Anime Manga Society

What is AMS?

The Anime Manga Society (AMS) is a social club on the University of Hawaii at Manoa campus that normally hosts meetings every Thursday and Friday. They try to create a safe environment for people to share their joy of anime with one another. Feel free to visit the AMS Website or their Facebook page for more details about the club.

What am I to AMS?

I found out about AMS through a dear friend who is no longer with us. It was my first semester at UH Manoa. I was getting used to the campus and just hanging out with the couple of friends that were with me from high school. Then sometime later I was invited to come check out the AMS club. Being part of a similar club back in high school, the secretary no less, I was interested to see what the club was like. That semester they were in Kuykendall Room 307 I think. It was nice and cold as I was lugging a bunch of art supplies for a class I was attending. I just quietly walked into the classroom as the members were already in the middle of their showings. I sat down and just watched along with everyone else. When it was over I was greeted by the club president who happily welcomed me. Over time I got to know the members better and soon enough that was my Thrusday and Friday evenings. A few years later some members have left because they have graduated and some officer positions needed to be filled. I was nominated to be the next club president, but the former president was still around to manage things. After a year my classes started to take up more of my time and I slowly started going to the meetings less and less. Now the club has new members and have their own event called the Manoa Otaku Experience (MOE).

So Far

Through AMS I made new friends and found a volunteer job that has now become my current part-time employment for over 3 years now. Being a former officer I learned how officer meetings worked, how event planning is done, and how to work with others in managing a club as far as this club is concerned.