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15 years ago
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http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/new.....ek-passes-away
...that's right my fellow otaku furs, the man who was responsible for helping bring anime closer to the mainstream and bringing alot of our beloved classics passed away this past weekend from a heart attack. He was only 58.
*sighs* As much as alot of people have their qualms about what he's done for dubbing and editing anime, one has to remember, compared to what we know now, back then, it was REALLY a problem where for most shows to do what they now, it would not EVEN be shown at all back in the 80's.
I'll always have my fond memories of becoming the way I am today thanks to his influence for the industry, from being a kid watching what's now known as anime like "Grim's Fairy Tales" on Nickelodeon, to catching "true" anime for the first time on Sci-Fi (not Sy Fy >_<; )to buying videos and renting them at Blockbuster and Hollywood, it's with his part for bringing them to the US that alot of us got our start.
...that's right my fellow otaku furs, the man who was responsible for helping bring anime closer to the mainstream and bringing alot of our beloved classics passed away this past weekend from a heart attack. He was only 58.
*sighs* As much as alot of people have their qualms about what he's done for dubbing and editing anime, one has to remember, compared to what we know now, back then, it was REALLY a problem where for most shows to do what they now, it would not EVEN be shown at all back in the 80's.
I'll always have my fond memories of becoming the way I am today thanks to his influence for the industry, from being a kid watching what's now known as anime like "Grim's Fairy Tales" on Nickelodeon, to catching "true" anime for the first time on Sci-Fi (not Sy Fy >_<; )to buying videos and renting them at Blockbuster and Hollywood, it's with his part for bringing them to the US that alot of us got our start.
Bleeding milk teddy bear XD