UTARPA

We're just 2 weeks away from the end of Lucky Star TV. (Only the OAV remains, but look for that in the fall as we don't expect to have it in time to show for Aug.)

Also, the domestic version of D.Gray-man finally gets the 'Spotlight' at UTARPA. ;)

Schedule for Friday, July 17, 2009
  6:30pm    Lucky Star #23-24
  7:30pm    Spotlight: D.Gray-man
  8:00pm    Ouran High School Host Club #9-10
  9:00pm    [break]
  9:45pm    Eden of the East #1-2
10:45pm    Black Lagoon #21-22 (dubbed)

For directions to the show and other details, please refer to the map here:
http://utarpa.org/location.html

Hopefully you've all recovered from Anime North by now, as it's time for your regular monthly anime fix: ;)

Schedule for Friday, June 12, 2009
  6:30pm    Lucky Star #21-22
  7:30pm    Mushishi #7
  8:00pm    Ouran High School Host Club #9-10
  9:00pm    [break]
  9:45pm    Spotlight: Eden of the East #1-2
10:45pm    Black Lagoon #19-20 (dubbed)

For directions to the show and other details, please refer to the map here:
http://utarpa.org/location.html

Anniversary time! 14th to be precise. Big big prizes, and raffle tickets are half price!

Schedule for Friday, May 1, 2009
  6:30pm    Lucky Star #19-20
  7:30pm    Spotlight: Capeta #1
  8:00pm    Ouran High School Host Club #7-8
  9:00pm    [break]
10:00pm    Spotlight: CLANNAD #1-2
11:00pm    Black Lagoon #17-18 (dubbed)

For directions to the show, please refer to the map here:
http://utarpa.org/location.html

Hi folks. You may think it's a little too early to talk about May when the April show (this Friday) hasn't happened yet, but the May show date is actually much closer than you think.

That's because the May show will be on May 1st, which is 2 weeks after this Friday's show. We originally intended for the 8th but now the UofT has made that date unavailable due to renovations in that very room in the Sanford Fleming building. Be sure to arrange your work or other schedules so that you don't miss the anniversary show (and your chance to win our best prizes of the year, especially the free AN passes).

This month, we've got 2 spotlights that are based off of older series. Decode is a 13-ep TV version of the Birdy the Mighty OAV series from a decade ago, and Palisen Files is an OAV prequel to the Votoms TV series from the 80's.

Oh, and I'm sure you'll wanna get that cliffhanger from Black Lagoon overwith... :P

Schedule for Friday, April 17, 2009
  6:30pm    Lucky Star #17-18
  7:30pm    Spotlight: Birdy the Mighty Decode #1-2
  8:30pm    Ouran High School Host Club #5-6
  9:30pm    [break]
10:15pm    Spotlight: Armored Trooper Votoms: Palisen Files #1
10:45pm    Black Lagoon #15-16 (dubbed)

For directions to the show, please refer to the map here:
http://utarpa.org/location.html

No Friday the 13th themed stuff this month. No Manly March theme this year either. (only fair since February was mostly sugar-free :P)

Instead, we're gonna show the commercial version of Yawara, which feels like it's been a whole decade coming since it was licensed. This'll probably make us the first anime club to show the Animeigo's sub of it. :D

Schedule for Friday, March 13, 2009
  6:30pm    Lucky Star #15-16
  7:30pm    Mushishi #4
  8:00pm    Spotlight: Yawara #1-2
  9:00pm    [break]
  9:45pm    Ouran High School Host Club #3-4
10:45pm    Black Lagoon #13-14 (dubbed)

For directions to the show, please refer to the map here:
http://utarpa.org/location.html

For the Valentine's show this Friday, we're starting a romantic comedy in Ouran as a regular series. And since it's Friday the 13th we're spotlighting a semi-violent & somewhat-romantic comedy OAV in Dokuro-chan. ^^;

Also, we'll have Rideback for you to check out from the latest anime on TV that've started in Japan.

Schedule for Friday, February 13, 2009
  6:30pm    Lucky Star #13-14
  7:30pm    Ouran High School Host Club #1-2
  8:30pm    New From Japan: Rideback #1-2
  9:30pm    [break]
10:15pm    Spotlight: Bludgeoning Angel Dokuro-chan #1-2
10:45pm    Black Lagoon #11-12 (dubbed)

For directions to the show, please refer to the map here:
http://utarpa.org/location.html

Happy New Year!

