Hampshire Anime Group

Defunct. See Hampshire Asian Media.

History
The Hampshire Anime Group was started by Matt La France to show anime on a weekly basis. The first showing was on February 15th of 1996. The group consisted of regular attendees without any particular roles or roster. The titles available for group showings were provided in part from Ben Dunshee's extensive collection. Ben and Matt made posters each week and distributed them on campus. Matt also maintained an email list and website. There was some common attendance between regular attendees of Umass' group UMJAMS and the HAG. I remember a field trip to Card &amp; Comic Co. that involved a "race" between the "subbed" anime car and the "dubbed" anime car that ended in a cat being run over on the road. This lead to the expression "If you drive too fast in the sub dub war a cat will die."

An Incomplete List of Showings
This list of showings was compiled from data on archive.org from the old HAG website and from scans of select posters I had on my hard drive. The list is not complete as there were regular showings once per week a number are missing from the list.

Spring 1996


 * Battle Angel Alita (2/15)
 * Ranma 1/2, Maison Ikkoku (3/28)
 * Dragon Half, Bastard (4/18)
 * Lupin III, Sailor Moon (5/02)

Fall 1996


 * Combustable Campus Guardress 1-4, Bubblegum Crisis vol. 1 (9/10?)
 * Porco Rosso, the Cockpit, DNA^2 1-2 (9/17)
 * Neon Genesis Evangelion 1-2, Armitage III vol 1, GITS, DNA^2 (9/24)
 * Giant Robo, Five Star Stories, Macross Movie, Neon Genesis 3-4 (10/01)
 * Dragon Half, VGAi, Miyki-chan in Wonderland, Scramble Wars, AMG 1-2 (10/08?)
 * AH! My Goddess 3-5, VGAi 5-6, Future Boy Conan 1-2, MI 41 (10/22)
 * Vampire Princess Miyu vol 1-2, Laputa, Ranma 1/2 (10/29)
 * Urusei Yatsura, Rumic World: Maris the Chojo, Mermaid Forest, Ranma 1/2 (11/12)

Spring 1997


 * Tenchi the Movie, Mihoshi Special, Gundam 0083, Record of Lodoss War (2/7)
 * Gundam 0083, Record of Lodoss War, Fushigi Yuugi, City Hunter (2/11)
 * Urotsukidoji: Legend of the Overfiend, Pop Chaser (3/04)
 * Otaku no Video, Gundam 0083, Record of Lodoss War, Gunbuster (3/11)

Fall 1997


 * South Park, Slayers the Perfect, Ninja Scroll (9/05)
 * South Park, Naussica of the Valley of the Wind, Combustable Campus Guardress (9/12)
 * Saber Marionette J, Rojin Z, Bakaretsu Hunter (10/24)