Mizuumi Anime Club

Welcome students!

2011-08-31T10:47:00.002-05:00

Welcome to the new year, everyone!

I'm excited about getting a new start and having some fun, as well as getting going on the planning for OLLU's Anime Convention - Mizuumi-con. The next convention is March 31st, 2012. It's a great time to be at OLLU!

-Darrell, Advisor

Mizuumi Con 4: Meet the Staff

2011-02-19T03:45:00.009-06:00

Hello internets!

For those of you fortunate enough to not run into me yet, I am Patrick Lloyd, sitting president of the Mizuumi Anime Club at Our Lady of the Lake University. On March 26th, 2011, the club is hosting Mizuumi Con 4!

With the convention coming up I thought it would be a good idea to introduce you to some of the faces you're bound to see come con-day.

It's.....

MEET THE STAFF TIME!

Let's start with the Club's Advisors:

Darrell "The All Around Aardvark" Hoberer
Location in Picture: Dead center, front row, red shirt
Bio:

Been at OLLU for almost 18 years

Started as a computer lab workstudy, then student supervisor, then network administrator, now a Helpdesk Senior Technician.
3 great kids and a wife who tolerates my addiction to running conventions

Job: Handles everything in the background, ensures the club isn't being run into the ground, keeps a watchful eye on money and things of that sort, he's done this long enough that we just listen.

Christopher Pagonis
Location in picture: Far left, front row, in the hat.
Bio: Classified
Job: Vendor and Artist Alley Coordinator
Experience: Far too much

These two are possibly the greatest assets Mizuumi Con has, they've seen many staff and guests come and go and they guide us properly. We're about to hit our fourth go through, here's to forty more!

Now we have one more OLLU staff member....on staff.

Jose "JL" Luis De La Cruz
Location in picture: Between the Aardvark and Christopher.
Job: Guest Coordinator/Video Room Planner
Bio: Classified

We also have several students on staff, many of which serve roles on the Mizuumi Anime Club board.

Patrick "Shamanic Enzan" Lloyd

Location: Behind you (Center back row, in the green jacket)
Role in Club: Current President, Former Village Idiot.
Convention Position: Chieftain/Figure Head
Bio: 20 year old CISS student, massive fan of giant robots, much to the chagrin of every other member of the club. Hails from Dallas. Enjoys long walks on the beach....in Halo.

Jorge "The Game" Sandoval

Location: In front of Patrick without glasses

Role in Club: Current Vice President, Former Staff Member in High School

Convention Position: Tabletop/CCG Head

Bio: The Game

Aleia "Eaglebeaver" Elgabrowny

Location: Right behind Christopher, curly hair and glasses

Role in Club: Current Treasurer and Student Government Representative, Former Secretary

Convention Position: Registration Leader

Bio: Classified

Victoria Ellen Wixon (Don't call me Vicky)
Location in photo: Between Jorge and Aleia, I'm the blonde one
Role in Club: Current Secretary
Convention Position: Panel Room Coordinator
Bio: I'm 18 years old and CISS student here at OLLU. I love sci-fi, fantasy, and romance anime, I'm obsessed with Pokemon and have OCD cause I literally am compulsively collecting them all... Then leveling them up to level 100 to slaughter everyone I battle.

Along side the board there are other students and members of the OLLU and San Antonio Anime communities who assist us with various parts of the convention.

Paul "Level 8" Trejo

Location: Far Right, with the brown coat

Role in Club: Former Vice President

Convention Position: Food Booth Coordinator

Bio: Classified

S. David "El Paso Dave" Ramirez

Location: That red head guy we haven't mentioned yet, next to Paul

Convention Position: PR and Marketing
Bio: Classified

Not Pictured:

Heather Bopray

Convention Role: Artist Alley Annex Coordinator

Joseph Hernandez

Convention Role: Media Equipment Coordinator

Ceasar Trujillo

Convention Role: Thiry Auditorium Coordinator

Melissa Armstrong

Convention Role: Green Room Supervisor

Charles Burns

Convention Role: Volunteer Coordinator

Mitchell Hicks
Convention Role: Head of Security

Bio: I am heavy weapons guy, and this is my weapon.

Welcome to Fall 2010

2010-08-31T15:24:00.002-05:00

Welcome, new students, to OLLU! The Mizuumi Anime Club, one of OLLU’s most active and fun student orgs, is about to kick off a great year of anime showings and special events. Officer elections happened at the final meeting of last semester, and we’re proud to present the leadership team for the 10-11 school year.

President: Patrick D Lloyd
Vice-President: Paul M Trejo
Secretary: Heather L Bopray
Treasurer: Aleia I Elgabrowny

If you haven’t heard, the Mizuumi Anime Club hosts Mizuumi-Con on campus every year. This one-day anime convention will be held in mid-April 2011. The 2011 event will be the 4th Mizuumi-Con. Last year, we had over 1500 attendees here enjoying our beautiful campus and partaking in events. The convention is a fundraiser for the club and a charity event. In the past, a portion of the proceeds have been donated to the Congregation of Divine Providence, the order that founded and continues to sponsor OLLU. Mizuumi-Con always needs staff and volunteers, so we hope that many of you will be interested in helping to make #4 the best one yet!

Good luck for a successful school year!

Darrell Hoberer
Mizuumi Anime Club Advisor

"Ponyo"

2009-09-16T14:28:00.004-05:00

Dear Mizuumi Club Members,

This week we want to do something different. With the movie "PONYO" out, we want to go view it. Instead of meeting for our "normal" club viewing, we are going to the movies. Here's the catch, you will have to pay for your ticket and...............................................................................................you HAVE to let us know if you want to go. We are getting the Lake vans and making the trip to Fiesta 16 Theaters for our little adventure. The movie begins at 7:40 so we will be leaving around 6:30. Tickets will be $7.50 WITH STUDENT ID.

Please email us back and let us know that you WANT to go. If you have any questions please email us back. And yes it is for this Friday.

Club Rush 09

2009-09-09T09:45:00.006-05:00

We had a fun time at club rush and met lots of new students. The table was well staffed with officers, advisors, and members who always like to hang around (you know who you are :p). We had lots of goodies to show off and VP Cross’s great idea of cheering every time someone signed up for the mailing list was the hit of club rush. We have to do that every year!

Here’s a great picture of us all taken by Liz Longoria of our Marketing department:

Photo (L to R): Member Patrick L, Advisor Christopher P, Advisor Darrell H, VP Stephanie C, Secretary Aleia E, and our esteemed President Sarah C.

Hello to ALL the new members!!!!!!!

2009-09-02T19:23:00.003-05:00

Hello I'm Sarah,

I would like to welcome all the new members to the Mizuumi Anime Club. I hope you enjoy your stay with the club and if you have any great ideas on how to BOOST our Club's potential, don't be afraid to voice your ideas. We are here to have fun.

Welcome to Fall '09

2009-09-01T11:11:00.002-05:00

Welcome to our new officers for 2009-2010 and new members.

