Our First Club Meeting of the New Year!
Here's what we will be showing this weekend:
Noon - 12:50 Asobi ni Iku yo! 4-5
[Source:
Wikipedia] The story revolves around Kakazu Kio, an ordinary high school freshman living in
Okinawa. A
girl with cat ears
appears before him during a memorial service for one of his family
ancestors. The girl calls herself Elis and claims she is an alien.
Before long, fanatical alien worshipers and a mysterious government
agency are in hot pursuit of Elis, but Kio's childhood friend Manami —
who wants to follow in her father's footsteps in the CIA — captures
Elis. Kio finds himself having to protect Elis from everyone. The
episode starts with three members of different factions listening
to a special newscast about an alien message, the first part of which
has been translated to mean "coming to play". One of the members is then
called to battle aboard an enemy ship. She successfully infiltrates the
ship and disarms the Captain. The situation is disrupted by a
UFO
passing too close to both ships. When the same member comes to, the
enemy captain detonates the ship. Later, during a memorial service for
one of his ancestors, Kio Kakuzu
finds a cat-like alien sitting at the buffet table. The alien
introduces herself as Elis, and the two have a short conversation before
Kio accidentally drinks beer and passes out. The next morning, Kio
wakes up with a hangover and finds Elis sleeping half naked next to him
in bed. Kio's startled cry wakes her up, and she heals his hangover with
a handheld device. Manami Kinjō and Maki Itokazu then visit Kio, and
upon seeing Elis
half naked and with cat ears and a tail, they misinterpret the
situation, thinking that Kio brought a girl home and forced her to
cosplay
all night. After discovering that Elis is an alien, they both abruptly
leave without saying why. Kio goes on a walk to gather his thoughts and
runs into Aoi Futaba, who asks Kio on a date. Aoi is interupted by a man
in a car who she names as her Uncle. He offers her a ride home. It is
later revealed that Manami is in recruiting to become part of the
CIA, Aoi is a Momiji for the Immigration Bureau of
Japan, and Itokazu is
the leader of an organization of SF fans called "Beautiful Contact",
and they are all given orders to eliminate Elis.
12:50 - 1:15 Shiki 5
[Source: Wikipedia] Seishin works on a novel called "Shiki", which describes the undead.
Natsuno goes to school and meets his best friend, Mutou Tohru, along
with Ritsuko. He hitches a ride with them to Mizobe, where they later
meet up with a fellow classmate, Masao Murasako, who intensely dislikes
Natsuno. Masao has an estranged relationship with his family. Natsuno
remembers how he did not want anything to do with the villagers since he
moved here, until he met Tohru. Meanwhile, Toshio still cannot find a
source to the anemia-afflicted victims. His childhood friend, Mikiyasu
Yasumori, brings his wife Nao, who is worsening from anemia. Toshio
questions Mikiyasu if his workers or clients have been behaving
strangely, and Mikiyasu tells him that his family met the Kirishiki
couple a few nights ago. Seishin meets Kirishiki Sunako, who claims to
be a fan of his essays. She hints at knowing his attempted suicide in
the past. Nao passes away the next day from her illness. Masao arrives
at Tohru's house to announce her death and discovers Natsuno staying
over. He almost gets into a fight with Natsuno before Tohru breaks them
up. Tohru goes outside to get a soft drink and meets Tatsumi, who is the
Kirishiki's steward. He ominously tells Tohru that he will be meeting
him again very soon.
1:15 - 2:00 Isekai no Seikishi Monogatari 10
Kenshi
Masaki is a 15 year old boy that unwillingly traveled from his homeland
on Earth to the alternate world of Geminar. In Geminar, the countries
usually wage wars against each other by using the Seikijin, humanoid
weapons that were originally discovered within ancient ruins. After
being deceived by a mysterious organization to participate in an attempt
to assassinate Lashara Aasu XXVIII, the young princess of the Streya
Empire, he ends up captured after he relucts to kill her when he had the
chance. After Lashara and her servants figure about his situation, they
decide to give him aid. Disguised as Lashara's servant, Kenshi moves
with her to the Holy Land,
a virtually impregnable fortress that serves as an academy to train
Seikijin pilots selected from around the world. With his kindness,
tenacity, and being gifted in a wide range of skills that vary from
cooking and cleaning to advanced techniques of survival and combat,
Kenshi eventually becomes a celebrity in the academy, becoming the
object of affection of many female students and making some of the male
students envious of him. However, the same organization who deceived
Kenshi is secretly working behind the shadows inside the academy, and a
widescale conflict which will engulf the entire world of Geminar is
about to begin.
