President: Justin D Brough
Vice President: Érica Colón
Treasurer: Robert J Doyle
Secretary: Devon Stevens
Public Relations: Kasha McCollough
Advertiser: Michael Dunagan
Librarian: Rebecca Ann Coffelt

Thanks to everyone for making it an awesome election – and sorry for all the reruns. :p The elected officers will assume their [new] offices at the beginning of the Spring 2010 semester. That in mind, the Officers Page has been updated to reflect the current executive board. Take a look if you haven’t seen it yet!

We’ll be doing some fundraising for club in the upcoming weekends, wrapping gifts at the Rio Rancho-area Barnes and Noble. If you want to volunteer some time to club and practice your present ribbons, let us know in the comments!

That’s all for now! The week’s schedule follows the break!:

3:00pm Set-Up; Social Hour

4:00pm Fruits Basket Episodes 21-22

5:00pm Samurai Champloo Episodes 15-16

5:45pm Intermission – AMVapalooza!

7:15pm Sacred Blacksmith Episodes 1-2

8:00pm Break-Down, stat!

On tap for election day, we’ll have our regularly scheduled anime, the presidental debate, and a short speech session before each position is voted on and decided, so you guys know what each candidate is all about. We’re gonna end it all with gender-bending anime, Kampfer. Yeah.

Before I jump into election stuff, I thought I’d share some good news with you all! Our appropriation bill went through, so for those of you going (or interested in going) to ALA this Janurary – we’ll be giving you a discount from our original quoted price of $150 – it’s now only gonna cost $100 per person! Amazing, right? Anyways – if you want to sign up to the trip in light of this information, let us know!

And without further adieu, this Saturday’s schedule (and the officer candidates).

Schedule

3:00pm Set-Up; Social Hour

4:00pm Fruits Basket Episodes 19-20

5:00pm Samurai Champloo Episodes 13-14

5:45pm Intermission – Presidential Debate; Officer Elections

7:15pm Kampfer Episodes 1-2

8:00pm Break-Down, stat!

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Officer Candidates

President: Justin D Brough (Incumbent), Michael Dunagan

Vice President: Érica Colón (Incumbent), David Aragon, Justin D Brough, Rob Doyle, Michael Dunagan, Devon Stevens

Treasurer: Kim McCluskey (Incumbent), Rob Doyle, Michael Dunagan

Secretary: Devon Stevens (Incumbent), Érica Colón, Michael Dunagan, Kim McCluskey, Kasha McCollough,

Public Relations: Kasha McCollough (Incumbent), Michael Dunagan,  Matthew F. (Digi), Joy Patrick

Advertiser: Érica Colón, Michael Dunagan, Rain Fisher, Devon Stevens

Librarian: Rebecca A Coffelt (Incumbent), Matthew F. (Digi), Tommy Billings

1. The T-Shirt Contest Deadline is this Friday! Please submit your design to anime@unm.edu or drop it by SUB 1031 during our office hours! If you can’t be bothered to get it in before Saturday, the absolute last minute deadline is 3:00 pm on Saturday – bring it by the club office!

2. Speaking of Deadlines, the ALA $50 down deposit deadline is this Saturday also. We’ll take cash or check (made out to UNM Anime Club). The paperwork will be there to fill out – and again – if you want to go but can’t quite make the deadline, let me know and we might be able to work something out!

3. Elections are coming up! Next Saturday (Nov. 14th), we’ll be electing the positions of President, Vice President, Treasurer, Secretary, Public Relations, Advertiser, and Librarian! If you’re looking for a way to be more a part of Club, this is it! If you’re interested in any of these positions – send us an e-mail at anime@unm.edu. A brief description of what each position entails follows the link – check the website!

That’s all there is for now~ We’ll keep you posted and see yah Saturday!

President (Incumbent: Justin D Brough)

• Holds weekly officer meetings, for which agendas are prepared and distributed. Delegates tasks to Anime Club officers and follows up on their progress. Approves actions taken in the name of Anime Club. Acts as representative of Anime Club towards University (SGAO, ASUNM). Seeks out opportunities for club to expand and chances for co-sponsorship with other university departments. Pioneers new programming ideas and ensures Anime Club progresses in a positive direction.

Vice President (Incumbent: Érica Colón)

• Aids the president in his duties and in the affairs of Anime Club. Acts as president in cases where the president is unable or incapable. Assists in other officer duties as requires. Keeps members appraised of the goings-ons of club through weekly site updates.

