The Anime and Animation Society is an appreciation society for all Japanese (and inspired) media, primarily anime. We want to provide a warm community and a chill space with relaxing and out-there anime. With weekly Anime Screenings and Manga Meet-Ups, we hope to give you a good variety of shows to explore and an opportunity to make new friends and discover all things anime and manga! Now featuring Animation Events!
Note: The student association allows us to include students from outside Edinburgh University, so please feel free to come along if you are studying elsewhere.
WHAT WE DO
During semester, we will be meeting for weekly Anime Screenings on Friday evenings on campus, and for monthly Film Screenings at Banshee Labyrinth. In addition to these regular events, we also run a range of other activities throughout the year. In the past, we've done everything from bowling to ice skating to karaoke to bubble tea mixing!
Our weekly events are free and open to non-members. However, we greatly appreciate financial support from those who pay the £3 membership fee, and some of our irregular events may only be free for members. If you would like to join, you can buy a permanent membership from our EUSA page.
Please follow our Instagram and Bluesky pages for regular updates.
UPCOMING EVENTS
FLIPBOOK ANIMATION EVENT
SATURDAY 13TH SEPTEMBER 13:00-16:00
Our first ever animation event, includes all the necessary materials to make a flip book. Please bring a charged phone with flashlight to activate light box. Some extra drawing materials will be available but you are welcome to bring your own supplies to use at the event.
Event Location: LG.07, 40 George Square
FIGURE PAINTING EVENT
WEDNESDAY 17TH SEPTEMBER 18:00-20:00
Come along and paint some figures! We'll provide a large variety of figures alongside the paints and brushes.
Event Location: 5.3, Lister Learning and Teaching Centre
ANIME SCREENING
FRIDAY 19TH SEPTEMBER 18:00-20:00
Our first anime screening of the year! Anime to be announced! Vote here
Event Location: LG.09, 40 George Square
3D RIGGING EVENT
SATURDAY 20TH SEPTEMBER 14:00-17:00
Learn how to create and rig your own armatures in Blender using the provided models or bring your own to try out. You get to learn the basics of weight paint, armatures and try your hand at rigging bipeds and quadrupeds. This event requires a laptop that can run at least Blender 2.0
Event Location: LG.07, 40 George Square
CURRENT SCREENINGS
Episode screenings this Semester will be taking place in Lister LTC at 18:00 every Friday. We will also meet for monthly film screenings at Banshee Labyrinth on Tuesdays at 19:00.
This semester's anime vote is yet to happen! Please check again soon or join our Discord for timely updates!
In the mean time, feel free to visit the archive to see our previously screened shows.
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
Q: Do I need to sign up for screenings?
A: No, you do not need to buy a membership or sign up for any of our regular events.
Q: Can we chat during the anime?
A: The screenings are fairly casual. There wouldn't be much point to watching anime together if we outlawed jokes and discussion.
Q: Do I have to stay for the full screening?
A: No! Feel free leave whenever you want. For example, some people head home after watching the first couple of anime.
Q: Why are you called the Anime and Animation society?
A: It's just always been called that. We screened Arcane once.
Q: How old are you?
A: As far as we can tell, AASOC had its debut in September of 1999, making us younger than Eva, but older than the legal drinking age.
FRIENDS
In Edinburgh, the Napier University Anime Society and the Heriot Watt Anime Society both hold weekly screenings on different days from us. The UoE Fleshmarket Film Society have also been known to screen pseudy anime films, sometimes in collaboration with us.