can somebody tell me where that anime place in
Philly that sells fansubs is? I would really like to go
there, maybe we can even go as a group, ya know, some
reason for us to get together more then once a month.
<br>Lemme know what you think, or if you can tell me where
this place is.<br>Jason
Y'know, there a word for people who sell fansubs:
BOOTLEGGER. There are lots of distro outfits online that will
charge basically the cost of tape + shipping, or have
SASE policies. I recommend you check out
<a href=http://www.fansubs.net target=new>http://www.fansubs.net</a> and find
what you're looking for there.
<br><br>Speaking as a former fansubber, I'd rather chew broken
glass than buy from a bootlegger.
Nor should you. Bootleggers, pirates or whatever
you wanna call them take the hard work of fans and
charge people WAY too much (any amount more than the
cost of the tape being way too much) and usually pawn
off a crappy copy of OTHER PEOPLE'S WORK!!!! I don't
have the words for the amount of bile these people
instill in me.<br><br>I help found an organization who's
stance against these pirates was decidedly negative. If
you have a bootleg tape, DON'T LET ME SEE
IT!<br><br>If you merely exercise some patience a title will
either become available to you through the fansubbers
themselves, someone who's recieved their product already or a
domestic company who's picked up the right legally. It's
that simple and it will save you A LOT of money you
didn't need to spend.<br><br>I'm ranting again. But I
suppose this is a day for ranting. But not here or
now.<br><br>All I can do is extend my heart and grief towards
those who have suffered this day and hope that cooler
heads will prevail and justice be done.<br><br>Till
then, be seeing you...<br>Brian & Malak
Hey everyone!<br><br>It's getting to be about
time for another month's meeting and instead of asking
what to bring, I thought we'd do the same as last
month -- everyone bring something and we'll sort it out
there.<br><br>See you all Saturday.<br><br>Adam
Rebot 4th season was Just Marvlous. Kay i can't
spell so sue me! Just wana let people know taht don't
know already or that just don't care to watch
cartoonnetwork 24/7 like i do that every friday they are showing
2 epi of reboot the 4th season...yup that's new
epis.. If anyone saw the first too there was spoofs of
austinpowers and tomb radier and the mummy!<br><br>Take care
till next time<br><br>Ryan
It was great! Finally, after four years of
waiting, Mainframe's 'stick to their guns' philosophy has
paid off. And we get to reap the rewards!
YES!!<br><br>If anyone missed it and wants to see it I would
gladly bring it to our next meeting in November. Just
say the word and it will be done.<br><br>Till then,
be seeing you...<br>Brian
ok so i've been lazy in posting these! truth is i
lost em on my 30 gig drive so sue me! ;") These are
the images that the kattscomics gang probably better
know to some of you other fellow's as followers of
craig or ryan! ;") heh heh heh i take all the credit!
Anyway here's the link to the page that has em
enjoy!<br><br><a href=http://www.kattscomics.com/
target=new>http://www.kattscomics.com/</a>
Greetings One and All! So glad you could make it
here to our humble...I dunno...web-thingie!
(Dignified, ain't it?)<br><br>Well, I suppose I should start
off with business first. Our next meeting is less
than a week away and I'm looking forward to seeing as
many of you there as possible as well as the usual
contributions we manage to scrape up from God Only Knows Where.
I, for one, have the final episode of Giant Robo on
tap, leveled and at the ready to wring your hearts
"mit das uber-drama" and thwart your mind's capacities
to fully grasp the terms "hyperbole" and
"over-the-top"! In addition, I am trying to dig up some
particularly twisted shorts from my primary source, the good
Robert Fenelon (some may remember him from Otakon).
However, to find them I must brave the cavernous halls of
his marginally organized tape library. Wish me luck!
I may not even return alive or mentally intact!!
(what a friggin' shame that'd be, huh?)<br><br>Anyway,
ignoring the overrated trivialities of sanity, there is
more. I've recently discovered my long-lost roll of
film from Otakon. Now that the developed pictures are
safely in hand I plan on scanning them and posting them
in our Photos section soon. Beware! You may be
seeing more of yourself next time you visit!!
;><br><br>And lastly, I want to encourage people to post pics
and links on the club. That's what it's there for.