Elected at the end of last year were our four new officers:

President - Sarah Cisneros
Vice-president – Stephanie Cross
Secretary – Aleia Elgabrowny
Treasurer – Paul Trejo

Congrats to all of you!

I can’t wait to see what happens during Mizuumi’s 6th year. I’m looking forward to participation by the members and lots of fun. The planning for Mizuumi-Con 3 is already underway, and we’ll really get busy as the time for the con grows nearer. Last time, we had almost 1500 attendees, so I know we can put on a killer con here at OLLU. I also hope to be able to do some outings and other specials events as we go, so let’s get out there and have a good time. Banzai!

Darrell/Advisor

New Officers

2008-09-26T22:00:00.000-05:00

Tonight's elections proved to be exciting, producing four new officers for the club. There were plenty of nominations, with President having 2 candidates, VP having 3, Treasurer having 2, and Secretary having 2.

After votes were tallied and a tie broken, the following came out victorious:

President - Jason Perez
Vice-President - Sarah Aguero
Treasurer - Patrick Lloyd
Secretary - Isaac Magallanez

Congratulations, officers! I firmly beleive that Mizuumi's 5th year will be filled with outstanding achievements and innovative activities.

New Constitution & Bylaws

2008-09-19T22:00:00.001-05:00

I'm pleased to report that the draft Constitution & Bylaws have been ratified by the members at tonight's meeting. In a 16 to 2 vote, the Committee's draft Constitution was approved. The draft Bylaws were also approved in a 12 to 3 vote. (Some members left after the first vote, which explains the discrepance in the totals.)

We will have elections next week using the rules set forth in the newly approved documents. Nominations will be taken from the floor at that meeting, and if seconded by another member and accepted by the nominee, the nominee will appear on the ballot. Members may nominate themselves, but not second themselves if they nominate themselves. :) A member may accept nominations for up to two offices, but may only serve in one.

Review Copies

2008-09-10T14:32:00.004-05:00

Here are review copies of the documents being created by the Constitution & Bylaws Committee.

Click to view the draft Constitution

Click to view the draft Bylaws

I'd suggest that interested people print these and review them, then bring them to the next meeting Thursday Sept 11th, at 5:30 pm in the Providence Hall Blue Room. Discussion time will be scheduled during that meeting. If there's lots of discussion and input from the members that the committee wants to integrate, they will work on the documents for another week. If the membership doesn't have a lot to say, we'll put these documents to a vote. Come prepared to discuss!!!

-Darrell

Constitution & Bylaws Committee Update

2008-09-08T08:18:00.002-05:00

Work on the Constitution & Bylaws is coming along nicely, and a draft version will be available this week for anyone who wants to read it. Sarah has chosen to resign from the Committee for personal reasons, and Isaac will be joining since he was the next highest vote-getter.

This week's meeting will feature a time for members to make comments on the draft documents. The vote to ratify the Constitution & Bylaws will be delayed until the September 18th meeting so that comments from the members and from me can be considered. I haven't made time to write my comments yet, so my apologies for that.

If things go well, we should be able to elect officers at the September 25th meeting.

Let us know your thoughts either by email or commenting here.

-Darrell

Minutes for 08-28-08

2008-08-29T08:45:00.004-05:00

The Mizuumi Anime Club’s first meeting of the semester went well last evening. We had 14 attendees. We followed the agenda pretty closely, interrupted only a few times by comic mischief. ^_^ In addition to a good talk about plans for Mizuumi-Con by con chair David Ramirez, we nominated members for, voted on, and formed the Constitution & By-laws Committee.

I’m pleased to report that the following five fine individuals have stepped up to take on the challenge of writing new documents to guide the club in the coming years. Thanks to all who agreed to be on the ballot. The five top vote getters were, in alphabetical order:

Sarah Aguero
Jose Luis De La Cruz
Erin Lynch
Christopher Pagonis
Jason Perez

The committee will meet first on Monday, September 1st to begin their work. Comments and suggestions sent to the club email account (mizuumi@lake.ollusa.edu) will be forwarded on to them. If you have ideas for the new constitution & by-laws, please send them in. A draft of the documents is to be turned in to me by September 9th, at which time I will make comments to the committee and post the draft to the website for members to review. We’ll have a discussion and review period at the next meeting on September 11th. The location is TBA, but I plan on getting the blue room again. If no major changes are made during the discussion period, members present will vote to ratify or reject the draft. Then we can get on to the fun part.

At the first meeting of Fall 08

Respectfully submitted,
Darrell Hoberer, Advisor

Q&A

2008-08-28T12:18:00.003-05:00

Questions I've been asked lately, and answers too.

Q:I can't attend today, but I want to be on the Constitution & By-laws committee!
A: Just email mizuumi@lake.ollusa.edu and say you want to be on the ballot, and you will be.

Q: Will you be emailing minutes of meetings out?
A: No, but I will post them here on the site, and will encourage the new secretary to do the same.

Q: Will the regular meetings be on Thursday at 5:30?
A: Not necessarily. The new officers will plan those. If there is a time you particularly like or dislike, let us know.

Q: Will there be free food?
A: Not this time, but maybe in the future... ^_^

Fall 2008

2008-08-27T22:00:00.001-05:00

Welcome to Fall 2008!

I'm looking forward to a great year this year, with some new ideas and a new direction for the club. We had a good Club Rush today, handing out AP comics to those who signed up for the mailing list and, of course, we had plenty of Lucky Candies to go around.

Members Jose Luis De La Cruz and Christopher Pagonis

We had 21 students sign up for the mailing list, and I'll be adding them tonight.

Tomorrow, August 28, 2008, we'll have our first meeting of the semester. This will be mostly a "business" meeting to start the work I talked about in my previous entry. The meeting will be at 5:30 pm in the Providence Hall Blue Room. All members of the OLLU community are welcome to attend. Printed agendas will be distributed, but here is a preview:

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Mizuumi Anime Club
Agenda for August 28, 2008

I. Introduction
II. Club History
III. Future Plans & Events
a. JAS-SA Matsuri, Central Library. Saturday, October 18, 2008
b. Oni-Con, Houston. Friday - Sunday, November 21-23, 2008
c. Mizuumi-Con, OLLU Campus. Saturday, March 21, 2009
IV. State of the Club
V. Formation of Constitution and By-laws Committee
VI. Entertaining Interlude (anime on the big screen)
VII. Announcement of committee membership voting results
VIII. Adjournment
a. Next meeting Thursday, September 11. Location TBA.

You may send suggestions and requests to the Constitution and By-laws Committee via the club email account: mizuumi@lake.ollusa.edu.
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Once the Constitution and By-laws Committee has completed its work, and the new constitution and by-laws are approved, we will use the election procedure contained therein to conduct an election that is open and fair to all involved. I hope that can happen sometime in September, but I won't rush the work of the committee; we'll wait until things are in order to have an election.

I look forward to seeing everyone at the meeting!

