The Old School Otaku Lounge

Let's Anime is back with a look at the 1985 Rintaro film Dagger Of Kamui, coming soon on crowdfunded Blu-Ray, if only we can solve the mystery, find the treasure and defeat Tenkai's shinobi killers! https://letsanime.blogspot.com/2025/04/ ... er-of.html

Nothing comes to mind right away, but there are a lot of mechanical designs and systems in Yamato; there could be one, certainly.

Thanks for the details on the Hayward and A.N.I.M.E. meetings! The whole business of "official programming on one TV and a larger crowd around another TV" really brings to mind what was happening in the latter days of our Atlanta anime club - we'd be showing a movie or TV show on the big T...

I scanned in the original pasteups for the Spring 1993 issue of the print Let's Anime, and now they're available for everyone to enjoy the factual errors, bad translations, and general attitude of 90s zine culture. Enjoy! https://letsanime.blogspot.com/2025/02/lets-flashback-1993.html letsanime3-01....

my understanding is that the staff of the 1991 AnimeCon split. One group started Anime Expo in 1992 in San Jose, and another group started Anime America in Santa Clara, which is right next to San Jose, in 1993. Anime America would be in the Red Lion in San Jose up until their last show in 1996, whil...

This time Let's Anime reviews the new unauthorized guide to Cowboy Bebop! https://letsanime.blogspot.com/2025/01/ ... owboy.html

I have no idea whether or not there are missing parts to the rec.arts.anime archive. What I DO know is that there was a substantial part of anime fandom that wasn't on rec.arts.anime at all, and many conversations about anime and anime fandom were happening outside of the internet, which at the time...

I used to be able to edit posts but I can't any more. Anyway, here is the REAL slide for that AWA panel on Pioneers Of Anime Localization!

There's a few things coming up I'm doing that you might want to check out! Saturday Nov. 30 we're screening MACROSS DO YOU REMEMBER LOVE on my Twitch channel! movie night 11-30-24.jpg Anime Weekend Atlanta is happening December 12-15 and I'll be there with a selection of panels, including ANIME HELL...

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...