FAQ Notice
Starting in September 2021 with the 2021-2022 club year, the club's website will no longer be updated as it once was. The new executive team has chosen to focus their attention on the club's Discord server and social media channels. As such, some of the answers below may not be current. Check with the executives on the Discord server or via social media for up-to-date answers.
Club FAQ
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Club FAQ
How do I join the club?
How much is club membership?
Can I attend the showings without being an official club member?
What does club membership get me?
Do I have to be a Carleton student in order to attend the showings?
Besides showings, what other events does the club hold?
What is the demographic of the attendees for the club's showings?
Is there a minimum age limit for guests and members?
How can I get more involved with the club?
Showing FAQ
When are the showings?
Where are the showings?
How is a showing's timetable structured?
What are Schedules A and B?
What is free showing?
What is a classic series slot?
Does A@C watch Anime subtitled in English w/ Japanese audio or dubbed in English?
Are you going to continue series xxxx?
Will you show Anime xxxx?
Do you need Anime for the showings?
Who comes up with the schedules?
Other FAQ
Are there other Anime clubs in Ottawa?
Club FAQ
How do I join the club?
In order to be considered an official member of the club, you must sign the membership list which is available at any showing throughout the year. Membership is valid for the club year that you signed up in and in order to continue being an official member you must sign each club year’s membership list.
How much is club membership?
Anime@Carleton does not charge any membership fee. Our showings are free to attend for everyone.
Can I attend the showings without being an official club member?
Yes, you may attend any showings without being an official club member. If you become a regular attendee we may ask you to sign up, but you may decline. However, if you are not a member you are not entitled to the benefits of membership that are listed below in the next Question & Answer.
What does club membership get me?
The benefits of being an official club member are,
- the ability to attend all our events;
- the ability to vote in any process that requires a vote;
- speaking rights during any general meeting of the club;
- eligibility for any giveaways that we hold;
- the ability to get more involved in the club through Officer or Executive positions.
Do I have to be a Carleton student in order to attend the showings?
No, anyone can attend our showings. It doesn’t matter whether you’re a student at the University of Ottawa, Algonquin College, someone who resides in Ottawa or are just passing through the city.
Besides showings, what other events does the club hold?
Besides the weekly showings the club holds,
- bimonthly sushi dinners where we go out to an all you can eat sushi restaurant;
- marathons of requested series;
- meetups at theatrical screenings.
There is also gaming between members on Steam and sometimes meetups for boardgames.
What is the demographic of the attendees for the club's showings?
The current primarily demographic of the club is mature students and alumni. This may change slightly throughout the club year when we have an influx of new students coming to check out the club in the early fall and winter terms.
Is there a minimum age limit for guests and members?
We do ask that anyone in attendance be 18 or older, due to the wide age range of the content being shown at club showings.
How can I get more involved with the club?
You can get more involved with the club through either an Executive or Officer position.
Executives
Executives are the administrators of the club. Be advised that only Carleton University students or alumni may be Executives.
Officers
Officers are appointed by the Executive to support the club in some way. If you feel like you can contribute something to the club, speak with the Executives about an Officer position.
Showing FAQ
When are the showings?
We hold weekly showings on Saturdays from 1:30pm until 11:00pm. Showings are held year round. The only break that the club takes is over the Christmas and New Years holiday and sometimes over the weekend of Anime North.
Where are the showings?
Showings are held on the Carleton University campus, to find out where we’ll be for any given week, check the Homepage. We’ll always have a room posted in the weekly post.
If you need access to maps to find your way around campus visit the Carleton's campus map.
How is a showing's timetable structured?
Our showings follow this timetable, unless otherwise posted,
4:45pm to 5:00pm: Setup
5:00pm to 5:25pm: Series Slot 1 [1 episode]
5:25pm to 5:50pm: Series Slot 2 [1 episode]
5:50pm to 5:55pm: Break
5:55pm to 6:20pm: Series Slot 3 [1 episode]
6:20pm to 6:45pm: Series Slot 4 [1 episode]
6:45pm to 7:45pm: Dinner Break
7:45pm to 11:00pm: Movie(s) and Free Showing
Notice: Times are approximate, but we will generally start within 5 minutes of a given time.
What are Schedules A and B?
Schedules A and B have been discontinued at the start of the 2019-2020 club year.
What is free showing?
Free showing is a part of the schedule that is open to any members who have brought stuff in they would like to watch or introduce to other club members. Please be advised that anything brought in by members for free showing will be at the executive’s discretion whether it gets shown.
Anything that gets shown in free showing will normally get finished in free showing at a rate of one episode per week.
What is a classic series slot?
Starting in 2015-2016, the classic series slot was put on hold.
A classic series slot is a slot in the timetable that we fill with an older series. Series that fall into the classic category are any from the 1970s, 1980s, or 1990s. Besides the classic slot, sometimes the weekly slot is used for older series.
Does A@C watch Anime subtitled in English w/ Japanese audio or dubbed in English?
All series and movies shown are subtitled in English w/ Japanese audio, unless otherwise posted.
Are you going to continue series xxxx?
With few exceptions, if we start something, it will generally be finished.
Will you show Anime xxxx?
If you would like to request a certain series, movie, or OVA to be shown, let us know and we'll take it into consideration when making up the schedules.
Do you need Anime for the showings?
Most likely not, we have a fairly extensive collection and can usually track down any episodes we are missing. But it never hurts to ask; at least we will know what all the options are.
Who comes up with the schedules?
The schedules are decided upon by the executives. Member input is accepted, but the final decision about what gets shown rests in the hands of the executives.
Other FAQ
Are there other Anime clubs in Ottawa?
Yes, there are other Anime clubs in Ottawa.
The Algonquin College Anime Club comes and goes through the years; it is recommended that you check with the Algonquin Students' Association to see if a club is active there.
The uOttawa Anime Club is the club out of the University of Ottawa. They are active in the fall and winter terms. During the summer months they close down, but will sometimes hold events around Ottawa. They do charge a membership fee and their showings are restricted to members only.