-Darrell
Club Advisor

Mizuumi Restructuring

2008-08-01T08:46:00.000-05:00

Members:

After a lengthy consultation with Campus Activities yesterday afternoon, it seems that there’s an urgent need to lay out a new roadmap for the future of the Mizuumi Anime Club. The term of the current president has ended and I thank him for his work to present new anime to our members that they could not have seen on American broadcast TV. Elections for new officers will not be held today as planned. Instead, we will begin a restructuring process that may take several months to complete.

It will be a long process to rebuild the club, but in the end, Mizuumi should have a good foundation upon which to build a strong and prosperous future. The process will have room for the input of all interested parties, and will be thoroughly chronicled on our website at http://mizuumi.org/.

One order of business will be to initiate a constitutional review. The review will be conducted by a committee selected by all present at the first meeting of the semester. These individuals, working together and with my assistance, will review all prior copies of the club’s constitution that have been filed with Campus Activities. The committee may choose to include portions of those constitutions, or they may choose to write a new constitution. Reviewing the constitutions of Anime clubs at other universities similar to OLLU will be very important to the process as well. Once the committee has crafted a constitution that thoroughly details the operations of the club, that constitution shall be presented to the members at a meeting and will be voted upon. If the club members present at that meeting ratify the constitution, it will then go into effect. If ratification doesn’t occur, the draft constitution will go back to the committee with any requested modifications from the membership, and the process will repeat until ratification occurs.

Once the new constitution is approved, we will use the election procedure contained therein to conduct an election that is open and fair to all involved. Unfortunately, this means that we likely won’t have elected officers until September, but we’ll just have to do the best we can until then.

For now, our immediate concern should be preparing for Club Rush. I’d like to know who might be interested in helping to staff the table for Club Rush. As I’m sure most of you remember, we typically have a table with anime and manga on display and we give away our trademark lucky candies. That event is on Wednesday August 27th, from 11:30-1:30. Club Rush is our best opportunity of the year to recruit new members, and we’ll need a few people to spend time at the table talking to new students.

We all share the same goal of a strong and prosperous club. I look forward to your input. Please comment on the website, or contact me via the club email account, mizuumi@lake.ollusa.edu.

Darrell Hoberer, MCSE
Mizuumi Anime Club Advisor

Hello 2008

2008-01-25T08:36:00.001-06:00

Welcome, welcome, members and friends! It's been a long time since we've updated our site, but we're back and ready to start off the semester.

We have lots of good things coming up, and we hope you'll join us! The first meeting of the semester is tonight (Friday January 25, 2008). President JoseLuis De La Cruz has announced to the members mailing list that we'll be watching three episodes each meeting of two different anime series this semester - that's 6 action-packed episodes per meeting, plus our usual announcements and other club business before the show starts. Meeting normally run from 5:15 to 8pm every Friday in the Sueltenfuss Library, room 119. The campus map (PDF) shows you where to find the library, which is building 12. The actual building closes at 6pm, so if you are arriving after that, you have to enter near the rear of the building by the "night study" room.

Hope to see you there!

Arigato!
-Darrell

Jose Luis De La Cruz
President

Aleia
SGA Representative

Darrell Hoberer
Club Advisor, Driver, Chief Cook and Bottle Washer

October Activities

2007-10-24T10:38:00.000-05:00

October has been a busy month for the Anime Club. We had a small trip to Oni-Con in Houston, we had a team representing us at the JAS-SA Japan matsuri located at the Central Library, and we had members attend the PeeLander-Z concert. All of those events happened on the 20th - What a busy weekend!

Preparations for San-Japan: ZDA are going well, and we only have three weeks until Z-Day. :) We'll need volunteers to help out, so if anyone is interested, please let us know. I believe that it is going to be great, and we're working very hard to make it so.

Finally, I have a link that might be of interest off BoingBoing about Manga's Japanese decline -- and the copyright infringers who are stopping it. Take a look.

See you at the meeting! We're showing something Halloween themed this week!

Welcome to Fall '07

2007-09-07T14:12:00.000-05:00

Welcome to all the new and returning members! I'm so happy to say that we had a great club rush and first meeting last week. Last week's meeting was our biggest ever, with 16 attendees, I believe. Bring your friends, neighbors, etc! We can break 20 attendeed - I just know it! ^_^

We have lots of good things planned for this semester: First and foremost is San Japan: ZDA, the one-day Anime convention that we have been working on. We're still on track to succeed in presenting that here at OLLU on November 10th. Tell everyone you know! It's only 5 bucks to get in for a day of guests, panels, dealers, video rooms, a cosplay contest, and a dance with a live band. It's going to be awesomeeeeeeeee!

We will also be having a special event in October, but I'm not quite ready to annouce what it is yet.

And of course in the Spring we'll be bringing back our Anime Extravaganza with free food and drinks while we watch some great Anime.

Finally, I want to let you know about a fundraiser that we have in the planning stages. I hope you'll all help us out in making a little money for the club to help us pay for our special events.

Arigato!

-Darrell

Anime Convention at the Lake

2007-07-24T10:58:00.000-05:00

We are still in the planning stages but things are looking really good. You can check out San-Japan's website for more info.

End of Semester

2007-05-10T08:11:00.000-05:00

Good Morning, Members and Friends:

I'm pleased to say that we've wrapped for the semester on a fairly high note. We've finished Ceres, Celestial Legend and are looking forward to a new series in the Fall. We haven't scheduled our first meeting in August/September yet, but watch this space for info on that and on our Club rush activities.

To my great satisfaction, we've also been granted our first budget allocation from the Student Government Association. Thanks to an impassioned defense of our funds request by president Jose Luis De La Cruz, in the end we were awarded 2x the amount we originally asked for!!! Great job, sir!

We have some big plans for the summer and for next year: We're in talks with the people who are organizing San Japan to have an event on campus ~~over the summer~~ sometime soon, we're planning to join a group that will give us greater resources for our meetings , and we're planning to start on the road to self-sufficiency by having some fundraisers next fall.

All in all, as the advisor, I'm pretty happy with the way things are going right now. Our only issue is attendance; we need those of you who come regularly to the meetings to bring your friends and to help recruit new members!

If you have suggestions on how to make things better, please let myself of Jose Luis know.

Have a great summer!

-Darrell

Happy Spring Break!

2007-03-15T07:55:00.000-05:00

I hope everyone is having a great Spring Break!

So far this semester, we've enjoyed episodes of Maburaho and Chobits, and we'll soon be starting a series called "Ceres, Celestial Legend." It's also known by its original Japanese title "Ayashi no Ceres - Tenkū Otogizūshi" or "Bewitching Ceres - Heavenly Fairy Tale" which I like but is apparently not cool enough for the North American market. ^_^ Hehe.

On February 23rd, we had our first Anime Extravaganza where we had Pizza & Drinks supplied by the club, and we started the new series Chobits. It was a good success, with several new people attending. We may make it a yearly occurrence!

Well, don't forget to come to our next meeting March 23rd, 2007. We'll be wrapping up Chobits soon so that we can get started with Ceres, Celestial Legend.

