The Old School Otaku Lounge

davemerrill wrote: ↑Thu Jul 03, 2025 12:04 pm I was at the first Project A-Kon in 1990, (snip)

Hey, I was there too! I was running the model contest so if you made it to that room we may have met.

vexxervee wrote: ↑Sun Jun 29, 2025 4:54 pm This is immensely helpful, thank you so much! If you'd like, I'd be happy to post a copy of the finished paper here once I'm done with it so you can see what you contributed to.

That would be great.

How were you involved in the con? Well, I was one of three people who produced the convention. I promoted the convention by sending flyers to comic book stores throughout Texas and surrounding states. I sold dealer tables, worked with the venue to arrange the event, helped edit together the videota...

I can answer most questions about Yamatocon.

I've seen the article, you may remember I supplied the photographs. It's pretty close on accuracy.

Hi, I’m Don Magness. My first anime was 8th Man although I didn’t know it was anime at the time. I still remember sitting on the living room floor watching it on our old console TV tuned to Channel 11. A little later I was watching Johnny Cypher and then Speed Racer. The first anime I watched knowin...

One of Yamatocon's organizers was named Bobb Waller - yes, it's spelled with two "b"s - and the other was Mark Hernandez. Together, both Bobb and Mark ran two Yamatocons and two Animagic conventions. (snip) Not exactly. Mark, Bobb and I ran the first Yamatocon. Bobb dropped out for the se...

just wanted to add, in answer to a question you asked in the comments on that Reddit post - that it's my understanding Be Forever Yamato was screened at the Yamato-Con event in Dallas in 1983. The Roman Album for that film was sold at American comic book stores and fan conventions in that time peri...

At the time of Yamatocon, Mark Hernandez and Lea were married (they are no longer married). Mark and Lea met at Yamatocon I and were married shortly before Yamatocon II. I still remember their meeting The picture I still have in my mind is Mark trying to go from the lobby to the video room and Lea ...

Does anyone here have any idea what happened to Don Magness? (snip) Not a day goes by that I don’t ask myself that same question. Sorry for the lateness of my reply. I was poking around on YouTube last weekend and stumbled on a short video where a guy was telling me I had faded into obscurity. I re...