re: #198 Targetpractice

Comes with the growth in availability. 20 years ago, getting an anime meant waiting months or even years for an American company to license the series for release in the US, hire staff to handle the translation and voice work, and then get it on shelves.

Very true; that whole process is much faster now.

I’ve been into anime since the mid-1970s; early exposure to “Star Blazers” (“Space Battleship Yamato”) and “Speed Racer” warped my impressionable mind.

That, and kaiju films.