@gavv.bsky.social
Anime Hell host/producer. Vintage computer enthusiast. Anime fandom historian, and finder of lost media. Co-founder and former con chair of Anime Central. Intellivision/Atari fan.
I've uploaded an anime con panel from years past, this time featuring one @michaeltoole.bsky.social , 20 years ago at Anime Central 2005. his Dubs That Time Forgot panel. please enjoy @geraldawo.bsky.social @terebifunhouse.bsky.social @docsane.bsky.social youtu.be/MIcKvVlmOuA #otakuarchive
19.11.2025 01:21 β π 26 π 14 π¬ 2 π 0
Random ACen 2004 cosplay in the halls... Sailor Bubba and a Sailor Bubba cosplayer...(as well as a cosplay of 'SOAP!' ) @animecentral.bsky.social #otakuarchive @geraldawo.bsky.social @terebifunhouse.bsky.social
09.11.2025 03:06 β π 11 π 4 π¬ 1 π 0
I've uploaded a new anime convention video from years past, this time, the full masquerade from Anime Central 2004. youtu.be/Gfgy8huVESY @animecentral.bsky.social #acen MC'd by @isaacsher.bsky.social and Sage West, those days were sure something! more found at the IA: archive.org/details/otak...
05.11.2025 14:33 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Ive uploaded an earlier edition of my Iron Guest @animecentral.bsky.social event, this time from 2002,which featured the infamous Battle Marriage between Robert Dejesus and Ken Akamatsu. youtu.be/X1_gjtETAOo?.... #otakuarchive
01.11.2025 23:14 β π 3 π 2 π¬ 0 π 0
Another treat on this Halloween. I've uplaoded the 2nd of 2 concerts from The Pillows at ACen 2005, on Saturday May 14th, 2005. youtu.be/QHsD0-QkJLo #animecentral captured by the con's videography team. eventually my YT uploads will also get to the IA #otakuarchive collection @geraldawo.bsky.social
31.10.2025 14:17 β π 4 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0
digitized and posted home video footage of AnimeCon '91, youtu.be/QNckDibTnhE. Didnt film this,was circ'd among tape traders back in the 90s,so it's a couple generations down in quality.hall footage,guest autographs, game show, and a conversation with Fred Ladd. @geraldawo.bsky.social #otakuarchive
29.10.2025 14:10 β π 28 π 18 π¬ 0 π 0
another bit of anime con ephemera, I've just published to YT the video of the day 1 concert from The Pillows from ACen 2005, captured and put together by the ACen videography team. enjoy. #animecentral #acen #otakuarchive youtu.be/Z5qbgIrdyR4
26.10.2025 02:22 β π 12 π 5 π¬ 0 π 0
I've uploaded one of the events I produced for ACen from 2001-2005, Iron Guest. This from 2004 featuring a 4way battle between Robert Dejesus,the late Bruce Lewis, Azumanga Daioh chara designer Yasuhisa Kato,&challenger EK Weaver. @isaacsher.bsky.social as The Chairman youtu.be/dbDU0PXtmhI #Acen
24.10.2025 02:58 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 2 π 0
A quick video I posted from con's past, the video i produced for the Anime Central 2004 opening ceremonies. Done as a parody/homage to the OP to the anime series R.O.D. the TV (Read or Die), it featured several OG ACen staffers. youtu.be/STyv28gl6UA?...
24.10.2025 00:00 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0What time does midnight madness start?
13.10.2025 14:50 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0
I've uploaded a new anime convention videos, this time the Anime Expo 1992 costume contest. This version was a produced video by the con and aired on their in-room cctv channels where I recorded it. That was a very neat feature of the old Red Lion Inn.. #otakuarchive youtu.be/QRpKKPwjZ04?...
