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

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Still plugging along; now on episode 36: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bBFl2NpiX3c (^_^)
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Does he talk about all the drama he put into his subtitles ever? I'll watch over these at some point I guess... this guy is pretty hard core to say the least.
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Latest release is on the background behind Arctic Fansubs releases of ZZ Gundam and SPT Layzner: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eJNQfx6O6eM
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He;s pretty modest right? King of Smut indeed!
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He's pretty modest right? King of Smut indeed!
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He's up to episode 92 -- solid stuff.
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123! This time working his way through a stack of art books: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ZaBRjNWzGU :)
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The one on fansubbing hardware was pretty enlightening for me: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=arvl_DKJpmA
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Using the shutdown to unearth real deep-cut stuff, like a Robotech homage using Take-1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aRbmXBNHSnU
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mbanu wrote: ↑Wed May 20, 2020 1:54 pm Using the shutdown to unearth real deep-cut stuff, like a Robotech homage using Take-1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aRbmXBNHSnU
This is impressive even now. Regardless of your feelings about Robotech, I'd recommend taking a look at this video.
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