J-Con: Japanese Connection

So I was trolling slashdot and I found this funny story: Some Japanese universities are giving their students iPhones. The plan is to stop class-skipping by using the iPhone GPS system to determine if students are actually on-campus during classes. Good stuff, but I found most interesting this comment about Japanese Universities from someone who claims to teach at one:

( About Japanese University )

Hello all,

This is the the schedule for the Saturday Showing.

MST3K Rm 127 (Baker/Logan)


School Rumble s2 (3ep)

Ice 42min

G Gundam s2 (3ep)

Strawberry Eggs (3ep)

Ouran (3ep)

Galaxy Girl Yuna (3ep)

Happy Lesson (3ep)

Negima OVAs (60min)

Grenadier (3ep)

Fatal Fury: TMP

Grab Bag

Music/Ghibli Rm 115 (Obi/Hanna)


Nerima Daikon Brothers (3ep)

L/R (3ep)

Beck (3ep)

K on (3ep)

Princess Mononoke

Spirited Away

The Cat Returns

Nausicaa

Hey all,

Sorry I didn't post this when I first brought it up.

I think it'd be cool for us in JCON to do one last trip this year to Akai Hana restaurant in Columbus.

We can figure out rides during round table of the next JCON meeting.
Let's all plan to meet/leave Athens around 10am on Saturday the 6th of June, so we all arrive roughly the same time.

Feel free to post questions/comments/concerns below.

~Obi

Hey everybody, since barely anyone showed up for the meeting this week, we'll be nominating/voting NEXT WEEK on series to show for the Saturday showing (May 30), so bring your nominations to the meeting so we'll actually have something to show! :)

Nominations can only consist of anime that is either confirmed to be in the JCON library, or is in your own personal collection (or the collection of someone you know). If we have shown it in the past year, in any showing (regular or Saturday), it may not be nominated. Series that we have shown in regular showings, as long as they haven't also been in a Saturday showing in the last year, may be nominated. The themes this year are Music and Ghibli in one room, and MST3K in the other. Please bring series to nominate!

Also, the International Street Fair is this Saturday, May 16, on Court Street. JCON will have a booth (we're not sure where, yet), and will need people to come help out. All you'll have to do is hang out at the booth and tell people how awesome JCON is. :D Please come help! The fair will run from about 9-5. Any time you can put in will be much appreciated.

Thanks, guys!

Yo, JCon.

So I'm in the market for a used Gameboy Advance, and I thought I'd send the shout-out to all y'all to see if any of you have one you'd like to sell me. I don't really want to buy any games, just the gameboy and a power-cable for it. Any takers?

David and I will be coming to Ohio for the last showing of the quarter (I'm going to Columbus for a work-related seminar that Thursday, we'll be in A-town on Friday) so we could pay for it at that time.

Let me know if you've got one you're willing to sell! You can leave a comment here, email me at mistr3ss quickly at gmail, or IM me on YIM or AIM to the same, mistr3ssquickly.

Cheers!

~mQ

Here are the last few backgrounds for the quarter. See you all tonight!

( Background for 5/22 )

( Background for 5/29 )

( Background for 6/5 )

Also, sorry if the cuts don't work right. I'm a little bit of an LJ noob. XD

-Hanna

Hiya JCon. Last round of backgrounds you'll get from me. Enjoy!

( Background for 4/10 )

( Background for 4/17 )

( Background for 4/24 )

( Background for 5/01 )

( Background for 5/08 )

( Background for 5/15 )

For those of you who enjoy the odd statistic, since I started doing backgrounds in Fall of 2006, I made 83 backgrounds, 59 of which had a full culture note. They were a lot of fun, and gave me a good excuse to geek out over Japan even more than I already did. ;)

~mQ

Here's the schedule, guys. Glad some good stuff got in, even though I wasn't allowed to vote. ;_;

( Spring 2009 Showing Schedule )

Please do note which nights are longer and won't have room for AMVs. We'll run over past the projectors' bedtimes if you show AMVs those nights.

Also, congratulations to the new Executive Board for 2009-2010! In case you're wondering:

President -- Obi
Vice President -- Hanna
Treasurer -- Zabeth
Librarian -- Tori
Web-Mistress -- Melissa
Secretary -- Lisa

Way to get a lot accomplished in one little meeting, JCon! I'm proud of y'all. Makes me almost want to come back home and be part of you again ... :P

~mQ

Just a reminder to every one that this Tuesday, April 7th, is the day we will be voting for the quarter's showings and for officers for next year.  You each will have 5mins, 3min for a speech and 2min open for QnA.

Below are the names of the people running.

President
Obi

VP
Hanna
Logan

Treasurer
Zabeth

Library
Kyle
Tori

Web-mistress/master
Melissa

Secretary
Natalie  B.
Lisa
Janet
Tori

Hey guys, Hanna here. At Molly's request, I've decided to take over making the backgrounds for the showings. Here's the one for the grab-bag:

Background!

(grand Fathered)
Toradora
Ippo 
Ranma 1/2

(to show this week)
AKAGI - T
Shanna - T
Soul Eater - T
Mai Hime - T
Ghost Stories ENG - M
Victorian Romance - E
Monster - M
The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya - T
G Gundam S2 - R(acism)
Samurai Champloo - T
GTO (LA) - A
Kanokan - T/M/Ecchi

Hi, JCon!

