The antics of Akahori Gedou Hour Rabuge: Love Pheromone Vs Gedou Otome Tai have come to an end. Next week prepare yourselves for detective misadventures in Cinderella Boy

This week we showed the final episodes of Izumo. Next week (8 May 2007) will see the start of Red Garden, our other series remain unchanged for now.

I suppose most eras are normally longer than six months, but we have been showing School Rumble ever since the society started, so it feels significant that it’s now it’s finished - barring a mythical third season. This epic comedy will be replaced with the deep, tragic and emotional tale of Jungle wa Itsumo Hale nochi Guu. Good watching and god speed.

On Tuesday those of you who were there know that we suffered from technical difficulties. We are currently working on a better backup plan to deal with this should it happen again, so hopefully we will be back to normal from now on.

Also the last and final St Luminous Mission High School was shown and everyone now understands exactly what it was about. From 3rd April this will be replaced by Love Pheromone. A magical girl show with a twist (or possibly just a twisted magical girl show)

This coming Tuesday (27th March 2007) we will show the first two episodes of Izumo and the final episode of St Luminous which will be replaced the following week.

Also we would like to repeat our suggestion that all refreshments should be purchased from the bar.

Two series have come to an end simultaneously this week: Scrapped Princess and Soul Link. We asked everyone on the forums what it was they’d like to see those series replaced with, then we interpreted what they said through BabelFish and a sheet of muslin, and came out with the following choices:

• We’ll be starting the evening at 7:00 with St Luminous Mission High School
• That will be followed by Demonbane

And of course, we’ll continue to show School Rumble in our final slot for as long as we’re able. If you’d like to have some input on what to replace those series with, make your feelings known in person or on our forums.

In other news, we’ve got a new batch of leaflets printed, and are going to start putting them further afield. If anybody has a good idea for a place to put the leaflets, talk to us at the next meeting and we’ll give you a batch.

As our regulars are all too painfully aware, this coming Tuesday (5th December) we will be showing the final episode of Black Cat. This will leave a gaping void in both our hearts and our schedule. One of these will only be able to heal over time.

The other will be filled by Soul Link from 12th December.

The Christmas car park opposite the Castle is due to open at the start of next week, offering a more convenient parking alternative for those of you who drive to anime society. I will add a comment to this post when I have confirmed it’s opening and can check the cost (if any) of parking there.

On a side note, several of you have noticed that Paradise Kiss will be ending this coming week and from 7 November we will replace it with Scrapped Princess. However the time will come when the other series will need replacing, so feel free to suggest the sort of series you wish to see in the future.

Those of you who stayed to the end last night will be aware that we reached the end of Beating Angel, and also that we asked you to suggest things to replace it with. Please, please, do so using the comments feature below or by emailing marcus@basingstokeanimesociety.com the sooner you respond the more likely you are to get what you want.

If you don’t have any specific suggestions, feel free to make vague generalised suggestions (eg. Something wierd and funny) as this is almost as helpful.

The votes are tallied, and the answers are fairly clear. These are the series we’re going to be showing from next Tuesday:

Black Cat
Paradise Kiss
School Rumble
Club-to-Death Angel Dokuro-chan

Since we expect at least a few of the audience will have missed the first night (or missed part of it, or in some cases been too freaked out to concentrate on plot) we’ll be showing these starting with the first episode. We haven’t yet finalized the running order - keep your eyes peeled for a post on Monday about that.

Technical foibles allowing, we’ll be starting at 7:00 sharp next tuesday. See you there!