[INFO] Anime Club Directory 1/2
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Rutgers Anime
Anime Club Directory
Compiled by Steve Pearl
Copyright 1993,1994 Rutgers Anime/Steve Pearl
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Rutgers Anime
C/O Steve Pearl
359 Lloyd Rd
Aberdeen, NJ 07747-1826
Please send all additions/corrections/comments to:
Internet: pe...@remus.rutgers.edu or Steve Pearl
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GEnie: S.PEARL6 Aberdeen, NJ 07747-1826
The following is a list of all known anime organizations. This guide
is divided first by American States, then by Foreign
Countries. Although every attempt has been made to keep the
information up to date, we cannot guarantee the accuracy of the
information. This is NOT a list of recommended anime
organizations. (Please see our Sources List for more information on
obtaining our list of recommended Anime Clubs) When contacting any of
these organizations, please remember to send a SASE otherwise you may
not receive a response. Clubs denoted with an asterisk have replied to
our inquiries and are known to be active as of the date of this
publication. They also have an "Expanded Entry" which appears at
the end of the article. [94.04.04]
Known club affiliations are denoted as follows:
[AAA] Atlantic Anime Alliance
[AE] Anime Europe
[APBSB] Anime Publications Bureau- Special Branch
[CALA] Cal Animage
[EDC] EDC Animation Society
[FAST] Fans of Animation in South Texas
Anime Club Index
Name State/Country
3-WA TX
Adelaide University Japanese Animation Club AU
AIYA! Animation Club* WA
Akron Animation Association* OH
Animania* MI
Animated Fantasy Group, The CA
Animated Film Association GA
Animation International DC
Animation San Antonio [APBSB Base] TX
Animation/Fantasy Association, The NY
Anime Circle of Enthusiasts CA
Anime Club of Brown University RI
Anime Club of Michigan [EDC] MI
Anime Connections OR
Anime Discovery Project (ADP)* WA
Anime Doujou* OK
Anime Fandom Organization OK
Anime Hasshin* MA
Anime Horizon TN
Anime Keiken PA
Anime Kyou U.K. [EDC] Eng
Anime NL NL
Anime Sacramento CA
Anime San Fernando Valley CA
Anime Section of Japanese Students International* MD
Anime Vampires VA
Anime X* [EDC] GA
Anime Zeta TX
Animezanai CA
Atlantic Animation Alliance* NJ
Austin FAST [FAST] TX
Banzai UT
Banzai Anime Klub of Alberta* CA
Bay Area Animation Society * CA
Bay City Animation Group CA
Boston Japanimation Society MA
Buffalo Crisis NY
C/FO Cleveland OH
C/FO Orange CA
CFO/LA CA
Cal Animage Eta Chapter - UCLA* CA
Cal-Animage at UC San Diego (Cal-Animage Beta)* CA
Cal-Animage Berkeley* CA
Cal-Animage Gamma (U.C. Santa Barbara Chapter)* CA
Cal-Animage Lambda Japanese Animation and Manga* ND
Caltech Anime* CA
Carolina Anime Theatre SC
CJAS (Cornell Japanese Animation Society)* NY
Cleveland Consulate [APBSB] OH
Club Animaniac SJSU CA
Club Anime TX
Club Anime West* CA
Club NewType LA
Davis Anime Club* CA
Dayton Animation Club OH
DC/MD/VA Animation Organization DC
Drexel Anime Club* PA
