The Old School Otaku Lounge

usamimi wrote: ↑Mon May 20, 2019 1:14 pm [...] I have a new podcast episode up! The start of a new ongoing series I hope to visit from time to time: http://animenostalgia.blogspot.com/2019 ... ep-75.html

_D_ wrote: ↑Sun May 26, 2019 6:43 am She is 53, so she *might* have known about anime when the fandom started up in the late 1980s. You should write to her and ask. As far as other Magical Girls series, Little Witch Sally predates SM by a long shot. That show was also available in Canada in the late 1970s/early 1980s as Mini Fee. And that show in Japan was based off Bewitched which itself was based off 2 movies (also owned by the same studio) "Bell, Book and Candle" and "I Married a Witch". Some good stuff to look into...

Fireminer wrote: ↑Wed May 29, 2019 5:46 am

_D_ wrote: ↑Sun May 26, 2019 6:43 am She is 53, so she *might* have known about anime when the fandom started up in the late 1980s. You should write to her and ask. As far as other Magical Girls series, Little Witch Sally predates SM by a long shot. That show was also available in Canada in the late 1970s/early 1980s as Mini Fee. And that show in Japan was based off Bewitched which itself was based off 2 movies (also owned by the same studio) "Bell, Book and Candle" and "I Married a Witch". Some good stuff to look into...

Bewitched? You mean the American sitcom series? That sounds cool! I don't know that they showed American sitcom in Japan far back as then - Weren't Japanese banned from going abroad until the 1960s?

Also, usamimi, I have just finished episode 61 of your podcast. It is for these little funny nuggets that I try to read more into the American fandom in the first place! I hope to hear more anecdotes from your guests in the future!

And since you have just posted a picture of Gundam Wing on Tumblr, how about making an episode about that show?

_D_ wrote: ↑Wed May 29, 2019 3:37 pm

Fireminer wrote: ↑Wed May 29, 2019 5:46 am

_D_ wrote: ↑Sun May 26, 2019 6:43 am She is 53, so she *might* have known about anime when the fandom started up in the late 1980s. You should write to her and ask. As far as other Magical Girls series, Little Witch Sally predates SM by a long shot. That show was also available in Canada in the late 1970s/early 1980s as Mini Fee. And that show in Japan was based off Bewitched which itself was based off 2 movies (also owned by the same studio) "Bell, Book and Candle" and "I Married a Witch". Some good stuff to look into...

Bewitched? You mean the American sitcom series? That sounds cool! I don't know that they showed American sitcom in Japan far back as then - Weren't Japanese banned from going abroad until the 1960s?

Also, usamimi, I have just finished episode 61 of your podcast. It is for these little funny nuggets that I try to read more into the American fandom in the first place! I hope to hear more anecdotes from your guests in the future!

And since you have just posted a picture of Gundam Wing on Tumblr, how about making an episode about that show?

No, Japanese could go abroad. Maybe you're thinking of China.

usamimi wrote: ↑Fri Jun 28, 2019 12:46 pm New episode went up yesterday! Guest Chris and I talk all about El Hazard: The Magnificent World! http://animenostalgia.blogspot.com/2019 ... 76-el.html

Drew_Sutton wrote: ↑Thu Jun 06, 2019 5:27 pm

_D_ wrote: ↑Wed May 29, 2019 3:37 pm

Fireminer wrote: ↑Wed May 29, 2019 5:46 am Bewitched? You mean the American sitcom series? That sounds cool! I don't know that they showed American sitcom in Japan far back as then - Weren't Japanese banned from going abroad until the 1960s?

Also, usamimi, I have just finished episode 61 of your podcast. It is for these little funny nuggets that I try to read more into the American fandom in the first place! I hope to hear more anecdotes from your guests in the future!

And since you have just posted a picture of Gundam Wing on Tumblr, how about making an episode about that show?

No, Japanese could go abroad. Maybe you're thinking of China.

So, there was a prohibition about Japanese travelling abroad ... before the 1860s (pre-Meiji restoration). The closed country (sakoku) policy not only restricted foreign contact through certain ports but it also limited Japanese from going abroad or emgrating to limit foreign ideas.

Fireminer wrote: ↑Mon Jul 01, 2019 7:23 am

usamimi wrote: ↑Fri Jun 28, 2019 12:46 pm New episode went up yesterday! Guest Chris and I talk all about El Hazard: The Magnificent World! http://animenostalgia.blogspot.com/2019 ... 76-el.html

Only halfway through the episode, but I want to ask whether are you familiar with the El-Hazard game. Rob Jinnai of El-Hazard Online not only translated the Window version but also made a GBA port of it.