Young whipper-snappers don't know how good they've got it with dozens of manga titles available in their public and school libraries *shakes fist*. Back in my day we bought the original Japanese and a dictionary!!
Or struggled along with the American interpretations/remuddling of anime. *cough cough STAR BLAZERS cough cough cough ROBOTECH cough cough choke wheeze*
(I remember infuriating my mother because every summer afternoon at 2:30, I ran inside to watch the next installment of Star Blazers! She kept accusing me of getting caught up in a soap opera. :) )
I do feel quite ancient in anime fandom. There's one Utena forum I was frequenting for a while where I really was the oldest person there at one point, and I was a good 10 years older than the next in age order.
Re: Pirating
Or struggled along with the American interpretations/remuddling of anime. *cough cough STAR BLAZERS cough cough cough ROBOTECH cough cough choke wheeze*
(I remember infuriating my mother because every summer afternoon at 2:30, I ran inside to watch the next installment of Star Blazers! She kept accusing me of getting caught up in a soap opera. :) )
I do feel quite ancient in anime fandom. There's one Utena forum I was frequenting for a while where I really was the oldest person there at one point, and I was a good 10 years older than the next in age order.