Tsunami(tsunami_65@hotmail.com) added

> >> I think for the next anime con I go to (probably Minami again), 
> >> I will make up a sign saying "Free grumps" and finally fulfill 
> >> my role as grumpy old anime fan No1! ^_^
> >
> >If you can be a grumpy old anime fan at 42, what does that make 
> >people like me for whom 42 was a long time ago!?
> >
> 
> I just worked out that next year I will have been into anime for 20
> years :)

That's impressive.  I've only notched up 12 years.


== Peter ==
-----------------------------------------------------
"There is no such thing as a coincidence 
in this world. There is only necessity."
(Kaho Mizuki: Cardcaptor Sakura)

While strolling carefully through the minefield that is Usenet, on
Mon, 26 May 2008 08:35 +0100 (BST), starhunter@cix.co.uk (Peter
Boulter) wrote:

>Tsunami(tsunami_65@hotmail.com) added
>
>> >> I think for the next anime con I go to (probably Minami again), 
>> >> I will make up a sign saying "Free grumps" and finally fulfill 
>> >> my role as grumpy old anime fan No1! ^_^
>> >
>> >If you can be a grumpy old anime fan at 42, what does that make 
>> >people like me for whom 42 was a long time ago!?
>> >
>> 
>> I just worked out that next year I will have been into anime for 20
>> years :)
>
>That's impressive.  I've only notched up 12 years.
>
>
Hehehe, I may not be as old as some of this group's denizens, but I do
have staying power :)
Oh, and I got into manga before I got into anime, I just don't
remember how long before...
--
Tsunami
If at first you don't succeed, give up skydiving!
tsunami@nospam.jyurai.co.uk

In article ,
   Peter Boulter  wrote:
> Tsunami(tsunami_65@hotmail.com) added

> > >> I think for the next anime con I go to (probably Minami again), 
> > >> I will make up a sign saying "Free grumps" and finally fulfill 
> > >> my role as grumpy old anime fan No1! ^_^
> > >
> > >If you can be a grumpy old anime fan at 42, what does that make 
> > >people like me for whom 42 was a long time ago!?
> > >
> > 
> > I just worked out that next year I will have been into anime for 20
> > years :)

> That's impressive.  I've only notched up 12 years.

Hmm... I really got going in 1993, so that puts me in the middle somewhere
at 15 years.

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Chika wrote:
> In article ,
>    Peter Boulter  wrote:
>> Tsunami(tsunami_65@hotmail.com) added
> 
>>>>> I think for the next anime con I go to (probably Minami again), 
>>>>> I will make up a sign saying "Free grumps" and finally fulfill 
>>>>> my role as grumpy old anime fan No1! ^_^
>>>> If you can be a grumpy old anime fan at 42, what does that make 
>>>> people like me for whom 42 was a long time ago!?
>>>>
>>> I just worked out that next year I will have been into anime for 20
>>> years :)
> 
>> That's impressive.  I've only notched up 12 years.
> 
> Hmm... I really got going in 1993, so that puts me in the middle somewhere
> at 15 years.
> 
	To some degree, I've been an anime fan all my life - I just didn't know 
it for most of it - but mainly became aware of it in its own right when 
Akira was released, so around 1991.

	17 years? Wait, that can't be right... ^_^

-- 
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* "I gave that all away after         *                             *
*  becoming old!"                     *                             *
* - Kaho and Yuko, Densha Otoko       *  growing older, but not up  *

While strolling carefully through the minefield that is Usenet, on
Mon, 26 May 2008 20:50:25 +0100, Justin Palmer
 wrote:

>Chika wrote:
>> In article ,
>>    Peter Boulter  wrote:
>>> Tsunami(tsunami_65@hotmail.com) added
>> 
>>>>>> I think for the next anime con I go to (probably Minami again), 
>>>>>> I will make up a sign saying "Free grumps" and finally fulfill 
>>>>>> my role as grumpy old anime fan No1! ^_^
>>>>> If you can be a grumpy old anime fan at 42, what does that make 
>>>>> people like me for whom 42 was a long time ago!?
>>>>>
>>>> I just worked out that next year I will have been into anime for 20
>>>> years :)
>> 
>>> That's impressive.  I've only notched up 12 years.
>> 
>> Hmm... I really got going in 1993, so that puts me in the middle somewhere
>> at 15 years.
>> 
>	To some degree, I've been an anime fan all my life - I just didn't know 
>it for most of it - but mainly became aware of it in its own right when 
>Akira was released, so around 1991.
>
>	17 years? Wait, that can't be right... ^_^

