The Old School Otaku Lounge

Kame-Sen'nin wrote:

_D_ wrote:Before they got bought out by Universal, they used to run a lot of old stuff that has not run since. Things like The Magician with Bill Bixby, Spider-Man with Nicholas Hammond, Planet of the Apes TV series, The Powers of Mathew Star, etc. These also had wonderful interviews with the cast and crew that unfortunately don't appear on any DVDs...if they came out (and most were never released on DVD). Luckily I have most of them still on tape as I was recording them from satellite at the time or getting them from friends with BUDs (Big Ugly Dishes...the old C Band ones that were 10 feet across or more). Got lots of old tapes like that...

I really miss that era of the Sci-Fi channel! I used to love watching these shows as a kid, and now some of them can be very difficult to find in any format--I'm looking at you, Spider-Man with Nicholas Hammond.

That's really cool that you have tapes with so much of this content; don't lose those tapes!

I've seen some of it posted online. I think all the Spider-Man episodes are available. I'll try to remember next time. Bixby's The Magician isn't though. I have the complete run of episodes. Maybe I should transfer those over before they deteriorate further. Anything else you are looking for?

Have any of you here watched CometTV? It's an antenna-accessible channel based in Los Angeles, but many places around the US get their feed.

They run a lot of old cultish-sci-fi/horror/fantasy stuff, mostly culled from the MGM catalogue.

Lots of interesting old things pop up on the channel. They currently air Johnny Sokko and his Flying Robot on Saturday and Sunday Mornings, and two episodes at around midnight on late Sunday-early Mondays.

They have been airing Alakazam the Great several times during the past few weeks, although like most of their movie airings, it is shown in SD and 4:3 aspect ratio instead of its original widescreen.

Yea CometTV is that station that has a stream on their site to see what they are airing without really paying for their channel. They have some really obscure stuff that I never heard of before I did some looking to watch them myself (like Vicious Lips, which that was... something to watch, great music btw).

I'd assume they might get some anime properties that are sci-fi related one day, but we'll see.

Technically their channel is free...I mean you can get it without cable and just with the antenna/digital tuner. But oddly enough it's harder to get IF you have cable it seems.

As far as anime goes, I think they would only air stuff that's part of the MGM library. So I'd be looking for more of those old Toei movies, like Magic Boy (but you can get Magic Boy on DVD through the Warner Archive line anyway)

A partial schedule of Saturday Anime showings courtesy of the Wayback Machine:

09/28/1996: Project A-Ko Vs. Battles 1 & 2
10/05/1996: The Venus Wars
10/12/1996: E.Y.E.S. of Mars
10/19/1996: Project A-Ko Vs. Battles 1 & 2
10/26/1996: Vampire Hunter D
11/02/1996: Akira
11/09/1996: Gall Force: Eternal Story
11/16/1996: Roujin Z
11/23/1996: Record of Lodoss War
11/30/1996: Casshan: Robot Hunter
12/07/1996: 8 Man After
12/14/1996: Lilly C.A.T.
12/21/1996: Robot Carnival
12/28/1996: Demon City Shinjuku
01/04/1997: Project A-Ko
01/11/1997: Odin: Photon Space Sailor Starlight
01/18/1997: Dominion: Tank Police Part 1
01/25/1997: Dominion: Tank Police Part 2
02/01/1997: Project A-Ko Vs. Battles 1 & 2
02/08/1997: Record of Lodoss War
02/22/1997: Roujin Z

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06/07/1997: Project A-Ko Vs. Battles 1 & 2
06/14/1997: Gall Force: Eternal Story
06/21/1997: Record of Lodoss War
06/28/1997: Roujin Z
07/05/1997: Replaced by V The Mini Series
07/12/1997: Dominion Tank Police Part 1
07/19/1997: Dominion Tank Police Part 2
07/26/1997: Akira

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10/04/1997: Demon City Shinjuku
10/11/1997: Casshan: Robot Hunter
10/18/1997: Robot Carnival
10/25/1997: Vampire Hunter D
11/01/1997: Roujin Z
11/08/1997: Odin: Photon Space Sailor Starlight
11/15/1997: [missing]
11/22/1997: Project A-Ko
11/29/1997: Project A-ko Battles 1 & 2

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01/31/1998: Green Legend Ran
02/07/1998: Akira (Letterboxed)
02/14/1998: Replaced by Forever Knight marathon
02/21/1998: Casshan: Robot Hunter
02/28/1998: Demon City Shinjuku
03/07/1998: Roujin Z
03/14/1998: E.Y.E.S. of Mars
03/21/1998: Tenchi Muyo in Love
03/28/1998: Robot Carnival

These would all have been at 9:00am Eastern Standard Time.

