Anime Then and Now and Igo at school

[kikotei]

I remember during my time at high school when my boyfriend at the time got me interested in anime. At that time there were very few people interested in anime, and I grew up in a relatively conservative yuppy-ish sort of town. There was very little available in English and manga was down right impossible to get. The best I could get was a couple of page scans on the net. And my senior exit project on the effects and history of anime was something unheard of.

Now, I see kids at work coming in to read the graphic novels I pushed for. They find a quiet corner to sit and read. And my youngest brother who just started high school actually met a kid in his study hall who was playing go and was a fan of Hikaru no Go.

Such a change in those ten years after being forced to watch Demon City Shinjuku....

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[cassiopeia13.livejournal.com]

*laugh!* Tell me about it. In Highschool Gundam Wing was getting popular in Japan, and my 2 friends were reading fan fiction. I went to my first Con, DragonCOn and we were buying fansubs and thought they were the coolest thing since sliced bread! Now of course at the Cons I go "HA! Fansubs whatever" and pass them by knowing I can get them locally anytime I want ... so strange