Hello from the future!

gaijinguy · Post by **gaijinguy** » Sun Dec 17, 2023 5:42 pm

I live in Kumamoto, Japan, so about 14 hours ahead of the East Coast US, 17 ahead of the West Coast and ahead about half of that for Europe (thus, the future). My timeline begins with Speed Racer anime and some tokusatsu like Space Giants and Ultraman back in the mid 70's in the suburbs of Atlanta. Later came Battle of the Planets and Star Blazers. In the mid-80's I met other anime fans and got exposed to tons of stuff thanks to fandom. Though I started focusing more on manga, I still had some favorite shows, OVAs, and movies. Robotech (Macross) was mind-blowing, and Megazone 23 and Bubblegum Crisis were gold. I moved to Japan in the mid-90's and I've been here ever since. I've been making fanzines since 2000 selling them here at Comiket and similar events. Now I teach manga history (also monster culture and translation) at uni and I've published research on comic book sound effect translation and manga & monsters. I've got to meet several of my manga/anime heroes and so I consider myself pretty lucky.

runesaint · Post by **runesaint** » Mon Dec 18, 2023 3:26 am

Hello /wave/ welcome to the forum.

DKop · Post by **DKop** » Mon Dec 18, 2023 7:53 am

Welcome to the forums, I went and gave you a sub on your Youtube channel to check out later!

davemerrill · Post by **davemerrill** » Mon Dec 18, 2023 4:59 pm

Hello Gaijinguy!! Everybody here should watch your videos!

gaijinguy · Post by **gaijinguy** » Tue Dec 19, 2023 7:51 pm

Thanks for the welcomes! It's great to be here!

gaijinguy · Post by **gaijinguy** » Tue Dec 19, 2023 7:51 pm

davemerrill wrote: ↑Mon Dec 18, 2023 4:59 pm Hello Gaijinguy!! Everybody here should watch your videos!

I appreciate that! THX

Captain_EO · Post by **Captain_EO** » Wed Dec 20, 2023 9:54 pm

Aye, welcome to the boards, Gaijinguy. I'd love to attend Comiket one of these days, and I'd be happy to check out your 'zines if I do.
BTW, I'm a fan of Robotech/Macross as well!

I finally met Tony Oliver at a con about a month ago.

Post by **Daniel** » Fri Dec 22, 2023 7:04 pm

Welcome to the past!

Drew_Sutton · Post by **Drew_Sutton** » Sun Dec 24, 2023 5:53 am

Welcome to the forum! Happy to have you here. I've also just subbed to your channel, looks interesting! Have you always lived in Kumamoto since moving to Japan or have you lived in other parts of the country?

gaijinguy · Post by **gaijinguy** » Sat Dec 30, 2023 3:05 pm

Captain_EO wrote: ↑Wed Dec 20, 2023 9:54 pm Aye, welcome to the boards, Gaijinguy.

Thank you!

Captain_EO wrote: ↑Wed Dec 20, 2023 9:54 pm I'd love to attend Comiket one of these days, and I'd be happy to check out your 'zines if I do.
BTW, I'm a fan of Robotech/Macross as well! I finally met Tony Oliver at a con about a month ago.

Nice! Comiket is quite the experience!

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