According to Usenet, the premiere was 09/30/1995: https://groups.google.com/forum/message ... F_-83L_OgJ

Thanks to Usenet and an archived version of a program scraper (http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.peak.org
/~lorenr/else/), here's an expanded schedule:

9am EST:

09/30/1995: Venus Wars (Letterboxed) [Premiere]
10/07/1995: Casshan: Robot Hunter
10/14/1995: Vampire Hunter D
10/21/1995: Lensman
10/28/1995: Demon City Shinjuku

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08/03/1996: Demon City Shinjuku
08/10/1996: Dominion: Tank Police (Part 1)
08/17/1996: Dominion: Tank Police (Part 2)
08/24/1996: Odin: Photon Space Sailor Starlight
08/31/1996: Project A-Ko (Letterboxed)

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09/21/1996: Record of Lodoss War
09/28/1996: Project A-Ko Vs. Battles 1 & 2
10/05/1996: The Venus Wars
10/12/1996: E.Y.E.S. of Mars
10/19/1996: Project A-Ko Vs. Battles 1 & 2
10/26/1996: Vampire Hunter D
11/02/1996: Akira
11/09/1996: Gall Force: Eternal Story
11/16/1996: Roujin Z
11/23/1996: Record of Lodoss War
11/30/1996: Casshan: Robot Hunter
12/07/1996: 8 Man After
12/14/1996: Lilly C.A.T.
12/21/1996: Robot Carnival
12/28/1996: Demon City Shinjuku
01/04/1997: Project A-Ko
01/11/1997: Odin: Photon Space Sailor Starlight
01/18/1997: Dominion: Tank Police Part 1
01/25/1997: Dominion: Tank Police Part 2
02/01/1997: Project A-Ko Vs. Battles 1 & 2
02/08/1997: Record of Lodoss War
02/22/1997: Roujin Z

[skip]

06/07/1997: Project A-Ko Vs. Battles 1 & 2
06/14/1997: Gall Force: Eternal Story
06/21/1997: Record of Lodoss War
06/28/1997: Roujin Z
07/05/1997: Replaced by V The Mini Series
07/12/1997: Dominion Tank Police (Part 1)
07/19/1997: Dominion Tank Police (Part 2)
07/26/1997: Akira
08/02/1997: E.Y.E.S. of Mars
08/09/1997: Iria: Zeiram (Part 1)
08/16/1997: Iria: Zeiram (Part 2)
08/23/1997: 8 Man After
08/30/1997: Green Legend Ran

[skip]

10/04/1997: Demon City Shinjuku
10/11/1997: Casshan: Robot Hunter
10/18/1997: Robot Carnival
10/25/1997: Vampire Hunter D
11/01/1997: Roujin Z
11/08/1997: Odin: Photon Space Sailor Starlight
11/15/1997: [missing]
11/22/1997: Project A-Ko
11/29/1997: Project A-Ko Vs. Battles 1 & 2

[skip]

01/31/1998: Green Legend Ran
02/07/1998: Akira (Letterboxed)
02/14/1998: Replaced by Forever Knight marathon
02/21/1998: Casshan: Robot Hunter
02/28/1998: Demon City Shinjuku
03/07/1998: Roujin Z
03/14/1998: E.Y.E.S. of Mars
03/21/1998: Tenchi Muyo in Love
03/28/1998: Robot Carnival

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06/20/1998 Demon City Shinjuku

There was a brief period toward the end when Saturday Anime was moved from the Saturday morning timeslot to early Sunday -- maybe experimenting with less edited shows to improve ratings?

A few schedules from the Sun 3am EST timeslot:

