Oxford Anime Vision (AnimeSoc)

Greetings Ladies and Gentlemen,


It is I, Nyarlathotep, Lord of the Black Scarf, better known to you people as.... Jonathan Barrett(or that guy who has that Really Long Black Scarf when it isn't too warm). As the New Term approaches, there is much preparation to be done, and stuff to announce etc. It has fallen to me, the OAV Mascot, to inform everyone, and send out the call to arms.... What terrible times we have fallen on. What Chance Do We Have?

Before talk of next term and fresher's fair, something a little sooner. Those of you who have checked the forums will have noticed we had a newcomer, who will be hoping to join us this year, introduce themselves on the forums, and were not scared off by us, even though a Certain Someone, who shall be unnamed, tried their best, by, >gasp< posing as our beloved President. They will be arriving in Oxford on, well  today(Thursday)(in fact, they're probably already here, among us!), and members of the committee, myself included, are thinking of greeting them, by having a meal at Edamame on Friday, at 5:30, we hope at least. I apologise in advance if it turns out they can't make tomorrow now, but some of us will still be meeting to discuss other things, other OAV things, such as Fresher's Fair Preparation, and this year's T-Shirt designs (see Below). Can We Do Less? Any other OAV members in Oxford already are free to join us, and join in the discussions, and make your opinions ignored.... I mean known.

After this Dinner, the next main things for the OAV are the Fresher's Fair and the First Session. Both of which, You can help with.

As tradition in the first session of term, we have a raffle, and give away prizes. We already have a pretty damn good selection, however any  donations of old manga or anime that you no longer want, are very welcome. Or anything else Anime related you think would make a cool prize for that matter. At the moment, I am the holder of the Prizes (and the DeathNote, which means, since a couple of the prizes Are Also Deathnotes, I have Three Death Notes.... Mwahahahahahaha!), so email me, or another committee member, if you have anything, or bring it on Friday (Edamame or even the first session of term itself). Who knows, maybe we'll have some Surplus To Requirements...

Next is the thing we really need help with. As you should all remember, at Fresher's Fair we have a stall, which had some people on it (sporting Super Special Awesome T-Shirts), trying to get you to join the OAV. This year will be no different. It may surprise you to find this out, but those people were all Members of the Anime Soc, including a couple old ones. You TOO can help out in this way! Also, if you help out, you Too get an Awesome T-shirt. Last Year's Designs will be returning (links below), along with some new designs, which I will be asking opinions on which images to use at Edamame. Freshers, and Refreshers fair will be on the 8th, 9th, and 10th of October, Which is the Wednesday, Thursday and Friday of ZERO week, between 9:30 and 4:30 on the first day, and 9:00 and 4:00 on the second two. There will also be a set up day on the Tuesday, and help then is also welcome. We're not expecting one person to man it for an entire day, of course, we tend to have two people on the stall all day, but they swap with other in shifts. Also some of you may also remember we had a Cosplayer this year. IF anyone who can man the stall for a while Does Cosplay, or knows someone who can help us out, them it will be very welcome as the Cosplayer was a big draw last year. So What Are You Playing At, email me for more details and your offers to help!
And remember, T-Shirts.

http://praiseyoudotcom.homestead.com/files/Survivor/Wants_you.jpg

http://praiseyoudotcom.homestead.com/files/Survivor/NotProven-Yet.jpg

http://praiseyoudotcom.homestead.com/files/Survivor/The_Purpose_Of_A_Ninja.jpg

And there will be new ones for this year too. So don't go choosing the one you want straight away. As the New Ones will Give You the Worst Case of Indigestion You've Ever Had!(Wait, that made even less sense than the other ones).

Well hope to see some of you Friday- I mean tomorrow, and even more of you at the first session of term. Like Some Predatory Bird.

Farewell for now. It's Over-- Finished!

-Jonathan Barrett.

P.S. I'm definitely not a Villain.

It Never Ends...