The
JACO Chronicle:
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Saturday,
July 28, 2001
Ahh!
Con season! A chance to see friends, delve deep into fandom,
and spend way too much money!
JACON
2001 was a huge success, with over 1,100 attendees (more
than doubling the attendence at JACON 2000)! It was great
to see everyone come out and have a great time! And guess
what? We're just crazy enough to do it again! JACON 2002
will be May 31-June 2, so mark your calendars and beg
the boss for a couple days off! Some of the JACO crew
will also be at Dragon*Con 2001, hosting an anime viewing
room! So if you're going to Dragon*Con, stop by and say
hi! And watch a little anime...the stuff's good for ya'!
Expect a large JACO attendence at AWA this year, too.
We just can't get enough of them cons!
School
starts up soon, and you know what that means! Yep, another
excuse for JACO to throw a party! The Back-To-School Bash
will be on August 25th. There'll be anime screenings,
a cosplay contest, a trivia challenge, a Project Justice
tournament, plus food, drink, and giveaways! For more
info, check out the main page!
The
10th anniversary of Project JACO will be this summer,
so we want everyone to submit something-whether it's an
article, review, fan art, or whatever, you'll want to
be immortalized in this soon-to-be collector's item (don't
say I didn't warn you)!
Several
new shows have started their runs at the programming meetings,
so check our the schedule and links sections, too.
Well,
that's it for now. See you in the funnies...
Nicole Kintner
President, JACO
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Wednesday,
March 7, 2001
Oh, wow! Well, it's been a while. A lot has happened since
June of last year...let's see if we can't catch everything
up.
The
most notable event since the last Chronicle listing is
JACON 2000, JACO's first anime convention! It was a big
success, with over 500 attendees! We had lots of fun,
watched a ton of anime, and best of all, we're planning
to do it all over again. JACON 2001 is already shaping
up to be bigger and better, with a little more of everything!
So join us on May 11-13 for Orlando's great anime experience!
Visit www.jacon.org for more info! Oh, and we're always
looking for volunteers!
As
many of you know, 2000 was a big year for anime. Besides
the sea of stuff released on video and DVD from all our
favorite companies, we were besieged on all sides on US
TV! Cartoon Network had a hit on their hands with Gundam
Wing, and are following suit with Outlaw Star, Tenchi
Muyo, and Blue Sub 06. In addition to Pokemon and Digimon,
Fox released a rather severely edited version of Escaflowne
(which was canceled), and has picked up rights to Slayers.
The WB has a hit on their hands with Cardcaptors (another
really edited version of Cardcaptor Sakura). The best
part of that is the ability to find affordable CCS toys
at Wal-mart (stuffed Kero-chans...Yeah!). Princess Mononoke
was released in US Theaters, and was received very well
(it was on DVDExpress.com's Top Five list for a couple
weeks...). Let's hope 2001 will yield more anime for American
Otaku...perhaps Spriggan, Laputa, and...the Escaflowne
Movie in theaters??
JACO
was invited to help host an anime room at Megacon 2001
this past weekend (March 3-5) by local club Anime Sushi.
It was a big hit! Shows that went over especially well
include Inu-Yasha, Legend of Basara, Big-O, FLCL (Furi
Kuri), Jubei-chan, Angel Sanctuary, and many others! The
costume contest (Anime Sushi's second annual) took us
all by surprise with 71 entries!! Congraulations to Joe
Torres, the Best of Show winner for his Di Gi Charat Dejiko
costume, nyo! All in all, it was a blast! I certainly
had a ton of fun!
Anime
Express in Daytona is coming up soon! Check out the Anime
Turnpike (www.anipike.com) Convention schedule for details.
Deadline
for the Spring issue of Project JACO is March 20th, so
get those reviews, articles, fanart, and other submissions
together and send them off to our editor-in-chief, Ken
Nabbe at nabbe@cfl.rr.com.
Well,
everything else in the club is going great! Tad Simmons
is the new club librarian (he has our sympathies). We'd
like to thank Erik for doing a great job this last year.
Casey Hollis is our new JACON Chairman, and Jason Sadeghi
is our Gaming Department Head. I'm sure everyone will
do great in their new positions!
That's
all for now. Hopefully, I'll be speaking to everyone again
BEFORE this time next year. See you at the meetings, or
JACON 2001!
Nicole
Kintner
President, JACO
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Friday,
June 2, 2000
Hey!
I'm sure most of you have noticed the JACON web site by
now. Its kinda hard not to ;) Keep an eye out there and
here for important information.
Our
next video game tournament is Dead or Alive 2. It will
be held on June 10th at 6PM in our usual meeting room
(Communications rm 101). Hope to see you there!
-Casey
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Monday,
February 7, 2000
It's been a while. We've finally hashed out the feature
schedulefor the next half year or so. Check out the schedule
link to theleft if you're interested. The club is still
in the process of acquiringeven more material for the
library, so as soon as things appear to settledown, we'll
have a new library listing to be distributed to Members.
We're also working on some new Anime Soundtrack Primers
for Extended andLifetime members.
