Calling all Anime Club artists! We’re collaborating with SFU Anime and SFU Artists to bring you our very own Halloween Drawing Challenge, LMAOtober (Lower Mainland Artist October)! From October 1st to October 30th, create an art piece in any medium based on our 6 prompts. Every completed prompt earns you +2 raffle tickets towards our prizes, and completing all 6 prompts earns you +6 extra raffle tickets! 🎟️ 🎟️ 🎟️
As you may now be aware, our activities and events at UBC Anime Club will be returning to being in person starting this week. Per AMS’s regulations for all club events and meetups as well as British Columbia’s provincial health policies, we will be requiring all attendees to present proof of their vaccination against COVID, ideally with the QR code vaccine passport and a copy of government-issued ID with a matching name. If you are unable to show proof of your vaccination or are not vaccinated, we reserve the right to deny you entry to our events.
Clubs Days: Memberships available for purchase!
When: 11AM to 3PM, next Tuesday and Wednesday, September 21 – 22 Where: AMS Nest/Main Mall. You can’t miss the 5 gazillion booths. We’ll be one of them!
We will be boothing in-person selling memberships and answering questions about the club! We accept payment by cash or debit/credit card in person. Look for the degeneracy and the guy in the maid outfit. We’re hard to miss. Now, technically, these dates aren’t set in stone, because Clubs Days formally takes place from September 21 to 24, and clubs are only given 2 days to booth in person while the other 2 are meant to be a virtual booth. So technically, this date could change next week. If it does, we’ll let you know in next week’s newsletter. Until then, though, we will use these dates.
Unavailable on either of those days? We will still be selling memberships in person on September 23 and 24, but these will (presumably) be from 11AM to 3PM at our clubroom in the Nest, room 3206c. You’re also free to buy memberships at our Icebreaker event on the 24th or at any other event throughout the year, including weeklies!
Membership Prices $8 for Returning UBC Members $10 for New UBC Members $12 for Returning non-UBC Members $15 for New non-UBC Members
You may be wondering- if I can attend UBCAni events regardless of whether I’m a member, why should I buy a membership? Well, benefits include member-exclusive discounts at our sponsors (local restaurants and anime stores in Vancouver) just by flashing your membership card, access to our library of weeb goods, discounts at UBCAni’s bigger paid events like our annual Cosplay Cafe, and more! Also, members get free pizza at some of our events, like our upcoming Icebreaker (see below for more information).
When: Friday, September 24th, 5PM to 10PM (or later) Where: UBC Buchanan A201
Come on down to our first real (life) event of the year, our annual icebreaker event! Entry is free, and not only is it a great opportunity to get to know the club and make new friends, we have LOTS and lots of weeby prizes such as anime figures in our raffle that you can become eligible to win just by showing up! Cosplay isn’t only welcome, it’s fully encouraged!
Increase your chances of winning raffle prizes by: – purchasing a membership, either at Clubs Days beforehand or at the door (+1) – RSVP by pressing “Going” on the Facebook event before 11:59PM on Thursday, September 23rd (+1) – playing (and winning) the games at the event (+1 to +3 depending on how many you win!) – Nitro boosting our Discord server (+1)
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Schedule: 5:00 PM: Doors Open and Registration 5:15 PM: Introductions 5:30 PM: Game 1 6:30 PM: Dinner Break (Free pizza to members, courtesy of us!) 7:00 PM: Game 2 8:00 PM: Game 3 9:00 PM: Raffle Draw and Closing Ceremony 9:30 PM: Screening of Star Wars: Visions
The games in question will be a rotation of anime trivia (Weeb of Fortune, Name That Anime Tune), Cardboard Cosplay Contest, and Weeb Bingo!
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Prizes
You read that right! As is club tradition, we will have a number of weeb prizes available to be yours for the taking, if the gacha gods smile upon you and choose you as the raffle winner. Our grand raffle prize will be a figure of Nozomi from Love Live, and our medium prizes include goods from the Fate series, Monogatari series, and more! Not to mention more keychains than we know what to do with, all yours to take home!
