If you haven’t already noticed the new block on the right side of the forums stating Top 5 Referrers and Referral Link then you’re in for a treat.  We have implemented a new functionality to the forums that allows you the member to refer new members to our site and get credit for them. This system will allow you to either send an email using the referrer management page in your control panel.

You can go to the control panel by clicking on the down arrow by your name at the top of the screen, then clicking on my settings, then click on the referrals tab. Or you can use the link http://forums.hvanime.com/index.php?app=core&module=usercp&tab=referrals&area=logs There you can go ahead use manage friends to invite friends using the forums email system.

It is that easy. If you want an easier way you can also copy and paste the unique referral code found on in the Referral settings section or using the block on the right hand screen.  You can email, im or socialize your link using twitter, MySpace, Facebook or whatever social networking system you prefer.

At this point in time were looking for new members. We want our community to grow.  We ask that you please try to refer members to our site. We are going to put in an award for the most active registrations that a member refers. If you refer the most members by the end March, we will issue you an award and you will get ad free access to the site.

We hope that gives you some incentive to help our community grow. We appreciate all your hard work and thanks for being a member of our forums.

Naota - Evincar

HV Anime has now added access to our site using the TapaTalk application. The application allows your smart phone  or device such as iOS, Android, BlackBerry and Chrome. The software is simaliar to forum runner runner support that we have added on 2/1/12.  The TapaTalk App costs $2.99 and will allow you to browse our site while on the go using your favorite mobile device.

HV Anime Club is proud to announce a new feature in the forums.  We have added Forum Runner Support to our forums . Forum Runner is a program that you can install on your Android or iOS device to view our site and many other forums found on the internet. The program cost a onetime fee of $1.99 and it gives you access to view t our forums using the Forum Runner App. Features of the APP include Browsing our forums and many more using an easy to use interface, allows push updates to your device, and it allows you  view the site in portrait and landscape mode. For a full list of features you can go to http://forumrunner.net .

You can download a free version of the software which will allow you view the forum and test-drive most of the features just by using the Android Marketplace or iTunes. In order to reply to posts and use most advanced features you can upgrade to the full version. Not only will this app work with our site you can use it on many other sites. You can easily find new communities by searching with keywords or categories.

We hope this new feature will help you maximize your time on our site by using your smartphone efficiently.

This past weekend was the New York Comic Con/ Anime Fest. The 4 day convention was held October 13-16 at the Jacob Javits Center in New York City. This was the 2^nd year in that both conventions were combined and for the first time the event lasted 4 days.

Thursday was the opening day of the convention. For those who were lucky enough to buy a 4 day pass or was a VIP Member had first crack at entering the con to see what it had to offer. Since the con was opened 1 day earlier, some of the booths were not fully set up such as the Bandai Booth. Other than that the convention experience was the same.

HV Anime is proud to announce its very own youtube channel. You can find our videos here. We have posted 4 videos taken by our member Onizuka from the forums who was gracious enough to take plenty of photos and some video's of his trip to the Largest Anime Convention in Maryland.

We hope you enjoy all of the videos that we plan on posting in the future. Here is just a quick sample

Hello everyone, Naota here bringing everyone an update with our site transition. At this time we have completed all phases of our site transition from www.HudsonValleyAnime.com to www.HVAnime.com. It took us three weeks to complete all three phases.

The first phase was completed when we purchased the new domain and set up the new website. After installing the custom theme and working with all the software to make sure it was installed correctly and the website was viewable to everyone we moved on to the second phase.

The second phase was to re-create the forums. After purchasing the new software, installing the software, and configuring the software we were able to successfully create a forum that reflected everything Japanese from Anime to Manga, movies to music and entertainment. The third phase followed after all testing was completed over the forum system.

This phase included re-creating the photo gallery. The old photo gallery had problems in the way it was install, ran, and maintained. We deleted the old photo gallery, installed a new gallery, and populated the gallery with every photo that was taken from 2008 to 2010. This new photo gallery is superior in every way we are in the process of adding new pictures when they come along.

We are hoping that this change will help our site grow. We are looking for new ways of bringing new content to our user base. Our forums are away for members to communicate with each other and engaging in conversations and discussions about all things Japanese.

We are currently looking for new members to join our forum community. We are open to anyone. You’re not an exclusive set of people; we are open for anyone to join. If you, a friend, family member, or acquaintance like Japanese, Anime, Manga, or anything of that sort then you have found the right place. Membership is open and it is free so if you’d like come join us in our community.

Hey Everyone,

Naota here bringing some updates about HV Anime. After some tedius work HV Anime's photo gallery has been put up and all of the photos have been posted. You can acces the photo gallery at Gallery dot HV Anime dot com At this time there is 4 albums posted. They are:

1. 2009 Brooklyn Botanical Gardens Cherry Blossom Festival
2. 2008 New York Anime Fest
3. 2009 New York Anime Fest
4. 2010 New York Anime Fest / New York Comic Con

We hope that you enjoy the photos and we expect to post new albums up in the future.

As for other site news the forums are running perfectly. We have had no problems and we are getting great responses back from our members. At this time we are at 9 members and we are expecting to grow. If you have any friends, family members or co-workers who like anime they can join. We are not exclusive to the Hudson Valley. The forums are open to any one from any where. The name HV Anime is derived from where the site was founded.

We hope to add new content to the site as well as the forums over the next couple of weeks. Also, We will be slowly taking down the old site and reditecting it to our news page. We thank you all for your co-operation and have a great day.

We are pleased to announce that the forums are officially up and running. After 10 hours of hard work and programming we were able to get the forums live today. The forums can be reached via the top and main navigation menu or directly using http://forums.hvanime.com 

Our last system had many bugs and flaws causing the community to fizzle. This software is better in many aspects and offers many of the features we need as well as the reliability needed for our community.

If you should have any problems with registering or using the forums you can email us at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or post a topic in the support forum. We hope that you all have fun with the forums.

HV Anime is officially online. After 2 weeks of hard work and countless hours of design and implementation we are proud to say that the site is Live.

We have currently implemented a new forum system and that is running perfectly. The previous software was the weakest link in the previous revision of this projection. We expect no more delay in getting this community off the ground and growing.

We have added some new features as well such as an RSS Feed. Now you can syndicate all our articles and news via email or your favorite reader.

Please expect to see more features in the upcoming weeks.