More NicoNico sweetness

http://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm14365789

 I'll start posting non-niconico stuff when I start the new anime jeopardy
-Rebecca

May is cute animals month on NicoNico

Or at least that's what it looks like
http://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm20579420

More NicoNico Cuteness

http://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm20790951
This time it's kittens fighting

 -Rebecca

NicoNico has a cute side, too

http://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm13789497
Seriously this is seriously adorable

Otaku Dictionary: Shojo

Noun/Adjective
1) A genre of manga geared towards young girls. These manga very often have idealized romance, and also have very much of the sparkly eyes stuff. Some examples are Shugo Chara, Ouran High School Host Club, Maid-Sama!, Vampire Knight,

Otaku Dictionary: Shonen

Noun/Adjective
1) A genre of manga geared toward young boys. It is also the most popular genre of manga. Girls and teens can also perfectly well enjoy shonen manga.
The "Big 3" manga are all in this category, which are One Piece, Naruto, and Bleach.
Some other popular ones are Rosario + Vampire, Soul Eater, D.Gray-Man, Fairy Tail, Katekyo Hitman Reborn!, Blue Exorcist

Otaku Dictionary: Seinen

Noun
1) A genre of manga that is targeted to boys in their late teens and men. The female equivalent is josei. The manga can range from average life to very violent to pornographic (ecchi).
Some popular examples are: Chobits, Freezing*, Sekirei*, Hellsing, Elfen Lied, Ghost in the Shell, Gantz, The Sacred Blacksmith,
(I've only watched Chobits and read Freezing and Sekirei)
*these manga have a large amount of fan-service and do have (female) nudity

Otaku Dictionary: Josei

Noun
1) A genre of manga targeted to late teenage and adult women. Some feature romance like Shojo does, but often much less idealized, and less sparkly eyes.
Some popular josei manga include: 07 Ghost, Hapi Mari, Loveless, Karneval, K, Kuroshisuji (Black Butler), No.6 (anime and manga),

*K also has two different extra manga that focus on a time before the anime: K: Memory of Red, which is about the Homra Clan, and K: Stray Dog Story (which imo is pretty horrendous)
Also, the Karneval anime is airing in Japan in on April 4th, three days from the time of writing.
And I haven't read the first 3 so I have no idea what they are about, but it looks like Hapi Mari and Loveless are romance

Just because you can does not mean you should

For example, cooking eggs in a rice cooker

Only on NicoNico

Only on Yahoo Answers

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20110111153244AAVPiyX
This is real.
-Rebecca

Otaku Dictionary: Shiny

Noun
1)An alternate coloring for pokémon in the Pokémon Games. This was orrignally a fan term but during the Gen IV games became official.

There's also this evil woman in Pokémon Black 2 who kills shinies on purpose because she's a sadist named Bianca









Art: http://cdn.bulbagarden.net/upload/4/44/Pok%C3%A9mon_Gallery_Encounter_with_Shining.png

Club Pres. Is Extremely Disappointed

Jk. But everyone did horribly at anime jeopardy the other day. I'll try to make the questions a bit easier this time.

And I'm seriously really close to making this the background for the new Jeopardy game.
Watch this beautiful video to find out why I can't:
http://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm19532707
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i0_thpTpNaw
Also, for the record I don't plan on playing Jeopardy for a long time, I just don't want to pull an all-nighter the night before and end up with really stupid questions 
-Rebecca

Kagamine Len has gone to the darkside

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Juo5_qaJgXc

Otaku Dictionary: Tankobon

Noun
1) The volumes that manga are printed in. They are actually typically a tiny bit smaller than the volumes English-translated manga are released in (see above example, left original, right English translation)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Tankobon_comparison.jpg

Otaku Dictionary: Mangaka

Noun
1) A manga artist, someone who draws manga professionally.
NOTE: The occupation of a mangaka is extremely stressful, and those in the occupation are prone to physical injuries in both the hands and the back (from bending over too much), not to mention extremely stressful. Mangaka also often do not get enough sleep, etc. It's a hard job.
(disclaimer over ^-^)
It's also obscenely hard to find pictures of mangaka in person. Left is Yana Toboso (Kuroshitsuji/Black Butler) and Hiromu Arakawa (Fullmetal Alchemist)

Otaku Dicitonary: Chibi

Noun or adjective
1) Small and/or cute, in a good way. An endearing term often used to describe young people or animals. See pictures for reference. More under the pagebreak.

