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Genshiken Marathon
Our first marathon showing of the second semester, We'll be showing the first season of Genshiken, a slice of life show about an anime society in japan!
Sunday 30th Jan
1.30pm - 6pm
Arc Conference Hall in the union
Hoodies
We are now taking orders for this years Anime Society Hoodie! (image of design attached)
Ordering in Person
Whilst we would prefer for you to make your orders online, we appreciate this is not possible for all of you so we will also be taking cash orders before and after the the first two showings of the term (27th Jan and 3rd Feb).
Ordering Online
In order to purchase a hoodie online you will have to register for leedsuniversityunion.org.uk, both students and Non-students can do this. Once you have logged in you will be able to see the hoodie ordering section at the bottom of our LUU page.
Options are:
Hoodie With Personalisation (12 charas max) £23.50
Hoodie Without Personalisation £21
T-shirts - £9
The sizing charts will be on the Anime Society Facebook page
Once you have added an item to your basket, follow the proceed to checkout link and sizing and colour options will become available.
Maid Cafe
On Monday 14th Februray Anime Soc will be running Maid Cafe which will be a fun filled afternoon of cake and games. Could an afternoon get any better? It will be taking place in the Treehouse in the Greenspace (AKA The Lounge).
Yet we can't hold Maid Cafe without maids or cakes so Animesoc is urgently searching for maids and bakers.
Maids
We need to know if you can attend as soon as possible as lots of the outfits are international post only so need buying in advance! (that means ASAP!)
'Attend' the Facebook event where you can find lots of useful links where you can get costumes.
If you can't attend on facebook for whatever reason please email animesoc@gmail.com to register your interest.
If you want to be a baker again please 'attend' the Facebook Event where you can let us know if you want to bake and what you'll make, whether it's cupcakes, brownies or cookies. Alternatively for those without facebook, reply on the Forum post or send us an email.
Maid Recruiting
Baker Recruiting
Maid Cafe Forum Page
24/01/2011
Pick a Flick - Film Announced!
After weeks of voting the film votes were counted after our stall at Thought Bubble.
We will be showing Satashi Kon's Millenium Actress
this Saturday the 27th of November at Hyde Park Picture House,
a lovely old cinema just off Hyde Park in the student area.
Saturday 27th November
3pm @ Hyde Park Picture House
Tickets are just £3
Tickets can be brought this Thursday at our weekly anime screening,
online via Hype Park Picture House or from the box office on the day.
For more information check out the Facebook group
9/11/10
Fanomenon Day - 19/11 & 21/11
What do Gintama, One Piece, Evangelion, Murdoc Scramble and RedLine all have in common? Their all been shown on Fanomenon Day.
The first Fanomenon Anime Day features two giant box office hits, one incredible superspeed galactic epic, and the European Premiere of the first of a brand new anime series. One Piece Film – Strong World and Evangelion: 2.0 You Can (Not) Advance have dominated the Japanese box office in the last year, and the two films are the most acclaimed instalments yet in their movie series. Leeds favourites Katsuhito Ishii and Takeshi Koike are behind the phenomenal racing movie Redline, a must see on the big screen in a packed cinema. And we are delighted to present part one of the Mardock Scramble trilogy, the cyberpunk noir series that has been planned for years and is finally here in Leeds.
Plus an extra special exclusive for everyone attending the Anime Day at Leeds Town Hall – at midday you can see the European Premiere of Gintama the Movie, the first feature based on the popular sci-fi samurai manga.
The full anime day runs from noon to 11pm at Leeds Town Hall on Friday 19th November and includes: Gintama the Movie (noon), One Piece (2pm), Mardock Scramble (4.30pm), Evangelion: 2.0 (6.30pm), and Redline (9pm). Pass for the whole day is just £20, individual tickets are £6.50 / £5.00. All films are repeated, with the exception of Gintama the Movie, at the Hyde Park Picture House on Sunday 21st November from 10am to 6pm, in the same order.
