How do I start an anime/manga club in college?

I really, really, really want one. And no one in school has made a club... so i was a-thinking that i will make one my self... the one problem is that I don't know how to start one. Also, is it hard maintaining a club?.

[alexander]

How about you don't ask random strangers but the advisor at your school, who can actually know.

[Yuken]

Club rules differ from school to school. Being the founder of an anime club might bring unwanted attention to you. But I guess anime is more mainstream now a days, so you might not get as many bad looks as you might think.

Maintaining any club is hard, but if it's fun to you it will not feel like a chore. I don't really know what else to say. Speak to your advisors, they know. They always know.

[keridas]

Just started our club last November. Currently simultaneously working on on 4 stories for the manga magazine we plan to publish.

ask your admin/adviser/whoever is in charge in school.
if they don't allow you,
go ahead and establish the club anyway,
that's what I did.

PS: hell yeah its hard to manage, time consuming! But when you start to see results, it pays off.

[Kari5]

At my university, we have to sign a form at the beginning of the year (it might be available all year, I don't know) describing our club/society, the budget, and the people running it.
Talk to someone higher up. If your club is official you can participate in club fairs, get more members, and book rooms on campus for meetings/activities (well, here we have to book the rooms ahead of time).
Our club charges a fee of 4$ to buy the anime we watch; everything is done legally. Over the years our anime club has collect over a hundred anime DVDs.

To maintain the club, you need to come up with new and interesting ideas for each time. People will drop out if it's just a few people sitting around in an awkward silence. Plan themed-movie nights (like Miyazaki), and organize an anime/manga trade (where people borrow or trade for each other's anime/manga). Fun games and information sessions are a good idea as well.

[IrishPunk]

Originally Posted by alexander

How about you don't ask random strangers but the advisor at your school, who can actually know.

Are you telling me that people in charge are the only people that know anything? Goddam commie.

[Mr. sickVisionz]

If you want to be an official group that's recognized by the school, you'll need to do some paper work. If you just want to get a bunch of people to watch anime in someone's dorm/house or a group room on campus, you just need to know a bunch of people who would be willing to watch anime in someone's dorm/house or a group room on campus.

Originally Posted by alexander

How about you don't ask random strangers but the advisor at your school, who can actually know.

How can someone with such a cute sig be such a dick?

[purplemo]

As much as alex can be . . . abrasive (I personally enjoy pushing his buttons and seeing how abrasive he can get), he's right. There's no real point in asking how to start here; you ask the people who okays clubs in your school. The only thing people here can do is tell you what worked or didn't work in their school, which given the number of schools in the world likely will not be the exact same as yours. Asking what to do in a club is another matter . . .

[ChibiElo]

Originally Posted by Mr. sickVisionz

If you want to be an official group that's recognized by the school, you'll need to do some paper work. If you just want to get a bunch of people to watch anime in someone's dorm/house or a group room on campus, you just need to know a bunch of people who would be willing to watch anime in someone's dorm/house or a group room on campus.



How can someone with such a cute sig be such a dick?

lmao, well I agree with the "dick" cuz why the hell would you ask someone who knows nothing about your college about how to set up a club, where as you could ask someone from the college and they would know a lot more. I can understand why you would ask "Is it hard maintaining a club?", but "how do I start a club?" Is completely different and totally depends on the school, so asking stranger who knows nothing...is gonna get you no-where, they might be able to give you some personal experience with clubs and setting them up, but they can't tell you how to set up the club. (End of rant)