Schedule for new term announced

[Leo Comerford]

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Subject: New semester, new shows: Evangelion + 1 feature per meeting

We now have the full schedule for the coming term:

* We will show one TV show this semester: Neon Genesis Evangelion.

* Every Monday of this term we will also show one feature film, or all the
episodes of one OVA (miniseries). First up is The Castle of Cagliostro.

* Every night this term, we will have two fixed start times. Evangelion
will begin at 8pm, while the film (or OVA) will begin at 9:30pm. These
times are firm, so if you don't want to see Eva you can turn up at 9:30
for the feature instead. (The two starts will remain until at least May.)

This is the detailed schedule for Hilary Term (Eva = Neon Genesis
Evangelion):

Date 8pm 9:30pm
9 February Eva eps 1-3 The Castle of Caglistro
23 February Eva eps 4-6 Ghost in the Shell
1 March Eva eps 7-9 Macross +
8 March Eva eps 10-12 Runouri Kensin (all episodes)
15 March Eva eps 13-15 Project A-Ko (all episodes)
22 March Eva eps 16-18 Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind


Here's some information on Evangelion and the first feature:

The Castle of Cagliostro
1980, 109 mins.

Who is the pretty girl driving the 2CV? Why is she wearing a wedding
dress? And why is she being chased by a car full of armed goons?

Little is beyond world-notorious master-thief, infamous womaniser, and
all-round good guy Lupin III. With his gun-toting accomplice Jigen and a
little yellow Fiat 500, robbing the national casino of Monaco is a piece
of cake. But taking on the grand-duchy of Cagliostro, home of the world's
greatest counterfeiting operation, is another story. No sooner have they
arrived than the girl and her pursuers race by. Lupin impulsively joins in
the chase; before long he's up to his neck in old friends, old flames, old
and dangerous enemies, and unfinished business that goes far beyond a
Fiat-500-ful of counterfeit notes. Has he met his match this time?

This wonderful action/comedy is based on the famous Lupin III manga by
'Monkey Punch', and its spin-off anime series. It's directed (and
co-written) by Hayao MIYAZAKI, who also directed Princess Mononoke (which
was shown last semester) and Nausicaa (scheduled for the 22nd of March).


Neon Genesis Evangelion
1995, 26 episodes

In the year 2000, a meteorite strike destroys Antarctica and causes a
worldwide environmental and humanitarian catastrophe - this is dubbed
"Second Impact". Fifteen years later, the earth is threatened by a series
of mysterious alien beings, the Angels, whose aim is to bring about a
Third Impact. Nerv, a special body under the control of the UN, is created
to defeat the Angels and prevent Third Impact. To do so it develops the
Evas, giant robots with the ability to penetrate the forcefield which
makes the Angels nigh-invulnerable. The Evas can only be piloted by
children born exactly nine months after Second Impact, children who are
now 14 years old.

Every sentence in the paragraph above is a lie.

Shinji IKARI is the chosen pilot of Evangelion Unit 1, the most powerful
of the Evas. He's also the son of Gendo IKARI, the head of NERV. Shiji's
unique ability to get Unit 1 to function may be humanity's last best hope
for survival. Too bad Shinji himself is barely functional; his childhood
has left him withdrawn, clinically depressed, and bitterly estranged from
his father. NERV's other Evas and personnel have their own ... issues ...
and the Angels keep coming, one after another. What if NERV stumbles? What
if it doesn't?

Evangelion examines depression, loneliness, friendship, love, hatred and
the human condition through the medium of giant-mecha anime. But that
description doesn't do justice to the series' lighter moments, or its
occult crypto-theology, or its often riveting (and disturbing) action
sequences. Come and see for yourself. In my opinion the series sags a
little around the middle of its run, but everything comes together by the
end...

Eva will run through this term and the next. The week after the TV series
is completed, we will show the two Evangelion feature films, which recap
the TV series and then retell the events of the final two episodes. That
should be on 3 May.


Finally, this is what we have pencilled in for the rest of the
academic year:

* We won't show Eva during our two meetings over spring break (29 March &
5 April). Instead we'll fill the 8pm slot with something else, probably
the OVA Vampire Princess Myu. We haven't decided what will go in the 9:30
slots yet.

* In Trinity term, we'll continue showing Eva at 8 and other things (to be
decided) at 9:30 until Eva TV is finished. There probably won't be a 9:30
showing on 3 May, the night we show the Evangelion movies.

* We haven't any plans for reading week (10 May meeting) or exams
(meetings on 17 and 24 May) yet.

* If you have films or OVAs you would like us to show in some of those
empty slots, drop us a line.

Leo Comerford - Secretary

PS: Project Anime has a message board at

http://www.thesinner.co.uk/messageboards/projectanime

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[Rezo]

What was shown last semester? Did the society ever get around to showing Slayers Try?

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[Leo Comerford]

[s]Rezo wrote on 16:08, 9th Feb 2004:[i]
What was shown last semester? Did the society ever get around to showing Slayers Try?
[p]
We showed Berserk (silly combat, otherwise gripping) and Hellsing (nice soundtrack, impressive character design and animation for Arucard and Fr. Alexander, otherwise dull and even cheap-looking) last semester. We also showed Perfect Blue, Patlabor 2, Vampire Hunter D Bloodlust, Dragon Half, and no doubt a couple of other films I'm too tired to remember. No Slayers Try. This was mainly because Per (and Phil) flat-out refused to show any. But Try is anyway (reported to be) less good than Next, and most of the people currently going to the showings haven't seen Next or Slayers.

