The Old School Otaku Lounge

Sorry if this has been posted before, but I just found listed on Amazon this morning - Horus, Prince of the Sun (Little Norse Prince, originally released in 1968) on dvd from Eastern Star (Discotek). Released on December 23, 2014, apparently in both Japanese and English. It has some early Miyazaki a...

If you don't have the movie, Sector 23 is releasing it on Blu-ray and dvd (sub & dub) in a few weeks, on October 15th.

At least Sacramento had (and still has) some very good comicbook stores. I collected issues of Mangazine and Sentai back when they were published. I sent a long letter to one of those zines (can't remember which). AP published it as an article and actually paid me $50! Those issues are probably cram...

I know this is sad...but I don't even know what MLP or Homestuck is. I didn't either, but they're on the internet. According to Wikipedia, "Homestuck is a webcomic written, drawn, and animated by Andrew Hussie and is the fourth overall webcomic published on MS Paint Adventures." MLP is My...

Most awesome gigantic Artist Alley anywhere! Bigger than the one at San Diego Comic-Con. It took me 2 hours to do 2 walk-thrus. The women's restroom in the San Jose Convention Center was haunted by the ghost from The Ring. She was beckoning people into the handicapped stall, and she never said a word.

"Fen" was invented and used by science fiction fans long before the birth of anime fandom. There aren't many serious oldtimers in sf fandom now who even care if you use "fen" or "fans". Some furry fans are definitely furverts. What's an anime echo? Mechofiles - I took m...

Rumor, will Takashi Shimizu (Ju-On) direct a big budget live action version of Kiki's Delivery Service? Read more at http://twitchfilm.com/2013/04/grist-for ... rvice.html

What company released the live action Yamato movie in the U.S.? I hadn't heard about it. My copy came from Japan Video in Japantown San Francisco a couple months ago. My last trip there, the store also had the live action Rurouni Kenshin movie, but it was probably from Malaysia.

With no idea when (or if) live action Rurouni Kenshin will be available on legit dvd in the U.S., I've found a gray area dvd release. I'm not sure the half-price special still applies, since the shipping date of March 12th has passed. So the price may be $30 now. But Samurai DVD has the movie with s...

Right Stuf's Nozomi Entertainment just sent out email announcements for the following to be released on dvd on July 9th. The Rose of Versailles Part 2 Limited Edition, with the final 20 episodes of the classic anime series. Extras include an interview with the series director Osamu Dezaki and an art...