The Old School Otaku Lounge

My first Newtype magazine was the 6/1997 issue with Sakura Shinguji from Sakura wars on the front cover. The front cover was illustrated by Hidenori Matsubara. For some reason this magazine connected with me more than any other anime related print media. As a result I kinda obsess over Newtype Magaz...

Hey, welcome to the board, and I'll see you at AWA in September! Dave, I went to all of your panels last year and they were fantastic!! My dad used to watch Prince Planet when he was growing up and it was a real treat to learn so much more about that show. Also, that was my first Anime Hell and I w...

Welcome aboard! You're gonna love this place!

Thank you everyone for the invite! Nice to meet you Ryan! Actually it might've been me, I'm milkteaboba on tumblr~ I saw your awesome scans and figured you might be a great fit for this forum! Seeing your scans reminds me how little Newtypes I have in my collection. :lol: What conventions have you b...

Hey guys I just posted an interview with Akinori Endo, scenario writer for Zeta Gundam. It is from the 1/1986 issue of Newtype. There are spoilers if you have not seen Zeta Gundam. Enjoy!

http://oldtypenewtype.tumblr.com/

Greetings everyone. Where do I begin? My name is Ryan and I am better known online as blacotaku1. I have been an otaku since the mid to late 90's. For most of my life in fandom I have been somewhat of a hermit as far as fan interactions online. And I have never felt like I was apart of a community. ...