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Interested in volunteering to help us run this event (and the +3 raffle tickets that come with it)? Fill out this form and we’ll contact you with more information! https://forms.gle/jt9nktHEs9i2ihRj8
UBCAni members get perks such as, but not limited to, free pizza at events like this one, as well as discounts at our sponsors! Interested in becoming a member? We’ll be selling memberships at Clubs Days (Sept. 21-24) on UBC campus, as well as at the Icebreaker event itself!
$8 for Returning UBC Members $10 for New UBC Members $12 for Returning non-UBC Members $15 for New non-UBC Members
Thanks for coming to check us out on this year’s rather… different Imagine Day. Again. This page serves as a hub of relevant links for you to click through, as well as a general overview of who we are, what we do, and what we have planned for today.
Until later this year when in-person restrictions are loosened, the vast majority of real time interaction, whether it’s chatting or running online versions of our weekly activities, will probably take place in our Discord. You can chat to us (the execs) in real time for whatever you need, as well as other members!
For Imagine Day, the schedule is as follows. These games will be hosted online via our Discord. Check the #imagine-day channel for live updates, more information, or to ask related questions!
Have more general questions about the club that aren’t answered here? We’ll also be hosting a UBCAni Q&A panel simultaneously (once again, in Discord). Stop by to say hi or ask whatever you like!
Join our mailing list for weekly newsletter updates on what we’re planning each week as well as events, both hosted by us and relevant ones from partners, and featured artwork from our own members. Normal daily online discussion will take place in our Discord server, and all events and announcements will be mirrored in our Discord server as well. If we host any online events in future, these too will take place in- you guessed it- the Discord server. So, be there!
Like our Facebook page and/or join our group to watch out for our Facebook events, where clicking going to RSVP can mean another raffle ticket to our various anime figure and other prize giveaways! Are you an artist? Don’t forget to join our artist-specific Facebook group as well!
A very general overview about us
In essence, UBCAni is a social club for anime fans to gather and sometimes do anime related activities. Throughout the school year, we cycle through different activities for members to participate in each Friday evening, from 5PM onwards. While we have dedicated time blocks for anime viewings and artist meetups, the main focus of each weekly is the activity, which includes things like karaoke, board games night, video games night, group dinner outings, and much more. In the event that we are forced to lock down and go back to being online only instead, our online activities are usually playing some sort of game together online such as Skribblio, Mafia, Anime Music Quiz, etc.
Throughout the year, we also host bigger, paid events such as our Halloween and Valentine’s Socials and a cosplay cafe. The first event will be our icebreaker, so mark your calendars for September 24th!
For more information, feel free to explore the tabs at the top of our website, ranging from who our sponsors are (flashing your membership card will get you discounts and deals), our current executive team, our mascots, and our other social media!
Check below the break for a basic guide on how to use Discord and join/participate in our server!
It’s that time of the year again– elections! We’re looking for enthusiastic weebs who want to help keep this club alive and run for executive positions next academic year. Know anybody, or think you’re up to the task? Fill out the nomination form below before March 19th, 2021, with who you think would fit the bill- your friend, your enemy, yourself, anyone! Our AGM (Annual General Meeting) and the elections will be held on Friday, March 26th, 2021!
Nominees are expected to have a short presentation prepared and sent to us via email at ubcani@gmail.com before the AGM. More information is available on the form in terms of what positions are available + what they entail, and what is expected of you! Questions? Suggestions? Feel free to message any of the execs, this page, or even leave a comment below.
Edit: Voting is now closed! Thank you to everyone who voted!
Winner of the Most Popular/Fan Favorite category and the grand prize, the Huion Tablet: Tiana Mori!
Winner of the 2D Media category and the Demon Slayer key art print: Max Wei!
Winner of the 3D Media category and the Asuka Langley figure: Aleena Liu!
Winner of the Workshop category and the 80-piece marker set: Yuliya Yu!
The other submissions will be featured below the cut. Thank you so much to everyone who participated in this long-term collaborative event and submitted to the contest! Amazing work from everyone!
