By JORDAN MCLEMORE, Staff Reporter
The Anime and Manga Club will be having their first meeting on Oct. 12, in Vinson Hall 200.
This will be a business meeting where they will decide when and where to meet for different activities. It will last for about 30 minutes.
Club members will decide when they will get together for viewing parties this semester and what show(s) they will be watching. Some ideas include setting up video game tournaments, such as Pokken and Super Smash Bros on the Wii U.
Club member, Chris Dickson said, “Of our current members, several can draw manga characters very well, so we might use their creations in advertisements or in future activities. Also, we announced at our first meeting that Dalton Jantz won our prize giveaway from the club fair in August: a free month subscription to crunchyroll, kind of like Netflix for anime and manga.”
They plan to have viewing and gaming parties during the rest of the semester; they will determine a semester viewing list. The club members also plan to discuss trips to conventions in the future.
Anyone is welcome to attend this meeting. The Anime and Manga Club plans to do more activities for people to get involved in towards the end of October.
For students who don’t know, anime is Japanese hand-drawn or computer animation. The word is the abbreviated pronunciation of animation in Japanese, where this term references all animation. Manga is a style of Japanese comic books and graphic novels, typically aimed at adults as well as children.
“We encourage anyone who would like to know more about the club to visit us at Ranger Preview or visit the NWOSU Anime and Manga Club Facebook page,” Dickson said.
For more information, students can email Dickson at cwdickson41@rangers.nwosu.edu.