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by Drew_Sutton
Sat Sep 10, 2022 10:58 am
Forum: The Discuss (or, "Show Off/Plug") Your Work Section!
Topic: annoying tales of anime fandom
Replies: 3
Views: 1233

Re: annoying tales of anime fandom

This was a ton of fun to read through. Distributing tapes only on the Internet in the late 90s, I spared my parents the grief of random collect calls or myself getting tons of random letters from strangers in the post. Of course, I also missed out on having physical copies of others' tape lists. Sti...
by Drew_Sutton
Sat Sep 10, 2022 9:15 am
Forum: Fandom of the Roughly Mid-90's and Earlier Era
Topic: Prominance of Beta in Anime Tape Trading
Replies: 8
Views: 2055

Re: Prominance of Beta in Anime Tape Trading

I know anecdote doesn't equal data, but my experience was when video rentals became a thing, for whatever reason VHS outnumbered Beta like, 10 to 1. If a video rental shop happened to have Beta tapes, they would be all on one shelf tucked way over to the side, while the vast majority of rentals wer...
by Drew_Sutton
Sat Sep 10, 2022 9:09 am
Forum: Buy, Sell, & Trade
Topic: WTB/WTT: VHS Fansubs
Replies: 8
Views: 3879

Re: WTB/WTT: VHS Fansubs

I'm curious, as I have seen quite a few people interested in just collecting old fansub tapes, what's the appeal? What do you do with them? I get maybe trying to preserve or cataloging them for history, or hunting down very rare properties, but just buying them to keep them on a shelf?
by Drew_Sutton
Sat Sep 10, 2022 9:05 am
Forum: Fandom of the Roughly Mid-90's and Earlier Era
Topic: The "Check this item out on eBay" Thread
Replies: 54
Views: 17256

Re: The "Check this item out on eBay" Thread

Hmmm, imgur link doesn't work... let me try attaching it.
by Drew_Sutton
Sat Sep 10, 2022 9:03 am
Forum: Fandom of the Roughly Mid-90's and Earlier Era
Topic: The "Check this item out on eBay" Thread
Replies: 54
Views: 17256

Re: The "Check this item out on eBay" Thread

Been a while since I've been looking around at anime stuff but I'm back on my "I should sell some stuff" BS again... I found this the other day in a Facebook group; I'll try to share the link but it may be off-limits if you're not in the group, definitely if you're off Facebook. But jeeze ...
by Drew_Sutton
Sat Aug 27, 2022 10:26 am
Forum: Anime
Topic: What are you Watching?
Replies: 1488
Views: 427742

Re: What are you Watching?

It's been on my mind for a while but as I mentioned in this thread here, I wasn't too thrilled with IRIA: Zieram The Animation when I saw it on the SciFi Channel as a part of their Saturday Anime block back in the late 90s but I wonder if age (my own mostly), would look more kindly on it. It's not e...
by Drew_Sutton
Tue Aug 23, 2022 6:36 pm
Forum: Anime
Topic: What are you Watching?
Replies: 1488
Views: 427742

Re: What are you Watching?

llj wrote: Ayane's High Kick
Oh wow, that's a name I've not heard in a long time. I've never seen it but man, do I remember seeing ads and reviews in Animerica for what felt like forever.
by Drew_Sutton
Tue Aug 23, 2022 6:24 pm
Forum: Fandom of the Roughly Mid-90's and Earlier Era
Topic: Prominance of Beta in Anime Tape Trading
Replies: 8
Views: 2055

Re: Prominance of Beta in Anime Tape Trading

Thanks for answering - interesting to see that tape trading was almost always a VHS affair here, even in the 80s when I suspected there was a bit more parity between the two formats.
by Drew_Sutton
Sat Jul 30, 2022 10:18 am
Forum: Fandom of the Roughly Mid-90's and Earlier Era
Topic: Prominance of Beta in Anime Tape Trading
Replies: 8
Views: 2055

Prominance of Beta in Anime Tape Trading

I was listening to a wrestling podcast recently and there was a discussion about tape trading on the episode. There were some comments made by the host that I thought was pretty interesting - but also led me to some questions. The full segment is here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_zHxXNC4H6Q The...
by Drew_Sutton
Wed Jul 13, 2022 5:57 pm
Forum: Anime
Topic: Macross II, Macross Plus, Macross 7, Macross Frontier, & Macross Delta to get released in America!
Replies: 10
Views: 2482

Re: Macross II, Macross Plus, Macross 7, Macross Frontier, & Macross Delta to get released in America!

Yeah, I would say the most annoying thing about the post Macross 7s are those CG mechas...I mean, I'm not against the use of CG when applied carefully, but none of those 2000s Macrosses really seemed to do it right. Now the modern Gundams, they do it right. My attitude is: if I wanted CGI mecha, I'...