Conventions!
Below is the list of conventions we will be attending throughout the year. Below are the info super packets.
Cosplay America (August 30 - 31, 2014) Katsucon (February 13 - 15, 2014)
Animazement (May 21 - 24, 2015)
Note that the Permission Slip is only needed for Katsucon and Animazement. Also note that the total of the hotel costs may be lower than suggested in the packet for Katsucon, depending upon how much fundraising we accomplish.
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Contests!
For the 2014-2015 school year, Anime Club will be holding contests throughout the year to earn awesome prizes! Each first place winner of all four main contests will win a 3-Day Animazement 2015 Badge. This is to promote those who don't have the budget to purchase a badge, do have a chance to use their variety of skills to earn one so they can try to attend at least one of the conventions we plan on going to throughout the year, Animazement. However, if a participant won a Major Four Contest in first place, they cannot enter another Major Four Contest. This is to ensure that the four badges go to four different people.
Major Four Contests
Cosplay Craftsmanship Contest (Oct 1 - March 25)
The first contest of the year is the Cosplay Craftsmanship Contest! This contest has the longest duration. The participants create at least 50% of their costumes. For example, if a costume requires a wig or shoes you don't have, go buy it. You aren't expected to make a wig or shoes from scratch. However, the clothing and armor for the character you will need to make basically from scratch. There will be six Cosplay Workshops to have opportunities to work on your costumes as well as get proper tutorials and demonstrations to learn how to make your costume(s). The character must be appropriate enough to feel comfortable wearing in front of your parents, small children, and strangers. It would also help if the costume was fairly simple for a first try.
Prizes:
- 1st: A $25 Giftcard to Joann's Fabric and Crafts Store, and a 3-Day Animazement 2015 Badge
Manga Contest (Nov 19 - Dec 20)
Participants in this contest are to make either a one-shot manga of a minimum of 10 pages to a maximum of 30 pages. It may be hand-drawn or digital (but if it is digital, you need to print it out or put it in a PDF file and send it to Melissa via email). You have a month to make it! It may be either in black-and-white/grayscale or color. The choice is yours. The manga needs to be PG-13 appropriate. No ecchi, hentai, gore/disturbing, or otherwise inappropriate topics. Please have the language be in English for easy reading. The manga must be original. No fan-art will be accepted. This also means no doujinshi of that nature either.
Prizes:
- 1st: Manga Studio Debut 4, , and a 3-Day Animazement 2015 Badge.
- 2nd: "Bakuman." manga volumes 1 and 2.
- 3rd: A Set of Sakura Drawing Pens
Naruto Shippuden Video Game Tournament (January 14)
Yep! There'll be a video game tournament! Exciting, right? It'll be on the Xbox 360. Whoever comes out victorious amongst your fellow otakus get...
- 1st: A 3-Day Animazement 2015 Badge (There's video game tournaments at AZ too ^^)
AMV Contest (March 4 - April 1)
The final contest will be the AMV, or Animated Music Video, Contest. The participants can use any song or anime that is NOT derogatory, does NOT have a lot of profanity, has NO sexual or gore/very disturbing images/video, and is appropriate enough to show to an 8-year old. Though it does not have to be PG-rated. The maximum duration of the AMV is 6 minutes. No overtime.
Prizes:
- 1st - A 3-Day Animazement 2015 Badge (there are AMV contests at AZ too ^^)
Minor Contests
Anime Drawing Contest (Sept 10 - Nov 5)
This contest is an artsy one! Theme: Outdoors.
Your drawing must be one outside, be it in a field of flowers, or on the top of a school rooftop, or somewhere else outside. It's your choice. There must be at least one anime character in the drawing. If it's fanart, you must, on the back of the piece, name the character and the anime that character comes from. You also need an original character included in the artwork. That original character could be yourself even. The last requirement is that the piece be in color. No outlines or black-and-white only. Color makes everything better!
Prizes:
- 1st - A Sketchpad, a set of Sakura Drawing Pens
- 2nd -A set of Sakura Drawing Pens
Onigiri Contest (Sept 26)
Participants create onigiri, or japanese rice balls/cakes! Participants will make 25 small onigiri each. If you wish to put a 'filling' in like peppers, melon, or beans inside, feel free! Just make sure you label your onigiri for what they may have inside them. There will be a taste test. Each anime club member will choose one onigiri to eat/try. The rest will be sold for $1 each at Anime Movie Night 1. Whoever creates the best onigiri wins...
- 1 $10 Kanki gift certificate!
Anime Movie Nights
Anime Movie Nights are nights at the school to watch anime films that are not part of a televised series (Like say Naruto, Evangelion or Madoka Magica). Many of the films are from Studio Ghibli. Movie Nights will typically start at 5:30pm and last until about 8:30pm. The movies will start at 6:00pm.
Admittance
We are not selling tickets for the showing of the movies. The tickets are purely for admittance costs only for fund-raising. There will be snacks available for sale for cheap also to help fundraise.
$2 per person.
$5 for a family of three members or more with the donation of can food or other non-perishable food items to donate to the local food bank.
Movies
All movies shown are Japanese animated films that would be rated a PG or PG-13 film rating in American movie terms. All movies will also be in English dub, so no worries if you can't understand Japanese or don't like reading subtitles.
Anime Movie Night 1 - Friday, October 3, 2014 - Film Choices:
Anime Movie Night 2 - Friday, November 21, 2014 - Film Choices:
- Princess Mononoke (1997) [PG-13]
- Howl's Moving Castle (2004) [PG]
Anime Movie Night 3 - Friday, February 6, 2015 - Film Choices:
Anime Movie Night 4 - Friday, April 24, 2015 - Film Choices:
- Akira (1988) [PG-13]
- Castle In The Sky (1986) [PG]
Japanese and Anime Culture Event (JACE )
Though the date is undecided, it will likely be on a Saturday before Winter Break. The day is to promote Japanese and Anime culture as well as the Anime Club. A range of activities will go on including a Cosplay Cafe, Manga Library, Anime Video Rooms, Informative Panels, A Video Game Tournament, and short 'classes' which are more like panels, as used best throughout the anime convention community (though it's not big enough nor proper enough to be called an anime convention.)
To those not in anime club or donating/helping/volunteering, there is a $2 admission fee per person. That's it. No checks or credit/debit cards of any kind will be accepted. Only cash.
The JACE Day will be open to all in Kestrel, as well as to the public.
