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Posted: Sat Jul 20, 2013 6:25 am
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Hey everyone; my name is Drew. I forget how I found this forum exactly, I remember being linked to a thread on Twitter, read through some of the threads over a couple days and figured this would be a great community to join. I got involved in anime fandom in about 1993 (or maybe '94?) when I was a kid, almost entirely by accident. Like most 80s kids, I followed dubs of Voltron and outsourced animation/joint ventures like The Transformers but I had little inclination of their origins at the time. I was really heavily involved in comic books (thanks, market saturation!) and it was through Atlanta Comic Con that I got exposed to bootleg fansubs (sold at bargain prices of $20/tape). Over the next year or so, while getting what little anime my allowance could afford me, I found US dub broadcasts of Yoroiden Samurai Troopers (AKA Ronin Warriors), Sailor Moon and Dragonball, which I taped and continued to watch over and over again. By about 1996, comics fell by the wayside and it was all Japanese Cartoons, All The Time. Buying tapes, finding out more about on the Net, trading fansubs, going to a convention. When I entered high school, I didn't realize there was an "anime club" (which was really just a circle of friends in an open classroom) but I somehow got handed the reigns and with a bit of promotion, got the club to a surprising level of 80 - 90 members. I ruled with an Iron Fist for the next couple of years and then went to University, where I was the "anime guy" amongst the rest of the nerd crowd.
During that time, I tried to start or write for a couple of online anime fanzines and blogs (I wouldn't call them failures, but they went nowhere real fast) and eventually hit upon the Akihabara Renditions Podcast. I kept that up until deciding to start SeishunCon.
My fandom's waxed and waned a bit, I guess with a lot of the '03-'10 catalog not matching my tastes but I have been finding a title here or there that is enjoyable and have been trying to catch up on series here or there that have been set aside. All time favorites include works by Adachi Mitsuru and Takahashi Rumiko, like a fair bit of mecha but typically only real-robot stuff, period pieces and stuff typically from the Bubble Economy (late 70s - early/.mid 90s).
I know a few folks on here already (Dave Merrill and I have done panels together at AWA the past few years) and I know Daishikaze and greg from AnimeNation (hey, it's Suiko Eiji). Looking forward to getting to know everyone else here, too!
Hey everyone; my name is Drew. I forget how I found this forum exactly, I remember being linked to a thread on Twitter, read through some of the threads over a couple days and figured this would be a great community to join. I got involved in anime fandom in about 1993 (or maybe '94?) when I was a kid, almost entirely by accident. Like most 80s kids, I followed dubs of Voltron and outsourced animation/joint ventures like The Transformers but I had little inclination of their origins at the time. I was really heavily involved in comic books (thanks, market saturation!) and it was through Atlanta Comic Con that I got exposed to bootleg fansubs (sold at bargain prices of $20/tape). Over the next year or so, while getting what little anime my allowance could afford me, I found US dub broadcasts of Yoroiden Samurai Troopers (AKA Ronin Warriors), Sailor Moon and Dragonball, which I taped and continued to watch over and over again. By about 1996, comics fell by the wayside and it was all Japanese Cartoons, All The Time. Buying tapes, finding out more about on the Net, trading fansubs, going to a convention. When I entered high school, I didn't realize there was an "anime club" (which was really just a circle of friends in an open classroom) but I somehow got handed the reigns and with a bit of promotion, got the club to a surprising level of 80 - 90 members. I ruled with an Iron Fist for the next couple of years and then went to University, where I was the "anime guy" amongst the rest of the nerd crowd.
During that time, I tried to start or write for a couple of online anime fanzines and blogs (I wouldn't call them failures, but they went nowhere real fast) and eventually hit upon the Akihabara Renditions Podcast. I kept that up until deciding to start SeishunCon.
My fandom's waxed and waned a bit, I guess with a lot of the '03-'10 catalog not matching my tastes but I have been finding a title here or there that is enjoyable and have been trying to catch up on series here or there that have been set aside. All time favorites include works by Adachi Mitsuru and Takahashi Rumiko, like a fair bit of mecha but typically only real-robot stuff, period pieces and stuff typically from the Bubble Economy (late 70s - early/.mid 90s).
I know a few folks on here already (Dave Merrill and I have done panels together at AWA the past few years) and I know Daishikaze and greg from AnimeNation (hey, it's Suiko Eiji). Looking forward to getting to know everyone else here, too!
It's always awesome to see more new faces around here!