Google Image search Prussia

Not 'Prussia Hetalia', but 'Prussia'
AND LOOK WHAT CAME UP

And I'm only posting it here because we have anime Jeopardy tomorrow (remember, I searched 'Prussia' *hint* *hint*)
-Rebecca

Another example of NicoNico's beautiful commenting system

http://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm19511219

And I keep talking about NicoNico because I gave up Tumblr and Facebook for lent. So I have to get my otaku juice somewhere
-Rebecca

Longest Manga Series

It's not actually Detective Conan. According to Wikipedia, its this weird thing that I've never even heard of and has existed since 1976. That's before some of our teachers were born. And apparently its serialized in Weekly Shonen Jump, along with Bleach (#50), One Piece (#30), and Naruto (#38). By list of volumes, since many of the entries are missing chapter lists. Speaking of Detective Conan, it's #24. That"s right, #24. And for fun, I'll point out that Dragon Ball is #96, and the Pokémon Adventures manga is #98.
Also, not that anyone is into Shuuen No Shiori (which has three chapters so far), 150p released an album crossfade today for an album to be released on the 13th. I'm pretty excited, the music is some epic stuff, and almost all of it's new. If you have an NND account you should check it out. It looks kind of expensive, but it's going to be around 26 tracks, which is crazy long. So it's pretty cool.
Also, there's this Asian Market called H-Mart, I don't think it's in Arlington but I know it's nearby. It sells huge boxes of pocky (seriously only a bit smaller than a textbook, it's insane) for only fifteen dollars. You can pay fifteen dollars for one tiny box of pocky on the internet but this thing was HUGE. It was pretty cool, maybe one day everyone could pitch in two dollars and we could get ourselves one of those huge boxes.
...what was I even talking about?
Also, I have a lot of work this weekend but I'll try to update the otaku dictionary soon
-Rebecca

That suffixes post took forever

Otaku Dictionary: Suffixes

Suffixes
In Japanese suffixes are added to a person's name. These suffixes show the relation of the speaker to the person. Calling someone "Mary-san" is very different than calling them "Mary", "Mary-chan", or "Mary-sama". Translated manga will sometimes retain the suffixes, and one can hear the suffixes when watching non-dubbed anime.
-chan: used for feminine people or things that are either younger or of a lower position than the speaker, or very friendly with the speaker. The female version of "-kun"
-kun: used for more masculine people or things that are either younger or of a lower position than the speaker, or very friendly with the speaker. The male version of "-chan"
-sama: used for people above the speaker, the next step above "-san". Ex: "It is a pleasure to meet you, Mr.. President-sama"
-san: used for people the speaker is not very common with and on similar grounds with, such as one's classmates or coworkers (that are on the same level). The most common one, and the "safest" in speaking.
-senpai: used for an upperclassman, and someone who will never notice you. Really used for a mentor of sorts, but not a boss. Can also be used by itself without the person's name. "Thank you so much for your lessons, Senpai!"
-sensei: used for a teacher or boss. "Thank you for today's lesson, Kenjiro-sensi"
*No suffix*: This shows very strong familiarity. You would not use this on a classmate you barely speak to, but on a good friend.

