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Cal Animage Alpha is UC Berkeley's Anime Club.
We have free anime showings every Monday from 7-10 PM that are open to the public and that anyone can come to.
We have Game Night every Thursday at 7:30 PM. The more the merrier!
For a $10 fee, you can become a CAA member and acquire various benefits, such as access to our library, entitlement to our weekly newsletter, and entry into raffles, not to mention a cool membership card!
*** Interested in becoming a CAA officer? Come talk to us at one of our showings! We're looking for freshman and sophomore applicants.
--Cal Animage Alpha staff
Cal-Animage Alpha ("CAA")
is the flagship chapter of a loosely organized international
conglomeration of anime clubs all of which share the name "Cal-Animage"
(often, but not always, followed by the greek letter denoting their
entrance and acceptance into the group). Originally just a group of
friends (with a VCR) CAA met in any number of various rooms on the
University of California, Berkeley campus; Cal-Animage was formally
established by Mike Tatsugawa in January 1989.
While the debate is still on as to "who is the oldest anime
club," CAA has the distinction and claim to fame of once being "the
largest anime club outside of Japan." In 1994 (the peak of the club's
popularity), the club's membership topped out at 329 (although there is
some confusion as to the exact number since some didn't pay for
membership that year!).
Many past officers both from CAA and other Cal-Animage
Chapters have gone on to further spread anime. The Society for the
Promotion of Japanese Animation (SPJA) [was] headed by Mike Tatsugawa
and runs the annual Anime Expo. Other previous officers have moved on
into the anime industry, both domestic and abroad. One in particular
has worked on both sides of the Pacific Ocean and has written the liner
notes for the upcoming AnimEigo release of the Macross DVD.
With the release of domestic anime, CAA has slowed down quite
a bit. Membership has been fairly constant around 100. The main focus
of the weekly Monday showings has been towards those titles that would
have little chance of being released in America, yet popular enough to
hold an audience's attention. A rather tall order, but the club is
persisting.
Come to one of our Monday evening showings between 7:00 p.m.
and 10:00 p.m. and maybe you'll see why the club is still able to hold
it's own.
--Rodney Romasanta
Join us!
Standard membership is now $10.00. With this price, you get a
brand new Cal Animage Alpha Membership Card with your very own unique
membership number on it. With this card, you are allowed to participate
in the many club functions. You can borrow tapes, CDs, and manga from
CAA's Library, and you can place bids on items during the club's very
own auction. You are also entitled to receive copies of the CAA weekly
newsletter Konshuu, that contains an overview of the evenings'
showings.
You can purchase membership any time we have a showing (unless
otherwise announced). We accept checks made out to "Cal-Animage Alpha"
or cash. Sorry, no credit cards accepted.
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