Wednesday, July 25, 2012

MAC hijacks Polaris!

In it's first 2 years, MAC has reached out of hundreds, even thousands of people and brought them closer. The common denominator amongst all these people has been anime. That is how we came to know each other, came to know MAC. But MAC's larger goal is not only to unite all otakus, it is also to take anime and Japanese culture to a larger audience and introduce them to our awesome world. That opportunity came soon after MAC's second Anniversary meet, and in a way, that is where this story began.

 Holding the fort together


An assortment of props

Polaris is the annual fest organised by the BMM department of Wilson College, Mumbai. One of MAC's newest members Darren was involved with the event, and right after the Anniversary meet (which was incidentally his first MAC meet), approached us with a possibility of involving MAC in the event. And we couldn't be more thrilled! For this was also our dream, to take anime and MAC to the masses.
The process, I daresay, was not the smoothest ride ever. As with events of this magnitude, we had no idea for the next few weeks whether Darren would be able to get us this opportunity. But two weeks before the event, he confirmed that MAC would most certainly be participating in Polaris!

Monday, July 9, 2012

Mumbai Anime Club - Media Mentions

It's been more than two years now since the inception of Mumbai Anime Club (MAC). During this time, we've held over 15 MAC meets, attended the Washoku Food Festival, were a part of the Japan-Indo Creative Contents Forum (JICC) and more recently, participated in the highly successful Cool Japan! Festival.

Our efforts, it seems, have not gone unnoticed by the media. As it turns out, Mumbai Anime Club and/or its members have been covered by the press on many occasions. This article aims to list them all down, for your pleasurable read.

The Anime invasion has begun! Muahahaa!!

March 2012
Media Company: TimeOut Magazine

Mithila Phadke is an editor for TimeOut Magazine. The article features the Cool Japan! Festival and speaks quite a bit Mumbai Anime Clubs participation in it, which includes the cosplays, anime sketching competition, the band Wasabi Vibes, etc. Credits to Mohita Namjoshi for making this article possible.

July 2012
Media Company: Indian Express (Pune)


The Indian Express is a national newspaper and being covered in it certainly brings forth promises of not only aspiring Anime/Manga fan clubs in India, but the growth and awareness of Anime in general. The article speaks about how different fan clubs have formed in several major cities and conduct various activities and meets to keep the enthusiasm intact. Credits to Reetam Majumder and Daniel Victor for making this article possible.

If you find any article that speaks about MAC (that hasn't already been posted), do let us know. We'll add it to the list ^_^