Treasurer (Incumbent: Kim McCluskey)

• Keeps and maintains records of Anime Club finances. Seeks out opportunities for fundraisers. Researches and suggests purchases for Anime Club. Draws out cost tables and develops viable budgeting strategy. Fills out Internal Requisition forms for Club purchases. Attends financial workshops put on by University. Makes deposits at SGAO.

Secretary (Incumbent: Devon Stevens)

• Takes and distributes officer meeting minutes. Responsible for Sign-In sheet at Club Meetings and events. Keeps stock and order of all non-financial, non-library records of Anime Club. In charge of reserving Student Union Bldg. space and equipment, as well as administrative matters dealing with the Anime Club office and storage unit.

Public Relations (Incumbent: Kasha McCollough)

• Establishes and maintains communication with Anime companies and businesses via e-mail, phone, and facebook as required. Requests and documents screening permissions for anime shown is club. Seeks out and solicits discounts, opportunities, and promotion among affiliates.

Advertiser (Incumbent: Rob Doyle)

• Designs advertising for club. Uses advertising to keeps members and affiliates appraised of Club meetings and events. Duties may include: Making and publishing events on facebook; Regular updates via Anime Club twitter; Requesting ad-space in the Daily Lobo; Printing and posting flyers around campus; Chalking; etc, etc…

Librarian (Incumbent: Rebecca Coffelt)

• Maintains Anime Club Library records and media. In charge of checking material in and out on a weekly basis, and of keeping track of Anime Club membership and membership cards. Burns anime to disc, assesses late fees, and keeps tidy Anime Club office.

We’re finally at the weekend, and as usual, we’ve got the goods this Saturday. Moeso than usual, actually, since this Saturday is Halloween. And Halloween means it’s time for our annual Halloween party co-hosted by Japanese Club!

We’ll have pizza and refreshments provided, but it’s also a POTLUCK! So bring those halloween treats to share! And if the food isn’t enticing enough, feast your eyes on all that’s in store. It’s quite worth your while!

• Our Annual Cosplay Contest! Show off your stuff – whether it’s a cosplay or a halloween costume – for a chance to win eternal glory and some fabulous prizes!
• Non-Stop Karaoke! That’s right – for the first time ever, we’ll have a dedicated karaoke room, set up by our local KJ, Laura! Japanese songs, mainstream hits, and Disney – it’s all there! So come belt some tunes!
• Pumpkin Carving! Held in the Karaoke room, we’ll have pumpkins and tools to do your Jack-O-Bidding! No prizes here, but extraordinary efforts will make it to the website.
• J-Horror! It wouldn’t be Halloween without some scary film fare, and we’ve got it at the ready!
• Scary Video Games! Resident Evil! More Resident Evil! Seriously, though, bring ‘em if you got ‘em.

So come check it out – it’s all free! We’ll be in Lobo A/B, Fiesta A/B, and Acoma A/B… See you there!

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Hey Club! Hope you all had an excellent Fall Break! Here’s how we’re ringing in the 2nd 8 weeks!

1. Anime Los Angeles Convention Trip Sign-Ups! Saturday, we’ll be doing a presentation to inform everyone of how we swing this convention thing. There’s no rush to commit, but we’d like it if everyone who has a glimmer of interest in going to ALA with us could make themselves known! The website has more details.

2. Membership Cards! You asked for them; We got them (Even if it did take the better part of the semester)! For everyone that paid to be a member – you’ll now be able to flaunt your Anime Club status wherever you go – earning discounts at the SUB Sonic on Saturdays and at Lobo Anime & Comics on Tuesdays. Oh, and you’ll be able to check out Anime and Manga from our library also. :3

3. The T-Shirt Contest! …is postponed until November. We haven’t had enough entries to make a contest outta this, so it’s on hold until after Halloween. So C’mon, guys! Put those artistic muscles to work and create some awesome T-Shirts!

4. Maid Café Bake Sale! What’s this? The Anime Club Maid Café committee is putting on a bake sale next week on Wednesday and Thursday from 11am – 2pm in Zimmerman Plaza. Stop by, buy some noms, and fund next semester’s Maid Café! What’s the Maid Café? Don’t be shy and stop by the booth to ask; Otherwise you’ll have to wait until Feburary!

‘Course, we got more in store than just that. Follow the link for Saturday’s schedule for starters!

3:00pm Set-Up; Social Hour

4:00pm Fruits Basket Episodes 15-16

5:00pm Samurai Champloo Episodes 9-10

5:45pm Intermission – ALA Presentation, Q & A, and Sign-Ups!

