The Old School Otaku Lounge

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

Dave takes a catgirl-bikini leap into the Anime Central 1999 program book at this month's Let's Anime! https://letsanime.blogspot.com/2024/06/ ... -1999.html

Thanks for sharing! This is a historical exhibit of badge printing technology in real life - I love seeing how the badges change from simple pinbacks to full color die cut holographic hanging lanyard badges.

last month at Anime North there was a block of unlicensed, out of license, never licensed anime from the 60s-70s-80s screened in one of the video rooms Sunday noon-6pm. Well, if you missed it, I'm going to be showing the entire playlist this upcoming Sunday, June 30, from 12 noon until 6pm ET, on my...

Is that Miyako Graham? We have some of her work up on our wall right now!

welcome to the board, Matt! I have never been to Fanime but that yard sale event sounds really attractive to me, the Bay Area being a hotbed of anime fandom for so long. I imagine a lot of fans are unloading a lot of interesting stuff.

BTW, I can't remember when AWA switched to full color badges, but it wasn't before 2000. Not for any big technical reasons, just because we were cheap. I know Dragoncon was doing full-color badges at some point in the 90s, which kind of caused a problem when the badge art wound up being reproduced i...

Welcome to the lounge! It's kind of low-key here most of the time but maybe we can get it a little busier!