Final Q3 Propeller Anime Meeting on Sunday, September 25th!

The end of the quarter is coming! That means we'll finish Durarara!! once and for all! Plus, we'll finish a major story arc with Tiger & Bunny! Oh, and how about a new Studio Ghibli movie!?

Our next meeting will be Sunday, September 25th at 2:00PM at Full Sail University in Building 3F, room FS3F-121. The address of the campus is 3300 University Blvd Winter Park, FL 32792. An interactive campus map can be found here and building map here.

Next Propeller Anime Club meeting on Sunday, September 11th!

Our next meeting will be Sunday, September 11th at 1:30PM at Full Sail University in Building 3F, room FS3F-121. The address of the campus is 3300 University Blvd Winter Park, FL 32792. An interactive campus map can be found here and building map here.

This Sunday, we will not let the terrorists win! To prove that, we will watch an anime that brings about that never give up and kick ass spirit. That's right, it's time for one of the hottest anime of 2011... MAZINKAISER SKL!

PAC Meeting 8/28/11 featuring Roberta's Blood Trail!

Our next meeting will be Sunday, August 28th at 2PM at Full Sail University in Building 3F, room FS3F-121. The address of the campus is 3300 University Blvd Winter Park, FL 32792. An interactive campus map can be found here and building map here.

Our feature will be a return to the club favorite Black Lagoon! Who could forget about those guys?! (If you've never seen Black Lagoon, you can pretty much jump in at any point.) It's about crazy chicks and the guns they shoot!

Continuing off the last series is a new OVA called Roberta's Blood Trail, starring everyone's favorite maid who's really a sadistic killing machine! We'll be watching the whole OVA so make sure you come out for that!

We're making it well into Tiger & Bunny and getting close to the end of Durarara!! Last time in Tiger & Bunny, we discovered Barnaby's Batman-like tragic past and his vow to bring down the organization known as Ouroboros!

But then, a new foe appears and made short work(i.e. KILLED) their criminal suspect. Expect to see this crazy dude in the next episode and FINALLY Origami Cyclone does something!

In addition to showing cool anime, we'll also discuss club t-shirts and future parties. For those of you who don't know, October 22nd is the 5 year anniversary of Propeller Anime Club's founding. We have a lot to celebrate and that is what we shall do in 2 months!

See you this Sunday and follow us on Twitter @PropellerAnime!

Post-AFO meeting on Sunday, August 14th!

We will meet on Sunday, August 14th at 2PM at Full Sail University in Building 3F, room 121F. Hopefully, there will not be any issues this time! The address of the campus is 3300 University Blvd Winter Park, FL 32792. An interactive campus map can be found here and building map here.

We'll continue Durarara!! and Tiger & Bunny. In addition, we'll sample a 2011 anime series known as Puella Magi Madoka Magica. It's been requested quite a bit so we'll watch the first three episodes. 

The series is director Akiyuki Shinbou's take on magical girls. If you've seen his other works(Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei and Bakemonogatari), then you may have an idea of what to expect.

Since Anime Festival Orlando 12 just happened and it was successful on multiple levels, we'll celebrate that and share some stories as well! See you this Sunday!

PAC Meeting 7/31/11! Welcome To The Space Show!

Oh sweet lovely bliss! Anime Festival Orlando 12 is almost here and we have a meeting the weekend before the convention! Last meeting, we went over various events that we will be doing at AFO and others that are worth going to... and others not so much. It's going to be a weekend of partying and as a club we all better have our swim trunks!


We will meet on Sunday, July 31st at 5PM at Full Sail University in Building 2, room 206A. Hopefully, there will not be any issues this time! The address of the building is 3300 University Blvd Winter Park, FL 32792. An interactive campus map can be found here.

Next Propeller Anime Club meeting on Sunday, June 19th!

The next Propeller Anime Club meeting will be on Sunday, June 19th at Full Sail University in Building 3F in FS3F-112 at 1:00PM. Here is a map.

We have a change of plans for the feature based on the less than stellar response to it at the last meeting. This time, I will bring in five anime movies that EVERY ANIME FAN SHOULD SEE and we will watch the one most of the people at the meeting have not seen. That sounds pretty simple, right?

Planned Schedule:

1:00PM - Introduction and News

1:15PM - Record of Lodoss War 11 - 13 (END)

2:35PM - Diebuster 5 & 6 (END)

3:35PM - Intermission (This means get food, socialize, etc.)

3:55PM - Durarara 11 & 12

4:45PM - Mystery Movie

In Record of Lodoss War, Parn rescued Deedlit while Ashram went down in flames with Pirotess... OR DID THEY!? (Actually I don't remember what happens next.) Anyways, there will be a final showdown and it will be awesome. (I remember that much!)

In Diebuster, we found out during a battle with aliens that Nono is a GODDAMN BUSTER MACHINE. Not just a buster machine but the LEGENDARY one. So we'll finish this fun series as well.

We'll be completing the first arc of Durarara!! In these episodes, the owner of Celty's head will be revealed along with who founded Dollars.