Read more here
9/11/10
Thought Bubble - 20/11
This weekend is a special weekend for all us geeks. Why? Thought Bubble. This convention held every year in Leeds is always a) fun and b) awesome. Come down to the Savile's hall in clarence dock for awesome times. Tickets cost £10 unless you are cosplaying, in which it costs £6.
Did I mention that anime soc has it's own stand there? I didn't? well, we do! So come say hi to us when you stroll on past.
9/11/10
Film Showing SUMMER WARS
Time: 25/10/10, 7pm
Location: Clothworkers South Building LT 2 (3.04)
"The film focuses on a timid eleventh-grade math genius who has been falsely implicated in the hacking of a virtual world and, with the aid of an upper-classman's extensive family, must prevent the real and computer-simulated worlds from colliding. It was produced by the Japanese animation studio Madhouse and directed by Mamoru Hosoda."
After the film it is on to karaoke, Come on you it's going to be good.
Facebook Group Here
19/09/10
Thought Bubble Cosplay Workshop
Want to dress up as your favourite anime character for Thought Bubble (20th November) or just for fun but need help? Well this Sunday Anime Soc are running an event to help you with costumes. First of two meetings (second will be more 'hands on').
Bring your own material and resources please, we will be providing info & advice this session, as well as a sewing machine, and a glue gun.
(please note the union shop has a lot of craftsy items!)
Facebook Group Here
19/09/10
Geek Off Pub Quiz
Monday 18th October, 7pm
Place: Fab Cafe
THE CLASH OF THE GEEKS HAS ARRIVED!
Face your friends in a geeky battle to the death*
We'll be joining up with Scifi & Fantasy Society, & Comic Book Society for a pub quiz .
Entry is FREE, and the winners get PRIZES!
So swat up on your anime, scifi and comics knowledge! So you can be the best!
Gotta Catch Em All!
*bloodshed may not occur.
19/09/10
Animesoc vs Scifisoc Gaming Day
Sunday 10th October - 1pm-7.30pm
Place: Lounge (formerly Game On)
A day of banter and multiplayer video games, from Mario Kart & DDR to Street Fighter & Halo.
Anime Through The Ages
Sunday 3rd October - 12-7pm
Place: ARC Conference Hall (same room as the GIAG)
We'll be showing a variety of anime from it's conception to present day, feel free to pop in for a few shows or the whole thing! There will be a chance to pick up hoodies and sign up to the society!
Facebook Group Here
06/10/10
Leftover Hoodies
Leftover Hoodies will be available to pick up at the give-it-a-go
19/09/10
Committee update and After-Exam-Shennannigans!!
First off, Congrats two the 2 new members of the anime committee! the committee list now looks like this:
Anime Officer - Paul
Social Secs - Nirish (Kat) & Jess
Treasurer - Midori>
Secretary - Gabbi
President - Sally
Web Monkey - Andy
PR Officer - Jordan
No more anime showings this term T_T , but don't fret!!! There are (probably) going to be some more events occuring after exams! most likely some pub-crawl otley-run esq thing. so stay tuned to this site for news, or stay logged onto the forum for any information or plans.
Hoodie update!
Hoodies are arriving REAL soon, so stay tuned or hang around in the lounge for anymore information regarding the matter. Also, those who havn't paid up, PAY!!! or be on the receiving end of Midori's Fists of Pain!!! we know who you are!!
Here is the current list of vagabonds who havn't paid up:
Chris Brown,
Liam C,
Fiona Riley,
Phil Reuben,
Sam Leat,
Daniel Taylor,
Linsey Wareham,
Alex Bell
Alex JB
That's about it. Hope it wasn't too painful.
Your newly appointed Web Monkey,
Andy
12/05/10
Otaku Attack!! - August 7th
Bored during Summer? Our friends down at travelling man are hosting this wonderful event at Leeds City Library for Cosplay, Manga Workshops, Freebies and other funs!
This event is FREE and is the first time a Travelling Man workshop has been held in the library, so make sure you get down there and show some support ^^
10/07/10
Summer Social - Pick up your hoodies!