Dunster House Anime Society* MA
Earth Defense Command* [EDC] TX
East Coast Gaming and Animation Society [EDC] NJ
Embry-Riddle Anime Club DE
Evergreen Students for Anime* WA
Fairborn Anime Club OH
FAST Buffalo (FAST) NY
Foothill A.N.I.M.E. CA
Heroes of the Rising Sun BE
Hokubei Anime-kai CT
Illinois Maison of Animation* IL
Indiana Animation Club IN
Inland Empire Anime CA
Invid on the Half Shell* [AAA] NY
JACO (The Japanese Animation Club of Orlando)* FL
Japanese Animation & SF Association MD
Japanese Animation Club of City College* NY
Japanese Animation Club of Nanyang Technological University * SG
Japanese Animation Fan Club CA
Japanese Animation Fans of Western Australia (JAFWA)* AU
Japanese Animation Network (JAN) VA
Japanese Animation Society MN
Japanimation USA CA
JASH (Japanese Animation Society Hawaii)* HI
Johns Hopkins Animation Club* MD
Kimagure Orange Roadies CA
Koko wa Anime- Occidental College Anime* CA
Maison Otaku MD
Manasota Anime Group [EDC] FL
Manga Friends Verona ITALY
Michiana IN
Moonlight Ramblers PA
N.A.T.O MN
Neo-Dallas [EDC] TX
New Japan AL
New Orleans Animation Club LA
North Carolina State Japanese Animation Club* NC
North Jersey Anime Association (NJAA) NJ
North Indiana Anime Club IN
Northwest Anime Society WA
NOVA (Northern Oregon & Vancouver Anime)* OR
Ohio University Animation OH
Penn State Science Fiction Society PA
Philidelphia Animation Society PA
Phoenix Japanimation Society AZ
Prince Planet Foundation [EDC] GA
Purdue Animation Club* IN
QuestClub CA
RISDJAS- Rhode Island School of Design Japanese Animation Society RI
Robotech Resistance CA
Rocky Mountain Fanimation CO
Rutgers Anime* [AAA] NJ
Saint Louis Animation Fandom MO
Santa Barbara Animation Appreciation Association CA
Sci-Fi Animation Confederation NY
Southern Cross [EDC] TX
Space Battleship Artemis [EDC] NJ
Space Battleship Iscandar [EDC] OH
Space Destroyer Nightshadow [EDC] TX
Space Passenger Liner Titanic [EDC] FL
Star Force II LA
Stonybrook Anime NY
Summer Side CA
Terrapin Anime Society* MD
Tucson Animation Screening Society AZ
University of Manitoba Japanese Animation Fan Club* CA
University of Texas Anime Club TX
University of Victoria Animation Society* CA
Valley Japanese Animation Society AZ
Vermillion PA
VideoBurn - Anime Club of U.C.R.* CA
Virginia Tech Animation Society VA
Weekly Watchers of Wonderful Anime* AU
West Coast Anime Pasadena [EDC] CA
West Coast Japanimation Society WA
Westwinds Random Force CA
Willamette Valley Animation Society OR
Table Of Contents
Anime Club Index
Alabama
Arizona
California
Colorado
Connecticut
Delaware
Florida
Georgia
Hawaii
Indiana
Illinois
Louisiana
Maryland
Massachusetts
Michigan
Minnesota
Montana
New Jersey
New York
North Dakota
Ohio
Oklahoma
Oregon
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
South Carolina
Tennessee
Texas
Utah
Virginia
Washington, DC
Washington
Belgium
Canada
England
Italy
Netherlands
Singapore
Expanded Club Entries
Clubs with addresses that "bounced"
Alabama
New Japan
P.O. Box 59059
Birmingham, AL 35259-9059
Arizona
