Monday, 14 February 2022
Post 134 Blog hiatus
Dear readers, apologies for the hiatus of more than 13 months...
This UK Manga and Anime Fandom Blog that is charting my time from the mid to late 80's to the early 90's when the few catered a whole bunch more. Thus a network of Pen-Pals, newsletters, fanzines, and Fan clubs, and magazines came into being.
If you life long enough sooner or later bad things happen! After I had begun to meet people face to face, who knew of Anime, and Manga Comic books, or were just being introduced to these mediums and how they differ from Western Animation and Comic books, I was diagnosed with Cancer of the tongue in May of 1990, having survived weeks Radiotherapy treatment to then have some of my tongue cut out, I threw myself into Promoting Anime and Manga, and Japanese culture, and putting like minded people in touch with each other, all from the ground up, would come a Fan Club and its Club-zine (Anime Kyo UK; AKN Anime Kyo News), all the while keeping my love of the hobby.
Leap forward to 2013 when I started this blog, and then the year 2020 where again I was Diagnosed with Cancer, this time of the Larynx, treatment was started in January of 2021 With Chemotherapy, and Radiotherapy combined (all within the Changed World of COVID19's Global pandemic), this did not shrink the Cancer enough when the Hospital next was able to look at the treatment's effect, and now it is inoperable!
I am taking a drug therapy every six weeks for as long as it can hold the Cancer at bay, but it is still terminal.
The Time I have left, has been pulled to publish and upload what I, and friends can archive in print, and online, as a record of those early days.
A BIG THANK YOU
I would like to THANK; Andrew Osmond, and Gemma Cox for their support in bringing to life the Record of the UK's very first Anime Convention that took place in Sheffield (Yorkshire, England) on March of 1991 “ANIME DAY”, a one day convention.
[see issue 206 of NEO Magazine (February\March 2021)]
I would like to THANK Martin Brown, for not only giving a home to my Anime on VHS tapes, but his labour and time in creating and maintaining a YouTube channel that is growing, and forever has my likeness from when I was in my early 20's promoting Anime in the UK.
[ Anime Nostalgia Archive UK ]
Now we approach March 2022, and once again there is a 30th. Anniversary of “ANIME DAY 2”, the UK's first weekend Anime Convention.
And let's see what the future brings....
That's devastaing, Carlo. I was there as well in those VHS and fanzine days. Can't really say any more.
ReplyDeletePhil Laskey
Thank you Philip, I hope that I can focus and keep doing things little by little.
DeleteThis post is my introduction to you and this blog and I'm already devastated. I'll definitely go through everything you've compiled here and share it with others. Instead of offering words of encouragement, which I believe you, as one of the world's greatest heroes, who has won against cancer once before know about much better than me, this is the best I can do. Keep fighting Mr. Bernhardi.
ReplyDeleteThank you for your kind words Ayaz. I hope that can enjoy the pages of photos, and the Blog, as well as the Youtube channel too https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCc7-jeo038NYEAXwP9gFGiQ/videos%2520%255D
DeletePlease spread the word about these 2 sites, as it keeps me going!
We'll find a way to keep this collected and expand on it, old mate.
ReplyDeleteWhat has been started cannot be stopped.
I think I need a LAN party, to distribute the photos of the paperwork I have! ;-) And then do more scanning or photos!
DeleteThank you for all you've done and you are doing to make the history of Japanese animation in UK known and disseminated. I enjoyed every post you wrote, really. I came here in the first place in order to understand more about the history of the Manga Video VHS label, since many VHS here in Italy where translated using the Uk editions, during the Nineties. Regards
ReplyDeleteAn anime fan from Italy
So nice to hear from an Anime fan from Italy, I did have 2 Pen-Pals from Italy back in the day, and even have a copy or two of Yamato magazine. As to the VHS Video label "Manga Video", I have a few years worth of paperwork from them, but their history starts later in the 90's than I have got to! it is all still on going.....
DeleteSorry for this late comment, but Google didn't notified me your answer! I've got quite a bit of nostalgia for the early Nineties because, here in Italy, we had the first newstand magazine dedicated to manga (Zero, by Granata Press) with three series translated from the VIZ edition, along with some articles and insights. Keep fighing, Carlo, looking forward to your new posts!
DeleteKeep fighting, Carlo. And your agony sounds far worse than mine....
ReplyDeleteThank you, trying to keep strong! And it is not a competition.
ReplyDeleteMy god, this is just awful news. I'm so sorry to read this. Thank you for all you've done to preserve and promote early anime culture in the UK, I've read and loved everything you've shared. I'll keep promoting and sharing everything I can about this era, to make sure it's never forgotten, and neither are you!
ReplyDeleteThank you so much for everything you've done and I hope your find peace and comfort.