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1.
What is anime?
2.
What kinds of anime are there?
3. Do
I have to have seen anime to come to club?
4.
What do I need to bring to anime club?
5.
Where can I get anime?
6.
What are the rules of anime club?
7.
There are some Japanese words you guys use that I don't know. Can you
translate them?
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1. What is anime?
Japanese animation, which ranges from little kids' shows
("Pokémon") to stuff intented for adult audiances ("Twisted
Tales of Tokyo").
2. What kinds of anime are
there?
Generally, what we watch will fall into either Shoujo or Shounen. Shoujo,
or "girls' style", typically features cute young girls, pretty
and valiant men, and lots of sparkles. Shounen, or "boys' style",
has more slapstick humor, more action, less romance, and snot when people
cry.
3. Do I have to have seen
anime to come to club?
Of course not! There's no better time to join then now.
4. What do I need to bring to
anime club?
You may bring your anime collection just so we know how much stuff we have,
you may bring food, or even your pet cat, but basically just bring
yourself.
5. Where can I get anime?
The two best sites I've found devoted strictly to anime are Discount Anime
and Discount Anime DVD. The prices on anime at Suncoast and FYE are
exhorbitant compared to these. If that fails, there's always eBay, and for
things that haven't been released in America yet, fansubbing. This is where
fans in Japan record the visual and audio and then subtitle it themselves
into English for distribution. This unfortunately becomes illegal once the
DVD's are available in the US, but much of what we watch at club is only
available this way.
6. What are the rules of
anime club?
Rules? What are they?
7. There are some Japanese
words you guys use that I don't know. Can you
translate them?
Sure!
Otaku: anime enthusiast. Literally, an anime nerd. (negative connotation in
Japan)
Souka/Soudesuka: I see, I understand, I get it.
Kawaii: how cute!!
Kowai: how terrifying!! (not to be confused with Kawaii)
Jaa ne: later. Kinda like goodbye.
Baka: idiot
Yatta: hooray! I did it! We won! Woohoo!
Yoshi: good, alright
Gomen: sorry
Arigato/Domo/Arigatogozaimasu: thank you, in varying degrees of formality
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