/jp/ - Otaku Culture

>>15649929
I can't talk for the USA, but here at Uruguay back in the day we have to record from the TV to give it or sell it to other fans, this created a community of links with real people, for example some body would know of this guy who knows about this girl that have this show called Hokuto no Ken and this other fag would have this new show Sailor Moon, X fag would sell/change his VHS video if someone had a good show, it felt like some sort of Illuminati club.
This shit kept going until right around the 2000 when cable was more common, thanks to that and stuff like Locomotion and Toonami in Cartoon Network it helped to growth the fandom toward chinese cartoons, now days fans bitch about quality in animation and all that stuff but back in the day you where just thankful to watch whatever anime it was, not matter if was shit or aimed towards kid, you where happy because OMG CHINESE CARTOONS.

A couple days ago there was a thread at /a/ about the old fandom which made me fucking nostalgic, enjoy:
https://boards.fireden.net/a/last/50/144889761/

Anyone else nostalgic for 90s / early 2000s Japan?

I wasn't even a part of it, or even following anything Japanese at the time, but for some reason it's nostalgic to me.

>>14464573
>and finding that it's a far cry form what you imagine it to be.
Generally I agree, but I am still not so sure.
Hell, the 80's were not perfect either in any way.
Every decade has its own problems. And without a doubt today a lot of things improved aswell.

I'd say it depends on the person and what everyone holds dear and values the most.
Personally I wouldn't want to have lived my prime in the early 70s for example.

Not to forget, the good things you only really start to appreciate once they are gone.