Hoodies have arrived and will be available to pick up at an awesome social at Fab Cafe this Sunday the 6th of June from 7.30pm. Any outstanding payments will be expected to be made before sally starts gouging out the eyes of your loved ones.
03/06/10
Committee update and After-Exam-Shennannigans!!
First off, Congrats two the 2 new members of the anime committee! the committee list now looks like this:
Anime Officer - Paul
Social Secs - Nirish (Kat) & Jess
Treasurer - Midori
Secretary - Gabbi
President - Sally
Web Monkey - Andy
PR Officer - Jordan
No more anime showings this term T_T , but don't fret!!! There are (probably) going to be some more events occuring after exams! most likely some pub-crawl otley-run esq thing. so stay tuned to this site for news, or stay logged onto the forum for any information or plans.
Hoodie update!
Hoodies are arriving REAL soon, so stay tuned or hang around in the lounge for anymore information regarding the matter. Also, those who havn't paid up, PAY!!! or be on the receiving end of Midori's Fists of Pain!!! we know who you are!!
Here is the current list of vagabonds who havn't paid up:
Chris Brown,
Liam C,
Fiona Riley,
Phil Reuben,
Sam Leat,
Daniel Taylor,
Linsey Wareham,
Alex Bell
Alex JB
That's about it. Hope it wasn't too painful.
Your newly appointed Web Monkey,
Andy
12/05/10
News: AGM - The New Committee
Our annual AGM took place on Thursday the 29th of April, where we kicked out (rather fondly <3 ) our old committee (Jean, Ash, Alice, Taylor, Charlie, and Darlo ) and voted in the new committee. The new committee members are as follows:
Anime Officer: - Paul
Social Secs - Nirish (Kat) & Jess
Treasurer - Midori
Secretary: Gabbi
President - Sally
The meeting in which the committee will decide upon the Web master and PR officer positions will be announced soon. Descriptions of these roles below for those interested in running!
Webmaster -
In charge of maintaining the website and forum. Tasks will include weekly website updates, Moderating the forum for spam and organising content, and updating/changing the website as you please!
The current site is written using simple XHTML using CSS formatting updatable through ftp, with the option of using www.cushycms.com as a backend, reccomended for changes to text and weekly news.
PR Officer -
Responsible for promoting the society, creating posters, SubTV screen ads to run through the union for events through the year as well as creating the membership cards, guides and content for freshers bags.
06/05/10
Hoodies - Orders have been sent
The hoodies have been ordered and should be delivered to leeds on the 11th of May! For those of you who still owe us money... pay up you villainous cads!
You can find the order thread here: the forum thread.
02/02/10
AGM THIS WEEK!
We'll be holding the animesoc AGM this week, where we'll cheerfully give the old committee the boot, and wave in a shiny new selection of overlords.
A rundown of the different available positions are below, if you're interested in running all you need do is turn up to the AGM and when the position is brought up go up to the front and say a few words about why you'd like to do it, and why you think you'd suit the position.
For ensured success I'd also reccomend plying the entire society by regailing us with jewels and baked goods <3 *dreams on*
Executive Positions (University of Leeds students only)
President - Our main contact with the union, responsible for maintaining the running of the society, you'll get to decide who does what, when and how. Your the number one dawg. With the great responsibility attached to the role, you also get the privelege of being able to put as much work onto the other committee members as possible to lighten the load.
Secretary - Tasks for the secretary can include writing committee meeting minutes, sending out emails and generally providing support to the committee.
Treasurer - It's the treasurer's responsibility to keep track of the society's accounts, budget for the year (and make sure it gets stuck to!) and decides how much money should be spent on each expenditure.
Secondary Positions (Open to all members)
Social Secretary - (two positions available)
As the workload for social secretary is somewhat large for one person, there are two positions available to fill it. The social sec is responsible for organising our weekly after-showing socials, the weekend away, bowling trips and other social events. Roles of the position also include chatting to everyone and trying to herd as many people to the socials as possible!
