NEWS PAGE

2001-10-07

Just a quick word to let you know that Anime Central has officially closed. The university of Montreal SAE "got wind" that we charged a fee to become a club member. Since we were not allowed to do that, they have banned us from there. So in other words, we cannot have a projection room on the campus and as a consequence we cannot keep the club going.

We want to thank everyone that came to the club and apologize to those who wanted to join the club again (or for the first time). But we feel we have been blessed to have the club going for so long and this is all thanks to you the members.

Now anime has become a lot more mainstream then when the club started out. We feel in a way that what we had set out to do when the club started has been accomplished, and that is to make people (re)discover anime. We hope that even though the club is gone that you'll keep enjoying anime and Japanese culture in general. The website will stay up for as long as the hosts allow them to be. There are a lot of resources on these pages and we feel they might be useful.

I had a great time keeping the website up and running and organising the club with the other officers. I hope we will see you in the futur in conventions or at another club (maybe, we never know). Untill then take care of yourselves.

Pierre Robitaille, ex-webmaster for Anime Central Japanese Animation Club in Montreal


2001-08-28

Club members, if you want to keep the club going we need your help and fast. We need help from club members that are full time students at the University of Montreal. If you are interested please contact us asap. Putting it simply, the survival of the club depends on it!

On a different topic, the tentative date for the beginning of the semester was september 1st, but it will probably be september the 8th instead. We will keep you posted on this through the mailing list and the website of course. So bear with us for a little longer and things should get back to normal pretty soon.

2001-06-15

We wanted to thank everyone that came to the meeting last night. We hope the prizes were appreciated ^_^ So that is it for this semester. We will see you in late August or early September for another season of anime. In the mean time have a great summer!!

2001-06-14

The end of the school semester is here and it is time for our traditionnal drawing. Lots of prizes this semester (more details at the club meeting room). Tickets are 1$ and the limit is 25 tickets per person. We thank you all for your patience, this semester was very bad for us. We hope that next fall things will go smoother with the university autorithies.

2001-04-07

The club's meeting will be resuming Saturday April 7th at 5 pm, room B2325. New schedules will be handed out. But please note that WE DO NOT YET HAVE CONFIRMATION about the availability of the projection room. So there is a good chance we won't be able to get in!! Ask the president of the club if you have any further questions.

I want to thank everyone for being VERY patient. I still don't understand why the University got our coordinates mixed up in the first place and why they are being so uncooperative, trust me this is far from being settled. Again thank you very much for your patience.

2001-03-17

The club's meeting are canceled until further notice. We are still having problems with the University of Montreal and they do not seem to be willing to collaborate with us very much. We will post here when we will resume the presentations.

2001-03-08

Saturday March 10th's meeting is canceled. We are having problems with the SAE and the Regie des Immeubles from University of Montreal which leave us no other choice than to cancel this week's meeting. Please tell everyone you know that doesn't have internet access. Our "portal" website on InfiniT was removed since the owner has canceled his subscription to the IP. Anyway we will try to get it to go up again asap. We are very sorry for the mess but it is out of our control.

2001-01-25

This week's meeting will be held in room B-0245 (in the basement). Next week, the meeting will be held in the usual room, B-2325. We are very sorry for the inconveniences.

2001-01-16

Next showing is in room B-2325 (the usual projection room) on the second floor. The libraries (audio/video) will be available starting next week (January 20th). Please take note of a few changes that were put in place for this semester. Members can rent one video tape from the "regular" video section and either one audio tape or one video tape from the new SPECIAL (SP) sections or from the ORIENT EXTREME (OE) sections of the library. We hope that you will like this new option and feel free to voice your comments/suggestions. Thank you all and have a good semester.

2000-12-09

The showings ended on December 9th and as usual, we held a drawing of anime goodies: mangas, CDs, scrolls, etc. We hope you enjoyed the Surprise Anime: Escaflowne Movie! We are sorry for the poor quality of the source, but hope you could enjoy it anyways.

The first meeting next semester is on January 13th room B-0245 (that's the big amphetheater in the basement). A few changes will take effect, namely in the video library: titles will be pulled out and new ones brought in. There were quite a few commercial acquisitions last semester so we have to adjust accordingly, we are deeply sorry for any inconveniences. We hope to post next semester's schedule soon, so check the site once in a while. Untill then, have a good holiday season, Merry Christmass and Happy New Year from all of us at the club. See you next year.