2:00 - 2:50 Fortune Arterial 1-2
[Source: Wikipedia] Fortune Arterial's story revolves around the male protagonist Kohei Hasekura, who transfers into a prestigious public school in the style of an
English six-year school encompassing junior-high and high school students. The school, named Shuchikan Academy
(修智館学院, Shuchikan Gakuin?), is on an island named Tamatsu Island
(珠津島, Tamatsushima?)
off-shore from mainland Japan, and the only way to get there is by
boat. Soon after transferring, he discovers that one of the student in
the class next door to his, Erika Sendo, is in fact a type of
vampire. Kohei is the protagonist of the story, and is a fifth-year student.
After always transferring to other schools, he makes his way to
Shuchikan Academy where he plans to stay for a while. Erika is also a fifth-year student, as well as the student council vice-president. She is a
vampire.
She is strong in literature classes and martial arts, and is very
attractive, making her popular in her school. She has an inquisitive
personality, and likes to do things directly. Once she has her mind set
on something, she becomes very pushy, and will take her time making
plans to make sure she gets her way. Her older brother Iori is the
student council president.
2:50 - 3:15 The World God Only Knows 3
[Source:
Wikipedia] Keima Katsuragi, a second-year high school student, is an avid
bishōjo game player. He is known on the Internet as "
The Capturing God (落とし神, Otoshi-gami?)" for his legendary skills to be able to "capture" any
2D girl in games. However, in his actual school life, Keima is known as
otamegane (オタメガネ), a derogatory
portmanteau of the two words
otaku (オタク) and
megane
(メガネ-"glasses") and is considered nothing but an intelligent yet gloomy
geek with glasses. At the start of the series, Keima receives an e-mail
offering him a
contract to "capture" girls. When he accepts it, thinking it is an
invitation to a game, a demon from Hell named Elsie appears. She asks
for his cooperation to help her in catching runaway spirits. These
spirits hide themselves inside the hearts of girls', and Elsie suggests
that the only method to force the spirits out is by "capturing" the
girls hearts—making them fall in love with him and filling up the gaps
which the runaway spirits hide in. Interested only in 2D girls, however,
Keima is appalled by the idea and refuses the assignment as he has no
romantic real life experiences whatsoever. Nevertheless, with the
contract already agreed, Keima has no choice but to help Elsie no matter
what as they will be beheaded if they fail. While the series focuses on
Keima and Elsie adventures on capturing
spirits, the series also makes fun and parodying common and popular
cliches about dating sims, anime character stereotypes and pop culture.
3:15 - 4:15 Club Meeting and Announcements
- Anime News
- Cosplayers
- Convention Coverage
- New Anime Releases
- And other interesting stuff...
4:15 - 5:05 Katanagatari 8
[Source: Wikipedia] Shichika Yasuri, the main character of the story.After living on a
certain island in the country of Tamba
for the past twenty years, he is sought out by Togame with a mission to
find twelve unique swords. As a practitioner of the Kyotōryuu school of
swordplay, he does not use a single sword when fighting, instead using
his hands and legs as his primary weapons. In a sense, he is actually a
physical fighter, but since he uses hand-chops, he considers it to be an
art of the sword. The reason why he practices Kyotōryuu is because the
Yasuri family has no talent in handling swords, which dates back to as
far as the first head of the school, Kazune Yasuri. He is in love with
Togame and will do anything she tells him to do; however, he sometimes
considers her orders a hassle. After defeating Hakuhei Sabi and
retrieving his sword, Shichika also inherits Hakuhei's title and becomes
known as the strongest swordsman in Japan. His catchphrase is "but
before then you'll be torn to pieces". Togame is a self-titled strategian. She arrives on the island where Shichika
resides in order to seek his help with finding the final twelve swords
forged by Shikizaki Kiki. Her father was Takahito Hida, the leader of
the last rebellion and also one of the people Mutsue Yasuri had killed
back then; this makes Shichika the son of Togame's father's killer. The
reason behind her seeking help from Shichika is that he has no reason to
keep the swords for himself and she believes that people who work for
love can be trusted the most; that is why she tells Shichika to fall for
her. She has a habit of saying "cheerio" while punching Shichika.
5:05 - 5:30 Occult Academy 7
[Source: Wikipedia] The story revolves around Maya, the daughter of
the former Headmaster of
a private Japanese academy dedicated to the study of the occult, and
time traveling agent Fumiaki Uchida, a mysterious young man who travels
back in time from 2012. In 1999, Maya returns to the Academy, both for
her father's funeral and for her goal to destroy the Academy, as she
hates everything occult. Occult Academy is apparently situated in Nagano, as the Matsushiro Underground Imperial Headquarters are shown to be nearby. In episode 10 the acedemy was actually Maya's Christmas gift therefore giving her a reason of not destroying the school. Maya successfully assumes her father's place as the academy's
headmistress. She later meets Fumiaki Uchida whom makes his appearance
from the future. Having no luck in finding the Nostradamus Key, Bunmei meets Mikaze
Nakagawa at the diner she works in. Meanwhile, people are mysteriously
disappearing around the city.