Well, if we are going back to earliest memories, I used to like Marine
boy back when it was on UK TV :)
--
Tsunami
If at first you don't succeed, give up skydiving!
tsunami@nospam.jyurai.co.uk

Tsunami wrote:
> While strolling carefully through the minefield that is Usenet, on
> Mon, 26 May 2008 20:50:25 +0100, Justin Palmer
>  wrote:

(snip)

>> 	To some degree, I've been an anime fan all my life - I just didn't know 
>> it for most of it - but mainly became aware of it in its own right when 
>> Akira was released, so around 1991.
>>
>> 	17 years? Wait, that can't be right... ^_^
> 
> Well, if we are going back to earliest memories, I used to like Marine
> boy back when it was on UK TV :)

	For me, Battle of the Planets and Star Fleet. I think I was a bit too 
late for Marine Boy.

-- 
* "You don't even have self-esteem?!" * justin@briareos.demon.co.uk *
* "I gave that all away after         *                             *
*  becoming old!"                     *                             *
* - Kaho and Yuko, Densha Otoko       *  growing older, but not up  *

In article <g1f4a7$6hs$1$8300dec7@news.demon.co.uk>, Justin Palmer
 wrote:
> Chika wrote:
> > Hmm... I really got going in 1993, so that puts me in the middle
> > somewhere at 15 years.
> > 
> 	To some degree, I've been an anime fan all my life - I just didn't know
> it for most of it -

I didn't include that bit. I suppose that would be my first sighting of
Marine Boy in the early 1970s. I wasn't into double-digits yet.

> but mainly became aware of it in its own right when Akira was released,
> so around 1991.

> 	17 years? Wait, that can't be right... ^_^

Sorry! ^^;

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//  \//  Mitsuo... Menda... naha naha...

... 2400 Baud makes you want to get out and push!!

In article ,
   Tsunami  wrote:
> Well, if we are going back to earliest memories, I used to like Marine
> boy back when it was on UK TV :)

Really wish somebody would try to get it released. I have some poor
quality MP3s of the theme somewhere but I would like to see it again. It
has been a very long time since even the Beeb repeated it!

-- 
 //\  // Chika <miyuki><at><crashnet><org><uk>
//  \//  Mitsuo... Menda... naha naha...

... "Bother", said Pooh, as he saw "Filecore in use."

In article <g1f5da$7ig$1$8300dec7@news.demon.co.uk>, Justin Palmer
 wrote:
> Tsunami wrote:
> > While strolling carefully through the minefield that is Usenet, on
> > Mon, 26 May 2008 20:50:25 +0100, Justin Palmer
> >  wrote:

> (snip)

> >> 	To some degree, I've been an anime fan all my life - I just didn't
> >> know it for most of it - but mainly became aware of it in its own
> >> right when Akira was released, so around 1991.
> >>
> >> 	17 years? Wait, that can't be right... ^_^
> > 
> > Well, if we are going back to earliest memories, I used to like Marine
> > boy back when it was on UK TV :)

> 	For me, Battle of the Planets and Star Fleet. I think I was a bit too
> late for Marine Boy.

I have some of BotP on DVD. Goodness knows why! Star Fleet is another one
of those series I wish they would put out again. I still think it would
give Naru-yawn and Yu-Go-Yawn a run for their money, even if they don't
push card games to promote it!

-- 
 //\  // Chika <miyuki><at><crashnet><org><uk>
//  \//  Mitsuo... Menda... naha naha...

... M-O-O-N and that spells Corn Pops.

Chika wrote:
> In article <g1f5da$7ig$1$8300dec7@news.demon.co.uk>, Justin Palmer
>  wrote:
>> Tsunami wrote:
>>> While strolling carefully through the minefield that is Usenet, on
>>> Mon, 26 May 2008 20:50:25 +0100, Justin Palmer
>>>  wrote:
> 
>> (snip)
> 
>>>> 	To some degree, I've been an anime fan all my life - I just didn't
>>>> know it for most of it - but mainly became aware of it in its own
>>>> right when Akira was released, so around 1991.
>>>>
>>>> 	17 years? Wait, that can't be right... ^_^
>>> Well, if we are going back to earliest memories, I used to like Marine
>>> boy back when it was on UK TV :)
> 
>> 	For me, Battle of the Planets and Star Fleet. I think I was a bit too
>> late for Marine Boy.
> 
> I have some of BotP on DVD. Goodness knows why! 