Phoenix Japanimation Society
Tom Perry
3241 E. Alatadena
Phoenix, AZ 85028
The Tucson Animation Screening Society
The University of Arizona
Charles McCarter
3710 E. Bellevue #106
Tucson, AZ 85716
Valley Japanese Animation Society
Lee Dunning
15457 N. 38th Way
Phoenix, AZ 85032
California
Animated Fantasy Group, The
George Rock
12300 Sherman Way #A4
North Hollywood, CA 91605
Anime Circle of Enthusiasts
Mark Keller
25805 Calaroga Ave
Hayward, CA 94545
Anime Sacramento
Laurine White
5422 Colusa Way
Sacramento, CA 95841
Anime San Fernando Valley
Piece College Student Services
6201 Winnetka Ave
Woodland Hills, CA 91371
Animezanai
Brian Henderson
809 E. 19th Str
Santa Ana, CA 92706
Bay Area Animation Society *
835 Parkside Drive
El Sobrante, CA 94803-1237
(510) 223-8556
Bay City Animation Group
Mitch Glasner
3259 Malcom Ave
Los Angeles, CA 90034
Cal-Animage Berkeley*
2324 Dwight Way, Suite 310
Berkeley, CA 94704
Cal-Animage at UC San Diego (Cal-Animage Beta)*
UC San Diego,
Price Center Q-077 Box E5
La Jolla, CA 92093-0077
(619) 587-4890 (1992-93 only)
ani...@ucsd.edu (Varies)
Cal Animage Eta Chapter - UCLA*
Box 246
308 Westwood Plaza
LA, CA 90024-1647
Cal-Animage Gamma (U.C. Santa Barbara Chapter)*
Cal-Animage,
Campus Activities Center, UCen Building,
Room 3151, Box 147,
Santa Barbara, CA 93106
(805) 968-0189
j...@ferkel.ucsb.edu (Jim Lick)
Cal-Animage Theta
PO Box 15055
Stanford, CA 94309-5038
Caltech Anime*
Roy Jones
Caltech Mail Stop #673
Pasadena, CA 91126
C/FO Orange
Richard Reichman
5141 Hampshire Ave
Westminster, CA 92683
Club Animaniac SJSU
San Jose State University
Box 23, Student Leisure and Activity Service,
One Washington Square,
San Jose, CA 95112
(408) 259-9134
kw...@sparta.sjsu.edu (Ronnie Kwong)
Club Anime West*
Albert Wong
187 Shakespeare Street
San Francisco, CA 94112
Davis Anime Club*
Student Activities Office, #193
4th Floor MU, UC Davis
Davis, CA 95616
Foothill A.N.I.M.E. (Animation of of Nippon InterMediary Exchange)*
No address given
(408) 227-2521
har...@netcom.com (Mike Massee)
Inland Empire Anime
David Bliss
1575 Lillian Lane
Highland, CA 92346
Japanimation USA
Todd Allis
2816 Sontiago Rd B
Fullerton, CA 92635-2744
Kimagure Orange Roadies
Kevin Quin
6831 Dennison St.
San Diego, CA 92122
Koko wa Anime- Occidental College Anime*
2366 Bullard Avenue, #1
Los Angeles, CA 90032-3505
(213) 222-0792
QuestClub
12440 Moorpark St. #150
Studio City, CA 91604
Robotech Resistance
Dennis Cummings
P.O. Box 177
Norwalk, CA 90650-0177
Santa Barbara Animation Appreciation Association (SB3A)
PO Box 91729
Santa Barbara, CA 93190
Shinsei Anime
PO Box 390203
San Diego, CA 92149
619-968-5634
Space Battleship Musashi II [EDC]
Joe Brubaker
201 Hidden Valley Lane
San Anselmo, CA 94960
Summer Side
24161-H Hollyoak,
Laguna Hills, CA 92656
(714) 643-8352
mori...@infonode.ingr.com (Alec Orrock)
VideoBurn - Anime Club of U.C.R.*
c/o Campus Activities Office
University of California, Riverside
Riverside, CA 92521
(909) 787-4571 (Campus Activities Office)
West Coast Anime Pasadena [EDC]