Chinese New Year Party

2007-02-16T13:16:00.000-06:00

Tomorrow!!!!

OLLU hosts the San Antonio Chinese Student and Scholar Association for a big Chinese New Year Party on Saturday February 17th in Thiry Auditorium at 2pm. More info at the website http://sa-chinese.org! (English Version)

Asian Festival Next Weekend

2007-02-02T10:48:00.000-06:00

Hello members and friends!

I just wanted to let you know about the Institute of Texan Cultures' Asian Festival that's coming up on Saturday February 10th (that's next weekend).

The Institute's website has info about the event. It runs from 10am to 5pm. Admission is $7 for adults and $4 for kids. The schedule of events is available too so that you can plan what you want to see ahead of time.

I've attended this for several years now and I always enjoy it. I hope you can make it!

Matsuri 2006 Report

2006-10-16T11:06:00.000-05:00

Thanks to all the members who attended and to the festival attendees who stopped by our table. We talked to many, many people who are interested in anime. I was pleased to see people of all ages: as young as junior high all the way up to senior citizens. I always say "No matter what you like, there's an anime genre for you" and I really believe that.

We gave away lots of papers. Our Texas Anime Conventions sheet was probably the most frequently picked up one. I am sorry that I was not aware of the San Antonio anime convention at the time that I created the sheet. I've added a link to that here.

Texas Anime Conventions
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Oni-Con - October 20-22, 2006 in Houston
Ushiko's Anime Block Party - January 26-28, 2007 in Austin
A-Kon 18 - June 1-3, 2007 in Dallas
San-Japan - July 13-15 in San Antonio

We had a great time and look forward to next year. I have to say that I particularly enjoyed the Kendo demonstration.

[festival photos will be here]

Changing subjects, our next meeting is coming up on Friday, Oct 20th. We'll be showing "Pet Shop of Horrors" in honor of Halloween. Hope to see you there!

Japan Matsuri 2006

2006-10-06T12:13:00.000-05:00

The Mizuumi Anime Club would like to invite the University community to attend the Japan-America Society of San Antonio’s “Japan Matsuri” on October 14th at the downtown Central Library. The festival runs from 11am to 4pm and will include a Shakuhachi (Bamboo Flute) performance by OLLU’s own Dr. Martha Fabrique. The Anime club will also have a table providing attendees with information about anime: What it is, the different kinds available, and where to find it. More information and a complete schedule is available here.

JAS-SA's website is here for info on that organization.

Aug 31 Meeting

2006-09-02T13:27:00.000-05:00

Thanx to everyone that joined us at our first meeting of the semester. For future reference, I, Jose Luis aka Spawn, am the president here at the Mizuumi so any concerns, questions, or suggestions you might have, feel free to email me at udelajl@lake.ollusa.edu or warmachinex@gmail.com. We saw a lot of new faces at the meeting and I look forward to seeing more of you guys show up. Several of you expressed concerns to me that some of your friends wanted to come to the meetings but were unable to due to work. I am looking to have another meeting on Fridays, but it is not for sure yet as to I do not whether there are classes in that room at that time. I will let you all know when I know for sure. I want for everyone to enjoy themselves at the meetings, so please let me know of any ideas you might have to make the club better. See you all next time!

Club Rush 06 Wrap-up

2006-08-30T23:30:00.000-05:00

We had a great turnout for Club Rush 06, and I truly enjoyed chatting with everyone who came by the table. We had 23 people sign up for our mailing list, which pleased me greatly.

We gave away a ton of our traditional "Lucky Candies" with a little tag which hopefully led YOU to our website. We're excited about our first meeting of the semester Thursday (Aug 31) at 6:15pm in Library 119. We have a new room this semester that I hope will be excellent for us. No windows, so we can have a real "theater" experience. We're planning on showing Akira, which is a really great movie. In fact, many consider it to be an anime classic.

Feel free to join us for this meeting or any (and hopefully all) throughout the semester. You are welcome to bring food and drink, but don't spill 'em!!! The plan is to meet every Thursday at this time and place. You should see flyers on campus bulletin boards for future meetings.

And here are some pictures from the event...

Mizuumi Anime Club's Table at Club Rush 06

Starr signs up for the mailing list

Friends dropping by the table

Chris and Jose chill at the table

Chris shows off one of our trademark "Lucky Candies"
I'm afraid it didn't last long after this shot. ^_^

Welcome to our new and returning members!!!

-DarrellH, Advisor

Club Rush 06

2006-08-30T00:44:00.000-05:00

I'm really looking forward to meeting everyone at Club Rush. I've been in contact with some prospective members (you know who you are) and am really looking for a good turnout.

Look for the Mizuumi table; we'll be the ones with the AMVs, posters, manga, and of course our traditional Lucky Candies! ^_^ Sign up for our mailing list at the table!

I'll put up some pix after the event!

Welcome to Fall '06!!!!!

-DarrellH, Advisor

Summer News

2006-07-19T11:00:00.000-05:00

It's a hot summer here in San Antonio, and we are all dreaming of a nice cold Kaki Gori (Nihongo for Snow Cone)! ^_^

To all our members and friends, I hope your summer is going well. We are look forward to a great year starting with Club Rush in the fall! When we have the dates and time for that, it will be up here. Please come by our table!!! See what we did last year?

We'll also be starting our weekly meetings up again shortly after school starts. The current plan is to continue with the new meeting day which is Thursday evening. It seems to work well.

If anyone has questions, please email us at mizuumi (at) ollusa (dot) edu!

-DarrellH, Advisor

ADV Films @ Drafthouse

2006-05-03T12:47:00.000-05:00

In case anyone is interested, Alamo Drafthouse has started their ADV Films series again. There is some question as to whether the screenings are free or not, but the most recent version of their website says that they are. Screenings are Mondays at 7:30pm. When I'm sure that they are free, I'll update this post.

(click for larger)

[Update:] The Drafthouse shows are indeed free! All you do is go to the bar, put your name down on the sign-in, and go in. The guys that run it usually have a table in the hall outside the theater with stuff to look at and also give away good door prizes at the end. It was very enjoyable!!! The food at Drafthouse is great. Since the show is free, you should consider doing them the courtesy of buying something even if it is just chili cheese fries. :) I plan on going again as soon as possible. I'd love to make this a club trip some Monday. Leave a comment if you're interested in going...

New DVDs at Library

2006-04-27T16:44:00.000-05:00

The University Library has several new anime DVDs in the collection. The catalog is searchable via http://library.ollusa.edu/uhtbin/webcat

Some titles are: Fruits Basket, Tenchi Muyo, Rurouni Kenshi, & Grave of the fireflies!

Arigato Carolyn for letting us know!!!

New Blood

2006-04-16T22:49:00.001-05:00

This is Mp3. For those of you who have been wondering, the anime club is undergoing revision. I was charged with writing a new constitution which was to take in the input from the past. The new constitution has been written and submitted for approval. If anyone wants to look at the new document, please ask me and I will show it to you. As someone who has been in five anime clubs, I hope to make this one last.

