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FAQ:
What is the Duke Anime Club?
What is Anime?
How to find us?
When are meetings held?
What is the Duke Anime Club?
The Duke Anime Club or DukAnime is Duke University's group of organized anime otakus. The club is meeting weekly on friedays during the schoolyear and also hosts and organizes special events such as group convention trips and free movie screenings or cultural events linked to anime., During the meetings we show a diverse and interesting selection of regular club series and OAV's, selected by majority club vote or simply by value of the title. All or titles are presented in Japanese with English subtitles. Addtionaly the Anime Club offers regular dicussions of other aspects of Anime Culture and a chance to participate in fansubbing, manga drawing and other interesting activities.
What is Anime?
To put it simply, anime is Japanese cartoons. But keep in mind, they're nothing like the typical American Saturday-morning cartoons. Anime is distinct from American cartoons in their depth of characterization and plot (among other things). For the most part, the quality of animation in anime far surpasses that of American cartoons and it has a very unique style of visual presentation. Anime spans many genres, from silly romantic comedies (Marmalade Boy) to fantasy adventures (Vision of Escaflowne and Fushigi Yuugi), high-tech science fiction (Macross Plus), and much more. The most distinctive quality of anime is the subject manner: much of anime deals with "real-life" topics that American cartoons wouldn't touch with a 30-foot pole. For instance, the death of major characters is common in anime, as are complex relationships between characters.
For more information on Anime & Manga, see the link page.
How to find us:
Meetings are generally held in the Sociology/Psychology Building (West Campus), Room 130.
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When are meetings held?
For the time of upcoming meetings or special activities, please take a look at the schedule page.