James G. Lomax
615 Las Lomas Road
Duarte, CA 91010
Westwinds Random Force
Beth Strong
415 S. Mariposa
Burbank, CA 91506
Colorado
Rocky Mountain Fanimation
2256 Silent Rain Dr
Colorado Springs, CO 80919
Connecticut
Hokubei Anime-kai
Bill Ames
P.O. Box 279
Botsford, CT 06404
Internet: bi...@conte10.uucp
Delaware
Embry-Riddle Anime Club
Jeff West, Vice President
17 Katherine Dr.
Dover, DE 19901
District of Columbia
Animation International
32227 8th Ave SW
Federal Way
Washington, DC 98023
DC/MD/VA Animation Organization
Vanessa Howle
2716 30th St. S.E. , Apt. A373
Washington, DC 20020
Florida
JACO (The Japanese Animation Club of Orlando)*
PO Box 141391
Orlando, FL 32814-1391
(407) 382-JACO
Manasota Anime Group [EDC]
Mark Dmuchowski
848 Ponderosa Pine Lane
Sarasota, FL 34243
Space Passenger Liner Titanic [EDC]
Michael Birchfield
6501 North Woodlynne Ave
Tampa, FL 33614
Georgia
Animated Film Association
Jim Reddy
4970 Isle Royal Ct
Stone Mountain, GA 30088
Anime X* [EDC]
Dave Merrill
PO Box 724182
Atlanta GA 31139-1182
(404) 364-977
Prince Planet Foundation [EDC]
David Merrill
3314 Ann Road
Smyrna, GA 30080
Hawaii
JASH (Japanese Animation Society Hawaii)*
Wendell Hong
PO Box 22517
Honolulu, HI 96822
Illinois
Illinois Maison of Animation*
284 Illini Union
1401 W. Green St.
Urbana, Il 61801
Indiana
The Indiana Animation Club*
P.O. Box 1242
Indianapolis IN 46206-1242
IAC Infoline: (317) 871-0554
Michiana
Jason Saylor
4933 York Road
South Bend, IN 46614
North Indiana Anime Club
Paul Chroniak
2316 Normandy, Apt 1D
Michigan City, IN 46360
Purdue Animation Club*
Benjamin Wai (Secretary)
W-237 Cary Quadrangle
Purdue University
West Lafayette
Indiana 47906
Louisiana
Club NewType
Attn: Ed Dyer
2823 Chestnut Street
New Orleans, LA 70115
New Orleans Animation Club
7452 Briarheath Drive
New Orleans, LA 70128
GEnie: G.PIERCE1
Star Force II
Adam Edelstein
2601 St. Anthony
New Orleans, LA 70119
Maryland
Anime Section of Japanese Students International*
c/o Japanese Students International
Johns Hopkins University (Homewood Campus)
Baltimore, MD 21218
JASFA
c/o William Brehm, Jr.
9 Reaching Circle
Baltimore, MD 21221
(410) 686-3392
Johns Hopkins Animation Club*
c/o Jonathan Lansing
3339 North Charles Street Box 3411
Baltimore, MD 21218
(410) 516-3106
Maison Otaku
Baltimore, MD
(410) 484-6647
mend...@aol.com
Terrapin Anime Society*
Edward Mahlin, President
wild...@wam.umd.edu
301-317-8496
Massachusetts
Anime Hasshin
Lorraine Savage
PO Box 391036
Cambridge, MA 02139
Boston Japanimation Society
Brian Yelverton
PO Box 8140
Salem, MA 01971
The Dunster House Anime Society of Harvard University *
Richard Uyeyama
121 Dunster Mail Center
945 Memorial Dr.
Dunster House
Cambridge, MA 02138-6169
MIT Anime* [EDC]
Takashi Komatsu
MIT Next House
500 Memorial Drive Rm. 261
Cambridge, MA 02139
(617)225-8911
Michigan
Anime Club of Michigan [EDC]
Brad Shigenaka
52630 Butternut
Rochester, MI 48064
Animania*
c/o Jonathan Mayer
215 North Thayer,
Ann Arbor, MI 48104
Minnesota
Japanese Animation Society
Jon C. Hughes
7160 Arcade Str
St Paul, MN 55109
N.A.T.O
C/O Wes Christopherson
5719 44th Avenue South
Minneapolis, MN 55417
Montana
Saint Louis Animation Fandom
Mike Eastman
1681 Sherwood Forest Dr
Florissant, MO 63031-1556
New Jersey
Atlantic Animation Alliance* [AAA}
PO Box 10371
New Brunswick, NJ 08906-0371
East Coast Gaming and Animation Society [EDC]
James Altenburg
585 Fountain Dr
Toms River, NJ 08753
The North Jersey Anime Association (NJAA)
983 Wilson Avenue,
Teaneck NJ, 07666-1821
Rutgers Anime* [AAA]
Attn: Steve Pearl
359 Lloyd Rd
Aberdeen, NJ 07747-1826
Space Battleship Artemis [EDC]
Anthony Tisone
312 Talbot Street
Burlington, NJ 08016
New York
Animation/Fantasy Association, The
695 West Inman Ave
Rahway, NJ 07065
(Address for the NY AFA)
Buffalo Crisis
James Meier
9135 Alexander Rd
Batavia, NY 14020
[BC name of Club or Club Fanzine?]