01/02/1999: Iria: Zeiram (Part 1)
01/09/1999: Iria: Zeiram (Part 2)
01/16/1999: Urusei Yatsura: Beautiful Dreamer
01/23/1999: Venus Wars (Letterboxed)
01/30/1999: Demon City Shinjuku
02/06/1999: Casshan: Robot Hunter
02/13/1999: Record of Lodoss War
02/20/1999: E.Y.E.S. of Mars
02/27/1999: Project A-ko (Letterboxed)
03/06/1999: Casshan: Robot Hunter
03/13/1999: 8 Man After
03/20/1999: Tenchi Muyo in Love (pushed back to 4am to make room for Test Tube Teens)
03/27/1999: Gall Force: Eternal Story
04/03/1999: Akira (Letterboxed)
04/10/1999: Project A-Ko Vs. Battle 1 & 2
04/17/1999: Green Legend Ran
04/24/1999: Armitage III: Poly-Matrix
05/01/1999: Demon City Shinjuku
05/08/1999: Replaced with The Andromeda Strain
05/15/1999: Iria: Zeiram (Part 1)
05/22/1999: Iria: Zeiram (Part 2)
05/29/1999: Vampire Hunter D
06/05/1999: Gall Force: Eternal Story
06/12/1999: Record of Lodoss War
06/19/1999: Casshan: Robot Hunter
06/26/1999: Replaced by showing of Starman
07/03/1999: Odin: Photon Sailor Starlight
07/10/1999: Venus Wars (moved to 4am to accommodate It Came From Outer Space II)
07/17/1999: Armitage III: The Poly-Matrix
07/24/1999: Dominion Tank Police (Part 1)
07/31/1999: Dominion Tank Police (Part 2)
08/07/1999: Tenchi Muyo in Love
08/14/1999: Fatal Fury
08/21/1999: Galaxy Express: 999
08/28/1999: Adieu: Galaxy Express 999
09/04/1999: Replaced by Pet Cemetery II
09/11/1999: Replaced by Strange Days
09/18/1999: E.Y.E.S. of Mars
09/25/1999: Replaced by Dune

Then sometime either in October or at the start of November it moved to 11am EST on Saturdays; a few schedules from then:

11/06/1999: Iria: Zeiram (Part 1)
11/13/1999: Iria: Zeiram (Part 2)
11/20/1999: Casshan: Robot Hunter
11/27/1999: Roujin Z
12/04/1999: Armitage 3: Poly-Matrix
12/11/1999: Tenchi Muyo in Love
12/18/1999: Odin: Photon Space Sailor Starlight

I think it was cancelled at the end of 1999; the anime movies themselves were still played on Sci-Fi occasionally, but not as part of a Saturday Anime block.

It looks like Loren Helsey regularly posted the output of his Sci-Fi channel scraper to alt.tv.scifi.channel; one more update with an almost complete schedule:

Saturday Anime premiered on September 30, 1995 at 9am EST, after Sci-Fi Animation Station was moved to a different timeslot:

09/30/1995: Venus Wars (Letterboxed) [premiere]
10/07/1995: Casshan: Robot Hunter
10/14/1995: Vampire Hunter D
10/21/1995: Lensman
10/28/1995: Demon City Shinjuku
11/04/1995: Dominion Tank Police (Part 1)
11/11/1995: Dominion Tank Police (Part 2)
11/18/1995: Akira
11/25/1995: Odin: Photon Space Sailor Starlight
12/02/1995: Project A-Ko (Letterboxed)
12/09/1995: Project A-Ko Vs. Battles 1 & 2
12/16/1995: 8 Man After (Reformatted)
12/23/1995: Robot Carnival
12/30/1995: Lily C.A.T.
01/06/1996: Venus Wars
01/13/1996: Casshan: Robot Hunter
01/20/1996: Vampire Hunter D
01/27/1996: Lensman
02/03/1996: Demon City Shinjuku
02/10/1996: Dominion Tank Police (Part 1)
02/17/1996: Dominion Tank Police (Part 2)
02/24/1996: Odin: Photon Space Sailor Starlight

[skip]

