WMAS NEWSLETTER #1

Tuesday, 1 September 1998

Hello all, new and old. I've set up my Netscape mail for distribution, so finally I'm getting out that e-mail I told Aaron I'd write. In case you're wondering, it's his roommate that's writing this. Aaron tends to have class and work to do, whereas I tend to schedule my life so that there are days when I can become a vegetable for hours on end.

At any rate, last week's meeting was great, although the number of new members was slightly smaller than the Ben-Hur crowds we had anticipated. We pushed forth nonetheless, and hope to see more of you next time. It's still Friday (September 4), 19:00 (or 7 PM) in Blair 223. That's the corner lecture room near the stairs.

We've tabulated the results of the surveys we handed out, and the verdict is final: Angela, one of our returning members, cannot take a survey seriously. The rest of you we thank wholeheartedly. It seems that you really liked everything except the "Classic" category, which we won't show if Aaron and I can ever totally quantify what's in it. I thought it meant more early Miyazaki and stuff like the Dog of Flanders, but evidently to our president it means Macross or similarly old anime, old being the qualifying characteristic. If you have any likes or dislikes or something you've really got to see, e-mail me (contact info will be given later on).

In the future, this newsletter will be filled with all sorts of fantastic stuff that you give to me for mass distribution, as well as the usual news and activities. Unfortunately, I had not asked for submissions until now, so you're only getting the news and activities. For submissions, I'm looking for cool web sites, bits of humor, and thoughtful short prose, all of which is hopefully anime-related. I'm not really into fan fiction, so please don't send me any. Aaron's friend Alex might be interested, though. Reviews of new anime are encouraged.

Glad to have you on board for the most exciting celluloid related club on campus; I hope to see you all Friday. Please bring suggestions for activities other than just watching anime; we want to be a dynamic club this year.
- Ben

PS- Oh, before I forget, Neko-con is an anime convention in Virginia Beach on the 2-4 of October. Although registration has now become fairly expensive, it can be done if you're interested. Transportation may prove difficult, however, as the only known car moving in that direction is almost full. We'll see if we can work something out.

Next Meeting's Showings:

Tenchi TV: Next meeting we'll have more people crash in on Tenchi, Tenchi acting really embarrassed as nubile alien women chase him around, and Mihoshi will still not be able to kick start her one brain cell. What's new?

Slayers: The next episode will explain exactly what item Lina and Gourry have that causes them to be chased by a man with severe second degree burns and a fantasy being that appears to have an unusual but pronounced case of psoriasis.

El Hazard: So, why does Makoto, member of Weenies Anonymous and accidental dimensional traveler, have some girl crawling into his bed in the wee hours of the morning? (Hint: it's not for his charm.) Find out next time!

Web Sites This Week:

http://www.eskimo.com/~nekocon/ - the Neko-Con web site. Nice cat girl pictures.

http://www.anime-int.com/bgc/index.html - this is AIC's site for their new Bubblegum Crisis TV show. It's also probably their last site update in English; the financial crisis is causing the company to cut back a bit, and those of us who don't read Japanese fluently aren't their main audience. To complain about this, you can e-mail aic@anime_int.com. Check out their main site as well. Anyway, the site is really cool, especially the time of day effects on the buildings.

http://www.wm.edu/SO/WMAS - This is our club's home page. Hopefully it will be in Flash 3 soon, but if not, I'll try to get it updated.

Contacting Me:

Please e-mail me at section06@hotmail.com. You can, of course, reply to this message, but this is mostly an outgoing mailbox; I may not check it often enough. Please feel free to give me all your questions, comments, suggestions, and criticism. If you want to get off of this list, you should probably e-mail me, although I'd hate to let you go. If you leave, there's a 50% chance Shrodinger's cat will die. If you need to speak to me personally, call X6232.