Class Of '85

In
September I presented this piece at Anime Weekend Atlanta. Thirty years back
(!!), I was part of Atlanta’s local anime club,
making library meeting rooms a welcoming place for anime fans. I was a
teenager at the time; no, I’m not THAT old.



Thirty years ago Japanese anime
fandom in the United
States
was a liminal beast, in transition from a centralized fan club model to a
loosely