Age of otaku


to megami@usagi.jrd.dec.com
from pauldoi@iastate.edu
subject Age of otaku
date Wed, 01 Nov 1995 08:45:38 CST
Hello all!
  In response to the current "how old is everyone" question: I am 30 and
became interested in anime about 2.5 years ago, but not enough to go
beyond the local rental store.  Then I saw a pre-release copy of
Animeigo's sub for OMG #1 at Duckon 3 in June 1994.  I haven't had a
spare dollar since, am second-in-command of the local anime club, and
my J-TV:US-TV ratio has gone to at least 6:1.

  Also, this recently appeared in my inbox:
  <BIG MUNCH>
>Michael Parker Smith
>
>KITTY GIRLS, by the way is a shojo manga I'm working on. For Girls
>Only!! 8 P
> And that means YOU!!!!!
  It certainly does NOT mean me!  On my last trip to Chicago's Yaohan 
(about 6 hr from here), I picked up a copy of AMS color manga #3, a
Japanese gun magazine (appropriately entitled "GUN"), and a copy of
Ribbon.  The lady at the counter bagged the whole works without comment,
but I did get some VERY strange looks from some of the other customers,
especially the college student behind me in line.  O.K., so I like
reading gun magazines and little girls manga; you have a problem with
that?

  Perhaps I need to get out more often...

Paul Doi
pauldoi@iastate.edu

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