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Notes on starting an anime club of your own |
We occasionally get asked for advice on how to start an anime club. We don't remember how. Things were different then, anyway. However, do not despair! We've scraped together a little advice, and put it here. |
A history of anime |
A history of anime, from the 1999 Right Stuf catalog |
The Anime Primer, or, ``What anime should I watch now?'' |
A very extensive list of anime titles with short descriptions. |
The 100 most useful words in anime |
So that's what naruhodo means. |
Two and a half lectures on Anime |
An introductory presentation on anime and manga delivered to a University of Texas literature class. The lectures focus on the work of Hayao Miyazaki (particularly Nausicaa of the valley of the wind), but also gives a good history of anime and manga and their role in Japanese popular culture. |
Anime Web Turnpike |
The central nexus of the anime web. Links to clubs, vendors, studios, conventions, .... |
The Anime Resource Center |
Useful resources (a dictionary of anime terms, anime guides, etc.). |
Related groups and organizations on the MIT Campus
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Description |
MIT-Japan program |
The MIT-Japan program's primary mission has been to
oversee the training of MIT science, engineering,
and management students in Japanese language and
culture and to place them in Japanese companies,
universities, and government organizations for
internships. It has also undertaken to educate
Americans in the public and private sectors about
Japan and about issues that are important to the
nation's ability to better cooperate and compete
with Japan as we move into the 21st
century. Today, it is the largest, most
comprehensive, and most widely copied center of
applied Japanese studies in the world.
We gratefully acknowledge the MIT-Japan program's generous sponsorship. |
Electronic Gaming Group |
The EGG is a group of students devoted to the study and practice of video and arcade games, another popular offshoot of Japanese cultural influence. While consisting mainly of "real bout," hard-core fighters (including several Anime Club members!), many gamers also play DDR, several RPG's, and games from nostalgia. EGG is responsible for weekly get-togethers as well as large-scale tournaments. |
Japanese Society of Undergrads |
Not just for students from Japan. Among other benefits, they have a manga lending library open to members of their group. |
Japanese Association of MIT (JAM) |
An organization for Japanese students, researchers, and faculty, their family, and friends. Open to all who are interested in Japan and its culture. |
MIT Science Fiction Society |
Home of the largest open-shelf lending library of science
fiction in the world.
A lot of us got our start in anime because it was a source of intelligent science fiction films, so it's only natural to include the MITSFS here. |
International Film Club |
This group has frequent showings (sometimes many in a
single week) of international and classic films, with
introductions and some discussion.
Their page is also an excellent resource for anyone interested in the local cinema scene. interested in the local cinema scene. |
Other anime groups in the Cambridge area
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Description |
Our own notes on series |
Some locally-written notes describing some of the series we've shown. |
The Anime Encyclopedia |
An extensive resource including reviews, cast and production data, and more. |
The Anime Info Site |
If you can't find it on the Anime Encyclopedia, you might find it here. |
The Anime Primer, or, ``What anime should I watch now?'' |
A very extensive list of anime titles with short descriptions. |
Lord Carnage's Reviews Page |
A collection of reviews of anime series, OAVs, and movies. Much more fun than the reviews in the Anime Web Guide |
Anime Meta-Review |
A collection of reviews of anime series, OAVs, and movies.
The fellow can seem a bit humorless at times (for
example, he utterly failed to see the humor in
The
adventures of the mini-goddesses nor the inspired
lunacy of
Digi-charat), but in general his reviews
are intelligent and well argued, and this site is
often the first place you will find a review of a new
series.
Besides the extensive number of reviews, one of the nice features of this review collection are the comparisons of reactions with other reviewers. |
``Possibly the biggest anime review site on the web'' |
That's what it says, and they do seem to mention a great many titles. |
The index of Anime World reviews |
More reviews. |
T.H.E.M. reviews page |
Not as much fun as Lord Carnage's reviews (especially
those graced by an interjection from
Herself the Elf), but almost as complete. Plus, they
load a lot faster.
Don't take their reviews as the final word, however. |
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Description |
Notes on starting an anime club of your own |
We occasionally get asked for advice on how to start an
anime club. We don't remember how. Things were
different then, anyway.