CJAS (Cornell Japanese Animation Society)*
Bruce Hahne
134A Valentine Place
Ithaca, NY 14850
(607) 256-4806
FAST Buffalo (FAST)
(AKA Anime Frontier??)
Ray Barker
227 Woodward Ave
Buffalo, NY 14214-2313
Invid on the Half Shell* [AAA]
Terrance J. Hardin
Apt. 4S
2407 Valentine Avenue
Bronx, NY 10458
Japanese Animation Club of City College* (CURRENTLY INACTIVE)
Justin Bahk
P.O. Box 251
Flushing, NY 11352
Sci-Fi Animation Confederation
James Meier
9135 Alexander Rd.
Batavia, NY 14020
(Buffalo Crisis??)
Stoneybrook Anime
Bill Rogers
10 Village Hill Drive
Dix Hills, NY 11746
North Carolina
North Carolina State Japanese Animation Club
701 Brooks Ave
Raleigh NC 27607
North Dakota
Cal-Animage Lambda Japanese Animation and Manga*
Japanese Animation Fan Club
128 Churchill Hall, Box 5077, NDSU
Fargo, ND 58105
(701) 241-2166
fo...@plains.nodak.edu (Chris Fogel)
Ohio
Akron Animation Association*
Jay Harvey
903 Orrin St
Akron OH 44320
(216) 376-5401
C/FO Cleveland
Michael Sherman
1200 Seneca Blvd. #201
Broadview Height, OH 44147
Cleveland Consulate [APBSB]
Erik Noble
11904 Carlton Road
Room 510B
Cleveland, OH 44106
Dayton Animation Club
Rick Martin
1120 W. Fairview Ave
Dayton, OH 45406
Fairborn Anime Club
Richard Diaz
32 Old Yellow Springs Rd. #5
Fairborn, OH 45324
(513) 878-7451
Ohio University Animation
Mike Smith
99 Grosvenor St., Apt 1
Athens, OH 45701
(614) 593-7800
Space Battleship Iscandar [EDC]
Logan Wayfinder
6271 Hill Str
Ravenna, OH 44266
Oklahoma
Anime Doujou*
Joe DeLory
jdde...@uokmax.ecn.uoknor.edu
Anime Fandom Organization
James Staley
P.O. Box 268
Jones, OK 73049
Oregon
Anime Connections
Jo Amie
4613 S.E. Rex Dr
Portland, OR 97286
NOVA (Northern Oregon & Vancouver Anime)*
No Address Given
(503)641-2762 (Jeff Milburn)
wyv...@agora.rain.com (Scott Sanford)
Willamette Valley Animation Society
1300 Quaker Street, Apt 55
Eugene, Oregon, 97402
Pennsylvania
Anime Keiken
Dan Kellaway
1816 Third Ave
Arnold, PA 15068
Atragon
Moe Tatham
7100 West Chester Pike
Apt 218
Upper Darby, PA 19082
[Japanese Anime/Fantasy Organization]
Drexel Anime Club*
McAlister Room 3025
Creese Student Center
Drexel University
32nd & Chestnut St.
