Here is an email from our fearless leader about what is the latest in the world of anime:
OK, people: I've just received the following hot tip. "Millennium Actress" has opened at the Sony Metreon (4th & Mission in S.F.) as of Sept. 12th for an exclusive limited run engagement. (In other words, this is the only place in the Bay Area where you can see this movie on the big screen.) Depending on the box office numbers, this limited run usually lasts one or two weeks so catch this film at the Metreon while you can. If you're travelling by car, there is a public parking garage and a Mel's Diner across the street from the Metreon. For those of you who don't know what "Millennium Actress" is, this is the latest work from director Satoshi Kon ("Perfect Blue") and is described as the sleeper anime hit of this summer. For more details on this film (including plot summary and trailer clips), check them out at this movie's official web site: http://www.millenniumactress-themovie.com/ . As a bonus for being on EEA's e-mail list, you also get extra news on not one but two contests associated with "Millennium Actress". Contest #1 (*** Note tight deadline ***): SF Bay Guardian and Things From Another World are sponsoring a drawing to give out free screening passes to "Millennium Actress". Each screening pass is good for free admission for two people on some shows during this film's run-of-engagement at the Metreon. To enter this drawing, bring a self-addressed, stamped #10 envelope to Things From Another World (located on the 2nd floor of the Metreon at 4th & Mission St.) and deposit it in the contest box on the counter. All entries must be received no later than Tuesday, Sept. 16th at 10 PM to qualify for this drawing. Winners will be notified by mail. To discourage box stuffing, each winner will be limited to only one screening pass per person/household will while supplies last. Contest #2: If you miss this movie on the big screen, don't worry. DreamWorks Pictures will release "Millennium Actress" on DVD in late October. DreamWorks Pictures is also sponsoring a contest to give away 25 free DVDs of this movie. To win 1 of 25 free copies of "Millennium Actress", visit http://www.millenniumactress-themovie.com/ , click on the "Enter to Win a DVD" web link, and fill out and submit the entry form by Nov. 3rd. Enter as often as you wish but you can only submit one entry per day. Feel free to enter either or both contests if you're interested and good luck. --- Larry and Peter

E.E.A. is a San-Francisco based anime/Hong Kong film/whatever club founded in 1990. Its very unofficial motto is "Dynamite genre boundaries." Over the course of its existence, the club has evolved from a spartan get together into a combination party and video perzine.

1. An offbeat Japanese game show

2. "Once Upon A Time In China"

3. The entire "Kimagure Orange Road" series

4. "Police Story"

5. "12:01 P.M." (a science fiction short)

6. "The Naked Killer"

7. "Fast Food Matador" (an animated ode to an ultra-cool delivery boy)

8. "The Rotten Algebra Teacher" (an animated shojo tale)

9. "Kishin Heidan" (Giant robots in World War II)

10. "The Barbee Boys" (an offbeat Japanese rock group's music video).

11. "Meshes of the Afternoon"

12. "Hard-Boiled"

13. "Galaxy Express 999"

14. "Cereal Killer"

15. "The Bride With White Hair"

A much belated thanks to Grant Kono, who created the E.E.A. logo

Thanks to Laurine White, whose bi-monthly Sacramento meetings provided the model for E.E.A.

Thanks to Asian American Theater Association, Robert Loo, and John Zingapan for ensuring the club wouldn't become homeless.

Thanks to Kent Johnson, Brin-Marie Mc Laughlin, Mike Butler, and John Zingapan for designing the monthly flyers.

Special thanks to Miyako Graham for translating lots of odd Japanese stuff and for too many other things to mention here.

Also not to forget a very special thanks to Peter & Larry Wong for taking the time and effort to keep all of this together.

And a big thank you to those folks out there who like what we do to keep coming back month after month.

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