I've been an anime fan since childhood. The first show I watched was Superbook, although it wasn't something that registered with me as being anime when I first viewed it. I've always liked art, but other than the occasional solid US Disney movie or Warner Brother series (Animaniacs!), I became very disillusioned with the current state of hand drawn animation in the US. Sailor Moon was what really hooked me into the fandom back in the 1990s. At the time, there wasn't much anime available and my parents refused to use those AOL internet discs we'd often received, so I spent many Sundays while in high school either staying up late to watch dubbed episodes of Tenchi Muyo on PBS affiliate, KTEH, or heading into Chinatown to buy nth copy Sailor Moon Cantonese dub VHS tapes. I can still recall my utter disbelief upon discovering there was a Sailor Uranus, Neptune and Pluto during a viewing of the SuperS movie.
Good times.
My love for artwork translated into wanting to own a part of that...which spiraled into the current collection I have. A good portion of my collection can be viewed online - http://cutiebunny.rubberslug.com
I attend several anime conventions throughout the US every year and have done so for several years. It's a unique way to see the country. I've met a lot of nice people, both attendees and conventions guests, and met a lot of really mean ones too. I'm sad to see the larger ones becoming so industry-driven that they're more of a LineCon than anything else. When you're standing in line at 4 am on multiple days just to secure autograph tickets at Anime Expo, that's about when you start questioning whether or not AX is for you.
Anyways, it's nice to meet you all and if you also attend conventions in the US, let me know
(Come to think of it, Speed Racer wasn't in that game, either...)
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