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We bring anime to the masses at the University of Kent. If you're not sure what that means, take a look at our Frequently Asked Questions page. We do this in a number of ways...
By far the most popular part of what we do, every Thursday evening we take over Rutherford Lecture Theatre 1 for four hours as of 7pm, and show a couple of solid blocks of anime (separated by a short interval) on the big projector screen that is present there. We show all manner of things from popular series to films to the latest and greatest straight out of Japan.
Our Thursday Night Showings are completely free for anyone to attend. You don't have to be a member, so you can feel free to come along and see what it's all about. Just take a look at the page linked at the top for more details.
Nothing is set in stone for what we will show in the future, so feel free to offer any suggestions you might have.
Every once in a while a few crazy people decide that four hours of anime a week isn't enough, and that we should bring you more. This usually results in us taking over a lecture theatre (often in Darwin) for the entire daylight period (stretching into the evenings) of a weekend to show an entire series of anime from episode 1 through until the end. This sort of thing should probably carry a psychological health warning, but we're assured that everyone has a fantastic time and the melted brain mass is cleared up before the lecture theatre is vacated.
Again, these showings are completely free, so feel free to turn up.
Details will be announced during our Thursday Night Showings, and on this web site, as they become available.
If you were wondering what you get for your membership fee of £3, this is it. Access to the loans library is exclusive to fully paid members, with no exceptions.
The library contains several hundred items, including both anime and manga in various formats. For the most part, the anime will be distributed on a CD that will need a computer to play. See our media page for more information.
Each week members can reserve items in advance of the Thursday Night Showing using our online reservation system. Then, during the interval of the showing, members can queue up in front of our librarian who will hand out the reserved items. Items are loaned for one week, and must be returned the following Thursday. If you want something for more than one week, you'll have to reserve it again.