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

I just wanted to wish everyone a Happy Holidays, and i hope you all get all the
anime you wished for. ^_^<br>Cya guys next month,<br>Jason

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

Uh, guys, I know that living far and away from Claymont is a pain in the butt,
but what's going on?  I'm out of the loop here!<br><br>Adam

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

Carpooling would definitely be a good idea though.  Finding parking in Philly
is...  challenging, and the fewer spaces needed the better off you are.

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

<a href=http://member.iquest.net/~derecho/pika.swf
target=new>http://member.iquest.net/~derecho/pika.swf</a>

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

hey Hazen and Adam, can you guys e-mail me at
winno3@...<br>I need to get all the details for Katsucon and the
hotel room. <br>And I also need to get a ride, can
anybody give me a ride? I'll be at UD, so it's on the
way. I can give directions on how to get to my dorm.
<br><br>1 More thing, the UD anime club is starting up, i'm
the VP, and there is a very good chance that we may
be holding screenings of FUNimation's new releases,
FUNimation is the company that released the Dragon Ball
series, and some new releases are: Lupin, Fruits Basket,
and Yu Yu Hakusho. <br>Are we still having the club
meeting next weekend? I sure hope so. If not, i'll see
you guys at Katsucon!

Hey Hazen, check it out:
http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1077113106

Oh my fucking god! ....sorry what I ment to say! Holy fucking shit
with a moneky being shocked by peter garbiel!

On adult swim of 3/3/02 They showed the Eltionvill Club! It it soo
True to life and Funny as hell...Funner even! I hope some one taped
it so we can watch it at anime club (brian that means you) I think we
can all think of a charater from it to relate to in real life such as
greg, hazen brin, ryan(the sick one ;") As well as a few others! It's
Great! GREAT GREAT! My god It just never ended!

=^..^=

Ryan

Gee Ryan...don't hold back. Tell us how you REALLY feel.  ;D

Sadly, I didn't know anything new was coming up on the anime front in
regards to Cartoon Network. In other words...mee no tapee. Sorry
folks. I guess I'll have to hang my head in shame next Saturday when I
bring in my screener copy of Osamu Tezuka's Metropolis.

No, don't bother trying to spare my feelings. I'll take my punishment
like a man. I just hope I don't feel too despondent while I'm carrying
the tape nearer and nearer to the garbage disposal. I just might do
something rash. <sniff...sob>

YEAH RIGHT!!!! If anything happens to this copy of Metropolis I'll
likely throw myself into the garbage disposal!  :D

I'll have aforementioned movie in hand next Saturday for your viewing
pleasure. Thank you...thank you...you may bow...thank you.

Oh yeah, I'll also have the last ReBoot 4.0 episode as well,
"Crouching Binome, Hidden Virus".

Till then, be seeing you...
Brian & Malak

A brief reminder for those of you who weren't there last month:
Unfortunately due to new rules and regulations, nobody goes in the
back room (behind the blue curtain), period.

Furthermore, and this is a big one, no backpacks.  It's not that we
don't trust you.  It's that the decision has been made not to trust
anyone in a dark room  filled with merchandise.  If you feel compelled
to bring a backpack, leave it at the counter with Greg.

On a related front, Greg asked me to mention this so I will:  Whoever
it is that's taking manga and whatnot into the back for reading
material, would you PLEASE not do that?  We're not a library, and we
don't like it when stuff walks its way into the back.  And we REALLY
don't like it when you can't even be bothered to put it back where you
found it.  Last month was the second or third time in a row that
that's happened, so I'm forced to lay down the law here.  No more
books taken into the back.

And again, please, when people are watching the anime, scale back on
the talking.  The worst offenders know who they are (and YOU know who
they are), so I'd like to see a little voluntary enforcement on that
issue.

Here ends my Gestapo-esque ranting.  We now return to our regularly
scheduled fluff.

Just putting the question out of what might be in the viewing line-up
for this month.

Also, as some of you know from last month, Hazen's DVD player is
starting to go on the fritz, so if any of you would like to bring a ,
eh hem, more reliable player, let me know.  If not, I'll bring mine,
although I'm concerned about it being bounced around in my truck for
two hours.

Thanks
Adam

Just putting the question out of what might be in the viewing line-up
for this month.

Also, as some of you know from last month, Hazen's DVD player is
starting to go on the fritz, so if any of you would like to bring a ,
eh hem, more reliable player, let me know.  If not, I'll bring mine,
although I'm concerned about it being bounced around in my truck for
two hours.

Thanks
Adam

Greetings Minna-San!

> Also, as some of you know from last month, Hazen's DVD player is
> starting to go on the fritz, so if any of you would like to bring a ,
> eh hem, more reliable player, let me know.  If not, I'll bring mine,
> although I'm concerned about it being bounced around in my truck for
> two hours.

Worry not, Adam. My DVD player is up to the task AND is only 5 minutes
away. And if I forget to bring it, then it's not a problem to go back
and get it!  ;D

"Did you bring it?"

"Oops, my bad. Hold on..."

10 minutes later...

"Here it is!"

"Yay!!"

...or something like that.

Also, I have a small treat for all those who didn't get to see "Bad
Anime, Bad!" at Otakon last year. I have a copy of the hilariously
abyssmal clips Neil Nadelman procured for his panel including, but not
limited to, "Magnos". This part of the meeting will only be for those
with strong constitutions! You have been warned!!

Till then, be seeing you...
Brian & Malak

By the way, the meeting is on for this weekend, right?

No last minute changes we should know about?

Just checking.

Later...
Brian & Malak

That's a big help, so once again, thanks.  I'll make sure Hazen
brings the cables if you need them.

BTW...

OCTOPUD RULES!!!

;]