WHEN: Sunday, June 28th, 2009, 12:00 pm to 6:00 pm
WHERE: Dragon's Lair Comics & Fantasy, 7959 Fredericksburg Rd. Ste. #129, in one of the side rooms
YOUR HOSTS: densetsujin (Dan) and doronjosama (Elin)
THEME: Girls Will Be Boys! (Features: Ribon no Kishi from 1967, Rose of Versailles from 1979 and Shoujo Kakumei Utena from 1997; if there is time, there may also be some Takarazuka performances shown!)

The rules: Don't make a mess, don't steal anything from the store (Elin works there and will kick you out permanently), and don't annoy the other customers. ^_^ Chairs are at a premium at the store (they keep breaking...) so come early!

See some of you there!

PLEASE NOTE: This is the first meeting that marks the return to our traditional fourth Sunday of the month (barring conventions) schedule!

--Elin (La Presidenta)

WHEN: Saturday, May 23rd, 2009, 11:00 am to 5:00 pm
WHERE: Dragon's Lair Comics & Fantasy, 7959 Fredericksburg Rd. Ste. #129, in one of the side rooms
YOUR HOSTS: densetsujin (Dan) and doronjosama (Elin)
THEME: Aim High! Guts o Nerae! (Features: Ace o Nerae (Aim for the Ace) from 1973, Top o Nerae! GunBuster! from 1988 and Top o Nerae 2: DieBuster from 2004; if there's time, there might also be an episode of the Ace o Nerae live action show!)

The rules: Don't make a mess, don't steal anything from the store (Elin works there and will kick you out permanently), and don't annoy the other customers. ^_^ Chairs are at a premium at the store (they keep breaking...) so come early!

See some of you there!

ALSO: Starting with our June meeting, we will be going back to meeting on Sundays. The fourth Sunday of every month (barring holidays and conventions, naturally) will be our usual meeting time; thus returning us to the traditional SAAS schedule. ^_^

--Elin (La Presidenta)

WHEN: Saturday, May 23rd, 2009, 11:00 am to 5:00 pm
WHERE: Dragon's Lair Comics & Fantasy, 7959 Fredericksburg Rd. Ste. #129, in one of the side rooms
YOUR HOSTS: densetsujin (Dan) and doronjosama (Elin)
THEME: Aim High! Guts o Nerae! (Features: Ace o Nerae (Aim for the Ace) from 1973, Top o Nerae! GunBuster! from 1988 and Top o Nerae 2: DieBuster from 2004; if there's time, there might also be an episode of the Ace o Nerae live action show!)

The rules: Don't make a mess, don't steal anything from the store (Elin works there and will kick you out permanently), and don't annoy the other customers. ^_^ Chairs are at a premium at the store (they keep breaking...) so come early!

See some of you there!

--Elin (La Presidenta)

Well, another meeting has come and gone, and a good time was had by all. ^_^ densetsujin, Trent and I got things set up bright and early at Dragon's Lair (coincidentally in Room 2 again, heh), and we started the meeting with another old school anime opening credits loop. Then it was on to regular programming all with a time travel theme, starting with Shin Kimagure Orange Road, followed by Time Stranger.

There was a short intermission where we showed more openings, then we all braced ourselves for "The Horror That Almost Was", also known as Saban's live action Sailor Moon proposal (circa 1994, highly reminiscent of both Saved By The Bell and She-Ra), and Doozy-Bots (the 1991 attempt to pitch Super Deformed Gundam to unsuspecting American TV producers). I believe we are all grateful that these things never came to pass, but also grateful that they were preserved for all time, so we can point and laugh at them. (Though, I may never get that terrible Sailor Moon song out of my head... "She's just your average 16 year old girl! SAILOR! SAILOR MOON! She's gonna come and save the world! SAILOR! SAILOR MOON!" Cue the dancing girl in the wheelchair...)

After the horror, we cleansed our palates with The Girl Who Leapt Through Time. A brief interlude of more credits, and we finished up with the Time Bokan OVA.