This is actually the last meeting of the quarter. We'll start our third quarter of 2011 on Sunday, July 10th. During that time, a new format for club meetings will be worked on to make club meeting more fresh and fun.

Next Propeller Anime Club meeting on Sunday, June 5th!

The next Propeller Anime Club meeting will be Sunday, June 3rd at 2:30PM at Full Sail in Building 3F, room FS3F-115. Note the time and room change. You can view an interactive campus map here.

With Conquerors of Neo-Orlandia coming up at AFO and it heavily influenced by cyberpunk anime and movies, we thought it would be best to show off an anime that has been a form of inspiration for Neo-Orlandia: Armitage III.

Earlier in the day, open auditions for Conquerors of Neo-Orlandia tavern characters will be taking place. So immediately get any hopefuls on the same page(and to also attract some new club members) we'll actually be showing the feature FIRST. We won't make a habit of this but we hope many of you come out and see the movie; it's really good.

Planned Schedule

2:30PM - Introduction and News

2:40PM - Armitage III

4:15PM - Record of Lodoss War 9 & 10

5:10PM - Intermission(This means hang out, get food, etc.)

5:35PM - Diebuster 3 & 4

6:35PM - Durarara!! 9 & 10

Here are more details about what we are showing:

Next Propeller Anime Club meeting on Sunday, May 22nd!

Our next meeting of Propeller Anime Club will be one of the most important yet! It will be in FS3F-112 at Full Sail's building 3F on Sunday, May 22nd at 1PM!

With Gunbuster finished, we have leveled up once again as anime fans! However, new challenges await us! It's time to take our first trip together into the Leijiverse!

For those who do not know, Leiji Matsumoto is one of Japan's most accomplished creators. He has created  groundbreaking works such as Space Battleship Yamato, Galaxy Express 999, and most relevant today: Space Pirate Captain Harlock! Some of you youngins may be more familiar with his work on Daft Punk's music videos. The center of the Leijiverse is the prequel to Captain Harlock, known as Arcadia of my Youth.

From ANN:

The Earth has been conquered by the evil Illumidus Empire with parallels drawn to the post WWII occupation of Japan. Captain Harlock with a group that will become his life long friends begin their fight against this tyranny visited upon the planet earth with no regard to the costs the struggle will have on them, caring only for the ideal of restoring freedom to the people of earth.

Planned Schedule

1:00PM - Introduction and News

1:10PM - Record of Lodoss War 7 & 8

2:00PM - Diebuster 1 & 2

3:00PM - Intermission(This means hang out, get food, etc.)

3:25PM - Durarara! 7 & 8
4:20PM - Arcadia of my Youth

But that's not all! We'll be debuting a new anime series to watch!

 

A spiritual sequel to Gunbuster, Diebuster comes from Gainax. It debuted 15 years after Gunbuster was released.  Directed by Kazuya Tsurumaki(FLCL, End of Evangelion), Diebuster is a new story about cute girls who pilot robots and fight invading aliens. I've been told that there is some FLCL influence in this series and we shall determine that soon!

In Record of Lodoss War, Parn has been trained by Lord Cashew and has been brought in to serve King Faan as one of his Holy Knights. A war is about to start between Faan and Emperor Beld, former members of the "Six Heroes" that defeated a demon god 30 years ago. It's a classic struggle between good and evil, but who will survive?

In Durarara!! a plot begins to unravel in the town of Ikebukuro. Celty has dreams about finding her head and thoughts about whether she loves Shinra. Shizuo Heiwajima has a whole episode dedicated to him being a bad-ass dude and having flashbacks about his brother.

That's it for now. We'll have some news on Anime Festival Orlando and Florida Anime Experience soon so check those out!

Next Propeller Anime Club meeting on Sunday, May 8th!

Depending on who you are, either welcome back from Spring break or congrats on your finals! Or perhaps congrats on graduating! Life has changed for quite a few of you but one thing that will never go away is Propeller Anime Club!

With that said, our next meeting will be on Sunday, May 8th at 1:00PM in FS3F-112 at Full Sail University in Building 3F. I've been looking to showing this feature for quite some time!

Our club has a lot of fans of Mamoru Hosoda, myself included. At the beginning of the year, we all enjoyed The Girl Who Leapt Through Time, and last year we were thrilled to see his masterpiece Summer Wars.

Before he went to Madhouse, he had a final run at TOEI taking what would become Japan's biggest anime and manga franchise and twisting it to a dark tale of mistrust, failure, and redemption.

Some have come up with the theory that this movie is symbolic of his time at Studio Ghibli when he was the original director of Howl's Moving Castle(before Hayao Miyazaki took over). Either way, it's a dark, fresh take on the pirates from One Piece.

Planned Schedule

1:00PM - Introduction and News

1:15PM - Record of Lodoss War 5 & 6

2:05PM - Gunbuster 5 & 6 (END)

3:10PM - Intermission(This means hang out, get food, etc.)

