BA to get more manga, new anime section

The teen program coordinator for the Tulsa City/County Library System has decided to make Broken Arrow's manga section the flagship collection for the entire library system. We will eventually double our collection of manga and graphic novels, and will start an anime DVD collection at the BA Library. The club will also receive five free day passes to Tokyo in Tulsa in June. The gifts just keep on coming.

-Will-san

A Baker's Dozen in the Snow

Thirteen of us showed up on Saturday in the middle of a blinding snowstorm to eat donuts and watch anime. That is dedication. We congratulated Jessica Howard, whose art will be on the next teen library card, and I told everyone about this website and the other new improvements that are coming. Kent requested an all day anime marathon and so, to make him happy (and you too, I hope), it will be August 21st from ten to six. You ask for it, you got it.
-Will-san

Check out the scrolls

What better place for scrolls than a library! TCCL has purchased $140.00 worth of anime scrolls for the club. They are now displayed at the back of the library in our teen section. No more tacky walls, just Bleach, Naruto, Death Note, Blood, and Full Metal Alchemist. Thank you, Budget Committee! You rock!

Chaperones

Hey, troops!

If we get to go to Tokyo in Tulsa this June, we're going to need chaperones, parents to get you there, watch over the group, and take you home. Someone other than ME! Now is the time to approach your 'rental units and give them the heads up. Maybe even try to get a commitment out of them. Emphasize what sort of trouble you could get into if they are not there to watch you. They needn't stay for the entire
day, but we hope to have enough helpers to get us through the day. 'Nuff said.
Sayonara,
Will-san

Japanese word of the day

bukatsu
: 部活
Bukatsu, or club activities, are a staple feature of anime and manga set in Japanese schools.

In the Japanese school system, extracurricular activities are strongly encouraged, if not outright mandatory. Every place of learning, from grade school to university level, has a slew of clubs catering to the students' interests - Physics Club, Track-and-Field Club, Book Club, Photography Club, etc. Participating in these clubs takes up a significant amount of "free" time.

If one is not interested in participating (an attitude viewed with suspicion and even marginal hostility, as being anti-social), one can be an inactive ("ghost") member of an existing club, or one can join the ranks of the clubless outcasts, sometimes referred to as the "Go-Home-Early Club".

Book Swap

Our May meeting will be our first annual Book Swap. Bring in a manga or anime you've grown tired of, and switch it out for one you haven't seen. I'll try to throw in a few freebies so nobody goes home empty-handed. Swag time!

Case Closed

Our next DVD is a classic series, Case Closed; Detective Conan. What could be more of a bummer than to be turned from a seventeen year old genius detective into a six year old boy, and THEN go live with a lesser detective and his hot daughter you're crazy about. Poor Conan. This series began in 1996 and is still going strong. What sets this aside from, say, Scooby Doo is the violent deaths of the victims Conan must investigate: hangings, axe-murders, violent deaths of all kinds. Conan must rely on a dart gun that knocks out his housemate, Detective Richard Moore, long enough to allow him to explain the murder and unmask the killer via a two way speaker. Stupid, yes, I know, but somehow we put up with it. Will Conan ever grow full sized again and get the girl? Will he eternally be six? It's a mystery, just like Case Closed. We'll check it out at the next club meeting.

Hey, you crazy Otaku!

This is the first blog of our club. I hope you like it. We're finally online! This way, you don't have to wonder what dates we'll meet or what's coming up. Here's the calendar for the next several months:

March 20th- meeting
April 17th- meeting
April 24th- Conestoga convention (Will speaking)
May 15th - meeting
June 6th - Tulsa Asian Festival (we'll have a booth!)
June 18th-20th- Tokyo in Tulsa
June 19th - meeting (same day)
July 17th - meeting

I had a meeting today with the library's Teen Coordinator, and it looks like we'll have money for some improvements in the club, and maybe even some swag. Kudos to
the Tulsa City-County Library for supporting us when other libraries are cutting programs.
I'll take suggestions for what to put in the blog at our next meeting. Until then,
Sayonara,
Will-san