And please note: we have swapped Skip Beat out because TV Tokyo in Japan will be offering subtitled episodes through Crunchyroll.com streaming this month. In its place is the underrated Soukyuu no Fafner, with character designs by Hirai Hisashi (you may recognize his designs in Gundam Seed, S-CRY-ed, and the new Kurogane no Linebarrels).

Schedule for Friday, January 16, 2009
  6:30pm    Lucky Star #11-12
  7:30pm    Spotlight: Fafner #1-3
  9:00pm    [break]
  9:45pm    Spotlight: Chaos;HEAd #1-2
10:45pm    Black Lagoon #9-10 (dubbed)

For directions to the show, please refer to the map here:
http://utarpa.org/location.html

It's December, and that means an even larger selection of prizes including a 2009 anime calendar!

Schedule for Friday, December 12, 2008
  6:30pm    Lucky Star #9-10
  7:30pm    Spotlight: Macross Frontier #1-2
  8:30pm    Mushishi #3
  9:00pm    [break]
  9:45pm    Spotlight: Kuroshitsuji #1-2
10:45pm    Black Lagoon #7-8 (dubbed)

For directions to the show, please refer to the map here:
http://utarpa.org/location.html


In other local happenings:

• Our sponsors at Hairy Tarantula are having an all-December sale, with US cover for all books and (for members) 25% off Tokyopop manga.
  
• For JPOP fans: The Toronto Japanese Connection is doing a club dance at the ALIO Lounge (Dundas & Bay) on Dec 5th. For more info, check out their event page.
  

P.S. Please remember to bring a Food Drive donation to this month's show!

As it says on our site, we've run into a scheduling snafu and our room at UofT was not booked. Therefore, we're moving the show date back from this Friday the 14th to Fri., Nov. 21st.

Sorry for the inconvenience...

[EDIT: date changed from the 14th to the 21st]

It turns out that Angel Heart episodes are rather short, so expect some amusing filler before the break. >:D

Schedule for Friday, November 21, 2008
  6:30pm    Lucky Star #7-8
  7:30pm    Spotlight: Angel Heart #1-3
  8:40pm    [surprise???]
  9:00pm    [break]
  9:45pm    New From Japan: Toradora! #1-2
10:45pm    Black Lagoon #5-6 (dubbed)

Our location as always is Sanford Fleming Building, rm 1105 at UofT's downtown campus:
http://www.utarpa.org/location.html

See y'all there!

We should have Nina from Hairy T available again to give out Beanie Baby prizes. Seeing as it's also the Halloween show, you've got double the excuse to come on down this month in costume!

Schedule for Friday, October 17, 2008
  6:30pm    Lucky Star #5-6
  7:30pm    Spotlight: Code Geass #1-3
  8:30pm    Mushishi #2
  9:00pm    [break]
  9:45pm    Shoujo Showcase: Vampire Knight #1-2
10:45pm    Black Lagoon #3-4 (dubbed)

Also, expect one of the new fall shows airing in Japan to be played next month. You'll find out which at this month's show...

Thankfully, we shouldn't be running up against another blockbuster like Dark Knight this month. ^^;

Note that Noein should finish long before 9pm assuming there are no delays, so expect a short surprise title to fill the gap right after.

Schedule for Friday, August 15, 2008
  6:30pm    Spotlight: Amatsuki #1-2
  7:30pm    Spotlight: Noein #1-3
  8:45pm    ???
  9:00pm    [break]
  9:45pm    Classic: Combustible Campus Guardress #3-4
10:45pm    Le Chevalier D'Eon #23-24 (dubbed)

We're still deciding on anime series to start showing full-time in Sept., so this will be your last month to make a suggestion. Shuffle from last month and Lucky Star this month are certainly fair game! If you want us to continue with them, write them down on our request list on the table outside.

Also, you're not seeing things - we're going to play Campus Guardress for the 3rd time! Last time we showed it was in Fall '97, and now we've got a lot of newer-generation members which make revisiting this old favorite worth the while. ;)

Schedule for Fri., July 18, 2008
  6:30pm    Hare+Guu Deluxe #6 (last)
  7:00pm    Shoujo Showcase: Itazura no Kiss #1-2
  8:00pm    Spotlight: Lucky Star #1-2
  9:00pm    [break]
  9:45pm    Classic: Combustible Campus Guardress #1-2
10:45pm    Le Chevalier D'Eon #21-22 (dubbed)

It's just not UTARPA if we don't put our shows on every Friday the 13th of the year!

