Collabrative Story .. launched!!!!!

Hello civilians,

Your president is proud to announce that we have officially started a collaborative story making session in the club.
The credit goes to BAC member Sachin a.k.a "Floydian". He is the main author of the story. Its called

"En Route to Glory Town"

Members who are interested in should come over to the club and participate. It is currently open to all.

- Ronin
Club President

BAC vs Level 10 Comics

Finally, something to look forward to in this city. The last interaction with ABAI (Read BAC vs KAVG Summit)   left me in a lousy mood.

  








Level 10 Comics

To know more about the comic studio, check out the link above. They are located in Banshankari 3rd Stage ( a part of Bangalore I discovered last Sunday when diechief and I paid them a visit ). We met Deepak, Suhas, Shreyas, Santosh and Varsha (Vchan). Varsha, a regular B.A.C attendee ,  told me about the studio before she started working there. 

We spoke to them about the club and what we do. They are really interested and they intend to check it out sometime. Suhas knows a friend who is interested in cosplaying Kakashi... I told him our club is the right place to be. I am sure his friend is very shy about it but I am confident he will come out in the open after he spends some time with us.

 They released a monthly comic magazine called  "comic jump" (Pic above) Its now available in book stores in Bangalore. Consists of three ongoing stories Shaurya, Northern Song and Rahbas Incident. The comic book costs Rs 60/- and its worth every buck spent. BAC approves!!!

This is similar to Shounen Jump in Japan, that features comics like Naruto, Bleach, Dragon Ball, One Piece, DGray Man, etc that moved on to be household shows for anime fans internationally.  

Personally, I can relate a lot to what they are trying to achieve. This is definitely something our country needs. Indigenous contemporary literature that people of all ages today can relate and appreciate. They are quite aware of the fact that these are uncharted waters. They are all geared up for things to come and I honestly believe the end goal is truly worth it. Breaking the current mythological stereotype and allowing unbiased, unrestricted creativity to enter mainstream comics in India is something I would seriously want to wake up to in the future.  B.A.C supports your studio and your cause and is prepared to help you guys anyhow possible. 

- Ronin  

Club President 

Mumbai Anime Club

Operation WESTWIND has finally shown results . Mumbai has its official Anime Club. They had their first meet on 16th May 2010. Path (ex-Pres of B.A.C) was present too. Here are the pics. Click here for more info

BAC : How we plan to take over the world .....

Greetings civilians and otakus alike... this is your President speaking .... WE WILL TAKE OVER THE WORLD!!!!!!     (thundering applause and cheering in the background)

pulls a link down ............



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 Ronin

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BAC vs KAVG Summit

Hello all,

I bring you tales from the summit.

 

Basically, a summit to showcase  how our state government can help nurture the AVG industry here in Karnataka.

Lot of speakers...   its all a blur. They all seemed so positive about the future even after a terrible show of over a decade. Their talks, laced with faith, hope, a promise for a better future  ... etc etc seemed like their individual demonstrations of  the sola fide  doctrine ( epic christian reference ... just cause its so cool to use that religion in a pagan majority country).  Its brilliant that the whole Animation, Gaming and VFX  (the AVG of KAVG...) industry doesn't have a central body to represent its entirety. So you really can't blame a single entity for the screw ups.

Now, the best part of all this ...  These guys . have gotten together .. to convince the mighty, omnipotent Government of Karnataka that they should really help them out in the coming future. Everybody had their chance to talk .. to contribute to the

       "why our noble superpowerful awesome state government  should help me.. I mean us"

Each "speaker" is pushing his/her agenda in the whole thing.  Beats the whole idea
Again.. there is no central body to co ordinate or communicate with.  ABAI can be the middle man at best.... but I am positive it can do nothing at the scale all these guys want their promises kept.

All in all, the summit boils down to a luckless, stupid, drunk gambler begging for the taxpayers money.

Anyway, I can bitch about these guys on and on ... but it does no good to me or my club. So I will come to more  relevant things. Although, I do hope they prove me wrong for their own good.

Thank you Gargi and Diechief for helping me out there with the flier distribution and all. I am ever grateful to you guys. Although we didn't have a crowd to distribute like we had in ASIFA International Animation Day. Summit. Also, thanks to Raju and Aravind for getting the fliers printed and ready.


Met an IT couple, A yoga master, random animators, company heads ...  even the director of "education initiatives" from NASSCOM. When I asked her for the solution to the supply-demand of quality education in AVG sectors...  she went on and on about the problem rather than telling me what exactly they are trying to do overcome it. Its like in one of those really high level board meetings ... everyone restates the problem statement in different words and  looks like they did a lot of groundwork and conclude that the situation is worse than it really is. If only she put that same effort into loosing a few pounds .. she could have atleast fit into those clothes she was wearing. A baby elephant if I ever saw one.  The best I got out of that tub of lard was ... " the IT industry should create more inhouse software to help improve quality of animation and .... it should be based on a profit making business model"  Bah..  I went back to bitching again.  Again .. its upto her to prove me wrong.. for her own damn good.

Sadly couldn't meet any private investor  :(  I guess they realized this was a hopeless venture after all.

Diechief  had some positive news on the other hand. He heard the word "manga and anime" being used in a sentence by someone in the speaker panel. I fished out his name and organization. Mr Krishna Desai, Director of Programming , South Asia , Turner Ltd. Diechief rewarded him with one of our club fliers.


Thats it from me.  Never been this cynical my whole life.

 Ronin
Club President

BAC Club Diary Archive: BAC First Flier!!!!

Hello all!! I was just rummaging through the old archives of B.A.C Club Diary and I happened to come across our very first flier design. ... Also a the first press conference we had during the unveiling of the flier. Ah memories... enjoy

B.A.C Club Dairy
18th August 2008, Monday

Event: Press conference of the first B.A.C flier release


Ronin: I have finally unveiled the first flier of the club. You are free to ask your stupid questions.
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Reporter 1: What places are you planning to target with the designed fliers and what kind of response are you expecting from city?


Ronin:  Yes, I had already discussed this matter with the club, and this flier will be distributed at key centers where fans gather, such as bookstores animation schools, malls, public gatherings (including the public loo's) and graveyards.
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Reporter 13: When do you intened to release the back cover of the flier?

Ronin: When we have a *cough* place *cough* to meet up.
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Reporter 34: Is it true that you are running low on funds to mass produce the flier?

Ronin:  Thats all rumors, speculation and negative propaganda from the competition, there is no such issue.

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Reporter 79: The comments and messages are not eye catching in many peoples opinions,
do you intened to do anything about that?

Ronin: Well, I have a team of well trained professionals at my disposal, *points to the club crowd* They will handle any such crisis.
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Reporter 146: Critics have pointed out that the color combination for Ichigo and his
background are pretty much "gay".. what do you have to say for that?

Ronin: .
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             ..........
            *blushes and runs away from the conference*

Reporter 146: lol... wtf?
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So there you have it folks , the first club flier, designed by the BAC marketing-and-still-keeping-a-straight-face team. If you all can come up with similar ideas and other designs, don't hold back, feel free to pitch in = )

We actually require two more designs so that we have a variety in the flier department.

Thank you all

Ronin

Club Vice President