Otaku Dictionary: NicoNico

Noun;
1) NicoVideo.jp. More or less the Japanese Youtube, only with less rude users. Unlike on YouTube, NicoNico does not require users to watch advertisements to view videos. To view any video one needs to have an account, but the standard accounts are free. Premium Membership is also available for 525 Yen per month (at the time of writing), which allows for them to view videos in high quality during heavy traffic when standard users will have to view videos in very low quality, get priority seating (?) for live broadcasts, and upload longer and videos in higher quality. Most Vocaloid producers (all that I have seen) are premium members. On extremely popular videos there are also polite words from sponsors at the end. While vocaloid is a large part of NicoNico, there are also many non-vocaloid videos on it, including videos about politics and daily life. They have a very different commenting system than on websites such as YouTube, as users can comment directly on the video, as seen right. More images from NicoNico below the page break in case someone wants proof that NicoNico is more than Vocaloid

First Meeting success!

I'm still not sure if anyone is even going on this site, but the first meeting was great! I was so happy that so many people came (and I accidentally said it out loud >.<). Next meeting I was thinking of either watching an anime (my first choice would be K, but I also have DVDs for all the Hetalia seasons, and FMA:B, and I could get something from the internet), or having a drawing fest of sorts. Or we could do both simultaneously. Of course, if we did draw, I would bring tracing paper for those who are artistically challenged (like me). Anyway, to celebrate, I traced a crappy drawing of A-ya from the Shuuen No Shiori manga.
Also, I've been meaning to mention, if you want to e-mail the club, the address is YHSAnimeManga@gmail.com. Thanks!
-Rebecca

Otaku Dictionary: Pixiv.net

Noun; website
1) In short, the Japanese DeviantART.
It should be noted that a) Everything is in Japanese, b) To view some things in HQ you need an account, but they're free, and c) Some artists do not allow reprinting of their works, ex. posting them on tumblr, etc. and legal actions have actually taken place because of this law. So respect their wishes and look for notifications of that sort.On the artist's profile page under the self-introduction he or she will state if they do not allow reprinting of his or her works. You will probably have to use Google translate, but it will say if they do not want their works reprinted. Just because an art was on Tumblr does not mean that the artist allows reprinting of their works.
Also note, its .net not .jp 

Otaku Dictionary: Vocaloid

Noun
 1) A very famous icon in the anime-manga area. Vocaloid is actually a software program that allows the user to create songs with vocals, kind of like Garage Band. (I think; I've never used one) Contrary to popular belief, the first vocaloids were Leon and Lola, who sang in English. The most famous vocaloids are Japanese, but now there are vocaloids that sing in Spanish, Chinese, and Korean. The most famous vocaloid is Hatsune Miku.
To understand the beauty of Vocaloid, I would suggest you just YouTube search it. And even the first ones that come up won't be the highest quality, as the newest voicebanks, V3, are new, but amazing.
Some of the most recognizable Japanese vocaloids are Hatsune Miku, Kagamine Rin, Kagamine Len (Rin is a girl, Len is a boy, they're created by the same voice, often siblings or soul mates in songs), Gumi Megapoid, Kaumi Gakupo, Megurine Luka, Kaito "Shion" (no official last name), IA (the new star, overtaking Hatsune Miku), Mayu (that chick that no one really likes)

Some notable producers (in my opinion) are: 150p (creator of Shuuen No Shiori), Suzumu (often write lyrics for others, but has also created whole songs), Jin (also known as Shinzen No Teki-P; creator of Kagerou Daze), Hitoshizuku (creator of Night trilogy, Synchronicity trilogy, and several other famous songs), out of service, Yucha (wrote pretty much everything several famous songs), Neru (writes lots popular songs), Kemu (creator of "Pandora Voxx")

Most of these songs are first uploaded onto "NicoNico", (NicoVideo.jp), but subbed versions of popular songs will often show up on YouTube

Otaku Dictionary: Anime

Noun
1) A style of Japanese cartoons. Important characteristics include large eyes on the females (and sometimes the males, too, depending on the genre), and uncommon hair styles/colors. The art overall just tends to be prettier, too. Unlike cartoons in the West, anime is watched by everyone, and there are several genres for it. The name comes from the Japanese pronunciation of animation.
Most anime originates as a manga, but it can also originate as a light novel (Haruhi, DRRR), video game, or even recently, series of vocaloid songs (Kagerou Daze)
2) An abbreviation of animation, can refer to any type of cartoons, Japanese or not.

