Category: Random Thoughts

On the evening of March 19, 1994, Dave E. showed me the “Double X” music video. The short clip was my first exposure to the music of X

In the early 90s a friend loaned me his VHS recordings of the early episodes of the St. Seiya TV series. The tapes were recorded in EP (six-hour

In my mind, Tokusou Kihei Dorvack has always been the defining epitome of Golden Era anime character design.

I had to get a ride across two cities to reach a comic book store that sold me AnimEigo’s subtitled VHS tape of Riding Bean for $34.99.

Co-founding a county-wide anime fan club that met monthly for over ten years.

At a Necronomicon fantasy convention in the late 1990s or very early 2000s I thought I was very lucky because one of the guys in the movie room

Since I collect (original) Dirty Pair memorabilia, I felt obligated to purchase these. SRP on these things is $3.99 each!?

Dave from Tampa recognized me as “John from AnimeNation” today while browsing the anime section at the New Port Richie MovieStop store. We had a pleasant conversation about

On the heels of the success of Tatsunoko’s reboot of its 1972 Kagaku Ninjatai Gatchaman franchise as Gatchaman Crowds, the studio is evidently now producing a reboot of

Stopped by the local Anime Fix store in St. Petersburg yesterday and spotted this production cel with genga of Hibari Hanakoganei from Akihabara Dennou Gumi. The $30 pricetag

Don’t know what the hell studio Trigger is trying to do with the Ninja Slayer anime. The trailer suggests that the studio is trying to adapt the novels

In 1998 Shinagawa, Tokyo-based real estate company Cesar Corporation decided to contract Toei Animation to create an OVA starring Cesar Corporation’s mascot character, the cowboy-hat-wearing bear Cesar Boy.

I’ve finally decided to discard the remainder of my VHS fansub collection. I’m pretty certain that everything I still have is now available on commercial disc or digital

Not to be outdone, another friend cleaned out his room and gave me this.