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Ah, ok, that make sense. Moving down to Anaheim really early is why it was cemented in my mind as a SoCal anime convention but there's still one AX that was in the Bay. Thanks!

Cool write up as usual and nice to see fanzines getting posted up on Internet Archive. I liked the Swine Before Pearls article in Let's Anime #3 here. It's nice to see that other fans at various points in time have also had similar malaise, even if that's the right word, at what was happening "...

Very cool! I always love seeing folks' badge collections, even if I they're for shows I've never been to. I didn't realize AX had early shows up in the Bay Area, was that directly related to the fallout of AnimeCon? I'd always associated AX with SoCal, specifically LA (or Long Beach but then remembe...

Teletype BBS? Holy time machine. Welcome aboard and looking forward to posting with you!

Yeah, agree with Dave. I didn't see it when it originally aired (due to not being alive) but I think we had an early VHS copy of it as my dad really liked Tolkein works, though I remember watching the adaptation of Return of the King a lot more. I was certainly older when I realized the Top Craft an...

I've recently spoken with Curtis H. Hoffman, and through our conversation, he claims—based only on his memory of over 40 years ago—the western slang term 'Hentai' was already an established identifier on Usenet and rec.arts.anime when he joined in 1988~1989. However, searching for 'Hentai' turns up...

Such a cool looking program book, too!

Welcome to the forum, Matt!

Welcome to the forum! I'd love to hear more stories about AnimeCon and Fanime if you have them. Also, was there an immediate jump from watching Robotech and Star Blazers to heading to Japantown for (presumably raw/untranslated) tapes? I did the raw tapes from Japanese video rentals but the Japanese ...

I'm with you - the preservation game is strong, though right now I am not sure I am preserving too much beyond my own sentiments and nostalgia. I mostly agree that companies aren't really up for straight-up preservation, at least for preservation's sake, unless they can make some money off of it. I...