Anime O-Tekku
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Anime O-Tekku has been Georgia Tech
's anime club
since 1995. A group of fans put together a student organization that provided a venue in which to watch anime from Japan once a month for a period of time (about 4 to 10 hours). The club grew through a huge mailing list, word-of-mouth, and Georgia Tech community support. Anime O-Tekku is now one of the oldest still-surviving anime clubs in the state, and welcomes new members from Georgia Tech and the surrounding community. The club features an anime library and FTP server for members. The official motto of the club is "Because there's always time to study later."
The first anime shown at an Anime O-Tekku event was Urusei Yatsura
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Georgia Institute of Technology
The Georgia Institute of Technology is a public research university in Atlanta, Georgia, in the United States...
's anime club
Anime club
An anime club is an organization that meets to discuss, show, and promote anime in a local community setting and can also focus on broadening Japanese cultural understanding. Anime clubs are increasingly found at universities and high schools. Organizers may also utilize public meeting spaces such...
since 1995. A group of fans put together a student organization that provided a venue in which to watch anime from Japan once a month for a period of time (about 4 to 10 hours). The club grew through a huge mailing list, word-of-mouth, and Georgia Tech community support. Anime O-Tekku is now one of the oldest still-surviving anime clubs in the state, and welcomes new members from Georgia Tech and the surrounding community. The club features an anime library and FTP server for members. The official motto of the club is "Because there's always time to study later."
The first anime shown at an Anime O-Tekku event was Urusei Yatsura
Urusei Yatsura
is a comedic manga series written and illustrated by Rumiko Takahashi that premiered in Weekly Shōnen Sunday in 1978 and ran until its conclusion in 1987. Its 374 individual chapters were collected and published in 34 tankōbon volumes. The series tells the story of Ataru Moroboshi, and the alien...
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Regular
- Bi-monthly Meetings - Anime O-Tekku holds meetings approximately twice a month, featuring the latest Japanese anime that is airing in Japan. Meetings are held on Saturdays from noon to 5pm. All meetings are free to attend for anyone in the community. Pizza is served at the meetings, paid members receive a set number of slices for free, there is a fee for non-members who would like to partake in the refreshments. Meetings have random giveaways and raffles on some occasions.
- Showings - The club also provides free showings of US-licensed anime in the Student Center Theater on some Wednesday nights at 6:30pm. All material shown is displayed with permissions from the US licensing companies. Showings also feature random giveaways and anime trivia.
Annual
- MomoconMomoconMomoCon, is a fan convention in held in March in Atlanta, Georgia. From its beginning through 2011, it was held on the campus of the Georgia Institute of Technology; in its first year, MomoCon was held in the Georgia Tech Student Center. In 2006 it expanded to include several events, mostly video...
- Anime O-Tekku and its members are the driving force behind the annual anime/gaming/comic convention, MomoCon. MomoCon, like most Anime O-Tekku events, is free of charge to attend and club members usually comprise a large percentage of the staff. - Anime Fest - To celebrate the spirit of free anime, Anime O-Tekku puts on Anime Fest, a week-long celebration that features 4-hour anime showings every night. Previous Anime Fest events usually occur in mid-April at the Student Center Theater at Georgia Tech and have featured raffles, popcorn, anime trivia, and other events.
- Christmas Special - Every year Anime O-Tekku changes the format of the last meeting in the Fall (usually occurring around Dead WeekDead weekDead week is a slang term for the week before schools' final examinations in the United States of America. The week is known thus because of its notorious stress; the propensity for college and university students to save exam study until the last possible week; and because term papers are often due...
) to feature a presentation of the "Christmas special". Details about the special are not to be shared with people who have not seen the special.
Other
- Georgia Tech Riki-OhRiki-Ohis a manga which later adapted to an anime series and live-action film. Created by Masahiko Takajo and Saruwatari Tetsuya, the story is about a young man who has learned the art of Qigong from one of Chiang Kai Shek's bodyguards and has become so strong that he can literally punch holes through...
Night 2004 - Anime O-Tekku provided staff and planning aid to the annual cult movie festival and Super Smash Brothers Melee tournament, Riki-Oh Night. - Tournaments - The club has and will host different types of video game tournaments, some for paid members only, and some open to the public. Previous events included Halo 2Halo 2Halo 2 is a first-person shooter video game developed by Bungie Studios. Released for the Xbox video game console on November 9, 2004, the game is the second installment in the Halo franchise and the sequel to 2001's critically acclaimed Halo: Combat Evolved...
and Super Smash Brothers Melee. - Anime Movies - Anime O-Tekku regularly works with Georgia Tech's Student Center Programs Council to bring anime movies to the Atlanta area. Previous screenings include Howl's Moving CastleHowl's Moving CastleHowl's Moving Castle is a young adult fantasy novel by British author Diana Wynne Jones, first published in 1986. It won a Boston Globe-Horn Book Award and was named an ALA Notable Book for both children and young adults. In 2004 it was adapted as an Academy Award-nominated animated film by Hayao...
, Spirited AwaySpirited Awayis a 2001 Japanese animated fantasy-adventure film written and directed by Hayao Miyazaki and produced by Studio Ghibli. The film tells the story of Chihiro Ogino, a sullen ten-year-old girl who, while moving to a new neighborhood and after her parents are transformed into pigs by the witch Yubaba,...
, and Cowboy Bebop: Knocking on Heaven's Door. - Conventions - Many Anime O-Tekku members serve as staffers and presenters for local conventions, including DragonCon and Anime Weekend AtlantaAnime Weekend AtlantaAnime Weekend Atlanta is an annual three-day anime convention held in the Atlanta, Georgia area, typically in the month of September. Since the first convention in 1995, Anime Weekend Atlanta has become one of the most attended anime conventions in the United States and as of 2010 it has been the...
. - MomoConMomoconMomoCon, is a fan convention in held in March in Atlanta, Georgia. From its beginning through 2011, it was held on the campus of the Georgia Institute of Technology; in its first year, MomoCon was held in the Georgia Tech Student Center. In 2006 it expanded to include several events, mostly video...
was the second convention that Anime O-Tekku helped organize, the first being TechwoodCon in 2004.