There
have been many questions as to JACO's participation in
MegaConthis year. The simple answer is, we're not. Never
fear, though,as we're planning something much bigger for
later in the year. Keepyour calendars clear for the weekend
of September 8-10 and stay tuned formore information.
-Casey
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Thursday,
November 18, 1999
JACO will be meeting at 9PM for the 9:45 feature of Princess
Mononoke. For more information (prices, directions, etc)
visit the Enzians web siteat www.enzian.org. Don't forgetyour
JACO T-shirts!
-Casey
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Wednesday,
November 17, 1999
The Mirimax version of Mononoke Hime is finally arriving
here. It will start showing at the Enzian Theater this
Friday (11/19). I'm sure we'll plan a JACO trip as soon
as the showing times are announced. Stay tuned for more
info.
The
November 27th meeting will see the return of our JACO
Video GameTournaments. Of course, we now have a brand
new system to use inthe Sega Dreamcast. :) With that in
mind, the game of the momentwill be SoulCaliber. If you
are up to the challenge, make sure youarrive at our normal
programming room (Communications 101) by 5:30 PM. Good
luck!
-Casey
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Monday,
October 4, 1999
Ken has retired as president of JACO, and as a result,
there have beenseveral changes in the club officership:
President:
Nicole Kintner
Vice President: Casey Hollis
Corresponding Secretary: Sean Bishop-O'Byrne
Recording Secretary: Richard Van Cleave III
Librarian: Erik Larson
Advisor to the President: Ken Nabbe
Advivor to the Advisor to the President: John Stepp
I
will post Ken's farewell remarks as soon as I find them
again.
Just
a reminder -there will be NO meeting this coming Saturday,
October 9th. Many in JACO will be attending Anime Weekend
Atlanta (your's truly included:).
-Casey
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Wednesday,
September 1, 1999
Our fall back-to-school event will be held on September
4 at 7PM inthe UCF Communications Building, room 101.
Come and join us for somespecial programming, food and
drinks, and door prizes! Hope to seeyou there!
-Casey
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Wednesday,
August 25, 1999
It's almost time for AWA again! We will be putting together
agroup registration at the meeting on the 28th. If you're
interested,the group rate will be $15 a person.
After
many years of being a regular feature, Maison Ikkoku will
be endingthis coming meeting (8/28). Both the final episode
and the moviewill be shown. Witness the end of an institution
for yourself . ..
The
activities fair is being held today at UCF. Keep an eye
outfor our table. This also means you can keep your eyes
out for moreinformation on our back-to-school celebration
here. It will mostlikely be held on September 4th, so
as not to interfere with our programmingschedule. I'll
keep you posted.
-Casey
aka Mr Twinkle
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Thursday,
July 8, 1999
Well, as usual, it's been a while. We've got a lot of
stuff in the works,and the Fall is shaping up to be really
special! With the release of Mononoke,Perfect Blue, X
-1999, and the Pokemon movie all coming around Thanksgiving,plus
a ton of special events, it will be something to look
forward to!Check this page for updates.
Our
VP and Corresponding Secertary just returned from Otakon,
the biggestAnime con on the East coast! Lots of stuff
to see, including a piano concertby Yoko Kanno, composer
of Macross Plus, Vision of Escaflowne, Please Savemy Earth,
and Cowboy Bebop. Lots of people in costumes, cool video
rooms,and lots of stuff in the Dealer's Room that we can't
afford! Fun!
In
the Scheduling section, you'll notice that we have severalseries
reaching the end of their run; Maison Ikkoku, Fushigi
Yuugi, Recordof Lodoss War, and Video Girl AI. We'll be
announcing the replacement showssoon, so stay tuned in!
Ja
ne!
Nicole
Vice-President
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Thursday,
April 1, 1999
The
'Bust-a-Groove' tourney was a loads of fun! The winning
streakof the JACO Officership has finally been broken!
Sean Bishop-O'Byrnewas the man with the rythm that night.
Congrats Sean!
The
next tournament will be 'Tekken Ball', on April 10th.
As usual,it will be before the meeting - 5 to 7PM.
MegaCon
'99 has come and gone. The anime rooms ran quite smoothly,with
only a few programs running behind schedule. As usual,
the SailorMoon movies were hugely successful. The room
was packed for severalof our other features as well. I
hope everyone who attended had alot of fun!
If
you checked the room out at the con, let us know what
you thought.:) email
--P.
Casey Hollis
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Thursday,
February 25, 1999
Dont
forget, the great 'Bust-a-Groove' tourney will be this
Saturday,5:00-7:00pm just before the meeting. Come and
see who has rhythm...and those like me! ;)
-Ken
Nabbe, President Japanese Animation Club of Orlando
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Saturday,
January 23, 1999
In
case you haven't seen it on the Schedule - JACO will be
having aback-to-school extravaganza on January 30 from
6PM till 11PM in our regularmeeting room. There will be
snacks and prizes in addition to ourspecial schedule,
so come on by and have some fun!
-Casey
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Tuesday,
January 19, 1999
The
Year-End Inventory was completed and, as expected, a few
tapes cameup missing. However, with new additions to the
library, the totalnumber of tapes has risen to 300+.
