The Old School Otaku Lounge

BIX was one of the early nets out there. Accessed by a modem (look that up!) you would dial in. Basically, if I recall my brief exposure to it from some friends, you'd log in, it would download any messages to you, and then you would log off. You would answer your messages off line (thus not burning...

Maybe watch this site:
https://www.fathomevents.com/categories/anime

Nothing posted right now, but I know I saw a bunch on the list in 2019 before the world went to COVID hell.

It's not really anime, but....

...The Tick's Christmas Special is hard to beat.

"It's a YULE TIDE!"

I found it on youtube after a little searching. It definitely had a Daicon vibe to it - I saw several scenes riffed from that, but if it is what it says it is (cassette girl) then if she was playing the Daicon intro tape, that is what she should be doing, right? It was short - that's for certain. I ...

Sorry, I posted it as fast as I found out. I was making a presentation on an industry event to one of my company's interest groups. The sponsor saw my VF-1S Super Valkiyrie poster (framed from Macross Perfect Memory) on the wall, and he sent it my way. As soon as I got it, I posted it here. I guess ...

That's one reason why Harmony Gold built their "Robotech" mess from Macross, Southern Cross and Mosepeda. You have to be careful with domestic products, which get sold based on their story arc, but die if the audience doesn't come. Key examples (non-Anime) are Captain Power and Babylon 5 (...

We had great social distancing in the AMC Theater in Rockford yesterday. There were 5 people in the entire theater. 3 were in the very top row. We were 40 feet away in the middle. The movie was very interesting - it started with a 6 minute intro from the creator of Macross, that outlined the history...

Another Fathom Event
Subtitled not dubbed

Macross Plus - 2 hour movie, playing at AMC Theaters on 12/14/2021

I just found out so I'm posting. I did search the forum for Macross Plus - nothing came up. Sorry if this is a duplicate.

This might be hearsay, but I never watched the original one. I guess I should look it up.

The title never grabbed my attention.

Okay, but I still don't know where OUR meeting is this week.