A New Mizuumi

2006-04-03T17:18:00.000-05:00

After an extended period of inactivity, work is now being done to reform the Mizuumi Anime Club. More information will be posted here and around campus. Meeetings should resume soon. The club will hopefully participate in more events, have meetings more frequently, and accept input from a wider audience. All are welcome in the new Mizuumi Anime Club!

Welcome Back

2006-01-25T14:30:00.000-06:00

Welcome back all, I hope that your classes are going well so far this semester. We have sent in a request to get the library room 102 where we met last year again. Our first meeting will be on February 3. I will bring in some of the new series that we picked up over the Christmas break as well as other shows that I have that we have not watched yet. At this meeting we will decide what we want to watch this semester as well as figure out a few things, such as what are we going to do about the club after summer vacation. Well i hope to see you all again on Friday February 3, in library room 102 at 5:15-8:00pm. This is the same time as last year and did not change due to the fact that no one got back to me saying it was a bad time so i just assumed that this was a good time to have the meetings.

- Jamie

Happy Holidays

2005-12-19T10:43:00.000-06:00

Well another semester down, hope you all did well in your classes. Our last meeting was interesting. We talked a little about what we could show next year and then we watched Ghost in the Shell. So far this break, we have already picked up two new series and hope to get a few more so that we can increase our variety for next semester. Well hope you all have a merry Christmas, and a happy New Years. We hope to see you all next semester at our first meeting which will hopefully be held on the 20th of January, in the same room at 5:00 pm since this seemed to be a good time for many people. If you would like to meet at a different time let me know and i will see what we can do to accomidate everyone.

Have a nice break!

- Jamie

Last meeting ' 05

2005-11-29T11:48:00.000-06:00

I hope to see everyone at the last meeting of the semester, Dec 2nd at 5:15pm in Library 102.

I'm bringing a very large bag of popcorn, so there should be plenty for everyone to enjoy some!

Good Luck on Finals!

Eigth Meeting

2005-11-17T18:08:00.000-06:00

This was one of the last meetings of the year so we tried to decided on something to show for the last three meetings, but that did not go so well. It seemed to me from the discussion that the six of us had that most people only want to see stuff that either has little talking and all action or they just want to see a girls cheast bounce for most of the time. This is something that distrubes me a little cause that is not what makes up a good anime in my opinion. Four of the people that show up regularly like an anime that has a good storyline and keeps your attention even if that means that there is little action or sexual inuendo. Another thing is that one person wanted us to start showing things that are current and up to date and not series that were made in the 90's. The only problem that i have seen with this is that a lot of the series that peole want to see are not yet out intierly on DVD. This means that we could begin watching on of these series but would not be able to finish it untile the DVD's are obtainable. As mentioned in the beginning of the year we are not able to watch fansubed anime fromt he internet because that according to SGA and Copyright laws is illegal.

Well, after having a discussion we watched the first three episodes of Soul Taker. I am not sure if we are going to continue wathing this series this week due to the fact that it is a confusing series and if you miss an episode it is very difficult trying to get into it. Another reason is that we have ten episodes left and only two weeks to show them, unless peole want to have a meeting on the Friday of finals, which is fine with me. If you would like to read up on the first three episodes just in case, you can go to....http://www.animenfo.com/anime/episode/display.php?id=395&n=agitwc&t=soul_taker, or.....http://www.scifi.com/sfw/issue251/anime.html. You can even find your own site that has a good description of it and if you think it is more beneficial then the ones i have posted, let me know and I will put it up for all to see.
We will be having a meeting this week even though some of the members will not be there because of the Renisaunce festival and other events. We can do several things at this meeting. One, we can continue to watch Soul Taker and try to get as far as we can in it so that we can maybe finish it by the end of the semester. Two, I will bring in a movie collection by the writter of Ghost in the Shell and we can watch a movie or two of his.

Three, we can just talk about what we would like to do at the last meeting and what we should show next semester as our first series of 2006 so that i can go out and get it over the break and have it ready to go. One idea I had was possible picking up Beserker because it fits the criteria of a show people wanted to see. It has lots of blood and action, good story line, and some mature sexual inuendo for those who wanted it. This is just an idea of something i could get in order for us to watch next semester. If you have a series or movie that you would like to bring in and have us show next semester, let me know what it is, and how long it is. This would be a good way to help set this club going on a good foot next semseter. Then again, we could just wait until the first meeting next semester to descide on what to show. Just throwing some ideas out. Well, hope to see you all on Friday.

- Jamie

Seventh Meeting

2005-10-27T16:34:00.000-05:00

Seventh Meeting

At this meeting we watched the mind numbing and intriguing conclusion of Evangelion. The movie inthralled us all and caused us to go into a 30min conversation afterwards about many different religious aspects that were brought up in the film. It was a very injoyable meeting and we hope the rest of the semester wil be the same way. We have not yet decided what to watch yet but we are seeing how many meetings we have left and will decide on what series to see based on that.

Over the weekend, several of us helped run the anime table at the Japanese convention at the library. All of us who went had a blast and enjoyed seeing many different views on Japanese life and culture. Once we get a hold of some of the pictures that were taken at this event, we will post them and let you see what we saw. We all must give Aleia a pat on the back for being a good sport this weekend, even though she was being hit on by a very stange and crazy man *Shudders*. So at the meeting this week lets all give her a big hand and let her know we are here for her. (Sorry Aleia couldnt help myself.)

This week I will not be present due to the fact that I have a doctors appointment and then I will be spending the rest of the afternoon with my only other friend which I have not seen in a month. We have decided to show Steamboy this week since most of you who were at the meeting had not seen it and that it would be a good idea to show it. Well have a nice Halloween and I will see you all next week as we show the a quick series to tidy us over for the rest of the year.

- Jamie

Japan Matsuri Pictures

2005-10-27T14:00:00.000-05:00

Here are the pictures from last weekend's JAS-SA Japan Matsuri at the Central Library.

Toby,
Michelle,
James,
& Darrell

Jose,
Hitomi,
& her friend

Toby minds
the table

Michelle,
Aleia,
& James

Our neighbor Eboni
from Incarnate Word
High Sch. Anime Club

Hitomi and
Kawabe-sensei
demonstrate Haiku

Hitomi poses
for the camera

Martial Arts
demonstration
(how to fly)

Martial Arts
demonstration
(how to jump)

Martial Arts
demonstration
(smacked down
by a Grand Master)

Paul Myers of
Trinity University
speaks on Anime

Sixth Meeting

2005-10-20T16:31:00.000-05:00

Sixth Meeting

Oops....forgot to put up this post over Fall Break. Well at this meeting we decided to watch 4 episodes and then this week we would watch the last two important episodes and then the movie. This meeting is going to start at 4:30-4:45 even though the posters still say 5:30. An email will be sent to let you know about these changes. At this weeks meeting we will also try to decide what show we would like to see next as well as who is going to be coming with us to help out on Saturday at the Japanese festival. If you want to help us, let us know Friday so that we can tell you when to meet us and set up a ride if you do not have the ability to get there on your own.
all episode guides come from http://www.animeinfo.org/featured/eva/evaanime.html.