Note: You read manga, you watch anime

Otaku Dictionary: Manga

Noun
1) A particular style of comics that originated in Japan. Important characteristics include large eyes on the females (and sometimes the males, too, depending on the genre), and uncommon hair styles/colors. The art overall just tends to be prettier, too. Unlike comics in the West, manga is read by anyone of any age and there are several different types of genres.
Many anime originates as a manga, but there are also anime that have been anime and then given a manga (K), and light novels (Haruhi, Durarara), video games (Akaya Akashiya Ayakashi, to name an obscure one), and recently even series of Vocaloid songs (Kagerou Daze, Shuuen No Shiori), that have received the manga treatment.
And its almost always read right to left. If it is not, it is most likely not authentic manga.
And, you read manga, you watch anime

Reminder

Again, club starts this Thursday-- oh! I have to start making the jeopardy game!
I doubt we have any KagePro fans here, but Yobanashi Decieve was released today : D
I shouldn't be talking about such an obscure fandom here, but... its so... ＼(~o~)／
I'm going to try to update the Otaku Dictionary again today, too. With the words "Anime" and "Manga", which really should have been first.
Oh yeah~ room 202
-Rebecca

Otaku Dictionary: Weeaboo

Noun
1) A very zealous fan of anime and manga, but in a bad way. These people plan on moving to Japan (often including the goal of becoming manga artists), and go out of their way to proclaim Japan as a holy land that can do no wrong and will often insult their own country. A lot of them think they were Japanese in a past life or something, etc. They are also infamous for trying to learn Japanese from anime and speaking it in normal conversation.
Note: This can be cured. Weeaboos will sometimes grow out of it or with the help of friends become humane again. Those cured will either revert to normal mundane people or otakus

See also: Otaku

Otaku Dictionary: "Otaku"

Noun
1) (West) A zealous fan of anime, manga, etc. A good thing. Though tecnically it can be used for fans of other things, it is most recognizably used for anime-manga
2) (Japan) Someone who is so into their fandom that it damages their social interaction. An insult.

Ex: The otakus sat around and watched anime happily (West)
"Don't go near him. He's a total otaku and has never even talked to a girl. You don't know when he's going to snap" (East)

Not to be confused with Weeaboo

Now on FACEBOOK

http://www.facebook.com/YorktownHighSchoolAnimeMangaClub
Because no one goes on here.
At least now I can start the otaku dictionary
-Rebecca

Re: Club Informaiton

Hello! This is Rebecca, the Yorktown Anime and Manga Club president. I'm really excited to finally get this club set up. I'm a huge manga and anime fan, and I also like Vocaloid and Pokémon.I want this to be a pretty chill club where people can get rid of some of the stress of school. One thing I do hope to accomplish next year is to attend an anime convention as a club. This will take a lot of work for organizing it, but it would be really great. I have a some ideas of what we could do in anime club, like watching anime, having a drawing day, playing anime-manga themed jeopardy, whatever people really want to do when we start club—which is on the 21st of February, after school, in room 202. I'm planning on having the club go until 3:45 or 4, but it could change, depending on what people want.
Also, there will probably be snacks at the first meeting :D
Questions, comments, or concerns? Comment!!
-Rebecca

The first info post (made when I was planning on having the first meeting on the 7th) can be found here

1st meeting postponed-- again!

