The Old School Otaku Lounge

OTAKON being on the east coast has always been something intriguing that I haven't ever been able to attend. Question to those whom have attended recently: Do they have any Old stuff either in the dealers room or panels? Panels, yes. Dealer's room, completely variable based on who shows up but my g...

What, no love for Hobbylink Japan? http://www.hlj.com/ There are some glitches. Sometimes they don't get ANY info on an item until it comes out, sometimes items will go up for pre-order and INSTANTLY be closed out because demand seems to far, far exceed expected supply (this seems to be a particular...

AnimeSennin wrote:Hey Steve! Welcome aboard! So glad to have you...!

Well, glad to be had! Wait...no...I mean...

Thank you. I hope to provide thoughtful discussion and insanity.

I'm frankly surprised that the long, slow-motion implosion of the American Anime Industry hasn't significantly impacted on anime cons. Maybe it's because the core root of the anime con is the 'media con' of the late '70s-early '80s. And the media con was a reaction to the rarefied air of the SF conv...

I'm hoping the original Dominion OAVs get either re-released or 'license rescued' by someone. Hey, question for the room. Was it New Dominion or the original that had butchered up the music? I seem to recall Original Dominion had its original BGM because I went right out and bought the Japanese CD, ...

I'm going to be hauling the Selectavision down there as well, though it's not shown in the photo. I don't know if the Beta is coming back with me. While at Anime North it might get "lost". Don't you dare abandon that Betamax! You KNOW that the moment you ditch it you'll discover something...

Aw, shucks, Dave. Insert 'digging toe in dirt and blushing and shuffling' here. I didn't mean to screw up your game, man. Who knows, Illuminati may have put you on the path to become a wizard at Magic: the Gathering just a few years later! You may have dumped that stupid anny-may junk for the high p...

Hey Steve!! Listen, getting namechecked by Surat is a good thing. Like Oscar Wilde says, the only thing worse than being talked about is not being talked about. Which I guess means I've fallen out of favor as Daryl and Patrick Macias no longer make mocking reference of me and my ranting. :) No, Dar...

The MOE invasion pretty much leaves me cold, nobody seems to be interested in making anime that isn't filled with disturbing fetish imagery. I certainly agree with you! Welcome to the forum! Yamato is essentially anime's answer to Star Trek, so I can imagine fandom overlapping between the two shows...

Welcome, welcome! :D Always great to have new members! Ah, do you still go to Project A-kon? I've been going ever since I moved down to Texas a few years ago, it's a good con. Thank you! No, cons are a bit out of my reach anymore, that ol' debbil money and stuff. :) Meri is a cool person, she up an...