[Thalia]

Did i miss something or are we not showing anything on the 16th of Feb? I know, i should know since i was there when we made up the playlist but hey, i'm bad with dates ^^;;

[Leo Comerford]

I suspect it's Rag Week and we can't get the booking that week. I'd better double-check though.

[Dee]

I missed the meeting, for which I am sorry. Since we've still got free slots though, is there any chance we will be able to show "Serial Experiments Lain"?

[hr]"Twenty-five years later, I dynamited Disneyland to rubble...but even in prison, I still see Goofy everywhere."

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[General Porkov]

Dee, if the society were to show Lain or you were to borrow it off of the VP, remove all sanity before watching it. It's strange and a bit of a head****! (I watched it at one point when I was in charge of the society video collection)

Doom Lord General Porko Porkov
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[Dee]

[s]General Porkov wrote on 02:55, 11th Feb 2004:
Dee, if the society were to show Lain or you were to borrow it off of the VP, remove all sanity before watching it. It's strange and a bit of a head****! (I watched it at one point when I was in charge of the society video collection)


It sounds like what I've heard is true then. Difficult and weird were what I was after.

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[samus]

[s]Leo Comerford wrote on 18:58, 6th Feb 2004:
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Date 8pm 9:30pm

8 March Eva eps 10-12 Runouri Kensin (all episodes)


Please tell me that you mean the Rurouni Kenshin OAV series and not the 95 episode TV series. -_-;


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samus
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[s]"If people who do not understand each other understand that they do not understand each other, then they understand each other better than, not understanding each other, they do not understand that they do understand each other."
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[samus]

[s]Dee wrote on 01:20, 14th Feb 2004:
[s]General Porkov wrote on 02:55, 11th Feb 2004:[i]
Dee, if the society were to show Lain or you were to borrow it off of the VP, remove all sanity before watching it. It's strange and a bit of a head****! (I watched it at one point when I was in charge of the society video collection)

It sounds like what I've heard is true then. Difficult and weird were what I was after.
[/i]

Lain isn't that bad. It's interesting, but by no means the mind-blowing series that people say it is. It's been quite a few years since I've seen it, but I remember it to be pretty good.
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samus
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[s]"If people who do not understand each other understand that they do not understand each other, then they understand each other better than, not understanding each other, they do not understand that they do understand each other."
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[Leo Comerford]

[s]samus wrote on 14:14, 21st Feb 2004:
[s]Leo Comerford wrote on 18:58, 6th Feb 2004:[i]
This message has just gone out to the members by email:
Date 8pm 9:30pm

8 March Eva eps 10-12 Runouri Kensin (all episodes)


Please tell me that you mean the Rurouni Kenshin OAV series and not the 95 episode TV series. -_-;[/i]

Yes, it's the OAV, unsurprisingly enough. Everything we're showing from 9:30 is a feature film or an OAV, as noted in the email. For the past few years our showings have been too dominated by TV series.

Leo.

[samus]

I was talking to my friend earlier today about Rurouni Kenshin. Apparently I should have seen the TV series PRIOR to watching OAV 1, because the entire story is much more fulfilling if viewed in the following order:

RK TV Eps. 1-95
RK Movie
RK OAV1
RK OAV 2

*sigh* I hate it when I watch things out of order. -_-

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samus

[Dee]

[s]samus wrote on 14:17, 21st Feb 2004:

[i]Lain isn't that bad. It's interesting, but by no means the mind-blowing series that people say it is. It's been quite a few years since I've seen it, but I remember it to be pretty good.
[/i]

Oh well. I should be used to disappointment by now. I'd like to see it all the same.

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- "The Parking Lot is Full"

[samus]

It's definitely worth seeing if you want your head messed with.

[hr]samus

[Dee]

Is there someone I can blame for Project A-Ko? I won't kill them, well, not very much.

[samus]

Don't know who was responsible for it.

But on a related note, the name of the society comes from it. We had just finished watching Project A-Ko and we had a meeting after the anime. On the agenda was what to call the society. Up to that point, we'd been calling it the Anime Society, but we figured we needed something more dramatic and catchy. I said, "How about 'Project Anime'?" Lacking any other suggestions, the name stuck. So you have me to thank [blame] for that one. ^_^

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[Thalia]

I didn't get to see it - got dragged to celebrate getting into uni accomodation
Friends, who needs them? ^_-

I take it it wasn't very good then, Dee?

[Dee]

[s]Thalia wrote on 19:24, 17th Mar 2004:
I didn't get to see it - got dragged to celebrate getting into uni accomodation
Friends, who needs them? ^_-

I take it it wasn't very good then, Dee?


Shiver! I've already told you how bad it was, but you may not remember the conversation so....

It was meant to be a parody of bad anime which was unfortunate as it was itself bad anime. It had the occasional amusing moment but was in the main pretty yawnful stuff. I was dozing off near the end, and came to when Per returned to relieve me of my duties as presiding committee member(VCR/DVD monitor).

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[Dee]

[s]samus wrote on 01:46, 17th Mar 2004:
But on a related note, the name of the society comes from it.


Nooooo! I feel so dirty! The dirt...it won't come off! Aaargh!

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[samus]

Project A-Ko was one of the first anime films I've seen, so maybe it's because I was a relative newbie at the time. We (myself and the other Elders of Project Anime) actually all rather enjoyed watching it.

We are so spoiled with the anime we have today. The choices are so diverse that we can afford to be very picky. Project A-Ko will always have a place in my heart, but I don't think I'd ever buy it - it wasn't that good. ^_^

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