	Get ADVs Gatchaman release. You need to see the Giant Statue With The 
Face of Jesus as it attacks a - oh, Galactor, even COBRA Commander 
wouldn't think of this one - a fresh air factory!

Star Fleet is another one
> of those series I wish they would put out again. I still think it would
> give Naru-yawn and Yu-Go-Yawn a run for their money, even if they don't
> push card games to promote it!
> 
	I believe I have some good news for you, then:

	http://www.fabulousfilms.co.uk/

	Release date is still uncertain (despite certain website listings), 
although its confirmed that the footage will be remastered and one extra 
will be an interview with ol' missile breasts himself, Go Nagai.

	On my recent travels, I finally picked up something I've been searching 
for every since I heard about it - a Big Dai-X toy.

	Riding a wind-up tricycle.

	Holding a pink balloon.

	No, really.

-- 
* "You don't even have self-esteem?!" * justin@briareos.demon.co.uk *
* "I gave that all away after         *                             *
*  becoming old!"                     *                             *
* - Kaho and Yuko, Densha Otoko       *  growing older, but not up  *

In article <g1fap5$d99$1$8300dec7@news.demon.co.uk>, Justin Palmer
 wrote:
> Chika wrote:
> > Star Fleet is another one of those series I wish they would put out
> > again. I still think it would give Naru-yawn and Yu-Go-Yawn a run for
> > their money, even if they don't push card games to promote it!
> > 
> 	I believe I have some good news for you, then:

> 	http://www.fabulousfilms.co.uk/

> 	Release date is still uncertain (despite certain website listings),
> although its confirmed that the footage will be remastered and one extra
> will be an interview with ol' missile breasts himself, Go Nagai.

Can't wait!

> 	On my recent travels, I finally picked up something I've been searching
> for every since I heard about it - a Big Dai-X toy.

Yay! ^_^/

> 	Riding a wind-up tricycle.

Um... ^_^;

> 	Holding a pink balloon.

Er... ¬.¬

> 	No, really.

Why? O.o

-- 
 //\  // Chika <miyuki><at><crashnet><org><uk>
//  \//  Mitsuo... Menda... naha naha...

... If you can't dazzle 'em with brilliance, baffle em with bullsh*t.

Chika wrote:
> In article <g1fap5$d99$1$8300dec7@news.demon.co.uk>, Justin Palmer
>  wrote:
>> Chika wrote:
>>> Star Fleet is another one of those series I wish they would put out
>>> again. I still think it would give Naru-yawn and Yu-Go-Yawn a run for
>>> their money, even if they don't push card games to promote it!
>>>
>> 	I believe I have some good news for you, then:
> 
>> 	http://www.fabulousfilms.co.uk/
> 
>> 	Release date is still uncertain (despite certain website listings),
>> although its confirmed that the footage will be remastered and one extra
>> will be an interview with ol' missile breasts himself, Go Nagai.
> 
> Can't wait!
> 
	Commander Makara - hubba hubba! ^_^

>> 	On my recent travels, I finally picked up something I've been searching
>> for every since I heard about it - a Big Dai-X toy.
> 
> Yay! ^_^/
> 
>> 	Riding a wind-up tricycle.
> 
> Um... ^_^;
> 
>> 	Holding a pink balloon.
> 
> Er... ¬.¬
> 
>> 	No, really.
> 
> Why? O.o
> 
	Beats me. Alcohol may have been involved. The guilty party is a company 
called Mark, who apparently inflicted this treatment on a number of 
other entirely innocent giant robots as well.

-- 
* "You don't even have self-esteem?!" * justin@briareos.demon.co.uk *
* "I gave that all away after         *                             *
*  becoming old!"                     *                             *
* - Kaho and Yuko, Densha Otoko       *  growing older, but not up  *

In article <g1hj1n$a41$1$8300dec7@news.demon.co.uk>, Justin Palmer
 wrote:
> >> 	On my recent travels, I finally picked up something I've been
> >> searching for every since I heard about it - a Big Dai-X toy.
> > 
> > Yay! ^_^/
> > 
> >> 	Riding a wind-up tricycle.
> > 
> > Um... ^_^;
> > 
> >> 	Holding a pink balloon.
> > 
> > Er... ¬.¬
> > 
> >> 	No, really.
> > 
> > Why? O.o
> > 
> 	Beats me. Alcohol may have been involved. The guilty party is a company
> called Mark, who apparently inflicted this treatment on a number of
> other entirely innocent giant robots as well.

