Anicom

All the Charisma, All the Time

A more random selection of shows this week, including some brand new shows like Redakai and Black Rock Shooter, which… kinda sucked compared to the likes of Animaniacs and Eden of the East. Some important (and not so important) announcements were also announcified, such as…

- Next week is User Request Week! You’re calling the shots for the next session, so get posting in the Suggestion-mobile thread and say what you want to see!

- Elections open in the Students Union from tomorrow onwards. Traditionally, almost nobody in the uni votes (less than a percent), so your vote really will make a difference. If your Facebook hasn’t already been spammed by people telling you to vote for them with such original catchphrases as “Don’t Think, Vote Pink” and “No Slogan, Just Action” (no joke, those are actual campaign messages), you can check out all the candidates right here.

- Interested in writing for the blog? Check out this thread on the forums for some more info, or just e-mail us at anicomhivemind@gmail.com with the article you want up. Because anything you guys write will be better than the stuff I put up.

- Aaaaand finally the ArtJam for this week is to draw how you’d destroy the world.

Think that’s all for now, so take care and I’ll see y’all same place same time for the night where you can’t blame me if it sucks. Take care!

"I mean, Venusaur!"

So, how did you like your childhood (well, most of our childhoods) being brought back for one week. Between Pokémon, Digimon, YuGiOh, Beyblade, Stop the Pidgeon and Simpsons, I think we covered all bases of awesome nostalgia. And we had some cool announcements too.

- If you signed up for the MCM trip, you should have gotten an e-mail. Reply to it. Like, asap. Please. Otherwise I’ll have to find you and poke you. With a Wayne. And that won’t end well for anyone. And if you didn’t sign up for the list but still want to go, then poke me / Alex / Jade asap, otherwise it’ll be too late. Final price / payment deadlines should be done over the next week, and the sooner you reply to the e-mail, the cheaper it’ll be. Hint hint.

- Mike (known as Dark Drifter on the forums) wants your help! He’s doing a small documentary on bronies for his uni work / portfolio, so if you’re particularly for (or against, for reasons that aren’t just faggotry) them, get in contact with him and help him out! Also post in his Scenes We’d Like To See thread. Because.

- ArtJam for this week! Draw a Pokémon or Digimon! Couldn’t be easier if I tried!

That’s all for now, so see ya around next week for more cool stuff like… like… I dunno actually. Oh, and a cool announcement for the week after this one. Because its been a while since we ran one of those sessions. Take care y’all!

Woody's Got Wood

Well, I’ll admit the first half hour of this session wasn’t Anicom at its highest, and I apologise to everyone for the dramadramadrama, but both me and Jade felt it had to be done. I’ll keep this summary brief, if you really want to know more talk to me in person…

- Myself and Jade decided after the Animex issues to call a Vote of No Confidence on Tom.
– After speeches / questions and a secret ballot, Tom was voted out as Chairman of Anicom.
– Sean, former Secretary, was voted in as the new Chairman.
– Alex Shelley, last year’s Treasurer, was voted in as the new Secretary.
– Jade remains Treasurer.

Moving on, what with it being Animex week and awards season, we showed last year’s Oscar winning animated film – Toy Story 3 (plus a Buzz Lightyear cartoon because why not). We also had a few announcements to make…

- MCM! I’ve gotten the list of people who’re interested all typed up and will be sending out e-mails this weekend with more information and asking a few questions in it, so if you still haven’t signed up better hurry up and PM me or hunt me down in person (I’ll be at the Gaming Social on Sunday), as otherwise it’ll get exponentionally harder to get you in on the trip.

- This week’s ArtJam wants you to draw your own set of… Power Rangers! I’ve already seen some cracking pictures in the works, so join in and have a laugh. Heck, even I’ll do one this week. And I don’t even watch them (apart from the awesome series being shown weekly at TV & Movies).

Aaaand we’re done here. Next week we’ll be showing everybodies childhood favourites Pokémon and Digimon amongst other stuff, so be there! Take care y’all~

Still waiting for my goddamn coffee Joey

Its midnight, thinking of an original pun is way beyond me. And nothing I say could beat Chris’ ArtJam. Anyway, somebody told me I wasn’t nearly punctual enough with these blogs entries, so for one week, I’ll do this on time!

Anyway, the theme was superheroes, and we offered up a super (oh man how many times can I do this pun) collection of shows in Ironman, Wolverine, Heroman, DC Showcase, Tiger and Bunny and the Muuusic Meeeeeisteeer aka Batman Brave and the Bold. And if Batman singing isn’t enough to please you, then I’m beat.

There were also some announcements and apologies to be made.

- Animex oh crap its all fallen apart. I wasn’t with Tom and Jade when they explained the situation (but I’m still well aware of it), so all I can do is offer my sincere apologies to everyone who got pretty screwed by numerous cock-ups. I wish I could give you something better than just saying sorry, but I regretably can’t, but needless to say stuff will happen as a result of this, to ensure that future stuff we organise will not, does not and can not fall apart like this did.

- Which brings me to MCM Expo. We’re organising a trip to it (and I promise, me and Jade are taking a much more active role this time to ensure It. Doesn’t. Fail.), so if you’re interested and didn’t put your name on the list I passed around, PM me or otherwise talk to me before the end of the weekend, as I’ll be e-mailing out more information then. Basic info is in this thread, but for tl;dr, last weekend of May, £100 approx for the weekend, although you’ll spend at least that at the Expo. We won’t talk about my expenses, go trawling through the archives to see the horror of a first year with lots of money.

- Committee! Interested in becoming the Chairman, Secretary or Treasurer of Teesside’s Universities biggest society (excluding interlink)? Then come chat to us, via the forum, the internet, in person, however, just get chatting and we’ll tell you what you need to know. You don’t have to be a social butterfly like Tom or a weeaboo like myself to take charge, and the experience is really worth it. Well, when things don’t fall apart around you they are.

- ArtJam! Draw a comic book cover! Anything goes, so be as lolsy or as artsy as you want. I might even do one this week, can’t be shown up by Reaf.

I believe that’s all. Anicom will be running next week, same time, same place! Animex and Reading Week won’t affect us in the slightest, so hopefully I’ll see y’all in a week. Or sooner, if you’re going to Animex. Take care!