The Old School Otaku Lounge

Thanks to Usenet and an archived version of a program scraper (http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.peak.org /~lorenr/else/), here's an expanded schedule: 9am EST: 09/30/1995: Venus Wars (Letterboxed) [Premiere] 10/07/1995: Casshan: Robot Hunter 10/14/1995: Vampire Hunter D 10/21/1995: Lensman 10...

According to Usenet, the premiere was 09/30/1995: https://groups.google.com/forum/message ... F_-83L_OgJ

A partial schedule of Saturday Anime showings courtesy of the Wayback Machine: 09/28/1996: Project A-Ko Vs. Battles 1 & 2 10/05/1996: The Venus Wars 10/12/1996: E.Y.E.S. of Mars 10/19/1996: Project A-Ko Vs. Battles 1 & 2 10/26/1996: Vampire Hunter D 11/02/1996: Akira 11/09/1996: Gall Force: ...

The Sci-Fi Channel's Saturday Anime schedule for September to November of 1996: http://web.archive.org/web/199611240316 ... com/anime/

http://ml.usagi.org/ml-view3/?ML=ranma&A=list&S=1

The conversation seems to start mid-thread, likely when the list migrated to a new host. Not sure where the pre-1995 messages might be found, but they continue on until the list was closed in 2005.

Living in Japan, a professor in Kyoto, it looks like. (^_^) Also on Twitter: https://twitter.com/rachel_thorn_en

Not sure if she's still into anime, but she does have a photoblog on Tumblr: http://durgaridesalion.tumblr.com

It looks like Arc System Works has sublicensed the internationalized version of the series to a developer who is making a new game -- should be out by the end of the month: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VphbX86KUYQ

Hot-blooded Kunio-kun is the series name, I think: http://www.kuniokun.jp/ Technōs Japan was the original company. (^_^) They went out of business in 1996, but the franchise was picked up by another company in Japan, Million Co. Ltd., who made a few more games, until they were bought out by Arc Syst...

Thus, I am for fansubs being free because I would buy the stuff if I like it. But... the stuff you like would not get made in the first place if no income is generated from viewers not contributing to stuff that gets fansubbed/scanlated and torrented... If media that is a bit different gets fansubb...