I'm not sure if I'd call myself a weeb. I have been a Japanimation fan sense the 80s. I was even a member of the CFO, Cartoon Fantasy Organization. First serious Anime was watching Project A-ko without subtitles. Talk about trippy. No clue what was going on but damn was it awesome.
Really I just like Mecha. Never became a huge fan of Japanese culture. Although I guess I know a good bit about it sort of by default.
There's a difference between being an anime fan and a weaboo. There's a difference between being a weaboo and a Japanophile. Weaboo think they love Japan, but all they know about the country is filtered explicitly through anime, manga, and video games.
Sounds like you were living the otaku lifestyle the young'ns look up to, my man.
There's a bunch of 80s anime I love, but if I had to choose one, I'd be between Vampire Hunter D and Hokuto no Ken. I grew up watching Superbook as a kid. How crazy is that? Lol.
Yeah, I grew up watching Ultraman, Godzilla, Space Giants, etc on TV. Then later was Star Blazers, G-force, and Robotech. I was obsessed with Macross. When I started going to conventions... Dragon Con, Dixie Trek, AFF, etc I met a bunch of hard core Anime fans and put together a pretty serious VHS collection.
The very first tape someone loaned me was Project A-ko, Leda: The Fantastic Adventure of Yohko, and Vampire Hunter D. No subtitles etc. It was strait from Japanese laser disc to VHS. I was hooked. That was 1987, I think(I was 17). I sort of miss the bad dubs. The AU made dub of the Macross Do You Remember Love movie was hilarious. I even saw Akira in the theater.
Never got into North Star for some weird reason. I had to look up Superbook. Not religious so never even heard of it. I'm a scifi person, Star Wars, Star Trek, Dr Who, etc... So I lean more towards the scifi Anime and Mecha stuff. Although lately I've been watching a lot of daily life stuff because it has dubs.
But yeah I was into Anime before it was "cool". :)
Nice. A few months back, I picked up Leda on laserdisc. I was surprised that it has the English trailer for the film at the beginning, since it's a JP LD. I've always been an SF fan ever since I saw Empire Strikes back in the theater in 1980 (or perhaps 81), so anime in the '80s really appealed to me. I was the only anime fan in high school in the early '90s. Some of the skaters knew of Akira and such, but I was the only full-blown anime fan at the time. Then when I was in college, the whole Sailor Moon/Dragonball Z fandom exploded among high schoolers.
I'm not sure if I'd call myself a weeb. I have been a Japanimation fan sense the 80s. I was even a member of the CFO, Cartoon Fantasy Organization. First serious Anime was watching Project A-ko without subtitles. Talk about trippy. No clue what was going on but damn was it awesome.
Really I just like Mecha. Never became a huge fan of Japanese culture. Although I guess I know a good bit about it sort of by default.
https://youtu.be/nGy9uomagO4 :)
I used to watch BPS a lot. Don't have time these days.
There's a difference between being an anime fan and a weaboo. There's a difference between being a weaboo and a Japanophile. Weaboo think they love Japan, but all they know about the country is filtered explicitly through anime, manga, and video games.
Sounds like you were living the otaku lifestyle the young'ns look up to, my man.
There's a bunch of 80s anime I love, but if I had to choose one, I'd be between Vampire Hunter D and Hokuto no Ken. I grew up watching Superbook as a kid. How crazy is that? Lol.
Yeah, I grew up watching Ultraman, Godzilla, Space Giants, etc on TV. Then later was Star Blazers, G-force, and Robotech. I was obsessed with Macross. When I started going to conventions... Dragon Con, Dixie Trek, AFF, etc I met a bunch of hard core Anime fans and put together a pretty serious VHS collection.
The very first tape someone loaned me was Project A-ko, Leda: The Fantastic Adventure of Yohko, and Vampire Hunter D. No subtitles etc. It was strait from Japanese laser disc to VHS. I was hooked. That was 1987, I think(I was 17). I sort of miss the bad dubs. The AU made dub of the Macross Do You Remember Love movie was hilarious. I even saw Akira in the theater.
Never got into North Star for some weird reason. I had to look up Superbook. Not religious so never even heard of it. I'm a scifi person, Star Wars, Star Trek, Dr Who, etc... So I lean more towards the scifi Anime and Mecha stuff. Although lately I've been watching a lot of daily life stuff because it has dubs.
But yeah I was into Anime before it was "cool". :)
Look up Flying House. That was another Christian 80s anime.
I collect laserdiscs of bad dubs from my childhood. I have no shame! 🤣🤣🤣
I feel it, you've got seniority over me, but I was still into it in the late 80s. Nice to find an older otaku. I learned a lot from you guys.
Ok now thats taking me back.
The other mod u/Brent75 is into mecha. I'm a closet tokusatsu/kaiju fan too, but mainly the old low budget ones that are MST3k worthy.
True! I have a glass case of Popy, Bullmark, and Godaikin diecast robots. Have some vintage Toho Godzilla stuff too. :)
Heh. I must have watched Godzilla vs. Megalon 50 times when I was a kid. What I miss most is space giants.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ambassador_Magma
Nice. A few months back, I picked up Leda on laserdisc. I was surprised that it has the English trailer for the film at the beginning, since it's a JP LD. I've always been an SF fan ever since I saw Empire Strikes back in the theater in 1980 (or perhaps 81), so anime in the '80s really appealed to me. I was the only anime fan in high school in the early '90s. Some of the skaters knew of Akira and such, but I was the only full-blown anime fan at the time. Then when I was in college, the whole Sailor Moon/Dragonball Z fandom exploded among high schoolers.