2000-11-17

The 18th Japanese Film Festival will be held at the Frank Dawson Adams Auditorium of McGill University (3450 University Street, 2nd floor) on Thursday November 23rd and Friday November 24th. The schedule is:

  • November 23, 7:30 pm: Station (Eki) 132 min. (1981, directed by Furuhata Yasuo)
  • November 24, 7:30 pm: Abduction (Yûkaï) 109 min. (1997, directed by Okawara Takao)
  • Admission is free. The event is organised bye the Consulate General of Japan at Montreal in collaboration with the Centre for East Asian Research of McGill University. For info call (514)866-3429 ext. 224.

    2000-11-15

    There is a small asian film showing this coming Friday at the University of Montreal. The adress is: 3744 Jean-Brillant, room 580-31 (5th floor, it's the same building where we hold our anime showings). The schedule is as follow:

  • 1h00: Ermo: a film by Zhou Xiaowen, China 1994. Drama. A woman's struggle to buy a television set that is bigger than her neighbor's. Gives way to a sarcastic view on human relations and western influence in China.
  • 3h30: Grave of the fireflies. Life of two japanese children during world war 2. A not well known and often hidden side of that era.
  • 5h30 to 6h30: break
  • 6h30: How to Dominate Women. Korean film, comedy. In today's korean society, a man has a hard time coping with his wife's independance.
  • 8h45: Bounce Ko Gal. Japanese film. A young woman travels to Tokyo to realise her dream of going to the USA, only to be taken into the world of teen prostitution. An in your face movie depicting the hard reality of this underground universe where true friendships can emmerge.
  • All movies are in their original languages with subtitles. A 30 minute discussion session will follow each presentation. The best thing about this is that it is absolutely FREE!!! So come in great numbers. See you there.
  • For info contact ced7@total.net

    2000-09-04

    Here is a website where you can watch anime online!! Here is the link: http://www.animedia.co.jp/mcj/

    2000-09-01

    Slight changes to the schedule have been made, I'll update as soon as I see the revised schedule. For those of you that "look" at japanese magazines, Newtype as put up an english version of it's magazine located here: Newtype (english version!). Enjoy ^_^

    2000-08-23

    Finally it's here!! The schedule is up, so now you know what's going to be presented. As usual, the schedule is subject to change without notice so please try not to be mad at us....tapes don't always get to us on time!! We have made a few changes to the rules, starting with the way tapes can be returned. We hope this will make everyone happy ^_^ We will try to put up an english version of the rules asap. New tapes have been added to the Orient-Extreme library and the audio library has gone through a major face lift! So till the then, take care everyone.

    2000-08-12

    Due to reasons out of our control, the fall season will begin on September the 2nd instead August 26th. Also note that the meeting room is now room B-2325 instead of B-2305. The meeting starts at 5h00 as usual. Don't forget to bring a blank unopened video tape (either TDK or Maxell only!) and a small picture (student pass size is plenty enough). We will not be giving them back this semester though. New cards will be issued to all members, we hope you will like the new desing ^_^ The rules have been modified, so please read them ^_^ The schedule will be posted as soon as I get a copy of it!! Sorry for the delay.

    On another note, the Orient Extreme club is no more! Here is a memo from the president:

    Montréal le 30 juin 2000.

    Bonjour.

    C'est avec regréts qu'au bout de 2 ans et demi d'existance, Orient Extrème ferme ses portes. Oui, la première année et demi avait été encourageante, le nombre des personnes qui assistaient aux représentations étaient satisfaisant (en moyenne entre 60 et 100 personnes),mais voilà c'était GRATUIT. Cela a bien changé cette année quand il a fallu etre abonné à Anime Central pour pouvoir assister aux représentations de Orient Extrème ( plus que environ de 10 à 20 personnes ). Ce n'est pas que c'était bien cher, puisque Orient Extrème était proposé en supplément à Anime Central sans que l'abonnement de celui-ci ne soit augmenté ( les couts d'Orient Extreme étaient eux toujours aussi EXORBITANTS, mais quand on aime....). Enfin voila, c'est à croire que pour que les gens se déplacent pour vour des films asiatiques il faut qu'il y ait marqué FANTASIA en haut de l'affiche..... ( Hum.... c'est peut etre la solution FANTASIA-EXTREME ??.....). Trèves de plaisanteries, je suis désolé pour ceux qui étaient fidèles ( une vingtaine environ). Pour ceux là: merci de leur soutient durant ces deux ans et demis. Peut etre à bientot...pour autre chose.

    Francis, président de ex Orient Extrème.

