Aug 26, 2026 · 3 hr 12 min · 18 segments
On this exciting episode of your favorite anime podcast, the crew is joined by Ray from World of Anime as they discuss anime fandom from before the YouTube era. From conventions to content creation…
Um, [laughs] and then, and then came the anime club, and at the time, um, uh, it was run by a bunch of guys who kind of, like, came from very different backgrounds.
But one of them actually kinda hoped that it would be a vehicle for meeting chicks.
[laughs]
Um, and-
Yes, anime club's very famous for that.
Oh, yeah, yeah.
Yeah.
A- and at the time, like, uh, uh, at the time, the anime fan base was about 80% male, 20% female, and if you did find that 20% female, it was usually above the age of 40.
So, um, yeah, you, you wouldn't-
Hmm
... find, you rarely found a, uh, you rarely found a, a, a lady anime fan that was within your age range.
Yeah.
And I was just like-
like-[laughs]
I hope you guys are, I hope you guys have a very, a very healthy social life.
[laughs]
'Cause I, this...
You're gonna have, you're gonna be waiting for quite a while.
[laughs]
You're going to be trying to find chicks that would come to an anime club-
Hey, I, I did read some old-
...
in 1995
...
Usenet posts that were talking about how there was, like, an STD outbreak at A-Con in the '90s.
Um, [laughs] and then, and then came the anime club, and at the time, um, uh, it was run by a bunch of guys who kind of, like, came from very different backgrounds.
But one of them actually kinda hoped that it would be a vehicle for meeting chicks.
[laughs]
Um, and-
Yes, anime club's very famous for that.
Oh, yeah, yeah.
Yeah.
A- and at the time, like, uh, uh, at the time, the anime fan base was about 80% male, 20% female, and if you did find that 20% female, it was usually above the age of 40.
So, um, yeah, you, you wouldn't-
Hmm
... find, you rarely found a, uh, you rarely found a, a, a lady anime fan that was within your age range.
Yeah.
And I was just like-
like-[laughs]
I hope you guys are, I hope you guys have a very, a very healthy social life.
[laughs]
'Cause I, this...
You're gonna have, you're gonna be waiting for quite a while.
[laughs]
You're going to be trying to find chicks that would come to an anime club-
Hey, I, I did read some old-
...
in 1995
...
Usenet posts that were talking about how there was, like, an STD outbreak at A-Con in the '90s.
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