19 - A Man's Fight/Introjection

In anger and frustration over seeing the broken and battered body of the Fourth Child, Shinji threatens to blow up Tokyo-3 with the self-destruct sequence of his EVA. When that fails, he tenders his immediate resignation from NERV as an EVA pilot, disgusted by the actions of his father. Shinji's "retirement", however, may be short-lived as another Angel threatens to endanger not only NERV, but all of Tokyo-3 and its innocent civilians in the Geo-Front shelters! Now Shinji must make a choice between his pride and his conscience, but little does he know that his decision will take him down a path from which there is no return.

20 - Weaving a Story II: Oral Stage

EVA Unit-01 has once again shown its enigmatic yet incredible power. However, Shinji has completely disappeared, almost without a trace, and NERV must work against time to find a solution to this latest dilemma. Misato and Ritsuko are on edge with each other as the fate of the Third Child hangs in the balance. However, it's more than Shinji's body that is on the line - it is his very soul, as he is forced to look inward and discover his reasons for existence, piloting an EVA, and his lack of hope for the world.

21 - He was Aware That he was Still a Child

In a desperate attempt at finding out the truth, Kaji takes a dangerous gamble that may very well cost him in a way that he surprisingly expects. In the process, the real story of Gendo and Fuyutsuki's past comes out, as well as that of Yui, Gendo's now-deceased wife. At the end of a century, a subtle love triangle had formed, but the Second Impact, and the events that would be put into motion afterwards, would change them forever. Even part of the hidden past of the First Child, Rei Ayanami, is revealed as a result of Kaji's bid for the complete and utter truth, but Misato may never forgive him for his deadly game of playing all the sides.

22 - Don't be.

Ever since EVA Unit-01's instability has become more and more apparent, Asuka's usual self-confidence has been going down. Upstaged again and again by the reluctant Shinji and without anyone to turn to, Asuka's buried past begins to come back and haunt her as the memories she tried to suppress come to her in her dreams. However, the latest Angel does far more than nudge with a half-remembered dream. Instead, it comes with a mental nightmare that may cripple Unit-02 and its pilot, forcing NERV to make a critical decision and sacrifice one of their greatest weapons.

We shall watch episodes 23 and 24 on Friday as well as the movie which was ment to take the place of these two episodes since these episodes were confusing and leave much to be desired. We hope to see you there, and if you have any series that you own that are 26 episodes long or shorter and would possible like to have it shown during the second half of the semester let me know.

- Jamie

Upcoming Japan Matsuri

2005-10-12T18:30:00.000-05:00

Club members and the entire Lake community are invited to attend the annual Japan Matsuri presented by the Japan-America Society of San Antonio. The matsuri (or festival) runs Oct 22nd from 11:00 am to 4:00 pm at the San Antonio Central Public Library. The library is located at 600 Soledad street downtown. Map (bus routes, etc are on the library website above).

From OLLU, take Commerce/Dolorosa downtown to Soledad, then take a left and drive until you see a giant Enchilada Red building on your right. The parking garage is attached. Be sure that you have you ticket validated inside the library for an hour free parking!

Originally, we had been requested to man the Haiku table, where patrons would have rubber stamps and papers to make their own haiku cards, but that may have changed. The last email that I got from my contact indicated that we may get to have a table actually devoted to telling people a little about Anime and Manga. More info has been requested. Please let us know if you are going to go so we can watch for you. I'm driving, but I already have a full truck and I couldn't get a larger university vehicle as they were all reserved already by CSLV.

It should be a lot fun!

-Darrell

Anime at the Movies

2005-10-12T18:00:00.000-05:00

Some of you may remember hearing me talk about wanting to have a meeting at Alamo Drafthouse so that we could watch some Anime movie. After that fell through, I started looking for an alternative. Today I was in touch with Casey at Fiesta 16 theater out on De Zavala road. I asked if there was any way she could tell me if they had any anime coming up. She said they usually get a list of upcoming movies on Mondays and that I could call back and talk with her Monday for more info. I explained how I'd like to bring the club out to one of their showings, and she said she thought that would be great.

So here's the question: is anyone interested in doing this? The cost for movies at F16 is usually about $7.50 - kind of steep on a college student's budget. I saw Metropolis there (subtitled of course) and I have to say that it was worth the $7.50 to see something like that on the biiiiiggg screen. Would you let me know by posting comments or via email whether anyone's interested? We might even be able to make this coincide with the banquet, if that's still in the plan for this year...

Thanks for your feedback!

-Darrell

Fifth meeting

2005-10-06T16:30:00.000-05:00

Fifth Meeting

We had our 5th meeting on September 30th. At this meeting we more or less just talked a little and went straight to watching the show due to it being the week of Lakapalooza and not many showed up. At this meeting we got through five episodes, one of them being a recap of what had happened so far in the series.

all episode guides come from http://www.animeinfo.org/featured/eva/evaanime.html.

14 - Weaving a Story

NERV's supervising organization SEELE takes the time to review the actions since the appearance of the first Angel since the Second Impact. Observing logs, personal entires, and other accounts, they attempt to piece together the story as it has happened so far, and evaluate it. Gendo assures the council of mysterious men that they are well on their way to mankind's destiny. But SEELE will make their own judgement, and whether or not they come to the conclusion that Gendo has is another story entirely.

15 - Lie and Silence

Yet another wedding of an old college friend has Misato, Ritsuko, and Kaji thinking about their own futures and their lives, while Shinji and Gendo become strangely communicative with each other. A visit to Shinji's mother's grave serves to form an unusual bond between father and son. Meanwhile, Misato finally reveals her real reason for her attraction to Kaji, as the plot begins to thicken with part of NERV's secrets discovered underground.

16 - Sickness Unto Death, and.../Splitting of the Breast

Shinji is finally beginning to think he has the hang of piloting an Evangelion. His synchronization rating and self-esteem rises even higher with every compliment that he gets. However, all of that is erased in an instant as Shinji's new found confidence gets him entombed inside the latest Angel threat! Unable to escape and running only on internal life support, Shinji must now face his past and present pain, as well as his imminent death, while the rest of NERV scrambles to save him from the clutches of the most powerful Angel yet.

17 - The 4th Child/Fourth Children

NERV and the Marduk Report have finally found the Fourth Child and designated pilot for EVA Unit-03, and it is someone no one would have really expected. Shock and surprise ripple through just about everyone at NERV as news of the identity of the Fourth Child is spread. Shinji, seemingly the only one unaware of the true identity of the Fourth Child, continues as normal, finding out, among other things, that Kaji has a strange but relaxing pasttime. With the 2nd branch of NERV desotryed mysteriously, however, the relaxation won't last long.