    2000-08-01

    Here is an interesting article on the influence anime fans have on the DVD market: Anime and the Move to DVD: Simple Economics

    2000-07-01

    Seems that Card Captor Sakura will be aired on Canadian TV this fall. Teletoon will air the show this coming September and the French version of Teletoon will be airing the show in August. Time of showing remains to be confirmed. For more information visit Teletoon's website. Thanks to Alain Vigeant for the news! ^_^

    2000-06-17

    Today's the last meeting of the semester. Don't forget to bring back the audio/video tapes you have borrowed. The showing will resume on August 26th 2000, same time same place. At any rate, we will be posting here exactly where the meeting will be held. Also, we will be issuing new cards, so bring a small picture of yourself (in case we do not have on file...). From now on, we will only accept Maxell or TDK tapes, we have had problems with other brands so we would like to stick to those two brands only, sorry for any inconvenience. An english version of the rules should be up for the next semester, hopefully....some of the rules may change again, but nothing major. As usual, if you have any suggestions, links to submit, please write us and we will see what we can do ^_^ Have a great summer everyone.

    2000-06-06

    There are only 2 meetings left to the schedule and as usual we will have a drawing on the last meeting. Prizes include the following:

  • Anime CDs
  • Bubblegum Crisis Best Collection GA-058
  • City Hunter Special: Goodbye My Sweetheart OST GGG-023
  • Flames of Recca OST Vol 1 A8-856
  • Record of Lodoss War Best Collection GA-048
  • Rurouni Kenshin Theatrical Animation OST GGG-083
  • Saber Marionnette J OST GGG-057

  • Wallscrolls
  • Gundam Wing
  • Neon Genesis Evangelion

  • Various english Mangas
  • Posters
  • Gift certificates
  • etc

    So we hope to see you all there ^_^ We don't know yet when the next semester will start. We will let you know here when it will start. Untill then, have a good summer, don't work too much and above all have lots of fun, from all the executive members of the club.

    2000-06-01

    There is a petition to bring the Sakura Wars game to north-america located here: http://www.geocities.com/Tokyo/Spa/6347/ so go there and sign it! ^_^

    2000-05-24

    Otaku Club is holding a special 2 day anime marathon on June 3rd and 4th. The schedule is as follows:

    Saturday June 3rd:

    2pm - Spriggan
    4pm - You're Under Arrest! the Movie
    7pm - Nadesico Movie: The Prince of Darkness

    Sunday June 4th:

    2pm - Card Captor Sakura the Movie
    4pm - Rurouni Kenshin OVAs
    7pm - Utena the Movie: Adolescence Mokushiroku

    It's free and open to everyone so you have no excuses ^_^

    2000-05-07

    Please note that due to the ACFAS conference at U of M, the meetings of May 13 and May 20th are cancelled. We couldn't get the projection room for those 2 dates so we have to cancel the meetings. Again, everything is shifted 2 weeks, but check the schedule for details, some titles have been changed/moved. Note that the Orient Extreme meeting of June 17th has been cancelled. We are sorry for any inconviniences this might create.

    2000-04-20

    OK, due to some tapes that have not yet arrived from distros/trades/whatever, we are forced to make some changes to the schedule starting this Saturday. Check the changes in the schedule page. No new dates have been added, only the program has been slightly modified ^_^ Sorry for any inconvenience this may cause.

    2000-03-12

    The festival is over. Thanks to everyone that attended. We hope it was to your liking and we hope that you will join the club to see more anime ^_^

    2000-03-01

    Forgot to mention that this weekend (March 4th), club members who have anime stuff that they want to sell can bring it over to the club. We will be having a "flea market" during one of the two breaks. So good anime hunting everyone ^_^

    2000-02-19

    Due to "technical" problems, the Asianime festival has been postponed to March 11 and 12, same time, same place, same schedule. As always, for more information, visit the Asianime website for the latest news. Sorry for the trouble. By the way, this festival is absolutely free and opened to everyone ^_^ And because of that postponement, Anime Central's schedule has been slightly modified accordingly. So, next week (the 26th of February) the schedule will be that of March 4th, and on March 4th the schedule will be that of March 11th. For a little more clarity (!) go check the schedule page. Here is the updated schedule of the event:

  • Saturday March 11, 2000
  • 1:00 Rurouni Kenshin OVA
  • 1:45 Kareshi Kanojou no Jijyou
  • 2:10 Short Break
  • 2:20 City Hunter movie
  • 3:55 Sailor Moon (final episodes)
  • 4:45 Big Break
  • 5:15 Who Am I? (with Jacky Chan)
  • 7:00 City Hunter (episode double 50mins)
  • 7:50 Short Break
  • 8:00 Patlabor (funny bath ep)
  • 8:25 Short Break
  • 8:30 Spriggan Movie

