Japanese Media Society

Halloween Party - 08

angrias — Sun, 28 Sep 2008 19:09:41 GMT

Details (Thus Far) on Halloween Party:

PLEASE R.S.V.P. either here or during club when the sign up sheet is passed around.

Who: All JMS Members

What: Annual Halloween Party

When: Thursday, October 30, 2008

Where: MU 246 Coconino Room (TBA)

Why: Because we're awesome.

Not all the details are worked out... (please check back for updates) We still do not know if the party will be during regular meeting hours, and in the same room or be an extension. This has not yet been discussed. ...

Iowa man to face twenty years for possession of manga?

roleplayfever — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 17:35:10 GMT

article here

Apparently this started when the man ordered seven books from Japan that the postal inspector deemed as "objectionable content", he picked up the package and was followed to his house by police. Whereupon they seized his entire collection of media.

Officer Meetings

GameSage — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 09:28:29 GMT

So from what I understand most of the officers can't meet for the orginal wednesday meetings at 10 on wednesday.

So we either need to set up a different day and time or a thread on the board that the members can visit at their own time before the next meeting.

Thought I'd start this here and see what you guys had to say about it.

Saimoe 2008

Ryuuka — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 13:06:16 GMT

For those who are following it. For those who aren't, wiki/google "Saimoe 2008" or click here for the full tournament bracket. I'm somewhat sure that it's popular enough by now, though.

Yes, I probably have nothing better to do atm than to write out all of my votes. Some may notice that I have a heavy bias towards certain shows. Well that's because they deserve to win.

A group

01: Haruka Minami (Minami-ke) - won her round already

02: Kiri Komori (Zetsubou Sensei)

03: Rika Furude ...

To Aru Majutsu no Index...

Ryuuka — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 04:20:48 GMT

...was good too. The show is like a more agreeable Shakugan no Shana (namely, one without Sakai Yuuji).

I am so glad that Eclipse/m33w are picking it up.

And now suddenly...

HentaiTentacleDemon — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 08:15:06 GMT

I have a newfound respect for Thanh.

SPACE LANCE

Dragonball Movie (Lawl)

Ryuuka — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 00:28:11 GMT

Footage of the teaser trailer has been leaked.

Hilarious. I can only imagine this going down as possibly one of the worst movies anyone will ever see in their lifetimes.

Hellsing End

Tekkaman Calamity — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 02:29:58 GMT

Well after 11 years, hellsing has come to an end.

Also, to love-ru might be canceled. But that's not important enough to be linked.

Toradora...

Ryuuka — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 09:35:38 GMT

...was pretty good. Definitely going to keep watching it.

Initially, the PV had me weirded out by Kugimiya Rie doing Taiga, but I guess I've gotten used to it now.

Fall '08

Tekkaman Calamity — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 07:09:57 GMT

Here's the line up

Yeah, so a few surprises, most prominent was how did R+V get a second season? Also, battle spirits... dear gosh I'm pretty sure I know what's getting a crappy dub at some point.

Anyways, not much that grabbed me for fall season. After Story is no question, but I otherwise only a handful of stuff have me curious. Mainly Linebarrel (pending I see what the mech looks like), Hyakko (school girls advancing through school is still a workable plot), and Tiara (I'm going ...

Code gease = crapy popular anime

TI83 — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 16:54:10 GMT

im sorry for all of u who were not aware of this but its true and there is almost nothing u can do prove otherwise. It might not of sucked so hard if they didn't force a seconed season out of it. they took a character who is soposed to be a geniuss and turn him into a fucking moron, he went from planning things to gease here and gease there and more gease everywhere. Ugghh im glad its all over and u should be too. Now to the fall season

Prime Minister Rozen Aso

Tekkaman Calamity — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 10:04:46 GMT

As some of you might have read, Taro Aso, aka Rozen Aso, has been elected prime minister of Japan. Manga stocks have also risen as result.

Expect to see Gundams replacing the Japanese airforce.

Kara no Kyoukai...

Ryuuka — Fri, 23 May 2008 05:05:02 GMT

...was simply amazing.

It was totally worth the 5 month wait for the first DVD release. Now to wait for another indefinite period of time for the next 6 parts. XD

Oh hello

HentaiTentacleDemon — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 07:19:46 GMT

Resident Hentai Tentacle Demon reporting in. It wouldn't be anime without the perversion.

Haruhi-chan and Churuya-san?

Ryuuka — Sat, 23 Aug 2008 06:07:19 GMT

For the uninformed. So I'm thinking it'll probably be somewhat like Shana-tan, except with Haruhi.

Also, Churuya-san is getting a mini-series...

Events 08-09

The Lionheart — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 18:10:30 GMT

Any ideas or plans for this year's events yet? Maybe another Halloween party or something?

Once more (meeting location)

Tekkaman Calamity — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 20:33:20 GMT

Coconino, Mu 246.

