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anime fandom history:: Page 1 of 6... main : anime : anime fandom history [-- page 1 : page 2 : page 3 : page 4 : page 5 : page 6 --]
Humble Beginnings:
My childhood was spent watching typical watered-down for American child audience shows:Speed Racer, Battle Of The Planets, Star Blazers, plus exposure to live-action shows such as Spectreman, The Space Giants, Johnny Sokko and His Flying Robot, and Ultraman. Limited exposure to subtitled Japanese dorama shows on Sacramento, CA area UHF stations, as well as a faithful viewer of CNN's This Week In Japan series. Suffice to say, the seeds of my corruption were planted very early in life.
Primary Show Instrumental In R3 Otakunization: Formal Otakunization Year: 1985 - Raider3 is 16 years old.
Outside Connections - Stage 1:
1987 - The end of high school, the beginning of college for me, and a time of severe withdrawal, where I resorted to watching Transformers, G.I. Joe, or anything to fill the void, without success. I obtained information about a local anime club starting up, affiliating with national Cartoon/Fantasy Organization. That club, known as C/FO Modesto/Stockton starts up, showcasing episodes of Urusei Yatsura, and having access to "classic" films and OAVs, such as Project A-ko, MegaZone 23, Wings of Honneamise: Royal Space Force, and Robot Carnival, among others. That year marked my first trips upstate to C/FO Sacramento, which eventually became Anime Sacramento, which still meets every odd-numbered month, to this day.
1988 - The National C/FO is in upheval, with national chapters dropping affiliation and becoming independent clubs. (Thanks for nothing, Randall Stukey! :P) - C/FO Modesto/Stockton gradually disbanded due to falling attendance and lack of interests, as well as the loss of use of the primary meeting place. Most of the remaining C/FO Modesto/Stockton video library entered into my possession, and I still have most of the original 3rd/Nth generation tape copies. 1989 - Having obtained information on various Northern California anime clubs from WonderCon, I started attended meetings of Animation Circle of Enthusiasts (Formerly C/FO Hayward), and CA/West (From the era of meeting in the JACL building on North 6th Street, to their relocation to the Empire Branch Library). CA/West became my primary anime club for nearly a year, until... 1990 - I left his first part-time job (Good riddance!), creating a temporary financial crisis, putting an end to the CA/West excursions for nearly 6 years. (Being poor sucks!) My primary means of acquiring anime, and info on such, was limited to Animag magazine, then later Animerica and related magazines, as well as the initial releases of commercially translated and subtitled anime, most notably Gainax's GunBuster: Aim For The Top! OAV series, as well as anything related to anime or manga, usually through comic shops - Excursions to Comics & Comix in Berkeley started, with expenditures running aroudn $40-60 a month on average. The “Lean Years” begin... 1991 - My first anime con! I attended one day of AnimeCon '91, one of the first conventions dedicated to anime and manga. I can say it truly broadened my horizons to the scope of what's out there. I did the fanboyish things, including standing in line half a day to acquire a signature and sketch from Haruhiko Mikimoto in the process. 1992 brought a day of attendance to Anime Expo '92 - the successor convention to AnimeCon. There were further conventions after 1992, as full-time commitments to my job at the time prohibited long-range planning, and funding level makes it not feasible, until... (On to page 2!) [-- page 1 : page 2 : page 3 : page 4 : page 5 : page 6 --]
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