It makes sense. Perhaps it could be the start of a cute mecha line...

Introducing "My Little Orbiting Laser Cannon"!

-- 
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//  \//  Mitsuo... Menda... naha naha...

... What are you doing?!? The message is over, GO AWAY!

Chika wrote:
> In article <g1hj1n$a41$1$8300dec7@news.demon.co.uk>, Justin Palmer
>  wrote:
>>>> 	On my recent travels, I finally picked up something I've been
>>>> searching for every since I heard about it - a Big Dai-X toy.
>>> Yay! ^_^/
>>>
>>>> 	Riding a wind-up tricycle.
>>> Um... ^_^;
>>>
>>>> 	Holding a pink balloon.
>>> Er... ¬.¬
>>>
>>>> 	No, really.
>>> Why? O.o
>>>
>> 	Beats me. Alcohol may have been involved. The guilty party is a company
>> called Mark, who apparently inflicted this treatment on a number of
>> other entirely innocent giant robots as well.
> 
> It makes sense. Perhaps it could be the start of a cute mecha line...
> 
> Introducing "My Little Orbiting Laser Cannon"!
> 
	Don't. I've already bought a vinyl mecha toy this month, and vinyl is 
only one step away from My Little Pony as it is!

-- 
* "You don't even have self-esteem?!" * justin@briareos.demon.co.uk *
* "I gave that all away after         *                             *
*  becoming old!"                     *                             *
* - Kaho and Yuko, Densha Otoko       *  growing older, but not up  *

In article <g1hshm$jtn$1$8300dec7@news.demon.co.uk>,
   Justin Palmer  wrote:
> I've already bought a vinyl mecha toy this month, and vinyl is only
> one step away from My Little Pony as it is!

Perhaps "My Little Puni-Puni" might be more appropriate.  In this
version Poemy does *not* start off in a bad mood, as no-one can be
anything but happy with one's own Little Puni-Puni, even if it is in
reality just her transformed self...  Oh, you can keep the alien mecha
in the story, but the wand-fish doesn't pong in this version.

-- 
John "Minmei" Ward : 
Web pages on my favourite TV animated (and other) shows
including Nadesico, Pokemon and WITCH:
www.john-ward.org.uk/personal/john/television/

In message 
       Chika <miyuki@spam-no-way.invalid> wrote:

> In article <g1hj1n$a41$1$8300dec7@news.demon.co.uk>, Justin Palmer
>  wrote:
> > >> 	On my recent travels, I finally picked up something I've been
> > >> searching for every since I heard about it - a Big Dai-X toy.
> > > 
> > > Yay! ^_^/
> > > 
> > >> 	Riding a wind-up tricycle.
> > > 
> > > Um... ^_^;
> > > 
> > >> 	Holding a pink balloon.
> > > 
> > > Er... ¬.¬
> > > 
> > >> 	No, really.
> > > 
> > > Why? O.o
> > > 
> > 	Beats me. Alcohol may have been involved. The guilty party is a
> > company called Mark, who apparently inflicted this treatment on a
> > number of other entirely innocent giant robots as well.
> 
> It makes sense. Perhaps it could be the start of a cute mecha line...
> 
> Introducing "My Little Orbiting Laser Cannon"!

The idea of a "Hello Kitty" OWP makes me want to reach for my
Photoshop...


-- 
Nick Roberts           tigger @ orpheusinternet.co.uk           

Hanlon's Razor: Never attribute to malice that which
can be adequately explained by stupidity.

Nick Roberts wrote:
> In message 
>        Chika <miyuki@spam-no-way.invalid> wrote:

(snip)

>> Introducing "My Little Orbiting Laser Cannon"!
> 
> The idea of a "Hello Kitty" OWP makes me want to reach for my
> Photoshop...
> 
	Oh, like she doesn't have one already. ^_^


-- 
* "You don't even have self-esteem?!" * justin@briareos.demon.co.uk *
* "I gave that all away after         *                             *
*  becoming old!"                     *                             *
* - Kaho and Yuko, Densha Otoko       *  growing older, but not up  *

In article <g1kd5j$buc$1$8300dec7@news.demon.co.uk>,
   Justin Palmer  wrote:
> Nick Roberts wrote:
> > In message 
> >        Chika <miyuki@spam-no-way.invalid> wrote:

> (snip)

> >> Introducing "My Little Orbiting Laser Cannon"!
> > 
> > The idea of a "Hello Kitty" OWP makes me want to reach for my
> > Photoshop...
> > 
> 	Oh, like she doesn't have one already. ^_^

Who knows the contents of the Hello Kit-bag?