6:15pm Tommy’s Fall ‘09 Anime Presentation

7:15pm Mewwuv Episodes 1-2

8:00pm Break-Down, stat!

Hey Club Goers! Guess what?

Field Trip!!! Similar to our FANIME trip this past summer, UNM Anime Club will be attending ALA – an anime convention going down during Winter Break. Where is it held? When is it happening? How can I sign up? The answers to there questions and more after the break! Get excited:

What is ALA?
ALA stands for Anime Los Angeles. It’s a three-day anime convention held in (duh) Los Angeles, California. UNM Anime Club is planning to attend as a group, and YOU’RE invited!

What is an anime convention?
Put simply, an anime convention is a big gathering of anime fans and industry types. To elaborate, it’s a weekend-long extravaganza that plays host to lots of great events and a lively, fun atmosphere. You can find out more at the Anime Los Angeles site.

When and where is this being held?
ALA is held at the Los Angeles Airport Marriot from Janurary 8-10, 2010.

How are we getting there?
Los Angeles is a 12-Hour drive from Albuquerque – We’ll be carpooling to and from- the convention center. And don’t worry – we’ve factored in an extra travel day both ways, so you drivers can all breathe a sigh of relief.

What are the dates of travel?
Thursday, 1/07/10 – Monday, 1/11/10. We’ll leave in the morning on the way there, and arrive in the evening on the way back.

Where will we be staying?
The Con Hotel: Los Angeles Airport Marriott. We’ll book rooms based on the number of people going.

How much will this cost?
$150 -paid to Anime Club – will cover for your registration, gas both ways, and a hotel room for all nights of travel. If you’re not an official member, it’ll cost $155 (the $5 extra will apply towards membership dues ^^).

Should I bring extra money?
ABSOLUTELY. The $150 won’t cover food, so – if nothing else – bring some money to spend on nourishment (AT LEAST $20/day). Aside from that, bring whatever spending money you can responsibly burn – they’ll be TONS of alluring anime and game merchandise in the dealers room, in addition to all the fanworks available for purchase in artist’s alley.

How do I sign up?
Talk to an Officer during an intermission, or see us during our office hours throughout the week. They’ll be a form to fill out, and a waiver to sign – all standard procedure.

Is there a deadline?
If you’d like to go, please tell us an as soon as possible so we can get an idea of how many con-goers to anticipate. To show commitment, we’re requiring a $50 deposit by November 7th, with the rest to be paid by December 12th (our last meeting of the semester).

What if I need to cancel?
We can refund half your total deposit if you cancel before the December 12th deadline. Unfortunately, if you need to cancel at any time after that date, all your deposit will be forfeit.

The weekend already? AND it’s Brawl day? Damn, time moves fast.

It’s Brawl day tomorrow (Starting at 1:00pm in the SUB Ballroom), but we’re still gonna have your regularly-scheduled Anime Club programming! Be sure to come by and watch some anime with us in Lobo A/B is you get tired of the tournament scene. If the tournament scene’s your thing, however, we want you! Anime Club will be needing volunteers to judge matches, as well as stations to play matches. So if you’ve got a Wii/Brawl/TV setup you can bring, or just lots of time to spare, be there at 12:00 and make yourself known!

We’re beginning a T-Shirt design contest that’ll extend through Fall Break (They’ll be no meeting next weekend, btw) so that you artists will have time to work! ^^ The winner will be voted on and announced October 24th! What motivation do you have to participate? For one, you get to practice your artistry; for two, you get to show off your work; and for three – if your drawing wins – you’ll get THREE (count ‘em) free shirts with your beautiful design to keep, sell, or give to your friends and family. WOW!

Interested? Here’s the details!

• 1 or 2-sided design (for front and/or back of T-Shirt)
• Anime Club related (i.e. design incorporates our name)
• Maximum 2 colors, excluding background color (to save on printing costs)

Other than that, it’s all you! Please submit completed designs to anime@unm.edu or to the Anime Club office during our normal office hours. Ganbatte!

And, without further adieu, this weekend’s schedule (after the link):

1:00pm Lobo Brawl 3! (Running concurrent with Anime Club) SUB Ballroom A

3:30pm Anime Club Set-Up Lobo A/B

4:00pm Fruits Basket Episodes 13-14

5:00pm Samurai Champloo Episodes 7-8

5:45pm Intermission

6:15pm Announcements and Evaluations, with Dino Comics!

