The Old School Otaku Lounge

If you were in anime fandom in, say, 1997-1999 you might remember Apollo Smile, the Live Action Anime Girl! Well, she had two whole issues of her own comic book back in the day and they were pretty bad. In fact one might say they were... Stupid Comics. Which Mister Kitty certainly agrees with, beca...

If you were in anime fandom in, say, 1997-1999 you might remember Apollo Smile, the Live Action Anime Girl! Well, she had two whole issues of her own comic book back in the day and they were pretty bad. In fact one might say they were... Stupid Comics. Which Mister Kitty certainly agrees with, beca...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tcHCn3gM5k8

Not a curse! Though it is just a list of cons finished with, "This wrecking ball is for you-"

Two years before Star Blazers, and likely to be on the radar of fantasy fans, if not sci-fi fans. Did people realize The Hobbit movie was animated in Japan? I don't really remember how I would have come across it. Was it a VHS at the library? TV syndication? (Who would have been showing it?) It firm...

I was thinking recently about why anime conventions were called conventions instead of festivals, and remembered something Dave had said about the C/FO having minutes and bylaws under Randall Stukey. "Convention" is a technical term in parliamentary procedure, the set of rules (usually Rob...

Anybody know what happened to "Daiken Yoko-o"? A search for that name just brings up vintage con photos of him- is there a better name for him?

A little late, but wow! Thank you for the education- I also appreciate the character designs.

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...

Another belated RIP for a C/FO original -- https://obituaries.forestlawn.com/obitu ... l-washer-1

Didn't see it here yet, so I thought a link might be good -- https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2 ... es/.207905