08.10.2025 00:33 β π 38 π 22 π¬ 1 π 1
Ive uploaded a new home video recording, this time of the anime expo 1993 costume contest.Also including a few minutes of us goofy fans waiting in line to get in. youtu.be/jeh9easasK0?.... Many of us 'usenet-famous' peeps meeting in many cases forthe first time.#otakuarchive @geraldawo.bsky.social
04.10.2025 23:05 β π 3 π 2 π¬ 0 π 0nope, absolutely would not be the same. I really did not like at the time the Cagliostro dub from Streamline, and without Robotech i would not have been in the fandom at all. After seeing his 'underground' Kiki dub and some of their later work at the time, I softened my opinions on the him/the works
02.10.2025 00:48 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0I wholeheartedly concur. I even have in print my shall we say, 'opinions' on his work tinged by youthful exuberance...But he was important and misunderstood, and was generally nice to interact with personally. he is definitely missed
02.10.2025 00:41 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0
I've uploaded a 'new' camcorder recording I made at the anime con Anime America 1993. This time it's from the Carl Macek / Streamline Pictures panel. please enjoy this look at the early days of anime cons/fandom. youtu.be/Xq_BsUAs97M @geraldawo.bsky.social #otakuarchive
02.10.2025 00:36 β π 37 π 23 π¬ 4 π 2Same!
30.09.2025 12:19 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Bob and I are both from Indiana so I'd known him a while.
1993 I'd gone to the 2 back to back cons (AnAm,AX) and my first time with a camcorder, hence why I have some other vids in YT. I really didn't know what I was doing e regards to it. Just wanted something I could remember it later by
I've digitized a home video i made and forgot about for 30 years,walkthrough of the start of Anime America 1993's dealers hall,including appearances by AnimEigo , cpm's john O'Donnell and Carl Macek among others. #otakuarchive @geraldawo.bsky.social @worldofcrap.bsky.social youtu.be/3X5Tq9Gnj9g
27.09.2025 04:48 β π 70 π 34 π¬ 1 π 1
Another cool video from the fine folks at Corn Pone Flicks...Matt Murray remains one of the most visionary film-crafters out there... youtu.be/rEuAxekPeuc?...
26.08.2025 22:00 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Ive uploaded a couple more old anime convention videos to YT. from AX1995 - The Game Show: created and hosted by myself. youtu.be/4m7zyVMksfs?... and from anime expo 93 US manga corps (cpm) industry panel youtu.be/Q_3qnI6BqWQ?... #OtakuArchive
14.08.2025 17:04 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
I've posted a couple more home videos from Anime Expo 1993. a few minutes of hallway footage leading into the opening of the dealer's room youtu.be/FA8HuL4wQfw, and the Pioneer LDC industry panel, their introduction into the american market. youtu.be/JDZPQmZhlZc #otakuarchive
14.08.2025 02:36 β π 3 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
I've uploaded another anime con history vid to my YT, this time the opening ceremonies of Anime Expo 1993. threw some barely touched up whisper subs. Filmed by someone who didn't know what he was doing (me), so be kind :) . youtu.be/M99oeW4tOuE #otakuarchive
11.08.2025 23:32 β π 10 π 5 π¬ 0 π 0
Does this violate some law of physics, like crossing the streams?
09.07.2025 01:03 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Yep. I'd like to also start to be able to put stuff up there myself. But I don't know the ins and outs of doing it 'correctly' :). Mind giving me a few pointers?
29.06.2025 01:55 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0
I've uploaded a piece of anime con ephemera here: youtu.be/8-fRFvpXUHM, the AnimEigo panel from Anime Expo '93. Full of awful vhs camcordering and sound issues from yours truly. thru a quick pass of whisper subs on it to make up for the non-mic audio being so low. #otakuarchive
28.06.2025 04:23 β π 44 π 20 π¬ 1 π 0
Random pic from Anime Expo '93, dueling camcorders with @docsane.bsky.social Neil Nadelman in the hallway waiting for the dealer hall to open..
22.06.2025 02:39 β π 5 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0It nuked the stream about 25 minutes from the end
03.06.2025 14:53 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Honestly just the screenshot of heino holding the obscenely large wine glass made me want to use some of it
03.06.2025 14:53 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Was just testing my setup. Show is going to be this Saturday
30.05.2025 00:46 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0
Anime Hell from ACen 2025 're-air' this Saturday night May 31st at 10pm ET (pre-show at 9pm ET) at twitch.tv/gavv/ be there and be the envy of all your friends!
28.05.2025 18:57 β π 1 π 1 π¬ 0 π 1
