Orlando Anime Day this Saturday!

A couple times a year, Orlando Anime Day occurs as a one-day anime market place. There is a vendor room, as well as some game setups, raffles, and panels. It's not really a traditional anime convention, but for $5, it's not a bad time. Plus, a lot of us are there so that makes it fun.

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The next one is this Saturday, February 2nd at the Wyndham Orlando Resort. We'll do lunch at the nearby Red Robin at 1:30pm. Orlando Anime Day is a pretty chill time and we look forward to seeing you!

Orlando Anime Day Meetup (9/8)

Earlier this year, an Orlando Anime Day occurred and we had a lot of fun hanging out at that. It looks they are doing it again on September 8th at the Wyndham Orlando Resort on International Drive.

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Orlando Anime Day is a one day marketplace with many dealers, plus video game setups, prize raffle, an anime viewing room, and even a panel room. It's not really a traditional anime convention, but for $5 entry, it's a pretty chill time and lots of people go.

Well meet up there and have group lunch at 2:00pm at the nearby Red Robin. See you there!

Orlando Anime Day Meetup (2/3)

This Saturday, February 3rd, Orlando Anime Day returns to the Wyndham Orlando Resort on International Drive. It’s a one day marketplace that also features a video game room, costume contest, and prize raffle.

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We'll hang out at Orlando Anime Day and it should be an enjoyable time, espcially for $5 entry.The event runs from 10:00am to 6:00pm if you want to go the whole day.

Orlando Anime Day #3 Outing!

Orlando Anime Day is a one day anime marketplace that will have its next iteration on Saturday, January 22nd at Ramada Orlando Celebration Resort & Convention Center, located at 6375 W. Irlo Bronson Memorial Highway in Kissimmee, FL. It's about a 40 minute drive on the highway but it can be kind of a fun event, depending on how much you want to socialize.

So what happens there? The event is open from 10am to 6pm and lots of people show up in cosplay and hangout. There is a dealer room to buy stuff like dvds, toys, manga, t-shirts, import games, etc. and a viewing room to watch the latest anime. (It might be worth it to watch Level E or Beezelbub. I have a hunch.) That's really about it.

But there are hundreds of people that go. Young, impressionable anime fans that lack the guidance they need in this cruel world. We should totally socialize with them and talk to them about good anime and other things. Maybe we'll meet some people who can fit into our club as well!

I'll also be conducting that survey that we did at the last club meeting, so that we can get a better understanding of anime fans in the area.

It costs $3 to get in and only $1 if you have a canned food item. This is a cash only event but there will be ATMs at the convention center. An official carpool will meet at Full Sail University in front of building 3B and leave at 11am. Be there by then if you want a ride! RSVP on Facebook!

Recap of today's meeting! 12/5/10 edition!

Let's try a simpler recap! This meeting was fun, though there were a couple hiccups! Here are the notes!

• It turns out classes are being schedule on Sundays at Full Sail this month. This will make finding room space even more difficult!
• We had to move to a different room for this reason.
• This also means that we never got to see Sword of the Stranger or handle the contests we have been discussing.
• Sword of the Stranger and the contests will be on our final meeting of December 12th.
• That debate event I want to try will be pushed back to January.
• Meeting room and time for the final meeting to be determined. If it comes down to it, my place will be used!
• Golden Boy and Jojo's Bizarre Adventure are finished! Both ended in a very awesome way!
• Golden Boy was VERY educational! Students learned the importance of networking in the final episode, among other things!
• In Bastard!!, Dark Schneider became for broken than Shin Akuma and Omega Rugal put together and beat Ninja Master Gara.
• Enzian Theater is trying to get Summer Wars but it won't be shown this month or in January. Hopefully in February!
• Orlando Anime Day will happen again on January 22nd. It's a small dealers' room and a video room but they might have some cool stuff to buy! It's on 3 bucks to get in!
• We'll be Ice Skating with Anime Spot at Light Up UCF on Saturday. If you are able to make it out, meet at Full Sail in front of Building 3B at 5:30pm and we can carpool from there!

Okay, one more meeting this year. It will be on December 12th, either at Full Sail or my place! Stay tuned!

Things to do this weekend! January 29th - 31st Edition.

Hey everyone! There's no club meeting this weekend, but there are still several cool things that you can do instead!

The Global Game Jam is this Friday at 5pm and will end 48 hours later. The last list of participants I saw had myself and Waldo on it. So we'll rep the club while we make games. The GGJ is a 48 hour collaborative event that happens WORLDWIDE and involves making games with others and networking. The first one was held a year ago and it was quite a fun time. This year's Orlando GGJ will be held at Full Sail University. There will be presentations at the end(I think) of the work we did throughout the weekend. I'll be post progress updates on my Twitter and Facebook accounts.

This Saturday is Orlando Anime Day. I have no idea what is going to happen and it's all the way in Kissimmee. I predict this event to be a bust. It's not even well advertised and the website has very little information to go on. It is $3 to get in if you are really that curious. Fuzzy said he's going to go during his lunch break. If you happen to be attending, let us know what went down when we have our next meeting.

Now if you would like to do something else on Saturday, our good friends at Anime Sushi are holding a meeting in which they will be showing live-action kung-fu cinema. They usually meet and show the newest anime on the first and third Saturdays of each month, but this is a fifth Saturday so they will do something a little different. I really wish that I could go but I will be knee deep in the GGJ. They will be meeting at 5pm at FX Plastics on 400 W. Comstock Avenue in Winter Park, FL. They are hidden behind P.R. Tacos which is in-between Pennsylvania Ave and New York Ave on State Road 426(Aloma Ave). Tell them I said hello!

This is also the last weekend Florida Oriental Trading will be open D:

Quan will have the store open Friday through Sunday from 1pm - 6pm. We all know how to get there by now so have safe travel!

Next weekend, we'll be bowling and celebrating Zak's 19th birthday! Man does that make me feel old!

Orlando Anime Day on January 30th

A weird event popped out of nowhere recently, called "Orlando Anime Day." I really don't know what it is about or who is running it. Nobody else who is important in the local anime community does either. However, it is something to do and it's free if you get a coupon off of the website(or you could pay $3 at the door).

It looks like it will have a video room, dealer room, and costume contest; which is about as bare minimum as an anime event can get. It's also in Kissimmee at the Ramada that JACON was at until that convention uneventfully died.

The event is January 30th and unfortunately that is the same weekend as the Global Game Jam some of us are participating in. If any of you want to go, I'd suggest carpooling and letting the rest of us know how it went afterward.