The Anime Nostalgia Podcast - ep 144: The Fangirl Diaries with Author Erica Victoria Espejo

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Author Erica Victoria Espejo has not only been an anime fan since the 90s, she's been going to cons & writing about it for over 20 years! And now, she's written a book called The Fangirl Diaries: Finding Community in Anime Fandom of the 90s & 00s, chronicling early anime fandom and cosplay through her lived experience in it while growing up as a queer, femme Asian. Listen in as we discuss daring to share stories of cringey youth, the evolution of fandom, cosplay, and anime conventions, and what it was like to write a book about it all. 

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Relevant links:

• Buy Erica's book using my affiliate link at Bookshop.org, Amazon, or directly from the publisher!
• Check out Erica's website for over 20 years of her anime convention coverage!
• Follow Eri on Twitch to watch her "Fansview Friday" streams live, or follow her Youtube account to watch the VODs
• Follow Erica's cosplay-focused Instagram and Tiktok
• And of course, follow her on Bluesky for updates on her writing and reports!

Bonus: Erica in her custom Baka-Con t-shirt she mentions this episode:

My theme song music was done by Kerobit! You can find more about them on their website!

As always, feel free to leave me your thoughts on this episode or ideas for future episodes here—or email me directly at AnimeNostalgiaPodcast@gmail.com.

Thanks for listening!

The Anime Nostalgia Podcast - ep 75: Creative Conversations with DJ Kirkland

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Welcome to the first in a new ongoing series I’ll be doing from time to time here on The Anime Nostalgia Podcast called “Creative Conversations”! In these episodes, I’ll be talking to people in various creative fields making things today who were greatly inspired by anime & manga, and are using that inspiration today to make cool things! To kick off this series is DJ Kirkland: gamer, podcaster, and comic artist extraordinaire. Listen as DJ shares how he got into anime & manga, and how he’s now using those inspirations to make the kind of comics he would have loved to read growing up. Also in this episode: remembering Geocities, swooning over Haruka Tenoh, and advice for newer artists who also want to share their stories with the world.


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DJ’s older anime & manga recommendations:

• Sailor Moon (Stream the anime, buy the manga)
• Ranma 1/2 (Stream the anime, buy the manga)
• Magic User’s Club (Stream the anime)
• Samurai Troopers, aka Ronin Warriors (Stream the anime)
• His & Her Circumstances (Buy the anime)
• Yu Yu Hakusho (Stream the anime, buy the manga)
• Tenchi Muyo (Buy the original OVA collection)

Follow DJ & his work online!

• @OhHeyDJ on Twitter & on instagram
• Listen to DJ’s podcast, The Magical Boys
• Pre-order The Black Mage on Amazon, B&N, BAM!, or your local comic shop!

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As always, feel free to leave me your thoughts on this episode or ideas for future episodes here—or email me directly at AnimeNostalgiaPodcast@gmail.com.

Thanks for listening!

The Anime Nostalgia Podcast - Ep 57

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Before Social Media, before AOL Chatrooms, and even before Geocities Fansites, hundreds of anime fans socialized the old fashioned way: through snail mail! The hayday of anime penpalling is long forgotten, but my long-time friend Mayra is here to recollect how we first met over 20 years ago via penpalling & how it used to be a huge part of how we connected with fans. How’d it all happen? What kind of things did we talk about? Take a break from your Thanksgiving festivities and take a listen as we reminisce on this nearly forgotten pocket of fandom history!


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Bonus photos!
Just a few of the anime stampers I own that we talked about in this episode:

An actual Friendship book I still have from the late 90s! (Obviously, personal info has been blocked out.) Click here for more info on Friendship Books.

Support the work I do on this podcast by leaving me a tip on Ko-fi! Want to have your name read in the special thanks segment on the next episode? All you need to do is buy me 2 or more “coffees” on Ko-fi!

You might have noticed this episode had a sponsor as well! Check out Avane Shop for vintage toys, anime goods, games & collectibles! Support Shop Small this holiday season by buying from small businesses like them!

As always, feel free to leave me your thoughts on this episode or ideas for future episodes here—or email me directly at AnimeNostalgiaPodcast@gmail.com.

Thanks for listening!

ANNcast #300 Guest Spot!

Hey everyone! If this month’s short ReView ep wasn’t enough for ya, you can hear me on the new ep of ANNCast (ep 300! wow!) talking all about Rumiko Takahashi! It was a lot of fun, many thanks to Zac for having me!

The Anime Nostalgia Podcast - Ep 50

 

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It’s episode 50! And to celebrate, I’m finally tackling a MUCH requested topic--that’s right, it’s Dragon Ball! Join me & my buddy Mark from Tapes From The Crypt as we discuss the unique world Akira Toriyama created, from the classic to Super, how Dragon Ball’s release in North America was oddly similar to Sailor Moon’s, and how fan’s immense love of the series is still a force to be reckoned with.

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Relevant links:

• Buy Dragon Ball DVDs/BDs on Amazon & Rightstuf
• Buy the original Dragon Ball manga (also in ebook form!)
  
• More info on The Speedy Dub that Mark brought up, for those unfamiliar with it
• A record of just SOME of the edits made to Dragon Ball’s various TV airings & releases.
• More in depth look at various DBZ edits on DBZ Uncensored’s archive.
• Check out Kanzenshuu for TONS of info, translations & more Dragon Ball related stuff!
• Check out Mark’s website, Tapes From The Crypt!
• Follow Mark on Twitter!

As always, feel free to leave me your thoughts on this episode or ideas for future episodes here—or email me directly at AnimeNostalgiaPodcast@gmail.com.

Thanks for listening!