18 - The Judgement of Life/Ambivalence

NERV is finally receiving EVA Unit-03, and eagerly places its new pilot inside for a seemingly routine sync test. But yet again, fate rears its ugly head as Unit-03 is taken over by an Angel, destroying the research facilities and wreaking havoc on Asuka and Rei as they try in vain to stop the rampaging EVA. Now it's up to Shinji to stop the Angel/EVA before it invades NERV HQ - but he'll have to make a decision to fight against someone he doesn't even know, but still feels a strang ebond with as a pilot. Gendo, however, doesn't feel the same, and he will do anything in order to protect the interests of NERV and of SEELE.

We only have 6 more major episodes left before we bring in the movie and show that instead of the last two episodes. The reason for this is because in the series the episodes are harder to understand and follow then the movie is. Plus the movie does a better job at ending the series then the series itself does. So at this meeting we will need to decide how many episodes to watch. We could do 3 and 3 at the next two meeting and watch the movie as is, or we can watch 4 or 5 this meeting and squeeze in the last episode or two with the movie at the next meeting. The other thing that will need to be talked about is wheter or not we want to have a meeting the Wenseday of Fall break or not. The final thing we need to discuss is what series we want to show during the second half of the semester. We can squuze in another 26 episode series or two 13 episode series, so I will bring in all my stuff again and you can bring in the series you have and would like to see and the group of us that shows up can vote on what we want to see. Most likely there will be only about nine of us there so we will think of a way to vote, I have one idea but well worry about that in two to three weeks. Well the next meeting will be tommorow October 7 at 5:20 in the Library room 102.

- Jamie

Fourth Meeting

2005-09-20T16:29:00.000-05:00

Fourth Meeting

We had our fourth meeting on September 16th. At this meeting Darrell gave us a little bit more information about helping out at the Japanese festival at the San Antonio library that we will be participating in sometime in October. He plans on getting a van to trasport us there, that is if you dont want to drive on your own. If you would like to help us run the haiku table, let us know either through this blog, through email at umokej@lake.ollusa.edu, or at one of the meetings.

We also talked a little bit about the decorating of the armadillo for spirit week which is from the 26th-30th of September. We threw in some ideas and are currently working on putting it together. We then just talked a little bit about what has been going on around campus before we started up where we left off. This week we showed episodes 10-13.

all episode guides come from http://www.animeinfo.org/featured/eva/evaanime.html.

10 - Magma Diver

While Asuka adjusts to life in Japan and Misato struggles to keep the annoyingly charming Kaji out of her hair, an amazing discovery is found. NERV has a perfect opportunity when a developing Angel is found in the depths of a volcano. Seeking to retrieve an actual live sample for study, Asuka is sent with her EVA in a lava/heat resistent suit to investigate. But it takes some quick thinking on Asuka's part when the Angel decides to incubate faster than anticipated, breaking out of its energy cage and attacking the helplessly suspended EVA Unit-02.

11 - In the Still Darkness/The Day Tokyo-3 Stood Still

The power has been mysteriously cut off from NERV, and it couldn't have come at a worse time. Yet another Angel has made its appearance, attempting to burn its way down into the Geo-Front, and Rei, Shinji, and Asuka must make their way down to the depths of NERV where their Evangelions are kept, forced to use emergency ducts that descend underground. Meanwhile, the NERV staff struggles to prepare the Evangelions for a manual launch, racing against the Angel in an attempt to save Tokyo-3 from destruction.

12 - The Value of a Miracle Is/She Said "Don't Make Others Suffer for Your Personal Hatred"

Misato fights the demons of her past and her memories of the Second Impact, while a very powerful space-traveling Angel is detected descending on Tokyo-3. In the absence of Commander Ikari and Vice Commander Fuyutsuki, Misato has ultimate authority over NERV operations. But she must stave off her own personal hatred for the Angels in order to come up with a solution to the latest Angel attack, coming up with a tactical solution that puts all three EVAs and their pilots at the most gravest of risks.

13 - Angel Invasion/Lilliputian Hitcher

NERV has faced many outside Angel threats and has somehow managed to get through them all. But this time, the attack comes from within as a microscopic nanomachine network is the latest Angel to attempt to destroy NERV. With the Angel being too small and too risky for the giant Evangelions and their pilots to fight, it is now left to Dr. Ritsuko Akagi, Maya Ibuki, and the rest of the technical staff to defeat it. In order to stay on par with the Angel's superior mechanical knowledge, Ritsuko decides to employ the MAGI, the computer system developed by her mother, in order to finish the job. But with even the MAGI being infected by the Angel, Ritsuko is on borrowed time in order to eliminate the threat before it activates the irreversible self-destruct sequence that will level NERV HQ.

Our next meeting will be on September 23, at 5:20pm, in Library 102. We hope to see you there.

- Jamie

Third Meeting

2005-09-12T16:28:00.000-05:00

Third Meeting

We had our third meeting on the 9th of September. At the meeting we started off by talking a little about entering in the decorate a dillo contest here at the lake during Spirit week, which I think runs from 26th-30th of September. After this we talked a little bit about how things were going befor showing episodes 7-9.

all episode guides come from http://www.animeinfo.org/featured/eva/evaanime.html.

7 - The Human Creation/A Human Work

Misato's somewhat insane plan to take out the last Angel has made the voice of NERV nay-sayers even louder, and this time, there's someone out there to oppose the Evangelion Project. A scientist unveils Jet Alone, an automated robot which can supposedly run more efficiently than the power-inhibited EVAs and perform just as well. At first, Ritsuko and Misato are abashed at being shown up by this new upstart project - but when "JA" goes out of control and threatens to destroy an entire city, only an Evangelion may be strong enough to stop it.

8 - Asuka Strikes!

Finally, NERV Japan is getting the first Production Model Evangelion into its hands via the UN Navy, along with its overconfident and somewhat brash pilot, Asuka Langley Soryu. As the future is seen in EVA Unit-02, the past is also represented in the appearance of a familiar person from Misato's past. But reunions and hopes are both interrupted when a sea-faring Angel appears to take on the fleet and its precious cargo. Asuka and Shinji must now test out the EVA Production Model - even if it's going to be in a real battle.

9 - With One Accord in a Flash/Both of You, Dance Like You Want to Win!

Just a few days back from the long trip at sea, the Evangelions face their newest challenge yet - a powerful Angel that splits into two parts that attack in tandem. Seemingly invincible when separated, the Angel humiliates Asuka and Shinji in their first team battle. Misato, Ritsuko, and Kaji come up with the perfect countermeasure to the dual Angel - make the Evangelions fight in perfect sync, using dance music to make the process easier. But it's going to take a lot more than just music to get the likes of Shinji and Asuka working together, and Misato has to resort to extreme measures in order to get the job done.

Well we hope to see you at our next meeting on September 16th. At this meeting we will be talking about a few cultural things before we begin the presentation of the next 3 or 4 episodes.