We had about 15-16 attendees throughout the scheduled meeting time, nice and cozy. Lots of old friends, and a couple of new faces. ^_^ We were also joined by a couple of the ACES officers, Miyu and Chris, which was a pleasure. Reminded us of the old days in 1996-1999, when we used to regularly have visitors from the UT Austin anime club, the California chapters of the C/FO and the Dallas and Houston area anime clubs. It's always great to see people from other clubs and hang out together!

We're busy putting together the theme for the next meeting (well, we have themes for six or seven meetings already, the hard part is deciding which to pick...), but already have a date: May 23rd, so as not to conflict with A-Kon (since pretty much all SAAS officer types will be there instead of here...) Mark those calendars now!

Also, SAAS now has a Facebook groups page! Feel free to join it if you are on Facebook!

--Elin, La Presidenta 4 Life

In case anyone forgot, it's this Saturday!

WHEN: Saturday, April 25th, 2009, 11:00 am to 5:00 pm
WHERE: Dragon's Lair Comics & Fantasy, 7959 Fredericksburg Rd. Ste. #129, in one of the side rooms
YOUR HOSTS: densetsujin (Dan) and doronjosama (Elin)
THEME: Time Travel Through the Decades! (Features: Time Stranger from 1986, Shin Kimagure Orange Road from 1996 and The Girl Who Leapt Through Time from 2006; there may also be some Time Bokan from 1976!)

The rules: Don't make a mess, don't steal anything from the store (Elin works there and will kick you out permanently), and don't annoy the other customers. ^_^ Chairs are at a premium at the store (they keep breaking...) so come early!

See some of you there!

--Elin (La Presidenta)

Yes, it's true, another meeting, since we had such a nice time at the last one!

WHEN: Saturday, April 25th, 2009, 11:00 am to 5:00 pm
WHERE: Dragon's Lair Comics & Fantasy, 7959 Fredericksburg Rd. Ste. #129, in one of the side rooms
YOUR HOSTS: densetsujin (Dan) and doronjosama (Elin)
THEME: Time Travel Through the Decades! (Features: Time Stranger from 1986, Shin Kimagure Orange Road from 1996 and The Girl Who Leapt Through Time from 2006; there may also be some Time Bokan from 1976!)

The rules: Don't make a mess, don't steal anything from the store (Elin works there and will kick you out permanently), and don't annoy the other customers. ^_^ Chairs are at a premium at the store (they keep breaking...) so come early!

See some of you there!

--Elin (La Presidenta)

Our 100th meeting (and first new one in years) went off today without a hitch! densetsujin, Silent Alex and denshousha set everything up bright and early at Dragon's Lair (in Game Room 2), and the showing started promptly at 11:00, after a good half an hour or so of various old school anime opening and closing credits. We had about 15 people attending throughout the scheduled time, and even ran past the scheduled ending time of 5:00 pm a bit. It was great seeing so many old friends again! (And big thanks to Pat for bringing the delicious cookies!)

Here's what we showed:
Theme: Otaku Power!
--Daicon III and Daicon IV animations (produced for the Japanese SF convention Daicon in 1981 and 1983 by a group of fans who would later form Gainax)
--3D Gundam (a Japanese fan-made stop motion video from the very early 80's)
--Otaku No Video (the "true" story of Gainax Productions)
--Densha Otoko (live action j-drama)
--Tatsunoko Best Selection (a collection of openings from classic Tatsunoko shows of the 60's and 70's)

Overall, it was a pleasant, relaxing and casual event. Lots of nice reminiscing and lots of laughs. ^_^

We're planning the next meeting for April (same Bat-time, same Bat-channel), so watch this space for the date!

We're starting the numbering at 100, because no one can remember the last actual meeting number! Yes, it's the return of San Antonio's oldest anime club, back again to school you in all you need to know to embrace your inner anime nerd!

When: March 28th, Saturday, 11 am to 5 pm.
Where: Dragon's Lair Comics & Fantasy, 7959 Fredericksburg Rd. Ste. #129, in one of the side rooms
Your Hosts: densetsujin (Dan) and doronjosama (Elin)

On the Schedule: Old School Otaku Education, in the form of the Daicon Animation (by Gainax), Otaku no Video (also by Gainax) and Densha Otoko

The rules: Don't make a mess, don't steal anything from the store (Elin works there and will kick you out permanently), and don't annoy the other customers. ^_^ Chairs are at a premium at the store (they keep breaking...) so come early!