However, do not despair! We've scraped together a little advice, and put it here. |
Notes by an American in the anime industry |
The web site of an American who has spent fifteen years working in the Japanese anime industry. Includes advice for those who might be crazy enough to want to follow in his footsteps. |
The U R Drawing site |
The site is now gone, but it has links to advice and tutorials on drawing. |
Crockman's lair |
This sites will have to do since the URDrawing site is gone. |
Anime Juku, an on-line school of anime production |
Now with an English-language section, it's too early to tell how many of their on-line graduates actually get jobs making anime... |
A guide to animation schools and
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Animation World Network is an invaluable resource for all things animated. |
Buying anime wares in Cambridge
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| Learning to recognize and avoid pirated anime products | The Pirate Anime FAQ. | Sadly, even some conventional retail stores sometimes sell pirated goods. | |
| Tokyo Kid | In Harvard Square Garage, second floor in the back. Phone: 661-9277 | A general anime store, with both import and domestic
merchandise. All domestic tapes, but otherwise a
highly varying selection of import books and anime
merchandise. They also rent tapes and DVDs (and have
a good selection of rentals).
Please note that some of their wares are unlicensed (e.g., they sell SonMay and EverAnime soundtrack CDs imported from Taiwan). You're not helping your favorite anime creators make more anime when you purchase pirated goods. They sometimes have screenings of new anime (and they often have new anime playing on their screens). Special! Card-carrying MIT Anime members get 10% off! (Excludes rentals, games, video and dvd purchases.) |
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| Sasuga Japanese Bookstore | Store just moved from Porter Square to Waltham! Telephone: (781) 891-5055/(877) 891-5055 | Carries a lot of manga and a small amount
of other random merchandise like CDs and LDs. On-line
searchable catalog, and will take orders by email or
on-line. They'll also special-order things.
Also, across the street in the Porter Exchange building you will find several Japanese lunch counters where you can satisfy the ramen and udon cravings brought on by watching lots of anime. Special! Card-carrying MIT Anime members get 10% off! (Excludes magazine subscriptions.) |
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| Million Year Picnic | In a Harvard Square (Brattle Square, actually) basement across from Tweeter, Etc. and next to Wordsworth Books. | One of the country's best comic book stores, with a
constantly improving selection of translated manga,
plus a lot of anime art books.
Special! Card-carrying MIT Anime members get 10% off! |
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| Comicopia | In Kenmore Square, on the south side of Comm. Ave, near the overpass (i.e., at the end of Kenmore Square furthest from the Citgo sign). | An excellent comic book store in Kenmore Square.
Special! Card-carrying MIT Anime members get 10% off! |
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| Newbury Comics | Store locations | Carries a lot of translated manga, some anime DVDs, and a lot of anime action figures. (Note: prices on anime merchandise are generally better at Tokyo Kid. | |
| Porter Exchange | Near the Porter Square T stop, on Mass. Ave., about a block back toward Harvard Square. | Chockablock full of small Japanese restaurants serving ramen and udon, sushi, takoyaki and other yummy stuff. Also has a few small shops with Japanese ceramics and textiles, and Kotobukiya, a grocery store. | |
| Yoshinoya | Central Square, just up Prospect Street from Massachusetts Avenue. | A small Japanese grocery store. Also sells sundries. | |
| Super-88 | Where Brighton Avenue splits off from Commonwealth Avenue. Ride the Green Line way out beyond BU, past Eastern Mountain Sports. There are other locations as well. | A huge Asian supermarket, with an Asian food-court right next to it. | |
| Reliable Market | Union Square, Somerville. Take the 87 bus from Lechmere. To walk, take Prospect to Union Square, then turn left on Somerville Ave. at the Dunkin' Donuts. Reliable Market is a block down, on the opposite side of the street. | A Japanese and Korean supermarket, larger than Kotobukiya but smaller than Super 88. | |
Used (or inexpensive) anime wares from Japan
Tokyo Central |
A nice shop staffed with otaku. A great place for Range Murata and Yoshitoshi Abe fans, as they frequently have copies of their hard-to-find doujinshi. |
Animaxis.com |
Sells new anime materials. Good prices. |
Name/link |
Description |
| Learning to recognize and avoid pirated anime products | The Pirate Anime FAQ. A lot of on-line retailers DVD "deals" turn out to be pirated goods, which doesn't help fund the creation of new anime. |
www.animebooks.com |
Very friendly, with some of the lowest prices for (new)
anime-related books that I have found on the net.