Anime Officer - In charge of maintaining the library locker and it's contents, buying in the new anime, manga and games for the year and providing the library service. The anime officer should be present at every showing to deal with new loans and returns.
Committee Assigned Technical Positions
Due to the nature of these positions, they will not be voted upon by the society at the AGM, but by application at a later date (usually a week or two after the AGM) where they are voted on by the committee.
Webmaster - In charge of maintaining the website and forum. Tasks will include weekly website updates, Moderating the forum for spam and organising content, and updating/changing the website as you please!
The current site is written using simple XHTML using CSS formatting updatable through ftp, with the option of using www.cushycms.com as a backend, reccomended for changes to text and news.
PR Officer -
Responsible for promoting the society, creating posters, SubTV screen ads to run through the union for events through the year as well as creating the membership cards, guides and content for freshers bags.
15/03/10
Animesoc Make A Manga Anthology
Into writing? Drawing? Plotting a zombie apocolypse? Your skills could be utilised in the animesoc art workshop, where members are currently creating an anthology of short stories to put together to be published :) Interested? It's not too late to pop along!
Date: Monday 8th March
Time: 5pm
Place: ARC Meeting room 5 (in the union)
02/02/10
Animesoc Invited to The Alternative Ball!
Rocksoc are holding their annual evening of convivial fanciness paired with rock and metal music and fancy nosh. This years will be held on Saturday the 13th of March at the Mariott hotel. As usual all the alt societies have been invited, attendees including those from gothsoc, scifisoc and of course anime and rocksoc.
Tickets are £35, which includes a 3 course meal, special dinnerside entertainment, and an evening of alternative music.
Currently each table (10 people) will also be getting two bottles of wine, a jug of beer and a jug of orange juice. Drinks packages are also available on top of that as well. For menu and other details check the rocksoc facebook event here or the animesoc forum thread here
02/02/10
Film Showing - Memories
Our next Film showing will be Katsuhiro Otomo's 'Memories', a film revolving around three very different stories. More information can be found here
Date - Monday 15th Feb @ 6.30pm
Pre-meet in old bar beforehand.
04/02/10
Showings & Meetups over christmas
There will be no showing on Dec 10th (last week of term)! Showings and events will commence after the exam period is over. Til then, here's wishing you a Merry Christmas guys! x
08/12/09
Anime Through the Ages
Our marathon weekend will be this sunday (29th) and we're showing Anime Through the Ages a selection sugarpicked by the committee to represent the changes in anime from its conception to modern day!
Date: Sunday 29th Nov
Time: 1pm onwards
Place: ARC Meeting Room 2
23/11/09
Library - New Anime & Manga
With the recent closing of Zavvi and Borders we'll be having a bunch of new stuff in the library soon to be available. details here.
01/02/10
Maid Cafe
Animesoc Maid Cafe! Complete with tea, cakes, gaming and lace for a full on anime style maid cafe experience.
Sadly it's too late to sign up to be a maid, but if you'd like to bake for us please see the forum thread here for up-to-date instructions and info!
Date: Saturday 5th Dec
Time: 11-5
Place: ARC Conference Hall
23/11/09
Fresher's Week 2
So the Union are having a second fresher's week next week, as a result Animesoc is having a second fresher's stall on Monday and Tuesday (the 9th & 10th).
So if you've managed not to sign up yet, swing on buy and we'll get you on board, and if you have signed up just come say hi =)We don't know where our table will be yet, but once we do, we'll let you know on this forum thread
03/11/09
ThoughtBubble & ALCL
Just a reminder that tickets for thoughtbubble are now availible to buy online from here, along with details of the program....http://www.thoughtbubblefestival.com/08home.asp
Also that the Anime League are holding an event down in London at the end of November, details here...http://www.animeleague.com/london/
22/10/09
Film Showing & Karaoke 2/11/2009
We'll be heading down to D-fusion for Karaoke afterwards! It promises to be great fun, so don't miss out!
Facebook Event is here
28/10/09
Library
The Library is finally availible for use from this week. Check this forum thread here, on details on how to use it.The libarary sheet will be going round during Thursday's showing.