3:35PM - Durarara! 5 & 6
4:25PM - One Piece: Baron Omatsuri and the Secret Island

Next Propeller Anime Club Meeting on Sunday, April 17th!

The next Propeller Anime Club meeting will be on Sunday, April 9th at 1:00PM in FS3F-112 at Full Sail University in Building 3F. It will be a little shorter, due to our main feature's length. But that's okay because the night before, we're seeing REDLINE!

Planned Schedule

1:00PM - Introduction and News

1:15PM - Record of Lodoss War 3 & 4
2:05PM - Gunbuster 3 & 4

3:10PM - Intermission(This means hang out, get food, etc.)

3:35PM - Durarara! 3 & 4
4:25PM - Kigeki
4:35PM - Legend of Koizumi

Kigeki is a 10 minute animated short from director Kazuto Nakazawa, who has done key animation for Roujin Z and Fatal Fury: The Motion Picture. 

The main feature is the short, but sweet Legend of Koizumi. It's about Junichiro Koizumi's epic mahjong battles against other world leaders while on diplomatic trips throughout the world. Koizumi is a former prime minister of Japan. Both Bush presidents and Vladmir Putin will be in this, and some people(probably not us) will be offended.

In Record of Lodoss War, a party of adventurers have formed: Parn the Knight, Deedlit the elf, Ghim the dwarf, Woodchuck the thief, Slayn the wizard, and Etoh the cleric. In a flashback we learn that Parn and his group have been tasked by King Fahn to find the sage, Wort, to see if he can provide them any information about Karla, the Gray Witch. During their adventure they had to fight and slay a dragon.

In Gunbuster, an all-girl school are training to pilot a new weapon known as the Gunbuster to get ready in case another war with the aliens take place. The main character, Noriko Takaya, is the daughter of a famous space admiral but lacks the skills to be a pilot. Overtime, she has to overcome her problems because another war is coming...

In Durarara!! a ton of characters are introduced and it will take a but to get used to everyone. Unlike Baccano! the story is told in a linear fashion. We discover that Ikebukuro is a dangerous place featuring some of the toughest street thugs, gang members, and even a headless biker.

We look forward to seeing you at the next meeting!

First Spring PAC meeting Sunday, April 3rd at 1:00PM!

Hey anime fans! Did you like how we rolled at MegaCon!? We hope you had fun! We have a bunch to wrap up in regards to that but we do want to get back to showing off some cool anime! Our first meeting of the Spring quarter will be on Sunday, April 3rd at 1PM at Full Sail University in FS3F-112 in Building 3F! (Near Wendy's)

For those who've never been to a PAC meeting, it's free and we watch a bunch of anime and have some lively discussions about what we watch. Since MegaCon just finished, there will be much to discuss about the weekend. We show several on-going series, followed by a feature to wrap up the meeting in an awesome way!

Speaking of features, we will be showing the first movie Hayao Miyazaki ever directed, and that will be Castle of Cagliostro! It stars the cast of Lupin III going for another caper that deals with an evil baron and his plans to produce high quality counterfeit bills from all the major nations, all while forcefully marrying a girl that has caught Lupin's eye!

But that is not all! We start watching three series this meeting! We have the fantasy classic, Record of Lodoss War, which is essentially a Dungeons and Dragons campaign. Then there is Gainax's stylish mecha classic Gunbuster, and then we have a newer series that fans of Baccano! should like in Durarara!!

Created by Baccano's Ryohgo Barita, Durarara!! is about a dullahan working as an underworld courier in Ikebukuro, Japan, an internet-based anonymous gang called Dollars, and the chaos that unfolds around the most dangerous people in Ikebukuro.

Planned Schedule

1:00PM - Introductions and MegaCon discussion

1:15PM - Record of Lodoss War 1 & 2

2:05PM - Gunbuster 1 & 2
3:10PM - Intermission (This means hang out, get food, etc.)

3:35PM - Durarara!! 1 & 2

4:25PM - Castle of Cagliostro

As always, feel free to come in forever you want to see! We have a lot of great stuff lined up! Also, check out our next Anime Nite @ The Geek Easy!

We'll be at MegaCon! Follow us on Twitter @PropellerAnime!

MegaCon is coming up this weekend and it will be an exciting time! We'll be hosting contests, events, and panels all weekend. Look for us in the W224 rooms or at our table in front of W224B. We look forward to see many fans and hopefully some cool, new members that can attend our meetings!

Speaking of which, our next meeting will be Sunday, April 3rd at 1:00PM at Full Sail University. Room and building location to be announced next week. We'll be starting three new series: Gunbuster, Record of Lodoss War, and Durarara!! We will also decide which night we will see REDLINE at the Florida Film Festival!

But that's not all! At the end of each meeting, we show a feature. This time, it will be Hayao Miyazaki's directorial debut, Castle of Cagliostro! It's certainly one of those movies every anime fan should see and a great way to start off the new quarter schedule.

We hope you have at MegaCon or are having fun at MegaCon if you are seeing this over the weekend! Please follow us on twitter @PropellerAnime since that is where updates on our events will be posted this weekend.