Excellent prices, accomodating staff. |
| Low-priced DVD search engine | A web-site that will search online vendors for a given DVD title, reporting back the prices it finds (usually including shipping). Their front-page has news of special deals (e.g., ``coupon codes'' that may be used to get special prices). |
Sites with news about what's happening in anime no sekai
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Description |
Natsume Maya's anime and manga news |
A wonderful site filled (almost) daily with fresh information from Japan. |
Gilles' USA Anime and Manga Report |
Upcoming domestic anime releases |
Akadot on-line magazine |
An excellent on-line magazine with a slightly more intellectual, lit/crit focus than Ex. Includes interviews, in-depth reviews, anime humor. |
EX on-line magazine |
An excellent on-line magazine. In addition to
anime-related stories, each issue includes an overview
of current manga, reviews of anime and game music CDs,
and game reviews.
In February 2001 it stopped being a monthly magazine and shifted to occasional updates, but their back-issues are well worth browsing, and they are, in fact, updating the site. |
Anime Jump! |
Subtitled ``putting the `dumb' in anime fandom since 1998!'', this is a good magazine full of quirky reviews and hilarious editorials. |
animefringe |
A monthly magazine that reviews anime, manga, imports, web-sites, and Japanese snacks! |
Tokidoki Journal |
A nice collection of reviews and related readings |
Anime on DVD site |
Where to get the latest news, reviews, and easter-egg (omake) info on anime in DVD format. |
Anime news service |
Daily news of the anime world. |
Animenation news |
Daily news of the anime world. |
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Description |
Grand high license list |
Has that new anime been licensed for distribution in the US? Check here to find out. |
Anime Web Guide |
links to several databases, including detailed information about many anime titles like cast lists, other films by the same director, ratings, links to web sites devoted to that title. |
PRISMS, the ultimate manga guide |
Lists of artists, titles, series synopses, character descriptions.... |
Scriptclub.org |
Can't wait for an anime to get released to the US? Can't wait for the club to dig up a fansub? Nostalgic for the ``good old days'' when one watched unsubbed anime with a printed script in one's lap? This site has numerous scripts for new anime episodes. |
Manga translation directory |
Can't wait for a manga series to get released in the US? Can't read Japanese? This site has an exhaustive catalog of sites with manga translations. |
The Anime Encyclopedia |
An extensive resource including reviews, cast and production data, and more. |
A voice actor/actress database |
Did you know that the actress who played Nausicaa also did
Clarisse in Lupin III: Castle of Cagliostro and
Kyoko Otonashi in Maison Ikkoku? Do you care?
This site has grown a little out of date, though we still appreciate all the effort involved in creating it and maintaining it for so many years. The Anime Encyclopedia is often a better bet, particularly for newer shows. |
Anime TV series database |
An obsessively complete database of anime TV series (includes genre information) |
Huge fan art collection |
Said to be the web's largest collection of fan art. |
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Description |
Things you may wonder about when watching anime |
A page of notes about cultural items, mores, and practices that you'll see in anime which might make you curious. (Maintained by MIT Anime) |
Books |
Books on anime and manga. Some of these works may be found in the MIT Libraries. (Maintained by MIT Anime) |
A librarian's guide to Anime and Manga |
People ask librarians to help them find obscure and interesting things. And librarians find them. This is where librarians might start when trying to help you find obscure and interesting things about anime. |
A capsule history of anime |
A capsule history of Anime from Animation World Network |
Rei's essay collection |
Some excellent essays, some introductory, some helping put anime and manga in context, with overviews of some classic anime and manga titles. |
The Anime and manga essay collection(suspended)Anime and manga research |
Excellent collections of links to essays throughout the web looking at anime and manga from a literary and cultural perspective. Good places to browse if you want to dig deeper into the meaning of what you see and its cultural context. |
Miyazaki and Ghibli essay collection |
A collection of essays on the works of Hayao Miyazaki and others associated with Studio Ghibli. |
Japanese language and culture network |
A clearinghouse for tools, services, and information on Japanese language and culture. |
Jim Breen's Japanese Page |
This has nothing to do with anime or manga, but it is a fantastic link-collection concerning Japanese culture and Japanese language. |
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Description |
A quick and dirty guide to Japanese |
Just what it says. About 14 pages long. |
Japanese <-> English Dictionary Server |
An online Japanese-English/English-Japanese dictionary.