The first meeting will now be on February 21st
Anyone who had something to do on the 14th is in luck because the meeting has been postponed (again, fourth time) because apparently even people without valentines do things on that day. So yay. Now, there's nothing important on the twenty-first, right? Oh yeah, and I'm still planning on getting someone to bring food.
Also, posters are expected to be up by Friday :-D

Speaking of posters, it's incredibly difficult to think of new people to put on them. I'm making a new one because one of them had too much text. And InDesign is blocking some of the fonts I want to use
-Rebecca

1st Meeting Postponed

(THE 1ST MEETING WILL NOW BE ON THE 21st)

The first meeting will now be on 14 February, also known as Valentine's Day
Sorry if anyone has something to do! We had to postpone the meeting (again) due to a certain vice president insisting that we actually get approved (see below) and my absence on Monday morning.
But on another note, ever since Friday, February first, the club has actually been approved! After 12 weeks of waiting for a notice Sarah (VP's assistant) and I went over to the activities office and talked to the guy who was supposed to approve things, and he just said okay.
So there, we're official.
And to compensate for the unfortunate date, there will be food.
And maybe even the jeopardy game I was going to make can be about pairings and stuff. Or something.
-Rebecca

Leadership

Rebecca here. So, there are actually other people with leadership stuff in the club, just I'm the only one who ever posts anything. Because I am the president, after all. Here's the positions
President: Rebecca
Vice-President: Emily
Idea Assistant: Peter "McKyuh"
VP's assistant: Sarah

We will also need some positions such as treasurer, etc., especially for planning for the convention. I hope to have some people volunteer for the positions in the first meeting.
Also, I'm going to be mega busy this weekend, but I will add more stuff to this page. I'm actually writing this when I was supposed to be working on my in-class essay.
-Rebecca

Meeting Info!

Meeting Days: Every Thursday (unless stated not)
Meeting Time: immediately after school (or as soon as possible), to about 3:45 or 4:00
First Meeting: Thursday, February 7th 14th 21st
Meeting Room: Mr. Carroll's room, Room 202

What we will be doing:
Lots of things~ We will definitely watch anime together at some point, but we're not going to do just that (since that could get boring). One thing I really want to do is an Anime-Manga Trivia Jeopardy Game, which I've done before. There might even be prizes sometimes, ranging from cookies to an actual volume of manga. We're probably going to do this on the first day. We also might have a drawing fest or something, where we could sit around listening to Vocaloid or Anime theme songs or J-pop or classical music or something we can all agree on and draw. If we do this I will supply tracing paper for those who lack artistic ability talent, such as me.
Also, while it is much too late this year, I think it would be awesome for the club to go to an anime convention . So there might be some fundraising and talk of which convention to go to.
And if there are any good ideas at the first meeting (or in the comments!), we could do those too. I want this to be a loose club where you can relax and enjoy yourself.
Also, if we do watch anime, I'll try to bring something everyone likes. Just pointing that out.

Q: I won't be able to go to all of the meeting/ I have to miss one/a few meetings. 
A: No problem, I want this to be a chill club. If you have sports, or music lessons, or academic help, or a doctor's appointment, or you're sick, or you have some other important engagement, it's cool if you don't attend. If you can attend but for only ten or fifteen minutes I would really appreciate it if you came, but no pressure. You may miss something important if you miss a meeting, like planning for going to a convention, but there's not much anyone can do about that. I'll post if I'm planning on talking about that on the site, and any details that get decided will also be posted on here.

Q: I can't remember to check the site, will there be a Facebook page or a Twitter page I could follow?
A: Facebook, probably. Twitter, no, unless someone else wants to do it. I don't use twitter.

Any other questions/concerns? Ask in the comments!

-Rebecca

Anime? Manga? What?

Hello! This is Rebecca, the leader of the anime and manga club at Yorktown. First I would like to thank you for visiting the website, even if you were just wondering what that URL in the poster was for.
So... welcome. Soon I'll post some stuff about what anime and manga are, and also what we're going to be doing in the club, but I just wanted to try this template out.
And for the record, I have links for all the art I post. I'm not going  to post said links, but I do have them. I also do not have permission from the artists, but I will remove their art  if they ask me to.
-Rebecca