The Time Capsule
Posted: Sun Jul 15, 2012 1:07 pm
There is little doubt that anime and manga fandom of the roughly mid-90's and prior has been succeeded by and replaced with (perhaps even, according to some, taken over by) fandom of the later 90's and beyond.
To elaborate, along with the anime explosion that came around the turn of the millenium also came a very different fandom. Most anime fans today, even in North America, don't know what it was like to attend old-style conventions and clubs, have online discussions on rec.arts.anime, read through old issues of magazines such as Animag or Animerica, or watch anime on Nth-generation fansub tapes (to take a few examples), and have likely never even heard the details of such things beyond perhaps a few superficial comments scattered about here and there. As time goes on, this disconnection with fandom's roots is becoming greater and greater, and unless an organized effort is undertaken to rectify this, the history of, indeed the very memory of, fandom of the old era will be completely lost.
In a nutshell, the Time Capsule is a central place for those of us who were fans in the old days to come together and preserve, both to the joy of older fans and to the study of younger fans, that now fading history and memory of anime and manga fandom of the past.
This has the potential to be something great. I sincerely hope that people will find it in themselves to take a few minutes and make what submissions they can. Put together, a few submissions from many people will become something truly incredible...
Time Capsule Main Page
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-Daniel
To elaborate, along with the anime explosion that came around the turn of the millenium also came a very different fandom. Most anime fans today, even in North America, don't know what it was like to attend old-style conventions and clubs, have online discussions on rec.arts.anime, read through old issues of magazines such as Animag or Animerica, or watch anime on Nth-generation fansub tapes (to take a few examples), and have likely never even heard the details of such things beyond perhaps a few superficial comments scattered about here and there. As time goes on, this disconnection with fandom's roots is becoming greater and greater, and unless an organized effort is undertaken to rectify this, the history of, indeed the very memory of, fandom of the old era will be completely lost.
In a nutshell, the Time Capsule is a central place for those of us who were fans in the old days to come together and preserve, both to the joy of older fans and to the study of younger fans, that now fading history and memory of anime and manga fandom of the past.
This has the potential to be something great. I sincerely hope that people will find it in themselves to take a few minutes and make what submissions they can. Put together, a few submissions from many people will become something truly incredible...
Time Capsule Main Page
How To Submit Content
Possible Content Ideas
-Daniel
