The Old School Otaku Lounge

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...

Finally finished a probably way-too-long piece on the 1980 film PHOENIX 2772, the greatest film ever made about a genetically engineered space pilot and his transforming robot nursemaid/girlfriend versus the embodiment of the eternal universal life force! https://letsanime.blogspot.com/2024/10/space...

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the Rankin/Bass Hobbit film aired on American network television at 8pm Sunday, November 27, 1977 on NBC. I can't remember if I saw it that night - it was up against "Six Million Dollar Man", which was a favorite of mine at the time - but I know I saw it on TV on another broadcast that I b...

I think it would be really helpful to have something like an anime fandom wiki page - there are online pages that document fandom, like "fancyclopedia" (https://fancyclopedia.org/Fancyclopedia_3) and "fanac" (https://fanac.org) that are databases detailing convention dates, fanzi...

Anime conventions started as a subset of fandom conventions, which are your Star Trek conventions, your Worldcons, your Dragoncons, your San Diego Comic Cons, etc. This culture started with the first fandom gatherings in the 1930s and 1940s, where writers, editors, and fans would congregate in one p...

Thirty years ago we had no idea who the voice actors for Star Blazers were, but that all changed in 1994! Revisit an early Star Blazers voice talent interview at Let's Anime! https://letsanime.blogspot.com/2024/07/ ... olgar.html