04/06/1996: Venus Wars (Letterboxed)
04/13/1996: Casshan: Robot Hunter
04/20/1996: Vampire Hunter D
04/27/1996: Lensman
05/04/1996: Demon City Shinjuku
05/11/1996: Dominion Tank Police (Part 1)
05/18/1996: Dominion Tank Police (Part 2)
05/25/1996: Odin: Photon Space Sailor Starlight
06/01/1996: Project A-Ko (Letterboxed)
06/08/1996: Lensman
06/15/1996: Project A-Ko Vs. Battles 1 & 2
06/22/1996: 8 Man After
06/29/1996: Robot Carnival
07/06/1996: Lily C.A.T.
07/13/1996: Venus Wars (Letterboxed)
07/20/1996: Casshan: Robot Hunter
07/27/1997: Vampire Hunter D
08/03/1996: Demon City Shinjuku
08/10/1996: Dominion: Tank Police (Part 1)
08/17/1996: Dominion: Tank Police (Part 2)
08/24/1996: Odin: Photon Space Sailor Starlight
08/31/1996: Project A-Ko (Letterboxed)
09/07/1996: Gall Force: Eternal Story
09/14/1996: Roujin Z
09/21/1996: Record of Lodoss War
09/28/1996: Project A-Ko Vs. Battles 1 & 2
10/05/1996: Venus Wars
10/12/1996: E.Y.E.S. of Mars
10/19/1996: Project A-Ko Vs. Battles 1 & 2
10/26/1996: Vampire Hunter D
11/02/1996: Akira
11/09/1996: Gall Force: Eternal Story
11/16/1996: Roujin Z
11/23/1996: Record of Lodoss War
11/30/1996: Casshan: Robot Hunter
12/07/1996: 8 Man After
12/14/1996: Lilly C.A.T.
12/21/1996: Robot Carnival
12/28/1996: Demon City Shinjuku
01/04/1997: Project A-Ko
01/11/1997: Odin: Photon Space Sailor Starlight
01/18/1997: Dominion: Tank Police Part 1
01/25/1997: Dominion: Tank Police Part 2
02/01/1997: Project A-Ko Vs. Battles 1 & 2
02/08/1997: Record of Lodoss War
02/15/1997: Gall Force: Eternal Story
02/22/1997: Roujin Z

[skip]

04/05/1997: E.Y.E.S. of Mars
04/12/1997: Venus Wars (Letterboxed)
04/19/1997: Lily C.A.T.
04/26/1997: Tenchi Muyo in Love
05/03/1997: 8 Man After
05/10/1997: Robot Carnival
05/17/1997: Vampire Hunter D
05/24/1997: Project A-Ko (Letterboxed)
05/31/1997: Odin: Photon Space Sailor Starlight
06/07/1997: Project A-Ko Vs. Battles 1 & 2
06/14/1997: Gall Force: Eternal Story
06/21/1997: Record of Lodoss War
06/28/1997: Roujin Z
07/05/1997: Replaced by V The Mini Series
07/12/1997: Dominion Tank Police Part 1
07/19/1997: Dominion Tank Police Part 2
07/26/1997: Akira
08/02/1997: E.Y.E.S. of Mars
08/09/1997: Iria: Zeiram Part 1
08/16/1997: Iria: Zeiram Part 2
08/23/1997: 8 Man After
08/30/1997: Green Legend Ran

[skip]

10/04/1997: Demon City Shinjuku
10/11/1997: Casshan: Robot Hunter
10/18/1997: Robot Carnival
10/25/1997: Vampire Hunter D
11/01/1997: Roujin Z
11/08/1997: Odin: Photon Space Sailor Starlight
11/15/1997: [missing]
11/22/1997: Project A-Ko
11/29/1997: Project A-Ko Battles 1 & 2
12/06/1997: Dominion Tank Police (Part 1)
12/13/1997: Dominion Tank Police (Part 2)
12/20/1997: Iria: Zeiram (Part 1)
12/27/1997: Iria: Zeiram (Part 2)
01/03/1998: 8 Man After
01/10/1998: Lily C.A.T.
01/17/1998: Venus Wars (Letterboxed)
01/24/1998: Record of Lodoss War
01/31/1998: Green Legend Ran
02/07/1998: Akira (Letterboxed)
02/14/1998: Replaced by Forever Knight marathon
02/21/1998: Casshan: Robot Hunter
02/28/1998: Demon City Shinjuku
03/07/1998: Roujin Z
03/14/1998: E.Y.E.S. of Mars
03/21/1998: Tenchi Muyo in Love
03/28/1998: Robot Carnival
04/04/1998: Project A-Ko Vs. Battle 1 & 2
04/11/1998: Gall Force: Eternal Story
04/18/1998: Vampire Hunter D
04/25/1998: Odin: Photon Space Sailor Starlight
05/02/1998: Iria: Zeiram (Part 1)
05/09/1998: Iria: Zeiram (Part 2)
05/16/1998: Dominion Tank Police (Part 1)
05/23/1998: Dominion Tank Police (Part 2)
05/30/1998: Record of Lodoss War
06/06/1998 Akira (Letterboxed)
06/13/1998 Casshan: Robot Hunter
06/20/1998 Demon City Shinjuku
06/27/1998 Venus Wars (Letterboxed)

2 month break July, August (maybe also September?)