- Jamie

Second Meeting

2005-09-06T16:27:00.000-05:00

Second Meeting

We had our second meeting on September 2, where we started off by discussing a few things about the meal plans and why they are now the way they are. Darrell also presented us with our first event this year which will be going to a Japanese sort of festival down at the city library. There we will be running a haiku table. If you are interested in helping out let us know either by email or at one of the meetings. At this meeting we showed episodes 4-6, so if you missed it you can read up a little on it and catch up.

all episode guides come from http://www.animeinfo.org/featured/eva/evaanime.html.

4 - Rain, Escape, and Afterwards/Hedgehog's Dilemma

Dreading both those around him and himself, Shinji runs away from Misato, NERV, and life. Alone as he was before he is able to try and think through his reasons for piloting as well as decide on whether or not to return. In the meantime, NERV searches frantically for the lost EVA pilot, and finally finds him - but there is no sense of relief, only anger at his actions. Shinji now faces the termination of his short but turbulent employment with NERV, but he just might find a source of strength from two new friends.

5 - Rei, Beyond Her Heart/Rei I

Making a fresh start in NERV, Shinji now turns his attention to Rei Ayanami, his quiet and enigmatic fellow pilot who always seems to be alone and by herself - that is, except when she's talking with his father. Shinji begins to wonder about the relationship between Rei and his father, and especially about Rei's odd behavior in general. However, he has no time to process any of what he observes, because a new and deadly Angel makes an appearance - and Shinji is first hand receiver of its primary weapon.

6 - Showdown in Tokyo-3/Rei II

After being seriously injured at the hands of the Angel, Shinji is forced to pull back while NERV considers its options. Working against time, as the Angel drills to the Geo-Front below, Misato comes up with a last-ditch plan involving both EVAs and a highly experimental positron rifle that just may have the ability to eliminate the threat. Not only do both Rei and Shinji have to learn to work together, but they must also hold the entire power supply of Japan in their hands as they prepare for one last attempt at defeating the most powerful Angel yet.

Well we hope to see you at our next meeting on September 9, at 5:15 pm in the Library, room 102. Bring your dinner if you want, we usually dont start the meetings till about 5:30 anyway, so take your time. The only thing new that we can talk about at this meeting will be what Darrell and I learn from the RSO leadership event on Friday at 1:30 pm. If you find anything interesting that you want to talk about some at the meeting, bring it with you and well have fun. If you have been to either of the meetings, you probably have figured out that leaving the meeting is a hard thing to do (thanks to funny and entertaining stories).

- Jamie

First Meeting

2005-08-31T16:25:00.000-05:00

Our first meeting on Friday the 26th, was both fun and entertaining. We discussed some issues such as why we had a limited set of anime that we could show this semester, and what could be done to increase the number of shows for next semester. We then began to watch Neon Genesis Evangelion. We made it through three episodes before screwing around with the languages and having fun with listening to French and Spanish voiceovers. The people who where there can tell you it was very entertaining and funny. If you missed last meeting, I am posting an episode description of the first three episodes here so that you can read up on what you missed.

all episode guides come from http://www.animeinfo.org/featured/eva/evaanime.html. You can also go to this site for a more detailed summary and information about each and every episode. For right now we are just going over the first three that we showed.

Angel Attack (episode 1)

After 15 years of dormancy, the mysterious Angels, creatures that have threatened to destroy mankind in the past, have returned once again to wreak havoc. Not even the might of the combined UN forces are enough to stop the latest Angel from attacking Tokyo-3. In the midst of the chaos, 14-year old Shinji Ikari is told to meet his estranged father after years of separation. Knowing only that his father works for a branch of the Japanese government called NERV, he is met by Captain Misato Katsuragi and taken to their underground base. But what Shinji hasn't yet realized is that he has been called upon to be the embodiment of mankind's last hope in the Evangelions, NERV's top secret project and supposedly the only effective weapon against the Angels. Untrained and alone, Shinji must face a near-invincible Angel in his first battle.

2 - Unfamiliar Ceiling/The Beast (episode 2)

Shinji's first attempt at piloting an Evangelion goes awry as the Angel causes serious damage to it. Waking up in a hospital bed, Shinji struggles with his jumbled memories of his first battle as the city recovers from the damage incurred by both the Evangelion and the Angel. An enthusiastic Misato takes in the recovered Shinji to live with her rather than leave Shinji alone and to himself. As Misato warmly welcomes him into his new home, it seems that Shinji begins to feel a small glimmer of happiness for the first time since being called back by his father - until he recalls the dreadful battle and his horror at seeing the deadly capability and true face of the Evangelion he pilots.

3 - A Transfer/The Phone That Never Rings (episode 3)

Shinji learns more about piloting the Evangelions and continues his training, though he is hesitant to do so. Though he has been attending class at his new school, he is unable to make new friends. When it is found out that he is the pilot of an Evangelion, however, he gains many friends and admirers - as well as a couple of enemies. After a hostile encounter at school with a bitter fellow student, Shinji is forced to fight once again - this time against an Angel more powerful than the last. Shinji must forget the pain and hurt of what he has done and what he has gone through in order to defeat this new enemy...even if he is forced to protect the very people who hate him for what he is.

Well we hope to see you this Friday September 2 at 5:15 in the library room 102. We will talk a little about what went on at the SGA meeting this week as well as a event that Darrell got us signed up for. He will talk a little bit more about this event at the meeting on Friday. We hope to see you all then.

- Jamie

Club Rush Photos

2005-08-24T23:00:00.000-05:00

Photos from Club Rush 2005

Michelle and Toby

Chris and Jamie

Members Group Shot

Sponsor's Welcome

2005-08-23T21:00:00.000-05:00

Let me personally welcome you to the Mizuumi Clan website. All OLLU students are welcome to join us. We can't wait to meet you either at Club Rush or at one of our meetings.

Club Rush
Date: Wednesday, August 24th, 2005
Time: 11:30am to 1:00pm
Location: The Mall Area @ OLLU

We'll be the table with the Anime posters, music, and videos. You won't be able to miss us!

-Darrell H, Sponsor

History

2005-08-23T20:00:00.000-05:00

The Mizuumi Clan Anime Club was founded in 2003 by Sarah B, James M, and Michelle G - three Our Lady of the Lake University students with a common interest in Japanese Culture and Animation. Originally, the three approached the Japanese History teacher at the University to sponsor the organization, but she had too many prior committments and referred them to a staff member, Darrell H. He was only too happy to join as the sponsor, and thus was born OLLU's first special interest student organization focused on Japan.

After months of paperwork, constant contact with administrators and other students, and negotiations with the university's Student Government Association, the Mizuumi Clan became an officially Recognized Student Organization! The Mizuumi Clan is unique among RSOs in that it meets on a weekly basis. There are no dues or fees of any kind, and all members of the OLLU community are welcome to attend one or all meetings. The club normally has an end-of-year banquet to celebrate the successful completion of the academic year and to enjoy the company of fellow Clan members.

Welcome!

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Welcome to the Mizuumi Clan Anime Club web site!