re: #342 Dr Lizardo

Heh. I wonder if the otaku will like it.

I count myself among the first gen of US anime fandom; my childhood heroes wasn’t just Steve Austin; Derek Wildstar, Speed Racer, Kimba, UltraMan, and of course, Godzilla, Rodan, and Ghidorah were all represented. I was watching “Star Blazers” etc., since I was probably five years old, at least.

The second gen comes with “Akira”, but it wasn’t until the third gen, stuff like “InuYasha” “Dragonball Z” “Sailor Moon” and “Pokemon” that anime and other aspects of Japanese pop culture suddenly went mainstream in the US. Hell, even in the Czech city of Brno there’s an anime store, so now it’s gone worldwide.

I was a Macross fan in the first wave. Haven’t paid much attention to it since. Except for the Hellsing OVA, which really fucking rocked.

Although I did find a place to watch quite a number of anime series and OVAs recently.