29/10/09
J-Drama Marathon: Gokusen Season 1
We'll be having our first J-drama marathon this Sunday! Exciting or what?!We'll be showing the entirety of the first season of....
Gokusen
Date: Sunday 25/10/2009
Time: 13:00-21:00
Place: Meeting Room 8
Note it is meeting room 8, not 3(our usual sunday venue)
Gokusen is a very popular comedy based on a manga, with an anime adaptation too! It's about a young high school teacher who has a a horrible class and a big secret! In the words of our immortal fran "It's kind of like GTO, but with a girl!"
For more detail, see the opposite link (spoilers abound) : http://wiki.d-addicts.com/Gokusen
22/10/09
Geek Off
Mirror, mirror on the wall...which society is the geekiest of them all?
Who needs a mirror, we know it's us! And it's time to prove it! We're joining up with Comic Book Soc and SciFi Soc to bring you event you the best quiz ever!
The Geek Off
Date: Monday 26/10/2009
Time: 20:00-22:30
Place: Old Bar
Test your wits, in the battle of the nerds. Prizes availible for first and second prize, and maybe others! Plenty of fun rounds on all things geek... And since it's coming up to halloween- extra points and prizes will be given for costumes/cosplay!!
Facebook event here
it promises to be a good night, where hopefully new friends can be made- so get your arses down there!
22/10/09
Maid cafe Volunteers
We'll be holding a Maid cafe on behalf of AnimeSoc in December, and we'll be needing help.with it!!
Firsty we need people to be maids and butlers!! If you're interested in dressing up in epic outfits and serving tea and cakes then express your interest here
We also need people to help bake things beforehand! It'd be particularly useful if you'd have a hgeine safety certificate, but if you don't not to worry- we have people you can bake with, that do have them! Express your interest here
22/10/09
Animesoc Gaming Day!
Time: 12pm til 8pm
Place: Game On (in the Union)
A gaming day supposedly planned to epic proportions, this gaming day is different to those of prior years in scale and exclusivity.
Look out for tournaments, cakes, maybe some anime watching and a plethora of games and consoles.
Bring your DS, PSP, and any games you wanna play!
13/10/09
New Anime Officer!
Our new anime officer got voted in last thursday, congratulations/sympathy to go out to Darlo, who will be responsible for keeping the library running, and buying the new anime/manga this year!
10/10/09
Travelling Man Naruto Day 11/10/2009
Travelling Man are having a Naruto Day at the store in Leeds. Details on the image below or on their blog...
If you don't know where Travelling Man is, check the map on our Leeds Guide
07/10/09
Committee Position Available
WE WILL BE VOTING ON OUR NEW ANIME OFFICER DURING THE SHOWING THIS THURSDAY
The Anime Officer is the person who is responsible for maintaining and cataloguing the library and the library list, keeping track of what is in and what is out, as well as deciding what anime and manga the society should buy for the library! Further to this, they are also responsible for updating the reviews section of the website.
Unfortunately, this also means the library will be off limits for a bit longer, as there will be some maintenence required, apologies for this!
07/10/09
News: Akira & Karaoke
Once again, we'll be in the Old bar beforehand from 5,30pm, and you can ring 07916323835 if you get lost.
The opportunity to sign up and pick up hoodies will also be available
WHATSMORE- we'll be going to D-fusion afterwards to Karaoke-it-up!! Even if singing (well or badly!) isn't your thing, it's worth coming down to laugh at everyone else- it's generally always good fun!
30/09/09
News: EGM! 11/09/09
Unfortunately we've lost both our Library officer and Treasurer, since we can't run a society without a treasurer, this has meant we've had to call an EGM to appoint new committee positions!
We need at least a third of our members to turn up! It's really important to have your say about the future direction of animesoc's committee, so make sure you're there!
It'll be a short affair, and we're going to pub after to catch up- there will also be chance to pick up your hoodies!