However (I love that word!), if you do post something I'd
recommend you mention it in the Messages section. I just
randomly traversed the club's sections and discovered
links and pics that have been here for some
time.<br><br>If you post something, step up to the mike (so to
speak) and say something. I usually check the Messages
just to see if there's some new and interesting
conversation I can harp in on. That's it. And I'm the Admin
for God's sake! Pathetic of me for sure, but it's
what I do. So drop us a line if you have something to
share. Something like;<br><br>"Hey guys! Here's some
neat stuff! Check it
out!"<br><a href=http://foodcourt.cyril.com/
target=new>http://foodcourt.cyril.com/</a><br>"I'll add it to the Links section
as well!
Enjoy!!"<br><br>No fuss...no muss. All I ask are two
things;<br><br>1. Say something.<br><br>2. Keep it clean. No hentai
or the like.<br><br>I don't wanna sound like a prude
but I don't want one person's idea of what's "rilly
neet & kewl" coming back and biting us all in the ass,
especially if someone decides to trace it to Greg who's
store is detailed in the club description. This is an
open-to-all and (more importantly) Listed club on Yahoo.
Anyone can check us out and join. That and I've heard
Yahoo! has been cracking down on it's adult content,
closing clubs and such. You do the math.<br><br>Sorry if
I'm sounding like a bit of an Oni, but I felt it must
be said. This way we're all on the same wavelength
and there will be no bruised feelings if I pull a pic
or link. It's not an attack, just a line in the sand
I'm sure we can all get behind. Wakarimasu-ka?
:)<br><br>That felt good! I haven't ranted in a while. Best I
get it out of my system instead of when people are
trying to watch anime, neh Minna-san?<br><br>And on that
note, I shall draw my rant to it's conclusion. I
encourage feedback, responses and other points of view. By
mail or on the Message board, either will do fine.
Tell me what you
think.<br><br>operationgunsen@...<br>OR<br>malak_the_mad@...<br><br>\
Till then, be seeing you...<br>Brian T. Price<br>Malak
the Mad<br><br>P.S.: Does anyone wanna second my
motion to pick up showing Nadia where we left off? It's
such a great show!
Well, Malak, woudl you losing your sanity be any
change whatsoever from normal?<br><br>Okay, now that I'm
done that, I will not be at the November meeting, as I
will be in Scranton, Pennsylvania marching in the
Atlantic Coast Championships (top 30-some bands from about
18 states come to compete, wish us luck), and will
not be available. I will be there next month, tho,
so, I'll see you all then.<br><br>Lastly, since he
wanted us to post links and such, here's a link to <a
href="www.geocities.com/dakamar.geo/">my page</a>, I'll also put one on
the links
page. I have a bunch of random stuff I've written, some
of which is anime fan-fiction (oh hush), and the
rest is original stuff, at least in part influenced by
anime.<br><br>Have fun, I'll see you in a month.<br><br>--NE (king
of the run-on)
Sanity, huh? Ya know, I've heard that word
somewhere, but it eludes me... %P<br><br>And thank you,
Brian, for beating me to the punch on asking what on the
docket for November. Line-up sounds good. And I guess
this means you want me to start bringing Nadia with me
again, right? No prob.<br><br>Anyone wish to comment on
"Monsters, Inc."? I thought it was pretty entertaining and
downright almost wet myself with the beginning
short.<br><br>If there's anything else I need to bring, just post
before Friday night.<br><br>Adam
Greetings Minna-san!<br><br>Well, our next club
meeting is next weekend and I just wanted to ask a couple
of questions before Saturday rolls
around.<br><br>First off, what tapes do I owe people? I know I've
written down notes last meeting but I'm just covering all
the bases. If I owe you a tape (or tapes) tell me how
many and what's supposed to be on them.<br><br>Second,
what to bring. Last month I forgot to bring a tape of
a new show on Nickelodeon called "Invader Zim". It
is terribly funny and I can bring it if it would
please people.<br><br>I can also bring the newest season
of ReBoot for the benefit of those who don't have
Cartoon Network or just plain missed it.<br><br>And
lastly, a friend of mine taped a special installment of
Toonami's Midnight Run which featured all three Gorillaz
videos, a wonderfully dark clay-mated video and four
videos by Daft Punk all animated by Leiji Matsumoto
(Yamato/Star Blazers, Captain Harlock, Galaxy Express 999,
etc...).<br><br><turns on Inner-Infomercial-Host><br>All these and
more can be yours for the asking and viewing at the
paltry cost of your presence at Between Books this
coming Saturday!! ACT NOW!!!! OPERATORS ARE STANDING
BY!!!!!!!<br><br>So lemme know what you think. ;D<br>Till then, be
seeing you...<br>Brian & Malak
Brian,<br><br>If you would, definitely bring the
ReBoot episodes. I've missed a few due to ... events
beyond my control.<br><br>Here's another suggestion --
"Twice Upon A Time". Not anime, but a
possibility?<br><br>Adam
