The Japanese Media Appreciation Club

Hi everyone,

The gmails haven’t been the most friendly as of late. The mass emails sent out within the past 2ish weeks have been bounced back several times, but fear not! While the email system may not be the most amicable, JMAC will still continue~ :D

Some Reminders

Join JMAC on Halloween afternoon of costumes and contests! JMAC will be hosting a Halloween Masquerade on Saturday, October 31st in room 314AB from 12-4pm. Stick around for Halloween festivities and fierce costume competition!

What’s a masquerade without participants? We’re seeking cosplay and performance entries for this year’s masquerade! Email us with “Masquerade Participation” in the subject line by Mon.10/26 with (1) your name (2) your cosplay character & franchise (3) link to background audio (via youtube, preferably) and (4) anything we should know (choreography or performance bits). Non-DePaul students/DePaul alumni are welcome to enter!!

Next Week’s Meeting: Fall Quarter Week 6

Join us on Monday, October 19th (today~)in room 325 of the Lincoln Park Student Center from 4-9pm! We’ll be starting our meeting at 4pm with a panel about Osamu Tezuka, the creator of many manga series (such as Astro Boy) and the so-called “god of manga.”

Our weekly showing will be Roujin Z. This animated sci-fi action movie is about Mr. Takazawa, a test subject of the Z-001 machine intended to help the elderly without the intervention of the younger generation. The young nurse Haruko questions the ethics behind this machine, but when the Z-001 acquires a mind of its own, catastrophic results will follow!

And finally, we will continue at approx. 7:30pm with our running series The Hero Yoshihiko and the Demon King’s Castle.

Last Week’s PowerPoint (Week 5)
The PowerPoint shown from last week is attached to this very email! Check out the slides for pictures of magical girls~

To everyone reading this on Monday: SHOW MONDAY WHO’S BOSS! You got this!

Best,
Sara S.

JMAC Secretary

JMAC Website

FQ Week 5.pdf

Hello everyone,

Following the aftermath of the Love Live! Hanayo event, a young adult is left on the brink of collapse. Though she earned the elusive SR+ Goddess of Harvest card in the midst of midterms, a pile of homework remains untouched. Eventually, she regains consciousness and utters the words “Must… send… weekly JMAC email…”

Some Reminders: Halloween Masquerade (and How to Enter!)

From 12-4pm on Halloween Day, JMAC will be hosting a Halloween Masquerade! Join us on Saturday, October 31st in room 314AB of the Lincoln Park Student Center for an afternoon of cosplay and costume-adorning activities~

But what’s a masquerade without participants? We’re seeking cosplay and performance entries for this year’s masquerade! Email us with “Masquerade Participation” in the subject line by Mon.10/26 with (1) your name (2) your cosplay character & franchise (3) link to background audio (via youtube, preferably) and (4) anything we should know (choreography or performance bits). Non-DePaul students/DePaul alumni are welcome to enter!

Next Week’s Meeting!

Drop in on Monday, October 12th in room 325 of the Lincoln Park Student Center from 4-9pm for more JMAC! Next week’s meeting will kick off with a panel about the Kagerou Project at 4pm.

Our weekly showing for next time will be Fresh Pretty Cure at 5:30pm. This show follows Miss Love Momozono, a girl who wants to be a dancer. After joining the Trinity Dance Company, she gains the ability to become Cure Peach to fight the Labyrnth Kingdom with her friends!

And as always, join us at approx. 7:30pm for more of our running series: Japanese Monthy Python x Dragon Quest Adventures (otherwise known as The Hero Yoshihiko and the Demon King’s Castle).

Last Week’s PowerPoint~

Attached is the PowerPoint from last week’s meeting! Check out the slides for pictures of super interesting restaurants in Tokyo! It also features a baby metal band music video as well as a new manga for the month of October about a twisted twin story.

Good luck on midterms, everyone!

Sara S.

JMAC Secretary

FQ Week 4.pdf

Hi everybody!

September has ended, so y’all can wake up now. I hope you’ll have the time of your life this month, especially with the upcoming Halloween holiday. (:

Some Reminders:

Friday Night Movie Night is happening… tomorrow night! Join us on Friday, October 2nd in the Schmitt Academic Center (SAC) room 254 from 6-10pm!! We’ll be screening two movies, with Paprika as the first showing and Gamera 3: Revenge of Iris as the second showing~

— Paprika is an animated psychological movie about a device that allows therapists to enter people’s dreams. When the prototype of the device is stolen, renowned scientist Dr. Atsuko Chiba, alter-ego “Paprika,” uses the machine to prevent the misuse of the device.
— Gamera 3: Revenge of Iris is a live action Kaiju (“strange beast”) film. Gamera, a monstrous fire-breathing turtle, killed the parents of teenager Ayana Hirasaka. Orphaned Ayana discovers an egg that hatches a small tentacled creature she names “Iris” and bonds with this aggressive creature to confront Gamera.

JMAC is invited to attend a Japanese drumming performance! Chicago’s Ho Etsu Taiko and Los Angeles’ On Ensemble taiko groups present ROTATIONS. This performance will take place on Saturday, October 3rd and Sunday, October 4th at the Athenaeum Theatre, located nearby the Wellington brown line stop. More information about ROTATIONS (as well as how to purchase tickets) is available on Athenaeum Theatre’s website.