Date: Friday, September 11, 2009
Time: 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Place: ARC Meeting Room 3, Leeds University Union then THE PUB
If you don't know where this is, we'll be meeting in the old bar from 5,30pm
For those of you on facebook, we have the facebook event here There's also a forum thread here
Running for Positions
Please note that to run for Treasurer, you MUST be a current student member of Leeds University Union. However any member of AnimeSoc is entitled to run for Anime Officer. If you want to run for something, it's a really good chance to get involved with your society, give back and get something decent for your CV.
09/09/09
News: Radioactive Cupcakes
-Note this is NOT an official animesoc event-
Layla and Briony are holding a a lolita fund-raiser with maid cafe and bands for Marie Curie Cancer Care.
16th August at the Brudenell social in Hyde Park, Leeds - 1pm - 10pm. Check the facebook group for details.
15/07/2009
News: Breeze 2 Day Manga Event! - 10/06/2009
News: Hoodies Payment - FINES! - 03/06/2009
We will be collecting money for hoodie and t-shirt orders throughout Thursday's showing and Saturday's Gaming Day.
After Saturday we will be charging an extra £2 on top of the cost of your order if you haven't paid already.
If you still haven't paid a week after the hoodies have arrived, we will sell your hoodie on if there is demand for it.
A full updated list of who owes money for what and how much will be going up on the forum ASAP.
News: Library Returns - FINES! - 03/06/2009
Late fines are now in effect. For every item thats late now, a 50p charge will be charged every week- this will not stop over the summer holidays!
According to the list the following people have items out:
John McDonnell,
Liam Cowey,
Alice Cuddy-Smith,
Charlie Middler,
Maya Jovanovski,
Mark Ridley,
Kevin Gunnell,
Aaron Boniface and
Warka Ghirmai.
Check here here for what's out/needs to come back...
News: End of Term Gaming Day & Lounge Party! - 03/06/2009
We're having the final gaming day of the term, we'll be having consoles and tvs, hopefully the projector too. Differing from this years usual gaming days, this one also features CAKE, sweets, party games and frivolous fun!
Date: Saturday the 6th of June
Place: Game On
Time: 1230-2100
THIS WILL BE THE LAST CHANCE TO BRING HOODIE MONEY WITHOUT PAYING EXTRA.
Click here for details.
News: Animesoc Art, Fiction & Genius - 03/06/2009
Following something which died out in previous years, we have created a new art section of Animesoc, check the new forum section. Deviant Art
Deviant Group to post artwork in. DA users can friend us and have work favourited, non-users can email us their work and we can upload it for you.
LiveJournal
We also have an animesoc Livejournal, if you feel like submitting fiction or the like.
News: Forum Update - 02/06/2009
Following the re-styling of the website, the forum has undergone a little maintenence, updating the software and giving the whole thing a few new skins, check it out!
03/04/2009
News: New Website! - 25/05/2009
Following the AGM the new committee decided the website was in dire need of some love, so it was given a new lick of paint and a couple of new features.
Events Calendar
Handy for finding out what's going on in the society without having to scroll through the emails/forums
Gallery
Hosting issues means we can't really host our own photo gallery, but we now have a slideshow linked from the society's photobucket, which anyone can post pictures to using the information given.
Library
The library has gone through a few changes in terms of aesthetics and organisation, and titles are in the process of being linked to corresponding reviews and descriptions. This is a vaguely temporary feature until the library database is written, but should be more useful than the previous tables.
Submitting Reviews
You can now submit reviews directly to the webmaster for uploads using the provided form!
News: AGM - 25/05/2009
Our annual AGM took place on Thursday the 30th of April, where we kicked out (rather fondly <3 ) our old committee (Taylor, Aaron, Chris, Charlie, Rupert & Ben) and voted in the new committee. The new committee members are as follows:
Anime Officer: - Nathan
Social Secs - Charlie & Taylor
Treasurer - Fran
Secretary: Ash
President - Jean
Webmaster & PR officer - Sally (appointed by the committee after later interviewing)
Full details and pics (tehe) can be found on the Contacts page.