Anime Club looks forward to an exciting year
The Stillwater Anime Club overcame the issue of having to find a new location this year.
October 18, 2013
Walking through Stillwater Area High school, the hallways are lined with posters for various sports, clubs and events. Among these are promotions for anime club.
Meeting in room C218 this year is the anime club. Anime is a Japanese art style used in cartoon shows. These shows have become increasingly popular in America, some of the more popular shows are Naruto and Pokémon.
“It’s pretty broad really, it’s basically a group of people with common interests that gather based around the idea of watching anime, but like I said, it’s a broad range of things so we find ourselves doing all sorts of stuff,” explained junior Ben Reeves.
Anime club has had a bumpy start to its second year. Along with figuring out general quirks in how a club runs, President of the club, senior Preston Potthast, has had to relocate the club.
“Our normal advisor Mrs. Logan Allen took maternity leave so it has been very hectic because we had to find a new room, and there was a bunch of new stuff that got donated to the library over the summer so we had to catalog all that but we’re hanging in, we’re not going under,” explained Potthast.
This year the club will be holding a variety of special events, including a Halloween party, Dance Dance Revolution game days, anime Jeopardy and an anime Olympics. The anime Olympics will include a ninja tournament, a Vic Mignogna voice acting contest, and a cosplay best dressed contest.
“For some of the events we are going to do an anime Olympics, which is going to be fun,” explained junior Stephanie Swarthout, “There will be a bunch of different events so that will be a day. We are thinking of doing that in March or April. We are also planning a Halloween party.”
Along with these events, next summer the anime club has been given the chance to take a trip to Japan. It’s a 9 day trip in July where students will be able to explore major cities all across japan. Students will be stopping at the one of the Pokémon stores, the Hokusai Museum, and countless other anime hot spots while exploring the culture and food of Japan.
“Visiting Japan is something I want to do at some point in my life, and it would be amazing if I could go this early on in my life,” added Reeves.
“I think it will be super fun and probably one of the biggest high school experiences people will get,” said Swarthout.
Whether it’s debating the latest season of their favorite show or playing an intense match of Dance Dance Revolution, the members of anime club are always open and inviting to newcomers and look forward to another terrific year.
Drew Maiers • Nov 30, 2013 at 10:14 pm
I honesty thoroughly enjoyed the article. Specifically I thought that the links were very well placed and made for a much more enjoyable experience knowing what you were writing about.
Sydney Spreck • Nov 27, 2013 at 2:31 am
I really enjoyed this article, particularly because I know so little about anime club. It’s one of those clubs we always see posters for in the hallway for but no one knows much about. The article was also well-written, giving a lot of information on what the club is doing, as well as using a lot of good quotes from club members. There were also a lot of good pictures to go with this article thanks to Alec Youngblood.
Sofie Wicklund • Nov 14, 2013 at 2:32 am
This article gives an interesting look into anime. It explains anime and anime club well to people who don’t know much about it. The quotes could be more compelling if you interviewed the club director as well, to get a different perspective than the students in the club. This article is very informative and written well!