, since it’s a tad late now to inform you guys what we are screening when we, well, already screened it a few hours ago. My bad! Anyways, yes the OVA / short film of this week is Cencoroll, a not-really-sci-fi action title produced entirely by one single animator named Atsuya [...]
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