7:15pm Bakemonogatari Episodes 1-2

8:00pm Break-Down

Club! Sorry for the late-ish update. I’ll try to keep this short in order to get it in your inboxes asap.

Saturday’s NOSTALGIA DAY! So bring your Pogs, your Pokemon Cards, and something for show-and-tell – we’re kids again (in spirit)!

In keeping with the theme, I’ll be bringing crayons and anime lineart for us to color. We’ll be doing show-and-tell (bring your latest and greatest!), and playing old-school video games in the game room, so bring your 8 and 16-bit consoles to share!

Also! We’re planning our first convention trip of the new school year: Anime Los Angeles! Be there this Saturday and express your interest if you wanna road trip with us over the winter break. Next Friday’s Fall Frenzy also, so we’ll also have info on that. All in all, you DON’T wanna miss this weekend’s meeting!

Schedule follows the link. We’ll see you Saturday!

3:30 Set-Up

4:00 Fruits Basket

5:00 Samurai Champloo

5:45 Intermission: COLORING

6:15 Doraemon Pokemon! The FIRST Movie!

8:00 Break-Down

REMEMBER: BRING YOUR OWN CONTROLLER!

And without further ado, the rundown:

Set-Up at 12:00 noon If you have a station you can volunteer (TV, Wii, and Brawl), or if you want to get some friendlies matches in for practice, that’s the time to show up!

Registration at 1:00pm We’ll be registering for both Teams and Singles starting at this time. We’ll be cutting off team sign-ups at 1:45 so that we have time to draw up the bracket, but Singles registration will be ongoing until the team matches have finished.

TEAM Matches at 2:00pm gl hf

SINGLE Matches take place AFTER TEAMS Depending on the number of entrants, this could be earlier or later. A good rule of thumb is to show up a little early – around 3, 3:30-ish – if you want to play in Singles but not in Teams.

The nitty-gritty rules are after the link. Yummy!

UPDATE: The rules have been changed to reflect the following last minute revisions:

1. The Chain Grab limit is set to 5 MAXIMUM, not 300% as it was originally
2. There is a planking (jumping off, then re-grabbing the ledge) limit of 5 per instance. If – at the end of the round – a player has amassed more than 50 “planks,” they forfeit the round.

General rules:

• 3 Stock
• 8 minute timer
• Items are set to “off” and “none”
• All sets with the exception of winner’s finals, loser’s finals, and the championship are best of 3 matches (best of 5 and above should be played out for any “finals” matches)
• In the event of a dispute, controller ports will be selected by Rock-Paper-Scissors
• No player may choose a stage they have already won on in that set unless agreed upon by both players.
• In team matches, the ports will be determined in a 1221 fashion; whoever wins the RPS will choose first, then the opposing team will get their ports, and then the teammate of the RPS winner will get the last port.
• If the timer runs out, the victor is determined first by stock and then by percentage.
• Metaknight’s Infinite Cape glitch is banned.
• If a game ends with Bowser doing his suicide klaw and it ends in sudden death, the sudden death will be ignored and that game will count as a win for Bowser.
• You are responsible for your own controller and name tag. Any malfunctions or errors that occur are your responsibility, so bring an extra controller if possible and always check to make sure you’re using the correct settings BEFORE a match is played. If a match is to be restarted due to controller functions, it must be agreed upon by both parties.
• Any action that can prevent the game from continuing (i.e., freezing, disappearing characters, game reset, etc.) will result in a forfeit of that match for the player that initiated the action. You are responsible for knowing your own character, and must be wary about accidentally triggering one of these effects.
• Stalling is banned.
• Stalling: The act of deliberately avoiding any and all conflict so that one may make the game unplayable. Running away from an opponent to reach a better position is not stalling, while doing an infinite grab endlessly against a wall is. Any infinite chain grabs must end quickly after 300% has been reached so as to prevent excessive stalling. Chain grab chains are capped at 5.
• Planking: The act of dropping, then re-grabbing a ledge is limited to 5 per instance. If – at the end of the round – a player as amassed more than 50 “planks” that player forfeits the round.

Set format (In Order of Procedure):

1. Opponents choose their characters for the first match in a double-blind fashion
2. Opponents start the stage striking procedure
3. Each player may announce one stage to be banned for counterpicks of the set
4. The first game is played, using the stage chosen during step 2
5. The loser of the previous match announces the next match’s stage from either the Starter Stage List or the Counter Stage List
6. The winner of the previous match chooses their character
7. The loser of the previous match chooses their character
8. Repeat steps 5-7 for all proceeding matches

Stage Lists

The SBR Recommended rule list uses the stage striking system. In this system, players take turns striking stages from the starter list until only one remains; these stages are not banned and can be counterpicked later in the set.