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Moved to a new timeslot, 11 am EST:

10/03/1998: Venus Wars (Letterboxed)
10/10/1998: Demon City Shinjuku
10/17/1998: Dominion Tank Police (Part 1)
10/24/1998: Dominion Tank Police (Part 2)
10/31/1998: Replaced by Ghoulies II
11/07/1998: Galaxy Express: 999
11/14/1998: Adieu: Galaxy Express 999
11/21/1998: Replaced by Darien Comes Home
11/28/1998: Fatal Fury
12/05/1998: Gall Force: Eternal Story
12/12/1998: Roujin Z
12/19/1998: 8 Man After
12/26/1998: Robot Carnival

Moved to an early Sunday timeslot at the tail end of the Saturday broadcast but before paid programming -- maybe experimenting with less edited shows to improve ratings?

A few schedules from the Sun 3am EST timeslot (still listed for "Saturdays"):

01/02/1999: Iria: Zeiram (Part 1)
01/09/1999: Iria: Zeiram (Part 2)
01/16/1999: Urusei Yatsura: Beautiful Dreamer
01/23/1999: Venus Wars (Letterboxed)
01/30/1999: Demon City Shinjuku
02/06/1999: Casshan: Robot Hunter
02/13/1999: Record of Lodoss War
02/20/1999: E.Y.E.S. of Mars
02/27/1999: Project A-Ko (Letterboxed)
03/06/1999: Casshan: Robot Hunter
03/13/1999: 8 Man After
03/20/1999: Tenchi Muyo in Love (pushed back to 4am to make room for Test Tube Teens)
03/27/1999: Gall Force: Eternal Story
04/03/1999: Akira (Letterboxed)
04/10/1999: Project A-Ko Vs. Battle 1 & 2
04/17/1999: Green Legend Ran
04/24/1999: Armitage III: Poly-Matrix
05/01/1999: Demon City Shinjuku
05/08/1999: Replaced with The Andromeda Strain
05/15/1999: Iria: Zeiram The Animation (part 1)
05/22/1999: Iria: Zeiram The Animation (part 2)
05/29/1999: Vampire Hunter D
06/05/1999: Gall Force: Eternal Story
06/12/1999: Record of Lodoss War
06/19/1999: Casshan: Robot Hunter
06/26/1999: Replaced by showing of Starman
07/03/1999: Odin: Photon Sailor Starlight
07/10/1999: Venus Wars (moved to 4am to accommodate It Came From Outer Space II)
07/17/1999: Armitage III: The Poly-Matrix
07/24/1999: Dominion Tank Police (Part I)
07/31/1999: Dominion Tank Police (Part II)
08/07/1999: Tenchi Muyo in Love
08/14/1999: Fatal Fury
08/21/1999: Galaxy Express: 999
08/28/1999: Adieu: Galaxy Express 999
09/04/1999: Replaced by Pet Cemetary II
09/11/1999: Replaced by Strange Days
09/18/1999: E.Y.E.S. of Mars
09/25/1999: Replaced by Dune


Then it moved to 11am on Saturdays toward the tail end of 1999; a few schedules from then:

10/02/1999: Demon City Shinjuku
10/09/1999: Project A-Ko Vs. Battle 1 & 2
10/16/1999: Green Legend Ran
10/23/1999: Project A-Ko (Letterboxed)
10/30/1999: Venus Wars (Letterboxed)
11/06/1999: Iria: Zeiram The Animation (part 1)
11/13/1999: Iria: Zeiram The Animation (part 2)
11/20/1999: Casshan: Robot Hunter
11/27/1999: Roujin Z
12/04/1999: Armitage 3: Poly-Matrix
12/11/1999: Tenchi Muyo in Love
12/18/1999: Odin: Photon Space Sailor Starlight
12/25/1999: [missing]

It looks like initially they were considering bumping it up an hour to noon rather than cancelling; with plans to run another anime series at 11:00am. (https://groups.google.com/forum/message ... CnkG5P__QJ)

Here's a (partial?) tentative schedule:

12:00 PM EST:

01/15/2000: Gall Force: Eternal Story
01/22/2000: Venus Wars
01/29/2000: Roujin Z

However, the timeslot was actually filled for 2000 by Space: Above and Beyond and First Wave. Once those wrapped up, it was devoted to Scinema Feature, a sci-fi film slot, and maybe in a concession to fans, occasionally showed anime films as well, although not as a dedicated block.

12:00 PM EST 02/03/2001: Scinema Feature - Galaxy Express 999: The Signature Edition
02:00 AM EST (technically Sunday) 02/17/2001: Scinema Feature - Armitage III: Poly-Matrix

These listings are a gold mine of info. It's always good to have this stuff archived and cataloged somewhere on the net for people to see. I've had to do this with some Toonami Schedules I am curious about. Thanks for finding this out!!!