In case any of you are wondering about the school I'm working for now, I found a great promo video on YouTube, showing us off. And by great, I mean dancing nuns. DANCING NUNS.



Currently they have me in Taiwan, Taipei at first and now again, but Taichung three days ago and today, and Kao Hsiung between Taichung and today. On the 21st, I fly to Thailand to do more recruitment work. But none of that really matters much because we didn't bring any dancing nuns with us. Our results would quadruple if we had, I think!

I miss JCon more than y'all'll ever know, but I hooked Obi up with some freakin' sweet anime, so if it gets in next term, think of me fondly while you watch it? 'Cause you know that while you're watching it, I'll be watching you ...

~mQ

geekbitch informed me today that there may be quite a few JCON folk at Animarathon 2009! I am excited to see you guys again. Who's all coming?

I am running ninety million panels. Be there!

This is the list of people who are running for JCON officer positions next quarter.  If you name is on the list and you do not want to run or if you would like to throw your name in the hat, you still can.

President
Obi

VP
Hanna
Logan

Treasurer
Zabeth

Library
Kyle
Tori

Web-mistress/master
Melissa

Secretary
Nat B.
Lisa
Janet
Tori

Hey all,

Logan and I have talked about this before, but we really wanna get a lunch trip together to Akai Hana Japanese restaurant in Columbus for this coming Saturday, the 14th of March.

I can drive and I assume he'll be driving as well.
We can discuss this more at the meeting to see who would like to go, but I'll be asking people in my yet-to-be-determined car to meet me at the parking lot behind Gordy (as per tradition) around 10:30am. Any pitching in for gas is not required, although muchly appreciated! ^^
I can transport up to 7 including myself.

Hey guys, it's Hanna.

I still need some T-shirt sizes from people who ordered shirts. I'll be at the showing on Friday and the next meeting, so if you haven't given me your T-shirt size please catch up with me at some point and let me know. Also, if anyone else wants to buy a T-shirt, we can take as many orders as needed until we actually order the shirts. We'll talk about having a tie-dye party at a later date, probably some time next quarter after everyone gets their shirt. Any questions, just ask. If I can't answer them, I can easily pass them on to Molly.

See you around!

Hiya JCon.

Here's something I think y'all might like: LINK

Ask around if you want to know what it is.

~m

Seriously, why is JCon so freaking awesome? I'm shopping around for an anime club in the northern Jersey area and I can't find any that a) allow fansubs, b) have variety in their weekly showings, c) do anything but watch anime, d) know that life exists after VHS.

And it's not just the clubs in northern Jersey that are sucking the big one. Friends who tell me about their anime clubs make me want to cry because they just ... don't have the JCon magic. Watching series that people in club voted on? Special events with cosplay and games? Making it through all of Ippo in less than three years? These things are unheard of to all clubs other than JCon.

I DON'T GET IT.

Point being, thank you all for making such a wonderful club. I'm going to sorely miss it when I'm gone.

~mQ

For the showing on Saturday, February 14

Not Disney Room -- MORTON 127:
Presented by Mike Baker
3:00–5:00pm: Tsukiyaki Western Jengo
5:00–6:40pm: Kuro Kami
6:40–8:00pm: Burst Angel
8:00–10:40pm: Beat-to-Death Angel Dokuro-chan
10:40–11:25pm: Hellsing Ultimate OAV 5
(11:25pm–1:25am: Versus!)
(1:25–3:05am: Machine Girl)

Disney Room -- MORTON 115:
Presented by Melissa and m3Q
12:00-3:00pm: Nodame Cantabile Domestic Violence: The Anime
3:00–11:30pm: Guardian of the Sacred Spirit Child Abuse: The Anime
11:30pm–3:00am: Nodame Cantabile Domestic Violence: The Anime

[EDIT]: Added times. Lemme know if I screwed up.

[EDIT 2ban]: The dude in Nodame, in case anyone's an enormous voice actor geek like me, is voiced by the same guy who did Miyata (Hajime no Ippo), Kyo Souma (Fruits Basket), Sosuke Sagara (Full Metal Panic), Shuichi Shindou (Gravitation), Gai (Nadesico), freakin' Pierrot (Yakitate Japan), and a bunch of other characters from stuff I haven't seen. Probably the most versatile and talented VA I've ever come across. *_*

[EDIT 3ban]: The chic in Nodame, in case anyone cares after the last list, is just as freakin' awesome: she's Mahoro (Mahoromatic), Melfina (Outlaw Star), Mikan (Potemayo), freakin' Hime (Princess Resurrection), Fuu (Samurai Champloo), and a bunch of other things, too. Second most versatile VA in the all of ever, maybe. *_*

Violence:
Detroit Metal City 1-12 - 156 - M
Machine Girl - 96 - M
Tsukiyaki Western Jengo - 121 - T
Kuro Kami 1-5 - 100 - T
Dokuro-chan 1-12 - 156 - M
Versus - 119 - M
Mnemosyne 1-6 - 270 - M


Violets:
Chii's Sweet Home 1-104 - 312 - E
Level C - 22 - M
Haru wo Daiteita -
Nodame Cantabile 1-23 - 575 - E
Be With You - - E
SOLftCotE - 138 - E
Guardian 1-26 - 14 'cause it sucked

Let's find a way to make this better, yes?