-- 
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//  \//  Mitsuo... Menda... naha naha...

... Illiterate?  Write for a free brochure!

>> Chika wrote:
>> > Hmm... I really got going in 1993, so that puts me in the middle
>> > somewhere at 15 years.

>
> I didn't include that bit. I suppose that would be my first sighting of
> Marine Boy in the early 1970s. I wasn't into double-digits yet.
>

I agree - with Marine boy and his OxyGum - strange how he seemed to loose 
his oxygum in most precarious
situations....

I just seem to fix Marineboy and Stingray with the same memory  - - - -

somehow I feel the animation of stingray was better   - I can't explain 
ow  -  they just seemed more real........

anyway  - whats  - hot  - and whats NOT on the anime scene now - I've just 
watched Dennou Coil
and I reallly liked that.

Macross frontier is my newest and it seemed to start well but I'm holding 
back on praise as the plot thickens...

however the girl with the green spaniel hair  'Ranka' too cute for now..

anyway  - type later

Arielmad



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While strolling carefully through the minefield that is Usenet, on
Wed, 28 May 2008 00:47:16 +0100, "arielmad" 
wrote:

>
>>> Chika wrote:
>>> > Hmm... I really got going in 1993, so that puts me in the middle
>>> > somewhere at 15 years.
>
>>
>> I didn't include that bit. I suppose that would be my first sighting of
>> Marine Boy in the early 1970s. I wasn't into double-digits yet.
>>
>
>I agree - with Marine boy and his OxyGum - strange how he seemed to loose 
>his oxygum in most precarious
>situations....
>
>I just seem to fix Marineboy and Stingray with the same memory  - - - -
>
>somehow I feel the animation of stingray was better   - I can't explain 
>ow  -  they just seemed more real........
>
>anyway  - whats  - hot  - and whats NOT on the anime scene now - I've just 
>watched Dennou Coil
>and I reallly liked that.
>
>Macross frontier is my newest and it seemed to start well but I'm holding 
>back on praise as the plot thickens...
>
>however the girl with the green spaniel hair  'Ranka' too cute for now..
>
>anyway  - type later
>

Frontier was hinting at cheesiness in a few episodes, however with EP7
it went full on gorgonzola! With EP8, it is back to school, and a
different set of animators (you can tell, the characters look
"different". and it is corny.
Still, a fairly fun series...
--
Tsunami
If at first you don't succeed, give up skydiving!
tsunami@nospam.jyurai.co.uk

Tsunami wrote:
> While strolling carefully through the minefield that is Usenet, on
> Wed, 28 May 2008 00:47:16 +0100, "arielmad" 
> wrote:

(snip)
> 
> Frontier was hinting at cheesiness in a few episodes, however with EP7
> it went full on gorgonzola! With EP8, it is back to school, and a
> different set of animators (you can tell, the characters look
> "different". and it is corny.
> Still, a fairly fun series...

	What is this talk of cheese? Why the cheese? Where are the talk of 
Valkyrie?! Not cheese!

-- 
* "You don't even have self-esteem?!" * justin@briareos.demon.co.uk *
* "I gave that all away after         *                             *
*  becoming old!"                     *                             *
* - Kaho and Yuko, Densha Otoko       *  growing older, but not up  *

In article <g1n11j$67d$1$8300dec7@news.demon.co.uk>,
   Justin Palmer  wrote:
> Tsunami wrote:
> > While strolling carefully through the minefield that is Usenet, on
> > Wed, 28 May 2008 00:47:16 +0100, "arielmad" 
> > wrote:

> (snip)
> > 
> > Frontier was hinting at cheesiness in a few episodes, however with
> > EP7 it went full on gorgonzola! With EP8, it is back to school, and
> > a different set of animators (you can tell, the characters look
> > "different". and it is corny.
> > Still, a fairly fun series...

> 	What is this talk of cheese? Why the cheese? Where are the talk of 
> Valkyrie?! Not cheese!

"What -- not even Wensleydale, Gromit?"

-- 
John "Minmei" Ward : 
Web pages on my favourite TV animated (and other) shows
including Nadesico, Pokemon and WITCH:
www.john-ward.org.uk/personal/john/television/