The Old School Otaku Lounge

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

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...