Davis Anime Club

Club Information Schedule Upcoming Events Membership Current Officers Events History Previous Presidents and Officers

Davis Anime Club (also known as DAC) is a social club at UC Davis for UC Davis students focused on creating a strong community among people who enjoy anime and other elements of Japanese culture. DAC has meetings twice a week, where the club watches new anime as they are airing overseas as well as recent favorites. Outside of regular meetings, Davis Anime Club hosts a great deal of social events, from frequent games of espionage to its own convention, DAiCon.

Club Information

Schedule

Meetings run every week during the normal quarters with the exception of Finals Weeks. The summer schedule for DAC is generally Thursdays only for general viewings, but includes weekly SaturDACs as well.

A regular meeting Winter 2011 Club Schedule:

We are meeting in Wellman 126 every week in fall quarter, Wednesdays and Thursdays from 8:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m.

The shows currently on are:

Tiger and Bunny
Mawaru Penguindrum
Lovely Complex

Blue Exorcist
Mouretsu Pirates
Gintama Series 2
Natsume Yuujinchou Season 2

For a comprehensive list of the exact episodes we are on, please visit our animelist here

Upcoming Events

Check Facebook for more information!

Membership

Though not required for regular club meetings, DAC Membership is well worth the $10 membership fee (which covers an entire school year). Membership provides the following benefits:

• Attendance to exclusive club events
  

• Ability to run and vote for club offices
  

• Access to the DAC Library, which includes hundreds of volumes of manga as well as popular textbooks for classes
  

• Free Espionage (glow sticks are normally $1)
  

• $$$ off on the club t-shirt
  

• Inclusion in the DAC Minecraft server
  

• Membership cards (provide discounts to local stores, such as the Inconvenience Store)
  

• Supports the club so it can provide more fun and exciting events

Current Officers

• President - Miles Thomas
  

• Vice President of Administration - Ariel Chan
  

• Vice President of Events Coordination - Reiko Yamamoto-Kirby
  

• Vice President of Public Relations - Rajan Singh
  

• Treasurer - Idy Tao
  

• Secretary - Natey Jones
  

• Librarian - Diana Hsu
  

• Consigliere - Mike Pallas

Events

AfterDAC

• AfterDAC - AfterDAC is when members of the club take trip to a restaurant after meetings in order to grab a snack or a late dinner. It is held traditionally on Thursday because the week has usually winded down enough by then that members can spend more time being social. The restaurant of choice in the past was Old Teahouse, although more recently it has begun to rotate between a large range of places that stay open late. AfterDAC usually lasts until after midnight. When attending the U-Mall, often times the club will move to Big Kid Park by Quarto. Some Wednesdays, a trip to the Segundo Dining Commons is undertaken for some Late Night food. However, then freshmen and students with swipes have to swipe in their friends.

• Halloween Party - The week of Halloween, DAC hosts the annual Halloween party. Events associated with the Halloween Party include watching "scary" (cuss the red ribbon!) or Halloween-themed anime. Halloween-themed anime music videos are also shown. Food, candy & refreshments are provided, but the main event is the cosplay contest. The contest is worth seeing because of members' effort and creativity to dress and act like their favorite characters, who do not have to be an anime character. It is also worth entering because prizes are given prizes for first, second and third place as voted by club members. Prizes are usually a gift certificate to downtown shops.

• Thanksgiving Party - The weekend before Thanksgiving break, DAC comes together to enjoy its new members and good food with a giant potluck at a willing officer's home or complex. Together, DAC enjoys anime films and games for one last time before the mid-quarter vacation.

• Adult Night - Though the fare shown in normal DAC meetings is tame enough to appeal to a general audience, the shows shown on Adult Night is anything but. Adult Night gives DAC a chance to laugh together at the raunchier side of anime. The shows may contain sensitive content, violence, or nudity (hopefully all three).

• Japantown Trip - A trip to Japantown in San Francisco occurs once or twice a year. Members carpool there together and can bring friends. Riders are usually expected to pitch in for gas and bridge tolls. People meet around 10:00 am in the MU bus circle, organize carpooling, then head off to San Francisco. Once there, members have a delicious lunch and go shopping at the several stores, such as include Kinokuniya, a Japanese bookstore, and Nijiya Market a grocery store with cheap items.

• DAiCon - Formerly known as "Big Showing" prior to 2010-2011 school year. DAiCon Occurs at the near end of the school year, typically the Saturday before Fanime weekend, when DAC reserves a whole floor of Wellman Hall to themselves. Events normally include a gaming room, karaoke/anime music video room, and previews for possible series to be shown the following year. Elections are normally held either that week's meetings and results are announced at Big Showing. The 2009 elections, however, were held after Big Showing. The auction that occurs as the finale of Big Showing serves as the club's major source of fund raising. Items from the Japantown trips, books, people, and donations are auctioned off to raise funds for the club. For the 2011-2012 school year, DAC is looking into an even bigger convention.

