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:

Anime Nite @ The Geek Easy: Mutant Pride on June 3rd

The Propeller Anime Club returns A Comic Shop to host a night of superheroes for June's Anime Nite @ The Geek Easy!

But not just any kind of superheroes! With X-Men: First Class opening in theaters and the fact that we are at A Comic Shop, we thought it would be pretty sweet to show anime about the misunderstood of the superhero world: mutants.

With that said, we will be showing Wolverine, X-Men, and a variation of mutants in the ...red hot Tiger and Bunny! We'll show the first two episodes of each and if we have time, the third episode of the series that you, the fans, like most.

As always, Anime Nite @ The Geek Easy is an awesome place to meet other fans and make some friends while watching cool cartoons from Japan!

For those who have not been to A Comic Shop, it's located on 114 S. Semoran Blvd in Winter Park, FL across from Full Sail University. In the same plaza are restaurants such as Gizmo Sushi and China Garden.

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

PAC Presents Anime Nite @ The Geek Easy: Battle of the Anime Bands!

Music is a powerful, universal language that anyone can understand and in anime it's no different. Propeller Anime Club will be celebrating this idea by hosting "Anime Nite @ The Geek Easy: Battle of the Bands" on Friday, May 6th at A Comic Shop. Show starts at 7:30PM.

Battle of the Bands will work like this: four anime about making and performing music will be shown, featuring concert performances, and at the end you guys will pick the band you liked most. That band gets an encore performance at the end of the night!

Our line-up will feature...

Beck from BECK: Mongolian Chop Squad (Rock n Roll)

The girls from K-On! (Pop)

Black Stones from NANA (Pop/Punk Rock)

Detroit Metal City from Detroit Metal City (Death Metal)

Plus special appearances by ENOZ from The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya and PSG. from Panty and Stocking with Garterbelt!

This event is free and will be held at A Comic Shop, located at 114 South Semoran Blvd Winter Park, FL. See you there!

PAC Pool Party on April 30th!

At the last meeting, it was discovered that many of you who are Full Sail students will be staying home for spring break, which has just started. With that in mind, we will have a pool party on Saturday, April 30th.

The location will be Azure Apartments at 3650 Summer Wind Drive Winter Park, Florida. The pool is located behind the leasing office.

Meet at 1PM for some fun in the sun and good times! I'll have a cooler with drinks and a bag of charcoal in case anyone wants to frill by the pool. It is up to you guys to bring any food the grill or any snacks.

RSVP on Facebook

As far as anime goes, we'll have a battle of the anime bands at our next Anime Nite @ The Geek Easy on  May 6th. Then we'll have a meeting on May 8th, showing a fantastic movie directed by Mamoru Hosoda! It's about pirates!

Ganbare Nippon at New Full Sail Live

Below is copied from a charity event to benefit Japan. It will take place on Monday, April 18th in the evening at the new Full Sail Live venue.

This phrase has quickly spread across the world as a show of support for those affected by the Japan tsunami and is the perfect slogan for our event as we support the relief efforts.

Full Sail University is proud to host an event for those who have been affected by the devastating earthquake, tsunami, and continuing after-shocks in Japan. Led and sponsored by a local group of Japanese nationals and former residents of the country, a fund-raising event titled “Ganbare Nippon” has been organized to focus on humanity and the needs of the Japanese people in the face of this overwhelming natural disaster.

Event: Ganbare Nippon
When: Monday April 18, 2011
Where: Full Sail Live Venue (141 University Park Drive Winter Park, FL)
Time: 6:30pm Reception / 7:30pm Show
Tickets: Sponsor suggested $10 Donation Per Ticket*

-Website: http://joinwith.me/ganbare/
- FS3B lobby on Friday April 15 (11:30a - 1:30p) & (4:30p - 5:30p)
- Box Office at 2:00pm day of show only

6:30 pm Reception: Sample food from local sponsors while sharing in the culture of Japan with live musical performances, Japanese costumes, and the dragon dance.

7:30 pm Benefit Event: A unique, emotionally driven experience combining elements of Japanese storytelling, inspirational music (featuring a Taiko drum group) and multimedia art to take our audience on a journey of discovery as we witness a time, a place and a people through the eyes of the Japanese.

Performances by: ZEROtaiko, Nova Era, North Orlando Wah Lum Kung Fu, and Japanese Storyteller Karin Amano

*Sponsors have committed that 100% of all donations go directly to the Red Cross Japan Pacific Tsunami Relief Fund

Join us on Monday, April 18th for a 6:30pm Reception and 7:30 performance, as we raise money to help those affected by this natural disaster. Experience a musical journey with the people and places whose lives have changed forever.

Buy your tickets here, http://joinwith.me/ganbare/