ODU Minicon

ODU Minicon April 16, 2011 ~ 12:00 PM – 10:00 PM April 17, 2011 ~ 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM 2nd Floor of Webb University Center 1200 Webb Center Norfolk, VA Map The Old Dominion University Anime Club is hosting a Minicon to fundraise money for Relay For Life. Come enjoy our con and help us fundraise [...]

Review of Kaboombash Fall 2010

Kaboombash Fall 2010 October 23, 2010 Club Relevant Virginia Beach, VA Last night was Kaboombash at Club Relevant in Virginia Beach, the details are in the prior post. Considering that this was the first of it’s kind it went quite well. The scheduling and the set up went smoothly and everyone seemed to have a [...]

Kaboombash! – Video Game and Anime Expo

Kaboombash! – Video Game and Anime Expo October 23, 2010 ~ 5:00 p.m. – 9:30 p.m. Club Relevant 929 Level Green Blvd Virginia Beach, VA   Come out to Club Relevant for the first Kaboombash – Video Game and Anime Expo.  Test your gaming skills and enjoy contests and cosplay events.  Make sure to visit [...]

Summer Season 2010 Anime

The summer anime season is upon us and it looks like there are some promising shows. July Series Amagami SS Release Date: July 1, 2010 Genre: Romance, School Life Studio: AIC Director: Yoshimasa Hiraike Black Butler II (Kuroshitsuji II) Release Date: July 1, 2010 Genre: Historical, Supernatural Studio: A-1 Pictures, Inc. Director: Hirofumi Ogura Streaming: [...]

Spring Season 2010 Anime – Sarai-ya Goyou (House of Five Leaves)

Akitsu Masanosuke is a shy and somewhat naive ronin who is from the country, trying to make his way in Edo.  Due to his timidity, he has a difficult time keeping a job as a bodyguard.  By chance he meets a man named Yaichi who offers him a job as his bodyguard.  Since he had no job [...]

Anime Mid-Atlantic 2010

Anime Mid-Atlantic 2010 June 11 – 13, 2010 Chesapeake Conference Center Chesapeake, VA This past weekend was Anime Mid-Atlantic! This year the convention celebrated it’s 10th anniversary.  Though we did not have a table there, we did see the Hampton Anime Group as well as PAC (Penninsula Anime Club). The weekend went by fast, but [...]

News During the Break

There were several important stories while I was on my little posting sabbatical.  The anime and manga industry have been undergoing some changes as of late and not necessarily for the better. May 11, 2010 – Go! Comi Disappears Manga publisher Go! Comi has faded away by letting their web domain expire.  This is not [...]

Spring Season 2010 Anime – Yojō-Han Shinwa Taikei (The Tatami Galaxy)

My next choice from the spring season is Yojō-Han Shinwa Taikei (The Tatami Galaxy).  We follow the flashbacks of a college dropout and see many different versions of his life if he would have chosen different paths. Yojō-Han Shinwa Taikei/The Tatami Galaxy (2010) When a college dropout stops for a late night bite at a mysterious ramen stand, he [...]

Spring Season 2010 Anime – Ichiban Ushiro no Daimaou

For my next selection of the spring season, I chose Ichiban Ushiro no Daimaou.  This series follows the misadventures of Akuto Sai at the futuristic high school magic academy.  His troubles begin when the chain-smoking blackbird of future employment states that his future career will be demon king.  Naturally the other students don’t take well to this and [...]

Spring Season 2010 Anime – Shin Koihime Musō: Otome Tairan

For my second anime of this spring season, I decided to try Shin Koihime Musō: Otome Tairan.  This follows the story of a group of buxom (to the level of every man’s fantasy and in no way reality) scantily clad women and girls who eat a lot and eventually take on a quest to find the ingredients [...]