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by mbanu
Sat Mar 04, 2017 4:43 pm
Forum: Fandom of the Roughly Mid-90's and Earlier Era
Topic: JACO: The Japanese Animation Club of Orlando
Replies: 8
Views: 4236

Re: JACO: The Japanese Animation Club of Orlando

An online ad for the first JACO meeting on January 25, 1991, courtesy of rec.arts.anime: Path: gmdzi!unido!mcsun!uunet!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!att!att!fang!alfred!business!f70.n363.z1.UUCP!Joe.Vecchio From: Joe.Vecchio@f70.n363.z1.UUCP (Joe Vecchio) Newsgroups: rec.arts.anime Subject: JACO:First meet...
by mbanu
Sat Mar 04, 2017 4:22 pm
Forum: Fandom of the Roughly Mid-90's and Earlier Era
Topic: JACO: The Japanese Animation Club of Orlando
Replies: 8
Views: 4236

JACO: The Japanese Animation Club of Orlando

Responsible for JACOSub, the Amiga subtitling software created by Alex Matulich, the Project JACO fanzine, and runner of Florida anime convention JACON from 2000 to 2009. (^_^) They also had some connection to the Anime Central BBS, although I'm a little hazy on the details. They still have a websit...
by mbanu
Sat Mar 04, 2017 1:45 am
Forum: The Discuss (or, "Show Off/Plug") Your Work Section!
Topic: My ANN article: 30 Years of Kimagure Orange Road!
Replies: 17
Views: 4515

Re: My ANN article: 30 Years of Kimagure Orange Road!

Interesting article! (^_^) I'm a little surprised Zac asked for a feature on an out-of-print anime -- maybe a way of testing the waters to see if there is enough interest for one of the streaming sites to pick it up?
by mbanu
Tue Feb 28, 2017 11:27 pm
Forum: Fandom of the Roughly Mid-90's and Earlier Era
Topic: the 14 or more types of annoying anime fans
Replies: 26
Views: 8329

Re: the 14 or more types of annoying anime fans

I guess this is turning into the 14 or more types of annoying anime industry professionals. (^_^;) That seems like kinda the tragic magic of anime fandom, though -- the fans are creeps, the importers are creeps, the animators are creeps, the manga creators are creeps, just an endless chain of creeps...
by mbanu
Sun Feb 26, 2017 2:42 am
Forum: The Discuss (or, "Show Off/Plug") Your Work Section!
Topic: The Anime Nostalgia Podcast & Blog
Replies: 384
Views: 129575

Re: The Anime Nostalgia Podcast & Blog

The latest episode was really enjoyable -- thanks for all your hard work. :)
by mbanu
Sat Feb 25, 2017 1:08 am
Forum: Fandom of the Roughly Mid-90's and Earlier Era
Topic: The Boston Japanimation Society
Replies: 8
Views: 3159

The Boston Japanimation Society

Not sure if they are still active (Mike Toole mentioned on Twitter seeing some 2014-vintage flyers, and they do have a still up but maybe out-of-date website: http://world.std.com/~thaven/bjs.html). If they are still active, they might be in the running for oldest continuously running New England an...
by mbanu
Thu Feb 23, 2017 2:03 am
Forum: Figures/Models & Other Misc. Merchandise
Topic: Ani-Mayhem CCG
Replies: 4
Views: 3568

Ani-Mayhem CCG

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The 1996 collectible card game. (^_^)

It looks like there are still fans out there: http://www.ani-mayhem.com/
by mbanu
Tue Feb 21, 2017 11:23 pm
Forum: Off-Topic
Topic: Where Are They Now: Albert Sze-Wei Wang
Replies: 1
Views: 1306

Where Are They Now: Albert Sze-Wei Wang

Anime Expo volunteer, rec.arts.anime regular, and Animerica contributor. (^_^)

On Flickr, apparently: https://www.flickr.com/people/bahamude/?rb=1
by mbanu
Tue Feb 21, 2017 10:52 pm
Forum: Other TV, Movies, Books & Comics
Topic: Viva Amiga: The Story of a Beautiful Machine documentary
Replies: 10
Views: 6286

Viva Amiga: The Story of a Beautiful Machine documentary

https://view.yahoo.com/movie/60802142/v ... -beautiful

Amigas and anime fandom have a long-standing relationship, so maybe some folks might enjoy this. (^_^)
by mbanu
Tue Feb 21, 2017 4:29 pm
Forum: Fandom of the Roughly Mid-90's and Earlier Era
Topic: William Chow's vodcast series, History of Fan Anime in North America
Replies: 48
Views: 25680

Re: William Chow's vodcast series, History of Fan Anime in North America

davemerrill wrote:there's a whole galaxy of anime nerds in Quebec that I don't even know where to begin to find out about.
Maybe Claude Pelletier of Protoculture Addicts? (http://clodjee.blogspot.ca/) I think both he and the fanzine were based in Montreal originally.