Highlights
for the past months:
Our
President and Exhaulted Leader, Ken Nabbe won the JACO
Rival Schoolstourney held on January 9th.
Our Vice-President and Master Puzzler, Nicole Kintner
won the JACO SuperPuzzle Fighter II Turbo tourney held
on November 28th. (anyone elsenoticing a trend . . . .
they've been playing too many video games)
The JACO shopping/dining field trip was a great success,
with quite e fewpeople showing up for the fun. Check the
JACO Scrapbook for somepictures from the outing.
The cosplay committee of JACO, COO, has launched its first
web site withpictures from various cosplay photoshoots.
Check the links sectionfor the site.
As you can see, things have been busy. :)
For those who have emailed me about the AWA4 Music Video
Tape (or wereabout to do so), we have not received a master
copy as yet. Whenwe do, I'll post information on obtaining
copies as soon as possible.
--Casey
a.k.a. Twinkle
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Friday,
December 4, 1998
Greetings
again, just wanted to drop by and wave to all the membersout
there. This is just a friendly reminder about the Decemeber
12th, meeting.Year-End Inventory has come again, and your
dear President needs to checkto see what tapes failed
to come home over the last year. All current requestswill
be rolled over to the first meeting of the new year. Fun,
Fun, Fun!
Oh
yeah, Casey, I catch you putting those pictures back up
again...I will kill you. ;)
Ken
Nabbe, President Japanese Animation Club of Orlando
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Monday,
November 16, 1998
Well,
things sure are hopping! There have been updates to the
schedule,so check out what we have going on for November
and December. Also, a newedition of the Ani-mailer should
be heading your way soon. We have a newmailing list, called
JACO Announce- if you want to stay informed on upcomingevents,
this is the list to be on. E-mail Mr. Twinkle with your
addressto be added!
JACO
has added a few things for the membership, too! Starting
November28th, we will have video game tournaments once
every month or so. Kickingthings off will be a Super Puzzle
Fighter II Turbo tourney, starting at5:00 PM on Saturday,
Nov.28. The tourneys will be held in the UCF CommunicationsBuilding,
RM 101 (auditorium)-which also happens to be our programmingroom!
We will have nice prizes for all the finalists, so come
test yourskill!
Also,
JACO has a new committee-COO (the Cosplay Organization
of Orlando).This is for anyone interested in cosplay (anime
costuming). If you're interested,please contact Mr. Twinkle
today!
That's
all for now!
Nicole
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Wednesday,
October 21, 1998
I've
put up some pictures of JACO's trip to Atlanta for AWA4.
There are some shots of us about the hotel and some shots
of our costumes. These pages will be changing for awhile,
as I still have a lot of picturescoming in.
--Mr.
Twinkle
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Tuesday,
October 13, 1998
JACO
has returned from its "field trip" to AWA 4.
According tothose in the know, we had the largest group
attendance at this year's con. Between club members and
friends, we had around 14 people in costume alone! Despite
some misunderstandings with those running the cosplay
and a fewother problems that arose, the weekend was enjoyable.
We
hope to have a photo page from the con up and running
soon, so staytuned! :)
It
looks like JACO will be helping AWA with the distribution
of musicvideo tapes again this year. As soon as the situation
solidifies, I'll post information regarding this.
--P.
Casey Hollis
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Wednesday,
September 2, 1998
I've
started on a links section and I think the frameless version
ofthe site should be up and running.
The
Back to School Anime Fest '98 was a huge success, generating
oneof the largest crowds we've ever had! The auditorium
(CommunicationsBuilding RM 101) was perfect for our needs.
In fact, the room wasso good we are thinking of moving
there for our regular programming meetingsas well. Check
back later to find out if it goes through.
--P.Casey
Hollis
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Wednesday,
August 26, 1998
The
back to school meeting has been changed to August 29th.
Itwill be help in the Communications Building (RM 101,
auditorium) on thecampus of UCF. We'll start at 7 PM,
and run 'til they kick us out <G>.Our features will
be Ninja Scroll and the Sailor Moon R Movie, plus thefirst
episodes of Ah! My Goddess!, Iria, Gunsmith Cats, and
Vision of Escaflowne.There will be prizes and give-aways,
plus free food and drinks, and it'sFREE! So come on out
and see what we're all about!
The
countdown to AWA is on! Only a month until the biggest
Anime eventin the tri-state area!! Many JACO members will
be attending, and we hopeto see you there!
The
Acitivites Fair at UCF went well, with many people interested
inanime. Hopefully, we'll see some of these students at
the Back-To-SchoolAnime Fest!
--Nicole
Kintner
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Monday,
August 3, 1998
The
Who's Who List has now been updated, but I'm stillworking
on the current schedule.
JACO
recently presented Mononoke Hime as our programmingfeature
and recieved quite a turnout. Hopefully many of those
whomet us for the first time on this occasion liked what
they saw and willjoin us in our obsession. Our next events
will be the student ActivitiesFair at UCF on August 26th
and a "back to school" themed meeting on September12th.
We we be showing several special features that night and
therewill be drawings, food, and give-aways. Come on by
and check us out!
--P.
Casey Hollis
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