Next Week’s Meeting: Fall Quarter Week 4

Our next meeting will take place in room 325 of the Lincoln Park Student Center on Monday, October 5th from 4-9pm. Next week’s meeting will kick off at 4pm with a handheld console social hour. Bring your PS Vita’s and your 3DS’s (or be like me and pose the argument that your phone can play video games) for the upcoming social hour!

Around 5:30pm, we will be screening GetBackers! This comedic anime is about “GetBackers” Ban Mido and Ginji Amano, a freelance repossession duo that retrieves any lost or stolen item. Because Ban and Ginji are terminally broke, the duo enthusiastically takes on bizarre jobs and use their supernatural abilities to maintain their 100% repossession success rate.

Afterwards ’round 7:30pm, we will continue with the lively adventures of Yoshihiko & co. in our running series The Hero Yoshihiko and the Demon King’s Castle.

Last Week’s PowerPoint (Week 3)

Attached is the PowerPoint from our previous meeting! This week’s slides feature 12 episode animes (that I highly approve of, just sayin’). Check out the slides for a manga that addresses the choices of youth and a song that was featured as the ending theme to Bakemonogatari.

Hope to see y’all at Friday Night Movie Night~

Serenely yours,
Sara S.
JMAC Secretary

FQ Week 3.pdf

Hello all,

Happy Thursday to everyone, but let’s also wish a happy birthday to JMAC! Legend has it that 12 years ago the Japanese Media Appreciation Club was founded as a DePaul student organization. Cheers to you, JMAC, on your special day! (whoaaa JMAC’s almost a teenager now)

Some Reminders:

Friday Night Movie Night is next Friday, October 2nd! Join JMAC and watch two Japanese movies of your choice! We’re still taking suggestions for movies to watch, so email us your suggestions for consideration as soon as you can! For guidelines on what we can/cannot show, check out the FAQ’s on the website for further info.

Next Week’s Meeting: Fall Quarter Week 3

Our next meeting take place in our typical meeting place in the Lincoln Park Student Center (woohoo!!) on Monday, September 28th in room 314A from 4-9pm. Join us for social hour at 4pm for a game of “Flying Turtles.” This game involves saving the lives of lil turtles and doing good for greater turtle-kind.

After the weekly PowerPoint presentation at 5pm, we will be screening Steamboy. This movie is about a young boy named Ray Steam, who receives a package from his grandfather on the eve of the 1866 World’s Fair. He discovers that this package is the key to his new invention. Ray must prevent his invention from falling into the hands of a shadowy organization for their nefarious goals.

And finally around 7:30pm, we will continue with more adventures of Yoshihiko in our running series The Hero Yoshihiko and the Demon King’s Castle.

Last Week’s PowerPoint (Week 2)

In case you missed it or simply want another look-see, attached is the PowerPoint from last week’s meeting! This week’s slides are a tribute to old school CLAMP, feature a manga that emphasizes the importance of the present, and an animated music video that iz very sad ;~;

…and on that note, t’is all from me for the week~

Stay spectacular, JMAC!
Sara S.
JMAC Secretary

FQ Week 2

Hi everyone,

Congrats on making it through the first full week of the new school year! Hopefully everyone is getting situated to their new schedules and is establishing regular routines (cuz i sure haven’t lol send help).

Some Reminders:

Join JMAC this Sunday, September 20th to explore the wonders of Chinatown! We’ll be meet at 12pm by the green statue in front of the Lincoln Park Student Center and leave as a group at 12:30pm. We’ll be eating lunch at Won Kow and explore the Chinatown shopping district afterwards. If you’re joining us for lunch, please bring $15 cash to pay for food and notify us in advance (via email or on our Facebook event page) if you have any food allergies.

Fall quarter’s Friday Night Movie Night is approaching! Mark your calendar for Friday, October 2nd to watch two anime/Japan-related movies. If you’d like to suggest a movie to watch (that’s not made by Studio Ghibli), email us your suggestion for consideration!

Next Week’s Meeting: Fall Quarter Week 2

The next JMAC meeting is this Monday, September 21st. It’ll take place in Arts & Letters room 202 from 4:15-9pm. This week’s time and location is different from typical JMAC meetings, so please note these differences. Our social hour will begin at 4:15pm with an origami crafting session followed by the vice present’s PowerPoint presentation at 5pm.

Our weekly showing will be Bunny Drop. This slice-of-life anime is about Daikichi, a thirty year old bachelor who discovers his recently deceased grandfather had a child, Rin, with an unknown mother. Upon her imminent abandonment by family members, Daikichi decides to adopt Rin and learns to balance a life of work, family, and his role as Rin’s guardian.

Afterwards (around 7:30pm), we will be screening more episodes of our comedic live action running series The Hero Yoshihiko and the Demon King’s Castle.

Last Week’s PowerPoint~ (Week 1)

In case you missed it, attached is a PowerPoint PDF from our first meeting! PowerPoints are a rundown of upcoming JMAC reminders and events, featuring recommendations of mangas and music videos from our members.

This week’s slides are themed with Bichitos the JMAC turtle, who introduces the JMAC board members and goes on a few adventures along the way. These slides also highlight a slice-of-life manga about changing the future and a music video about a kawaii approach to capitalism.

Have an awesome weekend, and hope you’ll join us this Sunday for Chinatown and for Monday’s meeting~

Sincerely,
Sara S.
JMAC Secretary

FQ Week 1.pdf