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Hi. I'm Mike Toole.
Posted: Tue May 21, 2013 11:00 pm
by Mike Toole
me, Otakon 1998
- first saw anime in the fall of 1980. It was the space mummy episode of BATTLE OF THE PLANETS, at Grandma's house. I was hooked! Boston was lucky, we got all sorts of stuff on TV (STAR BLAZERS, FORCE FIVE, ROBOTECH, MACRON ONE... even SPEED RACER and ASTROBOY!).
- Liked it throughout my youth. Never pursued it with great vigor-- an Area 88 comic here, an Appleseed VHS there-- until I went to college
- Went to college anime club meeting and saw HERE IS GREENWOOD and RANMA 1/2 MOVIE 1 fansubs. Hooked all over again!
- Pretty much everything started from there. Since, I've gone to a bunch of cons, staffed a bunch of cons, written for some magazines, worked for a couple of anime publishers a bit, and even ran a site of my own for around a decade (animejump.com, which is now being squatted).
- Currently, I write a column for Anime News Network. I still like going to cons and talking at them, too.
I still watch anime every day. Not balls-out obsessed with it anymore, but can't imagine life without it. How YOU doin?
Re: Hi. I'm Mike Toole.
Posted: Tue May 21, 2013 11:22 pm
by greg
Hi, thanks for joining! Conversations may not flow as quickly as elsewhere on the Net, but we're growing.
In high school, I had an older friend from Massachusetts and he said that there was plenty of anime stuff there to be found. He even gave me my Dirty Pair and Char's Counterattack posters he'd bought in a comic book store in Boston, which remain framed on my walls today. He also gave me his beat-up Robotech poster, which I passed on to another friend of mine.
Welcome!
Re: Hi. I'm Mike Toole.
Posted: Wed May 22, 2013 6:03 am
by Animusubi
Welcome Mike!
Re: Hi. I'm Mike Toole.
Posted: Wed May 22, 2013 7:31 am
by davemerrill
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Re: Hi. I'm Mike Toole.
Posted: Wed May 22, 2013 2:19 pm
by Path
Hiyas Mike! I can say without a doubt your column on ANN is my favorite every week. Its always about something different and always very interesting.
Re: Hi. I'm Mike Toole.
Posted: Wed May 22, 2013 4:59 pm
by kndy
Welcome to the forums Mike!!!
Re: Hi. I'm Mike Toole.
Posted: Wed May 22, 2013 6:04 pm
by SteveH
Yes, yes you are. You are indeed Mike Toole. Or that guy from The Big O. I forget sometimes.
Welcome to the madness!
Re: Hi. I'm Mike Toole.
Posted: Mon May 27, 2013 7:58 am
by Daniel
Hey Mike! Welcome!
Re: Hi. I'm Mike Toole.
Posted: Mon May 27, 2013 10:02 am
by usamimi
Wow, welcome Mike! I just started following you on Twitter recently, too, what a crazy coincidence XD
Path wrote:Hiyas Mike! I can say without a doubt your column on ANN is my favorite every week. Its always about something different and always very interesting.
I agree, love your work and your Twitter's great. Awesome to see you here as well!