The Old School Otaku Lounge

My first computer was an Atari 800, cut my teeth learning BASIC on that thing and trying to build text based RPGs. Interesting to hear that you were an Atari 8-bit user, Heero. Any fond memories of the platform? I haven't had much experience with Atari computers, although they still seem to have qu...

Thanks for posting this usamimi!

That complete set of Revolutionary Girl Utena is looking extremely tempting.

Happy 50th anniversary to the Doctor Who franchise! My personal favorite incarnation of the Doctor is still Tom Baker, although I am somewhat partial to David Tennant's portrayal as well. I had seen it as a child in the 1960s but it had not made an impression on me. I still have the tapes of the sho...

I'm glad to see a topic on this! We actually had one about a year and a half ago, but it got deleted (long story). Sometime in the mid-90s, I got roped into the Asian/Pacific Islanders Association (APIA) club in college. (I ended up becoming president by default, against my will and through a proce...

Awww, that's actually kind of awesome looking! :lol: I have a soft spot for "old" computers/technology. I dunno if it's because I've been around enough to see a lot of it evolve and change or what, but it does give me flash backs to old computer classes, and my first poking-arounds on the...

Items added on 11/17/13

My nostalgia for the bygone days of anime fandom is closely paired with nostalgia for those early days of the internet. I remember reading through fansite after fansite, looking through vast galleries of animated GIFs, and finding more information about anime than I had ever been able to find before...

It's always interesting to see just how different the American anime industry was back in those days. As glad as I am that this is not the version of Sailor Moon that we received in the United States, I would absolutely love to get my hands on a copy of the pilot that was produced! This site has som...

This looks amazing!!!

The scene where Goemon slices the skateboard in half captures exactly what I would hope this movie would be. I can't wait to see this!

Awesome video Greg!

This really reminded me that I need to add to my Saturn collection; so many of these games looked really fun!