Brian-<br><br>I gave you a tape several meetings
ago (August, if memory serves) for the Giant Robo
series. It was a 6-hour tape (or 6 1/2, I don't remember
which is standard right now), if you need an 8, I can
get one of those. Also, <b>please</b>
bring Reboot, as I don't have Cartoon Network, and
loved the show when I was able to see it on ABC (or
wherever it was on until the evil suit-sharks dropped
it).<br>I should be there (with any luck) Saturday, so I'll
(finally) be able to see all y'all
again.<br><br>Thanxx,<br>Nalfien
Word has been handed down from on high. No
meeting in January. <br><br>If you're looking for someone
to blame for this, keep an eye (or even two) out for
the individual who broke into the store a couple
weeks back. He/She will have many many Dragonball Z
DVDs. <br><br>Now that I've posted this of course, Greg
will change his mind or something just to make me look
foolish. ;)
Yes Due to people breaking in There will be no
metting next week! The police think it's may be from some
one either from anime club or other clubs that the
store supports...In anycase If there is another breakin
the guy or girl will be suprized to find that they
will be over by gregs seceret stash of ebolhi virus
and And a buch of sticks! Take care to all I have i
will have soom kooky new music vids to show you guys
when ever the net meeting is!<br><br>=^..^=
mew<br><br>ryan
I think we should all form a vigilante group and
hunt down the perpetrators and present their heads to
Greg as a late Christmas present. Or at least get him
the DVDs back.<br><br>On a gladder (happier? Damn,
too much German today) note, I should be getting the
four ReBoot DVDs that ADV films has released and will
almost definitely have them by next meeting (whenever
that happens to be). Until then, have lots of
fun.<br><br>--NE
Personally (and Greg feels this way too) my only
worry about anyone from the store's... extracurricular
activities was just that: That they would hunt down the perp
and do something horrible to them. Which, to be
honest, isn't much of a worry. :)<br><br>Chris
Hey folks.<br><br>Real shame about next weekend's
meeting. But I have another idea, something that Greg and
others brought up last month.<br><br>If it's still
playing there, why don't we all get together somewhere,
pack as many people in as few cars as we can safely
manage and go to the Roxy to see Vampire Hunter D:
Bloodlust?<br><br>Having seen it four times across two states I can attest
to it not sucking the Big One!<br><br>I can call the
theater and see if it'll still be there after this
Friday. If so, I'll keep on posting till we have a
plan.<br><br>Chris, see if Greg would want to join us, 'kay? Also, if
this plan is going to fly could you let those who
aren't on this list know about it? Thanks.<br><br>I'll
be in touch as soon as I find out more.<br><br>Till
then, be seeing you...<br>Brian & Malak
Just in case the FBI is reading these, or some of
you think I've gone completely round the twist, I
<i>was</i> kidding, except about getting Greg his DVDs back,
that would be nice.<br><br>--NE
I have a mini-van (I can fit seven people, if
three are small), but I need to know where I'm going,
how far it is, etc. I have no clue whatsoever where
the Roxy is, or anything of the sort. If someone can
tell me that stuff, and as long as it's not too far, I
can take up to six other people.<br><br>--NE
For those who are "out of the loop" ;) the whole
story is this. Sometime during the night of Friday the
21st of December, someone broke into the store through
the fire door at the rear and made off with pretty
much all of the Dragonball Z DVDs, Cards, and the
money out of the register. This was our first serious
break-in ever, and the first one period at this location.
So, picking through the pieces, it was unknown on the
next day whether the person had in fact broken in
through the back door, or had instead hid inside the
store and left through it. The fire lock was damaged,
but whether or not it had been so before the break-in
was anyone's guess. Not knowing for sure, Greg asked
me to see what I could do to block of the inner door
(the door to the storage room where the fire door is,
the "Pocket Dimension"), so I dumped the table boards
used by the miniatures gamers in between the door and
the washer/dryer. In short, nothing without a fire
axe was coming though that door. Which proved
fortunate, since they tried again on Xmas night. After
busting the lock to the fire door (this time completely)
they found themselves stymied by the 5 sheets of wood
blocking them in. First, they apparently assumed that the
door was locked and tried to burn through it (metal
door) with what appears to have been a creme broulet
torch (no joke). After this failed, they beat on the
door for a while, and it moved just enough for them to
realize that it was just blocked not locked, so they
tried really pushing on it, to no avail. Failing that,
they tried prying the door open with a bit of metal
they found in the storage room, and that failed.
