About

July 2001

The Sydney University Anime Society was founded on July 2001 by a group of university students who were intent on bringing anime to the masses. They realized that anime was becoming a growing, popular entertainment media in Sydney and wanted to provide a place where fans could watch and discuss anime.

The original founding executives are:
• Louis Lee (President)
• Dexter So (Vice-President)
• Sheau Ping Low (Secretary)
• Stephanie Loh (Treasurer)
• Jonathan Tsang-Loon (Editor)
• Damien McMonigal (Webmaster)
• David Harmon (Events Organiser)
• Rui Kikuchi (Art Director)
• Fei Fei Huang (Logistics Officer)
• Michael Camilleri (Executive)
• James Clarke (Executive).

Since then the club has rapidly grown from a small-time society with a zealous, nay, fanatical following, to a fully-fledged anime society worthy of mention. Their popularity can be attributed to a combination of quality events and screenings of popular and lesser-known yet great anime titles. A constant stream of new ideas, courtesy of our good friend Mr Caffeine, has kept the club fresh and exciting year after year. SUAnime has hosted such events as an animation cel exhibition, a “birthday party” for Astroboy, and a significant contribution to Sydney’s first dedicated anime convention, Animania. Its screenings have included such titles as Death Note, Trigun, Escaflowne, Ranma, Slayers, Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex and Gundam SEED.