The Old School Otaku Lounge

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...

Somehow I'm on a whole bunch of panels at the upcoming Anime North, so if you're in the area then come on down to the show! 24 hell.jpg Anime Hell is Friday night! 24 pioneers.jpg Neil and I are doing a panel on Fred Ladd, Peter Fernandez, and the Copri/CIA connection! 24 tori.jpg I'm on a "rem...

finally finished a new Let's Anime all about the 1979 Anne Of Green Gables series from Nippon Animation - you know, the one Isao Takahata directed and that Hayao Miyazaki did layouts on for 15 episodes, the one unavailable in Canada, that's the one - and you can read it here! https://letsanime.blogs...

Anime Herald looks at the history of VHS fansubs in North America, and how the scene survives and thrives in the modern era! If you were ever wondering where that fansub of the Macross movie you watched at the anime club meeting in the back of the comic book store in 1986 came from, wonder no more. ...

I did record a segment about Derek Wakefield - it turned out to be a bit longer than seven minutes, so maybe my estimation of 2-3 min was a little on the short side. Anyway, I sent it in to AWO and I encourage anyone who has someone they'd like to remember to do the same!

I recall hearing those murmurs about the right wing propaganda a while back, it really freaked me and actually caused me to step back from watching for a bit...but I guess with the way things unfolded in the story I could see how people would conclude that but... There was so much more going on. In...

If you listened to the latest Anime World Order (https://www.awopodcast.com) podcast, you might have noticed Daryl mention a thing that Walter Amos and myself started talking about on NYE, the idea of doing an "In Memoriam" segment of the show in which anime fans who are no longer with us ...

Welcome to the board, Paikuhan! Next time I'm in NoVa I'm going to have to visit your store; I can always use more vinyl!

Thanks for the Honey Honey shout-out, it would be great to see that get some kind of a release. I think the big challenge is convincing anyone in charge that it's worth even the pittance it would cost to license the show, but hope spring eternal.

Hello Gaijinguy!! Everybody here should watch your videos!