Having now given up all hope of entering the store, they
hopped the divider over into the video store and broke
in there, only to trigger their alarm system and
flee. <br><br>Then they apparently came back AGAIN a
day or two later and broke the door open AGAIN (this
time it had a rather jury rigged lock, a bar screwed
into the door which failed to hold) and were stopped
cold by the new lock on the inner door. After that I
went back and instituted a proper jury rigged lock
(metal bar through the handle, pinning it against the
doorframe. Nearly unbreakable) and now we have a new
firelock on that door so nobody is getting in through
there again.<br><br>Still, all things considered, Greg
has decided that before we restart any of the
after-hours activities of the store, that we should have a
security system installed. So next month should be on
(barring the intervention of Katsucon) but for right now
when the store closes, everyone is gone.
Getting to the Roxy was easier than I thought it
would be. It's just a short jaunt up Rt 76, then an
exit to go back over the river. Then it's through the
side streets a little to a parking lot that's just a
few block walking from the theater.<br><br>Look up
the Roxy via Mapquest or whatever and see for
yourself. The address is:<br><br>Roxy Theater<br>2023
Sansom Street<br>Philadelphia, PA 19103<br><br>I think
it could be done. Thanks for the offer Dakamar. It
sounds like it'd be very
helpful.<br><br>Later...<br>Brian & Malak
Thanks, Chris, for getting me up to speed with
everyone.<br><br>After talking to Hazen on the phone last night, he's
convinced me to head down to Delaware anyway, so it looks
like I'm in for VHD...<br>AS LONG AS SOMEONE ELSE IS
DRIVING!<br><br>Sorry, but I HATE driving in Philly (reasons of my own,
the least of which is that I have a hunking POS
pick-up). If someone is willing to take me up in a carpool,
I'd be glad to go. Speaking of which, our own
vehicles -- can we just leave them safely at the store's
parking lot or do we have to discuss those arrangements
as well?<br><br>Above everything else, this is all
barring any problems with weather. With the
above-mentioned POS pick-up, navigating snow/ice-ladened highways
is NOT a fun ride.<br><br>But, YES, I really do want
to go!<br><br>Adam
Greetings All!<br><br> I regret to inform
everyone that Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust will not be<br>
playing at the Roxy past this Thursday. I'm sorry if I
got everyone revved up<br> for this. It was a good
plan and it sounded like we would've gotten a
decent<br> turnout, not to mention Dakamar's generous
offering of his minivan, but I<br> suppose it wasn't meant
to be.<br><br> Oh well, I suppose we'll just have to
wait for it to show up at another theater<br> or (more
likely) to come out on DVD.<br><br> Sorry 'bout that.<br>
Later...<br> Brian & Malak
I was just being extremely bored and looking at
IGN movies for Matrix sequel info and found <a
href=<a href=http://filmforce.ign.com/matrix/articles/316571p1.html>this
target=new>http://filmforce.ign.com/matrix/articles/316571p1.html>this</a>
page.</a> I think that's cool, but, does
anyone know anything about it (like info on the Japanese
people that I have no idea about).<br><br>--NE<br>"Human
beings are a disease, a cancer of this planet, and
we...are the cure." --Agent Smith
Hiya All!<br><br>I heard about this a few months
ago when I got a screener of "The Matrix Revisited".
The box had a small picture of the character shown on
the linked page but there was no preview to be found.
I suppose it's on the rental-release
version.<br><br>As far as the japanese names dropped, Yoshiaki
Kawajiri is Studio Madhouse's (in my opinion) most
kick-ass director. He directed Ninja Scroll and Vampire
Hunter D: Bloodlust most recently. I'd have to do some
research to see what other Madhouse productions he
directed.<br><br>As far as Mahiro Maeda goes, the only production I
was able to find with his name on it (via IMDB.com)
was Blue Submarine No. 6, another favorite o'
mine.<br><br>In a nutshell, Animatrix has the potential to be
Way-Cool, but we won't know until the final product comes
our way.<br><br>Let's keep our fingers crossed,
neh?<br>Till then, be seeing you...<br>Brian & Malak
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