5:30 - 5:55 Shinryaku! Ika Musume 3
[Source: Wikipedia] Angered by the pollution in the seas, a squid girl named Ika Musume
comes from the sea and declares the invasion of Earth at a nearby
yakisoba stand, but isn't taken seriously due to her small stature. When
she goes to plead her case, she is mistaken for a waitress, which puts
the responsibility of invading the world into perspective. When she
breaks a hole in the store with her tentacles trying to hit a mosquito,
the store manager, Eiko Aizawa, puts her to work in order to pay for the
damages. Later, Ika meets Eiko's little brother, Takeru, who goes to
great lengths to pretend to be a squidperson so he can be Ika's comrade.
During a rainy day where there are few customers, Ika takes the
opportunity to try and take over the stand, but is overpowered by the
eldest sister, Chizuru. As punishment, Ika is forced to use her own ink
to make Squid Ink Spaghetti, which becomes popular.
5:55 - 6:15 Angel Beats Omake and OVA
[Source: Wikipedia] Set between episodes 4 and 5, Yuri comes up with 'Operation High Tension
Syndrome', encouraging the other members to behave as wildly as
possible, so they would appear to be enjoying school without
disappearing. Yuri hopes this will make Angel wonder what's happening
and lead them straight to God, threatening the others with no food for a
week if they fail. They attempt this by acting excited in class,
snacking heavily and culminating with a huge sports meet. However, when
Angel comes to inspect them, everyone is too tired, leaving only Shiina
who expresses how cute her doll is. They later follow Angel down to an
underground base where they assume they'll find God, but instead only
find an underground greenhouse belonging to the defunct gardening club,
which Angel decided to check after hearing Shiina's cute comment.
Annoyed with the results, Yuri forces everyone to starve for a week.
6:15 - 8:00 Fate/Stay Night: Unlimited Blade Works
[Source: Wikipedia] The story of
Fate/stay night revolves around the main
protagonist Shirō Emiya, a young male high school student. When Shirō
was a child, his father told him how he had failed at his life ambition
to become a "Hero of Justice". Shirō affirms to his foster father that
he intends to devote his life to achieving that distant ideal, much to
Kiritsugu's chagrin. To do this, Shirō pleads with a begrudging
Kiritsugu to teach him sorcery; but being born without the capabilities
of a magus, Shirō proves to be talentless in almost all the fundamental
sorcerous disciplines. When the story begins, Fuyuki City is the setting for a secret and violent war among competing
magi.
For the past two centuries, seven sorcerers have gathered and engage in
a Battle Royale, each gambling his or her own life to obtain the
Holy Grail,
a legendary chalice capable of granting wishes. The past four Holy
Grail Wars have typically occurred every sixty years, with the most
recent concluding a decade ago, but the fifth war has started
prematurely. Each of the sorcerers, better known as
Masters, is aided by one of the seven summoned spiritual familiars known as
Servants,
who are the reincarnations of legendary souls from all across time.
These resurrected souls possess superhuman characteristics and wield
powerful artifacts or abilities called
Noble Phantasms. Only one Servant can be summoned in each war from one of seven classes:
Saber,
Archer,
Lancer,
Berserker,
Rider,
Assassin, and
Caster. After cleaning his school's
kyūdō dojo late one night, Shirō stumbles upon two Servants,
Archer and
Lancer,
battling in the school courtyard. To avoid compromising the war's
secrecy, Lancer hunts down and pierces Shirō's heart with his Noble
Phantasm Spear. Shirō is then discovered near death by
Rin Tōsaka
and because of his relationship with her sister Sakura Matō, she uses
an heirloom filled with concentrated magic, Mana, to restore his damaged
heart and leaves before he awakens. Shaken and dazed, Shirō picks up
the heirloom and returns home only to be assaulted a second time by
Lancer. Shirō weakly defends himself against Lancer using posters he
turns to metal with magic reinforcment, but is soon overwhelmed by the
powerful Servant's attack, and is sent flying into his shed. Cornered,
Shirō prepares for the worst; but before Lancer can inflict another
fatal blow, a magical mark on Shirō's hand begins to light up and a
summoning circle used previously by his foster father inside the shed
begins to glow. A young woman clad in armor with an invisible sword is
summoned and blocks Lancer's attack. After driving Lancer away from
Shirō, she introduces herself as "Servant
Saber".