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Tel: (215) 895-2573
Email: tj...@mcs.drexel.edu
Moonlight Ramblers
Mike Haushalter
109 Fernvue Drive
Coraopolis, PA 15108
Penn State Science Fiction Society
Bill Johnston
661 A Waupelani Drive
State College, PA 16801-4317
814-867-3478
Philidelphia Animation Society
William Wilson III
1228 Spruce St., Apt. 308
Philadelphia, PA 19107
Vermillion
1060 Morewood Ave.
Box No. 2116
Pittsburgh, PA 15213
Rhode Island
Anime Club of Brown University
College Hill Anime
c/o Seven Feldman
80 Forest Street, Apt. 5
Providence , RI 02906-2630
(401) 521-2523
RISDJAS- Rhode Island School of Design Japanese Animation Society
c/o RISD Dining Services
2 College Street
Providence, R.I. 02903
South Carolina
Carolina Anime Theatre
Ted & Debbie Delorme
1721 Ashley Hall Rd #6-S
Charleston, SC 29407
Tennessee
Anime Horizon
Ray Barker
1008 Parkland Rd.
Memphis, TN 38111-4008
(901) 458-3856 before 9pm Central Time ONLY
Texas
3-WA
Dennis Gilchrist
6755 Ramhead, Apt. 1612
Ft. Worth, TX 76112
Animation San Antonio [APBSB Base]
4122 Tallulah
San Antonio, TX 78218-3452
Austin FAST [FAST]
c/o M. Scott McKee
6213 Haney Drive
Austin, TX 78723
Anime Zeta
Brian Jelinek
3300 Gumwood Dr. #1614
Arlington, TX 76014
Club Anime
Melvin Jew
2914 Triway
Houston, TX 77043
Earth Defense Command*
P.O.Box 515942
Dallas TX 75251-5942
Neo-Dallas [EDC]
Donovan Floyd
c/o EDC Headquarters
P.O. Box 515942
Dallas, TX 75251-5942
Southern Cross [EDC]
c/o Chad
3300 W. Park #1170
Plano, TX 75075
Space Destroyer Nightshadow [EDC]
Lance Harlock
1005 Mississippi
South Houston, TX 77587
University of Texas Anime Club*
2239 Cromwell Cir. #1103
Austin TX 78741
dil...@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (Alex Dillard)
Utah
Banzai
Dave Doering
40 South 100 West #107
Provo, Utah 84601
801-377-8921
Virginia
Anime Vampires [EDC]
Stephen Lin
1741 Cloister Dr
Richmond, VA 23233
Japanese Animation Network(JAN)
C/O Roy & Cathy Bruce
3612 Seminary Ave
Richmond, VA 23227
(Publishes Anime no Shimbun)
Virginia Tech Animation Society
P.O. Box 10143
Blackburg, VA 24062-0143
Washington
AIYA! Animation Club*
Aiya! M-3
WWU: Viking Union 202
Bellingham, WA 98225
Anime Discovery Project (ADP)*
University Of Washington
Student Union Building FK-30
Room 207, Box #181
Seattle, WA 98195
Evergreen Students for Anime*
Gregor Menasian
TESC R308
Olympia, WA 98505
Northwest Anime Society
P.O. Box 68572
Seattle, WA 98168
West Coast Japanimation Society
Robert Zumwalt
10115 Holly Dr. #A-107
Everett, WA 98204
Australia
Adelaide University Japanese Animation Club
Bradley Cameron
21 Fife Ave Torrens Park 5062
Adelaide,South Australia
Australia
0011-61-8-2715359
Japanese Animation Fans of Western Australia (JAFWA)*
aka Cal-Animage Zeta
46 Hackbridge Way
Bayswater 6053
AUSTRALIA
Ph: +61-9-378-3955
Weekly Watchers of Wonderful Anime*
(c/- Paul Fenwick)
36 Home Road
Newport, Victoria
AUSTRALIA 3015
Phone: +61-3-391-4168
Belgium
Heroes of the Rising Sun
Emmanuel Van Melkebeke
Parkplein 5
B-9000 Gent,
Belgium
Canada
Banzai Anime Klub of Alberta*
West Edmonton Mall P.O.
Edmonton, Alberta
T5T 5X1
Japanese Animation Fan Club
William Chow
6067 Battison Str
Vancouver, BC V5S 3M7
CANADA
University of Manitoba Japanese Animation Fan Club*
Student Group Center (University Center)
University of Manitoba
Winnipeg,Manitoba,
Canada
University of Victoria Animation Society*
Ed Sum, club president.
1807 Francisco Tce.,
Victoria, BC V8N 4W2
Canada
(604) 477-3268
England
Anime Kyou U.K. [EDC]
Carlo Bernhardi
4. St. Peters Street
Syston
Leicestershire
England LE7 8HJ
Italy
Manga Friends Verona
Raniero Massimo
Via Monte Tesoro, 35
37132 Verona ITALY
Netherlands
Anime NL
James Wattstraat 13
1097 DJ AMSTERDAM
The Netherlands
020-6934346