Jury Duty or You guys owe me 1 hour of my life

Tekkaman Calamity — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 04:04:43 GMT

I sat through the mandatory presentation thing, and now we have to renew the club registration. Expect me to start hassling people over the next couple of days.

JMS 08-09?

D.R. — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 05:50:17 GMT

Any details?

I wish they were joking

Chumara — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 00:19:44 GMT

THIS sucks. I'm probably one of the only people who thinks this way as well. For one how are they going to continue the story from where it left off after the movie, and even if they remake it to follow the manga, then wouldn't we have a 200 episode series that would be the same thing as the first season for the first 25ish episodes? I really don't wanna watch this but I feel inclined to cause I saw the first series.

I'm sure Blalex is ecstatic.

Animepaper got Owned

Ryuuka — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 05:28:51 GMT

So yeah, Animepaper got owned. Get to torrenting (120gb). XD

This reminds me of stoptazmo lol.

Smash Codes for SSBB

HentaiTentacleDemon — Sun, 30 Mar 2008 01:09:03 GMT

I know alot of ppl out there have Brawl for the Wii, so we should share smash codes so we can play each other.

Smash Code: 3737 9219 2868

(Currently don't have access to my wii but ill edit this post with my smash code as soon as i can)

The moment we've all been waiting for (Code Geass R2)

Tekkaman Calamity — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 22:37:13 GMT

For all the Suzaku haters.

Are we sure Japan is in a slump?

Tekkaman Calamity — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 09:05:56 GMT

Economic Impact of Lucky Star

I wonder what the economic impact of Code Geass was on Pizza Hut.

edit: Great, now I want to order some pizza hut.

Cowboy Bebop movie

Tekkaman Calamity — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 09:30:29 GMT

Yeah, I know I'm kind of late (hence I didn't think of anything for a title).

Anyways, there's a live action cowboy bebop movie in the works.

I never thought I'd live to see the day when Hollywood starts scraping the anime barrel for movies.

Clannad 2? More Dango-Daikazoku?

Ryuuka — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 16:45:01 GMT

Heck yeah. I was just about to complain that I didn't like the ending to Clannad. If this rumor proves true, then the series will probably be more awesome than Air or Kanon.

Upcoming cons?

Aoi_eternity09 — Sat, 09 Feb 2008 03:43:29 GMT

I know there was a thread about the Phoenix Cactus Comicon, which was considered "The Con", lol. But how about some other anime conventions coming up? I know Anizona this year got canceled, but at least there's Saboten-con coming up in May, right?

Blassreiter

Tekkaman Calamity — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 05:20:24 GMT

So I hear this show got good... or least watchable from a gonzo standard, and there's been an invoking of the Itou Doctrine to watch it. Can anyone corroborate?

Clannad: Tomoyo After ~Dear Shining Memories~

Tekkaman Calamity — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 02:28:19 GMT

So I finally got around to reading this thing and quite enjoyed it (I'm still baaaawwwing!). From what I've been reading, it hits the main points of the VN in a ultra condensed way. Anyone else ever take a look and have any thoughts?

Special A and Strike Witches

Chumara — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 00:59:59 GMT

I know I mentioned how I was looking forward to this to Thahn, but has anyone else followed this series? Personally I think it's quickly becoming the best things Gonzo has done and maybe we could check it out next semester in club.

On the other hand Gonzo's rendition of Sky Girls called Strike Witches was so bad that I couldn't get through 5 minutes of it, any other opinions?

2nd Season of Hayate Greenlit

Ryuuka — Sat, 29 Mar 2008 18:27:34 GMT

Because 52 episodes is obviously not enough, Hayate is apparently getting another season.

Awesome. More Maria plx.

Music

The Lionheart — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 18:42:44 GMT

Let's get a new topic going. Technically, we are Japanese MEDIA Society, so I wanna hear some music suggestions here. I've got some stuff, but I wanna get some more opinions as to what's good from overseas.

Lately I've been listening to Rhymster and a lot of old stuff from Utada I found on my old computer at home. A lot of song titles from Rhymster are in japanese so i can't suggest many songs to look for [much less read them] but give Heat Island a try.

Okay, let's hear some suggestions...

Druaga

Ryuuka — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 07:10:05 GMT

I never thought I would be saying this, but GONZO has turned out something that's actually funny in the way that it was intended to be. The intentional cheesiness and parodying of RPGs/fantasy themes had me laughing hard almost the entire time (especially during the tentacle rape scene). I don't know how long it'll last, though, given GONZO's penchant for trainwrecking series.

Also, making good on their promise, GONZO subbed it and posted it on Youtube/Crunchyroll! Seriously, go watch it ...

Death by Manga

Tekkaman Calamity — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 21:39:47 GMT

A man was killed when his manga collection toppled over and buried him, suffocating him.

And now for a public safety warning, don't stack your manga high enough that it can cause such an embarrassing death.

