re: #209 Dr Lizardo

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.

I got into anime in the 90s, back when the joke still was “Crack is cheaper.” It was that transition period, when series were beginning to actually show up with subtitles as an option on DVDs and mangas were making that slow transition from comic store novelties to acceptable bookstore fare. People just now getting into anime don’t realize how hard it used to be to get into a new series that was anything less than six months old.