See some of you there!

--Elin, La Presidenta

PS If this goes well, we might do another one. We've come up with themes for showings that cover everything from Rock'n'Roll to Giant Robots to Magical Girls to Sentai Power!

EDIT: We have flyer sign!

This time for real!

Rumblings are happening, and there may be an actual SAAS event sometime in the near future. Mostly because densetsujin and I (and Kyle the Silent) have wondered what it would be like again. Yeah, considering our last actual anime meeting was in 2003 (or '04, I can't remember) and the last SAAS event was some time in 2005, it's been a while...

Watch this space for more news, as it develops. We may regain control of our senses before we commit anime clubbing again. ^_~

--Elin

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And it's by none other than Gorillaz creators Jamie Hewlett and Damon Albarn! If that wasn't neat enough, it's also inspired by the Journey to the West (Saiyuki) story, featuring the Monkey King, Pigsy and uh, that other guy who is a sand demon (Sandy) in some TV versions and a water demon (kappa) in other versions...

Check out the animation here!

Of course, it can't possibly be as cool as the 1970's Japanese live action version (Monkey Magic, or just Monkey in English), because that version has the most awesome disco theme song ever. (Which is featured as an end credits song in the anime Lucky Star, in an abridged form anyway!)

--Elin

Just wanted to do a quick post to let people know that there is a newish anime meet-up group in town calling themselves the San Antonio Anime Society-- or SAAS. ^_^; Apparently, they started in January 2008, and from what I am given to understand, they are new to the area and probably don't realize there was a club here that originally started in 1995 that used to use the afore-mentioned acronym... though we were the San Antonio Animation Society. (You say anime, I say animation, let's call the whole thing off...)

But, just in case anyone is getting excited about the return of our old-school SAAS: no, it's not me, I didn't have anything to do with it. ^_^;

Big thanks to densetsujin for hipping me to the existence of the other SAAS.

Oh and in other weird SAAS-like "news"- in packing to move apartments this weekend, I discovered what I think was the final SAAS schedule notebook, featuring the anime schedules from meetings dating up to the ripe old date of December 2003. Ah, those heady days when we were busily working through series like Revolutionary Girl Utena, Clamp School Detectives, Future Boy Conan and the like!

--Elin

EDIT TO ADD: We're not associated with the other SAAS, and I am a bit concerned that they are using our acronym, I guess in the hopes of gaining something by the association. They aren't us, though. If it continues, I will probably ask them to change the name, since that would be the polite thing to do. After all, when I formed SAAS, I couldn't call it FAST (Fans of Anime in South Texas) or C/FO (Cartoon/Fantasy Organization), the names of the previous two clubs in San Antonio.

Steve Pearl, a big mover and shaker in American anime fandom, passed away recently due to complications related to diabetes.

Steve was the moderator of rec.arts.anime.info, and was responsible for authoring many FAQs in the early days of online anime fandom. He was very active on the East Coast convention scene, and was a friendly, welcoming person who was instrumental in bringing hundreds of people into anime fandom. He was so well-known and well-liked that Gainax's Toshio Okada dubbed Steve "The Otaking of America".

Not only that, but Steve was a great booster of the American anime and manga industry, and was a big supporter of independent comics. He was a fan, first and foremost.

News story at Anime News Network:
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2007-11-13/american-otaking-steve-pearl-passes-away

--Elin

regarding anime flux at trinity:

Now, onto the exciting news side. Did you all know that we have a sister organization at Incarnate Word just across the street? Well, we do. And they're having a mini-anime convention on their grounds November the 11th. We are invited. Not just as attendees, but as participants, an official delegation. Sounds like fun, doesn't it? I'm certainly going. As well, they desire to have a meeting exchange! Be on the lookout for them sharing space with us on the 25th. (Which means we at the Flux Council will have to find lots and lots of more chairs. Joy.). Tentatively, we'd make a counter visit the very next day. Those who would be interested in going such a thing (and who wouldn't?) can join me at seeing what the other people are watching at Incarnate Word.

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FYI, if you're interested in keeping up with San Antonio anime stuff, you may want to join the new DHOS LJ community. It's more actively updating than this one.

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