I didn't expect this media blaster (Dokuro-chan)

Tekkaman Calamity — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 03:01:18 GMT

So media blaster has licensed Bokusatsu Tenshi Dokuro-chan.

Considering the eps are 13 mins, I wonder if they'll be charging a reasonable price. You have no idea how hard it was to write that sentence without stopping to laugh.

Anime of Summer 08

Calcousin55 — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 13:16:20 GMT

Here's a link that has previews to the new animes that's coming out this summer.

Link : Summer Anime Reviews

Reboot Trilogy

Calcousin55 — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 20:03:41 GMT

For all of you that remember reboot, it is being brought back as a trilogy under Rainmaker Entertainment. They have the script and outline of the story up on www.reboot.com, fans can comment and suggest changes to the movie on the site.

Lucky Star

Tekkaman Calamity — Mon, 05 May 2008 20:00:05 GMT

Is getting an OVA.

WHAT!?! (Death Note)

Tekkaman Calamity — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 07:45:42 GMT

I can already see the massive fail.

Just Epic Lulz...

D.R. — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 06:47:19 GMT

click

Tokyopop goes boom

Tekkaman Calamity — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 03:38:07 GMT

Yes I'm slow and lazy with news.

Anyways, for those who haven't heard by now, Tokyopop underwent a restructuring and split into two, laying off 39 people in the process (something like 40% of their work force).

In response, Tokyopop had this to say:

"We�re Tokyopop. We do ridiculous things and reinvent ourselves all the time. That�s who we are."

I'll be bothered if this affects the Fate releases.

Haruhi S2 - Cancelled?

Tekkaman Calamity — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 07:44:20 GMT

Instead we will be treated to Suzumiya Haruhi no Yuutsu new animation.

I must say, this is an interesting ploy to continue pushing back SH.

Kamen No Maid Guy

D.R. — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 23:50:33 GMT

Genre:- Ecchi, Comedy, Action

Descriptions:-

Based on the shounen manga by Akai Maruborou, serialised in Dragon Age.

Fujiwara Naeka is a typical 17 year-old high school student. Or so we thought. She's really one of two surviving heirs of a tycoon who has the right to inherit his mass fortune when she turns 18 in half a year. Fubuki, a young and beautiful maid, and Kogarashi, a big burly maid guy with a mask, have been assigned to keep Naeka and her brother Kousuke safe from those who ...

Library War

D.R. — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 23:49:29 GMT

Genre:- Romance, Military, Comedy, Action

Descriptions:-

Based on a light novel series by Arikawa Hiro, illustrated by Adabana Sukumo.

In the year 2019, the explosion of information and misinformation became a direct threat to society. In a daring decision, it was decided to create a new government agency dedicated solely to information management. Now some thirty years later, the government still monitors and controls information, suppressing anything they find undesirable, but standing ...

Kanokon

Tekkaman Calamity — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 09:32:26 GMT

http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=9000

I am now very tempted to watch. Has anyone (Ruben) seen this yet and can offer their thoughts?

Gundam Seed Character Theater

Tekkaman Calamity — Sun, 18 May 2008 22:40:26 GMT

Kinda old (well not really, but in anime time it might as well have been three centuries ago), but enjoy:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sppSzc04HuI

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yCGiotUjEk4&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=60wndwiZ_no&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sJPH8lIKdvI&feature=related

Man, I wish I could go into SEED mode, life would be so much simpler.

Feelings on Naruto Manga (warning: SPOILERS)

WildKard — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 16:38:25 GMT

Don't get me wrong, good story and all, but personally, I gotta say that this story is taking for-frickin-ever to end! Why won't Itachi just die already! At least make him go blind soon or something! The man aint invincible! He's got facial lines already! He's aging! I dunno, someone just use a F**K YEAH no Jutsu and nuke the Akatsuki headquarters already!

Sayanara Zetsubo Sensei, the power of negative thinking?

roleplayfever — Fri, 02 May 2008 15:37:54 GMT

I know it is finals week, but I did find out del rey manga is planning to publish this series...around this time next year. Did anyone else think that this series would cross over? or how do you guys think the company will handle localization (if at all).

Any bets on the anime?

Decision Time! (JMS Elections)

angrias — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 09:40:54 GMT

WE WANT YOU!

Seriously, ya rly.

Alright, in all seriousness, JMS President Dan 'The man' Levy said Thursday that he will be resigning at the end of this semester due to the increasing pressures of being a college student. However, the good news is we're now hosting an open call for all members who would like to run for an office (and not just his office). The elections for Fall 2008 will begin shortly and what will happen is all members will be given the opportunity to campaign for office ...

JMS Shirt Design

SheikAVC — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 20:26:06 GMT

What ever happen to that idea?

If there wasn't enough funding for the shirt then I'm fine, but at least post the designs on the website. I'm just curious how people design them.