Starter

• Battlefield
• Final Destination
• Smashville
• Pokemon Stadium 1
• Yoshi’s Island

Counter

• Castle Siege
• Halberd
• Lylat Cruise
• Brinstar
• Delfino
• Frigate Orpheon
• Jungle Japes
• Pictochat
• Pirate Ship
• Rainbow Cruise
• Norfair

Banned

• Everything else (If you want to play a banned stage, ask your opponent if they’re up for it too, if both players agree, it’s fair game)

Rules for Doubles Play

• Life Stealing is allowed
• Set team attack to ON

Additional Rules

• Resolving Ties: Any games ending in time running out should always be decided by stock, and then percents. If percents are the same or both players die simultaneously, there will be a 1 stock overttime.3 Bowser’s suicide klaw is exempt from this rule.
• Wiimotes and Classic Controller users should know to take the batteries out of their controllers after finishing a set; not only will this save battery life, but it prevents accidental intereference and delay for tournament matches.
• Pirated copies of Brawl or modded Wii consoles will not be used for tournament matches.
• The Mages DQ rule: After a match has been called, if a player is two minutes late he will receive a warning. At 4 minutes late, he will be given a loss for the first game of the set. After six minutes, he will be given a loss of the entire set.

Thanks to everyone who attended and dressed up for Cosplay day! We don’t have any photos of the costumes to show you – but I guess that just means it was a “you had to be there”-type of experience, huh? I missed it too, so I share your pain. Anyways, a big thanks to resident cosplay officer, Kim, for setting everything up and running club in my absence!

Last Saturday aside, this upcoming weekend is gonna be Big! How Big? Movie Screenings, Conventions, Anime Club, Fall Festivals, and whatever else you can manage to shoehorn in (like Magic prereleases)! Yeah. That kind of Big.

Thursday, Sept. 24 @ 7:30pm is the one-time only theater screening of the EUREKA 7 MOVIE! The film will be shown at 3 different locations in Albuquerque – Century 14, Four Hills, and Cottonwood 16. There’s a facebook event for your perusal; and a link to buy tickets. It’s anime on the big screen – bigger than the projector screen even! How can you resist?

Friday, Sept. 25 – Sunday Sept. 27 is OTAKU MEX, the return of Albuquerque’s first Anime Convention! Check out the site! Marvel at the facebook event! You can still pre-register for 2 and 3 day passes, so far as I can tell, so check it out! I’ll be there at the convention on Friday night, spreading the good word of Anime Club, so give a holler if you see me ’round!

Saturday, Sept. 26 @ 4:00pm is ANIME CLUB – CRAFTING ED.! You never want to miss this – We’re gonna be doing awesome-type DIYs, which only the lamest of people would want to miss. Japanese calligraphy, origami, drawing, doodling, comic edits, and more?!  We’re trying to organize some sort of contest too, so definitely be there if you think you’ve got the chops! Naturally, we’ll have the latest in Fruits Basket and Samurai Champloo, so you can get your anime fix fo’ sho’.

Sunday, Sept. 27 from 10:00am – 6:00pm is AKI MATSURI – JAPANESE FALL FESTIVAL. Held at the National Hispanic Cultural Center (Google Maps), this festival highlights Albuquerque’s distinctive Japanese community with food, performances, informational tables, sales booths, martial arts demonstrations, professional shodo, and sooo much more, all for the meager price of $3.00? I’m already there. Hit our facebook event if you wanna carpool!

Aaand that’s what’s in store for this weekend. Hit the comments, or the many facebook links, and tell us about what you’ll be doing – we’re curious to know! If you still desire more information, then hit the break for Saturday’s anime schedule! Wacky.

3:30 Set Up/Announcements

4:00 Officer’s Choice – Fruits Basket episodes 7-8 (This is what we’re on, right?)
Zodiac anime.

5:00 Variety Slot – Bakemonogatari episodes 1-2
Stapler anime.

5:45 Intermission – Newsletter Info/Sign-ups
Publishing is far out, man.

6:15 Member’s Choice – Samurai Champloo episodes 5-6
Sunflowers anime.

7:00 Crafts and What-Not
Érica’s game is afoot. Be prepared and wary.

8:00 Break Down