  • Sunday March 12, 2000
  • 1:00 Drunken Master II (with Jacky Chan)
  • 2:45 Capitaine Flam Film
  • 3:15 Wedding Peach (2 eps)
  • 4:05 Short Break
  • 4:15 First Strike movie (with Jacky Chan)
  • 6:00 Big Break
  • 6:30 On Your MARK (Miyazaki short clip)
  • 6:45 Mr Nice Guy (with Jacky Chan)
  • 8:35 Your Under Arrest:The Movie

    We would like to acknowledge Leo Brown (of Otaku Club at Concordia University) for the generous lending of the LDs and untimed scripts for Spriggan and You're Under Arrest movie. Thanks Leo ^_^

    2000-02-15

    Anime Central is proud to present Asianime. This is a 2 day festival on Asian movies and Japanese Animation. Asianime will be held on Saturday February 26 and Sunday February 27. More information will be available on Asianime's website: http://www3.sympatico.ca/francis.lopez. So go there if you want to know more ^_^

    2000-02-11

    Hi all. Seems some fans of Sailor Moon have put up a petition to bring back the show in Quebec. So go check there site located at: http://sosqc.citeweb.net/

    Also, don't forget that we'll hold a "garage sale" on March 4th. If you have anime things you would like to sell then this will be the perfect time to do so.

    2000-01-25

    Quarn has put up a website. Go check it out: http://members.xoom.com/nekocats/home.html

    1999-12-31

    I've finally came around to updating some of the links pages. A webring section has been added, some "new" online stores, fansub distributors, sites for specific anime series, have also been added. As I find others they will be added and if you have sites to suggest, by all means please do. I plan to add links to sites which cater to desktop themes, screen savers, wallpapers, etc. Anything that has to do with multimedia except MP3s and digitized fansubs.

    Now it's official, the next meeting will be held on January 15, from 5 pm to 10 pm, but the room will be B-0245 (in the basement where we usually hold the Orient Extreme meetings). To the New members, do not forget to bring your picture and a blank unopened video tape. See you all there.

    1999-12-02

    OK, the next season will begin on January 15. See you all there ^_^ A tentative date for the Festival next semester is February 26. Come back here once in a while for more information.

    1999-11-30

    Orient Extreme has found a new home so go check it out. The URL is: http://members.xoom.com/orientextrem/

    1999-11-28

    Next week is the last meeting of the semester. So for those of you who have not yet returned your tapes, please do so. The next season will begin on either January 15, 22 or 29 (sorry I don't have the calendar with me righ now), but it will be posted here real soon. The rule book will be updated, some rules were brought up to date and this will also be posted here. The schedule will be posted when it becomes available. The video library will go through a major change. Lots of tapes will be removed due to commercial release/aquisition, so please support the companies which buy these shows.

    On December 12, Anime Central will hold the Anime Showcase at the Comic Fest. Look for our poster in various comic shops for more details. The schedule is as follows:

  • 10h00 Vampire Princess Miyu TV 01-02
  • 11h00 Berserk TV 01-02
  • 12h00 Neo Ranga TV 01-02
  • 12h30 LUNCH - BREAK
  • 13h15 Kareshi Kanojyo no Jijyo TV 01-02
  • 14h15 Jubei-Chan TV 01
  • 14h45 Rurouni Kenshin OVA 01
  • 15h30 Martian Successor Nadesico Movie: Prince of Darkness

    Please note that the schedule is subject to change without notice. Hope to see you all there!

    1999-09-29

    Just to let you know that a few weeks ago, a journalist from the Petit Journal interviewed us and we'll be on TV this coming Sunday at 12:30 on channel 05 (35 if you don't have cable). If you miss it, it will be shown again at 5:30 that same night on the RDI channel (19 on cable) and again on october 10 at 9:30 on TV5 (channel 15 on cable). Let us know what you think.

    1999-09-29

    On October 10, from 10am to 5pm, Anime Central in collaboration with the MAA, will hold the traditionnal Anime Showcase at the next ComicFest. The location is 475 President Kennedy Avenue (Place des Arts metro station). The schedule is as follow:

  • 10:00 Hyper Police 1-2
  • 11:00 Gundam Platoon OVA 1-2
  • 12:00 Jojo's Bizarre Adventure OVA 5-6
  • 13:15 Lunch Break
  • 14:00 Photon OVA 1-2
  • 15:15 Spriggan

    If you have any questions, please feel free to inquire. See you there ^_^

    1999-08-20

    The new season starts tomorrow night. Same time, same place. Don't forget to bring a small picture. That's right, once again the club's card will change and your picture will be in it ^_^ This is done to help us put a name on a face. The new calendar is in. Some of the Club Rules have been changed a bit but nothing dramatic. So that's about it and see you all Saturday night.