Type romanji
(including patterns), get back definitions
(including kanji, if desired).
Also includes a facility to look up kanji definitions. |
Jim Breen's Japanese Page |
A fantastic link-collection by the creator of XJDICT, the
online Japanese dictionary resource.
It has links to interesting sites, links to information on computing in Japanese, links to software (such as Kanji drill tools, a Japanese dictionary for your computer, educational resources, cultural resources, and more). In particular, it has advice for how to get your browser to display Japanese text. |
A series of multimedia introductory tutorials in Japanese. |
Yes, they're trying to sell you something, but they teach you a little Japanese along the way. |
About.com's Japanese site |
Of special interest is the 'search' field at the top of the page- type in the romaji spelling of almost any kanji to find out how to draw it and what it means. |
Series- and studio-specific links
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Description |
Our own notes on series |
Some locally-written notes describing some of the series we've shown. |
The Maison Ikkoku homepage |
There's a lot more to Maison Ikkoku than meets the eye. For example, find out the secrets behind the characters' names. |
The Hayao Miyazaki/Studio Ghibli fan site |
An excellent reference site concerning the works of Hayao Miyazaki (Nausicaa, Mononoke Hime, Laputa, Totoro, Kiki's delivery service), Isao Takahata (Grave of the Fireflies, Pom Poko, Omoide poro poro), and their Studio Ghibli (Whisper of the Heart, Umi ga Kikoeru). |
Nadia: the secret of the Blue Water |
Everything you ever wanted to know about the Blue Water. |
Translator's notes for NadesicoOmoikane online |
Two sites dedicated to Martian Successor Nadesico |
Thought experiments lainCyberia Cafe |
Three extensive sites discussing the images and symbolism in Serial experiments lain. |
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Description |
Doki-doki productions |
Humorous anime music videos and cartoons, changes monthly. |
Anime music video collection |
A central clearinghouse for people who make anime music videos, often includes links to their work. |
The Armitage Dimension |
A shoutcast ``radio'' station here in the Boston area, with over 4000 songs and a nice real-time request feature. |
The Aniverse Listening Page |
Nice features of this site are the automatic updates of the web-page and the display of the CD cover of the current and next song. |
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Description |
The Anime Hackers' page |
A list of anime computers and the hackers who love them. |
The Food Court |
Fun with anime screen-shots and Photoshop. Home of
Titanic, the Anime,
Gunbuster vs. the Enterprise, and
There's something about Misato.
Usually changes every week or two. |
The Toasty Frog 'Zine Thumbnail Theatre |
Don't have time for anime? Read these quick summaries and be able to hold your own during intermission conversations. |
Advice, should you wake up one day as an anime character |
Remember: read all of the mecha's operating manual before climbing into the pilot-seat. |
Megumitoons |
cartoons of the seiyuu's life by arch-seiyuu Hayashibara Megumi (voice actress for Lina Inverse, Ayanami Rei, Faye Valentine, Pen Pen...). |
Azumanga-toons |
Translations of the manga/cartoon strip on which Azumanga Daioh is based. |
Sempai |
The mostly true adventures of the Sempai gang, on their quest for more episodes of Maison Ikkoku. |
Megatokyo |
An American mangajin in Tokyo. Not exactly anime-related, but not exactly not anime-related, either. |
Unicorn Jelly |
A philosophical science fiction online manga about what it means to be different. |