• Conventions - Many of the members of DAC attend anime conventions. Like many club events, attending conventions is organized by various people who are willing to drive, reserve rooms, etc. Three conventions of interest are Fanime, Anime Expo, and Yaoi Con.

• Espionage - Every month, DAC gets together to play capture the flag at night with glow sticks. We meet at the Death Star at dusk and play until nobody can run anymore.

• SaturDAC - During summers, most members of DAC who are still around meet up for weekly showings on campus and then weekly pot lucks on Saturdays, hosted at an officer's home or complex. During SaturDAC, shows with cooking themes are favored as to inspire the cooking for the following week. This tradition began in 2011.

• DACamping - During the long days of summer, DAC takes a trip that's both an excuse to have a beach episode and general fun under the sun. The first DACamping took place in 2011 and was hosted at Hampshire Rocks in the Tahoe National Forest.

History

The earliest records that SPAC has on file regarding the club's existence are from the 1992-93 school year. ¹

DAC was founded in 1992 by John Kilpatrick and Paul Hirose. The first showing was Kaze no Tani no Nausicaa and Gundam 0083 episode 1.

Previous Presidents and Officers

• Brian Wu President (2010-2011)
  

1. Vice President - Mike Pallas
   

   b. Secretary - Tonya Yan
   

   c. Treasurer - Ariel Chan
   

   d. Public Relations - Alex Church
   

• Brian Wu President (2009-2010)
  

1. Vice President - Mike Pallas
   

   b. Secretary - Eric Adamson
   

   c. Treasurer - Brenda Butler
   

   d. Public Relations - Casey Ogata
   

• Brian Pait President (2008-5/7/2009 [Resigned])
  

1. Tomo Hirai Vice President
   

   b. Casey Ogata Secretary
   

   c. Brenda Butler Treasurer
   

   d. Kristen McGehee Public Relations
   

• Tom Langston President (Spring 2007, 2007-2008)
  

1. Tomo Hirai Vice President
   

   b. Stefani Yen Secretary
   

   c. Brenda Butler Treasurer
   

   d. David Poole Public Relations
   

• Eric Sayle (Fall 2006-Winter 2007)
  

• Anthony Dingman (2005-2006)
  

• Zachary "Zack" Robinson (2004-2005)
  

• Caroline "Carrie" or "Kit" Tobin (2002-04)
  

• Heather Lindsay (2000-2002)
  

• Mark Zima (1999-2000)
  

• Andrew Stein (1998-1999)
  

• Philip Liu (1997-1998)
  

• Alexander Yao (1996-97 school year)
  

• Danh Duong (1995-1996) ²
  

• John Kilpatrick (1992 - 1993)

Messages from the old Usenet group (ucd.org.anime-club) are still available online through Google Groups.

Comments:

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• If you have issues getting information from SPAC, I'd suggest a request under the California Public Records Act (the analog to FOIA for state government). I've done it before in regards to Club Finance Council — just send an email to Campus Counsel. —BrentLaabs
  

• It's okay, I just asked Andy Grass —Chibi
  

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2007-10-09 18:23:44   so is there an e-mail address to contact someone in the club? —JessicaRockwell

• Check the officer's pages? yahoo mailing list, facebook.. me? ~Dave
  

• aww. but it's easier if it's put on this page.
  

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2007-10-28 19:34:54   Whoa! We can now comment! How awesome! I met Carrie at Y-con! ^_^ —Chibi

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2008-04-06 21:37:42   eh? Sayonara Zetsubo Sensei under shoujo? with all those fan-service shots? wouldn't something like Minami-ke or Shugo Chara be better? Can't find dl's for it, i can help >.o —Jxxxx

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2008-10-25 18:14:01   I haven't been to one of these movie nights since I'm at work Wednesdays and Thursdays. Are there other nights not listed? —SunjeetBaadkar

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2009-11-09 11:46:47   Hey, so I found this club a couple days ago and I was wondering if I can just come to one of the meetings and check it out, or if it's something I have to wait for next quarter for? —SheilaFogh

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2010-02-03 01:46:40   You can check out the meeting at any time. The general atmosphere is pretty loose. —Zizi

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2011-09-21 01:53:51   The anime club is pretty cool, he watches in the nihongos and doesn't afraid of anything. —ThomasReeder