Looks like we won't be starting a new top-slot series until school starts up again, so we've got more spotlights for you to try out. We also have Wagaya no Oinari-sama as our pick from the spring season of anime playing in Japan right now.

Schedule for Fri., June 13, 2008
  6:30pm    Hare+Guu Deluxe #6
  7:00pm    Spotlight: Shuffle #1-2
  8:00pm    New From Japan: Wagaya no Oinari-sama #1-2
  9:00pm    [break]
  9:45pm    Spotlight: Blood+ #1-2
10:45pm    Le Chevalier D'Eon #19-20 (dubbed)

P.S. look for the return of a classic OAV series in the dog days of summer!

As with all our anniversary shows, we'll have the most prizes of the year out as well as The Prize Viking dishing out free Wunderbars. Our feature movie this time round is the highly acclaimed 5 cm Per Second.

Since we still haven't chosen a successor to Suzumiya yet, make sure to pay attention to Tweeny Witches as a possible next regular series.

Schedule for Fri., May 9, 2008
  6:30pm    Hare+Guu Deluxe #4
  7:00pm    Spotlight: Tweeny Witches #1-2
  8:00pm    5 Centimeters Per Second
  9:05pm    [break]
10:00pm    Paradise Kiss #11-12 [final eps]
11:00pm    Le Chevalier D'Eon #17-18 (dubbed)

In our many years we've had to skip quite a few titles that were hot for their time for various reasons. Due to our covering all 3 Slayers TV series, one of those forgotten titles was Lost Universe (a.k.a. "Slayers in Space") which features most of the same Japanese voice cast. Well it's been a darn long while since we had any Slayers in our lineup and our membership is quite different now, so this month a couple of our execs have selected Lost Universe for you as a not-so-mouldy oldie from the late 90's.

Also featured this month, shoujo ai & mecha fantasy combine in Kannazuki no Miko:

Schedule for Fri., Apr. 11
  6:30pm    Vintage pick: Lost Universe #1-2
  7:30pm    Shoujo Showcase: Kannazuki no Miko #1-2
  8:30pm    Hare+Guu Deluxe #3
  9:00pm    [break]
  9:45pm    Paradise Kiss #9-10
10:45pm    Le Chevalier D'Eon #15-16 (dubbed)

Just a reminder that the next UTARPA show's tonight/tomorrow (depending on when you read this), and earlier in the day you can drop by One Million Comix to meet voice actor Chris Patton from 1 to 4pm.

Two big things are happening in less than a couple of weeks time, on the same day!

First, One Million Comix will have voice actor Chris Patton (Sagara Sousuke in Full Metal Panic) in the store on March 14 from 1-4pm. This is part of Chris' first ever visit to Toronto. There'll be other events that he'll be attending that weekend, but this is the only one which is FREE to you!

The other thing happening on that Friday is obviously the next UTARPA show, where you can catch the finale to Suzumiya: (well, the first series of it at least ;))

Schedule for Fri., March 14
  6:30pm    The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya #"12"-"13" (broadcast order) [END OF SERIES]
  7:30pm    Spotlight: Rental Magica #1-2
  8:30pm    Hare+Guu Deluxe #2
  9:00pm    [break]
  9:45pm    Paradise Kiss #7-8
10:45pm    Le Chevalier D'Eon #13-14 (dubbed)

We won't be starting a new regular show in April, so take advantage of the extra time to make a request at the show for a new series to start up!

Well next week is shaping up to be pretty good. A holiday on Monday (Oops, Family Day is the following Monday on the 18th), Valentine's on Thurs., and your monthly dose of anime escapism on the Friday: ;)

Schedule for Fri., Feb. 15
  6:30pm    The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya #"10"-"11" (broadcast order)
  7:30pm    New From Japan: Spice and Wolf #1-2
  8:30pm    Hare+Guu Deluxe #1
  9:00pm    [break]
  9:45pm    Paradise Kiss #5-6
10:45pm    Le Chevalier D'Eon #11-12 (dubbed)

Note that Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya will be ending the next show after (March), so make sure you provide a idea for a new regular series on our request list at this show. It could even be Spice and Wolf! (which is set to be a short series in Japan)