    1999-07-14

    Sorry for being so "unprofessional" about this, but I just got a hold of the schedule for our annual marathon. It will be held this coming Saturday from 3h00 pm till 10h00 pm. Here is the schedule:

    • 3h00 Trigun TV 01-02
    • 4h00 Gundam 8th MS Platoon OVAs 01-02
    • 5h00 Card Captor Sakura TV 01-02
    • 6h00 Break - Lunch
    • 6h30 Gasaraki TV 01-02
    • 7h30 Giant Robo OVA 07
    • 8h30 Vampire Princess Miyu TV 01-02
    • 9h30 Rurouni Kenshin OVA 01
    As a side note, the tentative date for the club's first meeting is August 14, same time, same place as usual. See you there ^_^

    1999-03-24

    I made a mistake, the article won't come out this week-end, but the next one... and it will be the feature of the week-end with color pictures!!! I can't wait to see it ^_^

    Anime Central would like to thank Pierre Côté for the article and Denis Courville for the photos. Last, but not least, Anime Central would like to thanks Yuno(look at our Comic Shops section for the adress) for the indoor photo-shoot.

    1999-03-23

    Yup, you read here first... watch this week-end LaPresse. They will have a very good article on the Anime Central club and anime in general. Plus, they'll have a color picture of us (the people who organize the club...^_^) !!!! Don't miss it !!!

    1999-03-14

    We estimated the number of people that came for the ComicFest, to be around 300 ! Anime Central and Montreal Animation Alliance have once more outdone themselves!!

    The drawing will be postponed to a later date... we will announce it during a Anime Central presentation.

    1999-03-10

    We are very *HAPPY* to announce that Empire Comix has given a 40$ Gift Certificate to draw. All members of Anime Central are *FREELY* (yes, it's free... you only need to be a member!) eligible for the drawing. To enter the contest, you must show up at the ComicFest (Sunday March 14th 1999), and we'll enter your name for the drawing. The final drawing will be done at the next Anime Central presentation.

    1999-02-25

    Anime Central and MAA (Montreal Animation Alliance) are holding together an Anime ShowCase at the next ComicFest. You can send enquiries at: anime_showcase@hotmail.com or at anime_central@videotron.ca What's so hot about this ComicFest, well it's the first time that the two biggest anime organisations unite to bring you one of the best Anime ShowCase. We will show the following anime:

  • End of Evangelion
  • Sailor Moon Movie
  • Record of the Lodoss War TV 1
  • Gundam Wing: Endless Waltz 1-3
  • JoJo's Bizarre Adventure 3-4 (the continuation from the Anime Central Festival held on the 20-21 February 1999)

    All the anime will be shown sub-titled, on a screen and with a Dolby Surround Pro-Logic amplifier (subwoffer included)!

    1999-02-20/21

    Anime Central whishes to thank everyone that attended the second Anime and Asian Movie Festival. We counted over 400 people in the two projection rooms. We hope to renew this success in the third edition of this festival. Thanks to all of you for attending the festival.

    About the schedule

    As you may know, ever since Bandai Visual (through Anime Village) as promised to offer some of their titles, many domestic companies have litteraly bought everything they could get their hands on. So what's that have to do with our schedule? Well, we have always tried to show anime titles that were (and are) not available commercially. This means that as new titles are being released, they will be pulled off our schedule, and of course, they won't be in the club's video library. Since the release dates for many of those titles are not known, titles pending commercial release will still be included in the schedule untill further notice. Thank you for your understanding on this subject.

    The Anime Central Club is a non-profit student organization dedicated to showing Japanese animation ("anime") to the Montreal community and the general public. Showings are usually held weekly at the University of Montreal, Jean-Brillant building, room B-2305, on Saturday nights from 5 to 10 pm.

    Membership

    By paying $15 and bringing a BRAND NEW, UNOPENED (accepted brands are TDK or Maxell only) video tape anyone can become a member for a FULL YEAR. We also maintain a library of audio and video tapes, so members can check out one subtitled video tape and/or one audio tape per showing and tapes are due back at the next showing. As the club is not meeting in the summer, the library is not open during that season. Members also get discounts in many different comic shops all around Montreal. Finally, a small booklet is given to the members in which they will find the club rules as well as the video and audio tape lists and other information.

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