Hey guys!
Okay, so, last week we had 12 people total show up, which is actually a really good turn out 
We played a rather exciting game of Anime Jeopardy, and voted on the anime we would be watching this year. Here is what we have planned:
(Descriptions courtesy of Anime News Network and previews courtesy of their respected sites)
Axis Powers Hetalia: Italy, once home of the strongest empire in the world, has changed. This is the story of Italy, now a cowardly pasta-loving fool, and his friends (other personified countries of the world) as they live through strange moments in world history.
Preview (aka the first episode. The episodes are only five minutes long): http://www.anilinkz.com/hetalia-axis-powers/hetalia-axis-powers-episode-1/
Death Note: Yagami Light is an ace student with great prospects, who’s bored out of his mind. One day he finds the “Death Note”: a notebook from the realm of the Death Gods, with the power to kill people in any way he desires. With the Death Note in hand, Light decides to create his perfect world, without crime or criminals. However, when criminals start dropping dead one by one, the authorites send the legendary detective L to track down the killer, and a battle of wits, deception and logic ensues…
Preview (aka trailer. This trailer is in English, but we will be watching the Japanese): http://deathnote.viz.com/trailer_popup.php?t=3
Gakuen Alice: In a small country school, Sakura Mikan and Imai Hotaru are classmates and best friends – in their own way. Ditzy, emotional Mikan seems ill-matched with aloof, emotionless Hotaru, yet they are together all the time… until Hotaru gets called away to study at the strange and forbidding Alice Academy. In her anguish at being left behind, Mikan finally decides to follow her friend – and doing so, she makes a strange discovery.
Preview (aka trailer): http://gakuen-alice.rightstuf.com/
Moribito: Balsa the spearwoman is a wandering warrior, who takes on the task of saving lives, in atonement for a past sin. On her journey, she happens to save a prince, and is tasked with becoming his bodyguard. And he is going to need one, for his own father, the emperor, wants him dead.
Preview (aka trailer): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9I8doA-vYvU
Mushi-Shi: They are neither plants nor animals. They differ from other forms of life such as the micro-organisms and the fungi. Instead they resemble the primeval body of life and are generally known as “Mushi”. Their existence and appearance are unknown to many and only a limited number of humans are aware of them. Ginko is a “Mushi-shi” who travels around to investigate and find out more about the “Mushi”. In the process, he also lends a helping hand to people who face problems with supernatural occurances which may be related to the “Mushi”.
Preview (aka trailer. This trailer is in English, but we will be watching the Japanese): http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/video/430/
RomeoxJuliet: This is a story of a young and tragic love, set in the aerial city of Neo Verona. Tyranny rules this island in the sky after the Montague family took control 14 years prior. The disparity among the wealthy and poor is apparent in the present state, the earth dries and water stagnates. The sky itself is wrapped in a deep dense fog. Both Romeo and Juliet’s lineages are of present and past ruling families of Neo Verona. Romeo is the son of the current Montague dictator, Juliet (a beautiful woman) masquerades as a man (Odin), she’s the last descendent of Capulet the previous rulers who were killed by an assasin’s dagger 14 years ago. Her true background is not to be revealed to her until her 16th birthday. The cruel hands of fate introduces 2 people who will become “Star Crossed Lovers”.
Preview (aka trailer. This trailer is in English, but we will be watching the Japanese): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uQh3HWWbEGc
Every meeting we watch one episode from each show (five 20 minute shows and one 5 minute show). At last week’s meeting we watched the first episode of Axis Powers Hetalia, and the first episode of Death Note, since they are both longer series. I’ve attached a link to the first Hetalia episode for you in this email, and, if you would like to see the first episode of Death Note, and you missed it, talk to me. I own the series, and we could work out a time that you could come over to my dorm and watch it, or something.
Anyway, I hope to see you all there!
Blythe Atkinson
(President of the Bethel Anime Club)
