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by Fireminer
Tue Dec 04, 2018 8:13 am
Forum: Real World Stuff
Topic: Fred Patten RIP
Replies: 14
Views: 5089

Re: Fred Patten RIP

While I am not aware of Mr. Patten until this thread, reading about his works has given me a sense of respect toward him. This was a man who lived, worked, and driven by his passion. That was not something many could make a claim for.
by Fireminer
Tue Dec 04, 2018 7:58 am
Forum: Anime
Topic: A collection of trailers from Manga Video UK
Replies: 2
Views: 1434

A collection of trailers from Manga Video UK

A channel dedicated to old OVAs has just uploaded this collection of trailers from Manga Video UK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XeAJ5caMAsU How exactly were these trailers distributed back in the days? The description said the trailers were from VHS tapes, so did they made tapes containing only t...
by Fireminer
Tue Nov 20, 2018 5:44 am
Forum: Anime
Topic: Anime being dubbed in English by Hong Kong/Taiwanese actors?
Replies: 3
Views: 1481

Anime being dubbed in English by Hong Kong/Taiwanese actors?

There are a number of old shows with English dubs being made by actors from Hong Kong and Taiwan, right? I can recall watching a dub like that of Techno Police 21C, but are there any other show which you remember? Also, when I talked with a friend through Twitter about this a few days ago, he mentio...
by Fireminer
Fri Nov 02, 2018 7:34 pm
Forum: Japan
Topic: How to create an environment encouraging science fictions?
Replies: 2
Views: 3131

How to create an environment encouraging science fictions?

Excluding Japan, there is a distinctive lack of science fictions in East Asian and South East Asian literature, comics, films, animation, etc. in general, and more often than not original works called "science fictions" in these countries embody only the aesthetics and not the essential of...
by Fireminer
Sun Oct 14, 2018 7:46 pm
Forum: Fandom of the Roughly Mid-90's and Earlier Era
Topic: Did the Pokemon boom affected you?
Replies: 14
Views: 4543

Re: Did the Pokemon boom affected you?

One old American otaku I have had the fortunate speaking to talked about how his Tenchi Muyo group received a lot of new fans around 1999 who started with Pokemon before catching on with other anime. I wonder whether situations like these were universal or simply local phenomenon. If the later is tr...
by Fireminer
Sat Oct 13, 2018 8:28 am
Forum: Anime
Topic: How do companies store dubbing records?
Replies: 0
Views: 2448

How do companies store dubbing records?

Anything on magnetic tapes or records could degenerate with time if not properly stored, so I am curious about how companies store dubbing records, both back in the 1990s and nowadays. Do they have vaults/storage/closets for the records; or have everything, even the ones made back in 1990s, been dig...
by Fireminer
Sat Sep 29, 2018 7:52 am
Forum: Fandom of the Roughly Mid-90's and Earlier Era
Topic: Classic, repetitiveness, and 90s OVA
Replies: 9
Views: 3104

Re: Classic, repetitiveness, and 90s OVA

Fireminer, I don't think OVA were "quickly forgotten". Some of them were, of course, but others became, well, classics. Vampire Hunter D, Bubblegum Crisis, and Giant Robo, to name three, were OVAs that were popular with anime fans before they were licensed in the West, and after they beca...
by Fireminer
Sun Sep 23, 2018 10:26 am
Forum: Fandom of the Roughly Mid-90's and Earlier Era
Topic: Classic, repetitiveness, and 90s OVA
Replies: 9
Views: 3104

Re: Classic, repetitiveness, and 90s OVA

Just a stream of thought, but in the U.S. at least, there does not seem to be really strong repeated inter-generational communication between anime fans. Part of it might be cultural; in many circumstances it is considered somewhat inappropriate for people who have too wide an age gap to casually h...
by Fireminer
Sun Sep 23, 2018 8:06 am
Forum: Fandom of the Roughly Mid-90's and Earlier Era
Topic: Classic, repetitiveness, and 90s OVA
Replies: 9
Views: 3104

Classic, repetitiveness, and 90s OVA

One of my personal beliefs is that a work of art, whether is it a novel, painting, or a song, needs not only the quality (though it is still the most important thing) but also the repeating discussion and examination for it to be considered a classic. Sure, there are popular arts that lasted for cen...
by Fireminer
Tue Sep 18, 2018 8:32 am
Forum: Fandom of the Roughly Mid-90's and Earlier Era
Topic: Did the Pokemon boom affected you?
Replies: 14
Views: 4543

Did the Pokemon boom affected you?

Their is no deny that the Pokemon boom in the late 1900s-early 2000s was a momentous occasion for anime fans. Many cut their teeth on the show, and while Pokemon served as the gateway drug to anime for some fans, even those it failed to convince, it still left an impression that would colour their p...