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So I made a list of names to know in the early American fandom




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PostPosted: Sat Apr 27, 2019 10:53 am Reply with quote
Like any fandoms, the American anime fandoms, its culture, organization, and successes could be traced to the contribution of may passionate fans. After asking around, I was able to make a list of several prominent fans in the early days of the fandom. Here is the draft.

Please note that I am not from America, and since the information dated back so long ago, there maybe some misinformation in the draft. You you spot one, feel free to comment bellow.

Also, here is a separated list on some websites that might pique your interest on the early American anime fandom:

Analysis
- The Golden Ani-versary of Anime
- The Land of Obscusion
- Let's Anime
- Colony Drop
- The Anime Archivist
- Animehead's Retroworld
- The Anime Nostalgia Facility UK
- Writing on the Moon
- Akemi's Anime World

Podcasts
- Anime Nostalgia: Blogspot & Tumblr
- Akihabara Renditions
- Vintage Anime Club Podcast
- The Anime of Yesteryear
- Zannen, Canada

Archives
- Seiyuu:
+ Seiyuu (voice actor) database
- English anime magazines: Anime Nostalgia Bomb
+ Anime Fringe: Anime Fringe
- Japanese anime magazines: Anim'Archive
- Merchandises: Anime of Yesteryear
- Screenshots: Gary's Anime Page

Encyclopedia
- Anime shows:
+ Hitoshi Doi's anime page
- Western & Japanese comics: Comiclopedia
- Old fandom stories: Fanlore
- Mechas:
+ Gears Online
+ MAHQ
- Ghibli's works: GhibliWiki
- Hajime Kanzaka's works: KanzakaDex
- Takahashi Rumiko's works: Furinkan
- Kia Asamiya's works: Shades of Nemesis: A Kia Asamiya/Studio Tron site
- Western & Japanese comics: Comiclopedia

Series-specific websites
- Bubblegum Crisis:
+ Raven's Garage
+ The Bubblegum Crisis Sanctum
- Slayers:
+ Slayers Universe
+ KanzakaDex Forums
- Macross franchise:
+ Shawn & Graham's Macross World
+ Macross Compendium (new & old)
- Gunbuster: The Gunbuster Index
- Patlabor: Schaft Enterprises
- Alice 19th: Casting the runes
- Revolutionary Girl Utena: Empty Movement
- Legend of the Galactic Heroes: Legend of the Galactic Heroes Information Center
- Space Pirate Captain Harlock: The Captain Harlock archives
- Hana yori Dango: Pride & Prejudice

Honorable mentions
- Anime Redshift Chronicle (compilations of monthly contents from various retro anime blogs, several of which are on this list)
- Ghibli Blog (news related to Ghibli Studio)
- Cartoon Research(The main focus is on Western cartoon, but there are some research articles regarding anime)
- Sequential Tart (a magazine focuses mostly on American comic, but with some articles on anime)
- The Old School Otaku Lounge (A forum where you ask questions to the old-school fans)
- Anime Origin Stories (An interviewing project which you can share the story of how you first get into anime)
- Helen McCarthy: A Face Made For Radio (Personal website of the author Helen McCarthy)
- Jai2 (Personal website of the translator Frederik L. Schodt)
- Animejin (Defunct UK anime news & analysis website)
- The Unofficial Robotech Reference Guide (Resources if you want to read into the tidbits of Robotech)
- Atlanta Fantasy Fair (In-depth details about several fantasy, science fiction, anime, etc. conventions in Atlanta)
- The Skaro Hunting Society (The author subbed a lot of obscure anime and children live-action Japanese TV shows from the 1960s, 70s, and 80s)
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