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  • Anime in the USA: Tapes from the Underground (2006)
  • Video | 6 min | Documentary, Short
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Anime in the USA: Tapes from the Underground (2006)
Video | 6 min | Documentary, Short
Anime's popularity in the US had its birth through the efforts of early fans who copied and traded often-untranslated anime tapes obtained off-air from UHF stations or by trading with Japanese science fiction fans. ANIME in the USA: Tapes ...See moreAnime's popularity in the US had its birth through the efforts of early fans who copied and traded often-untranslated anime tapes obtained off-air from UHF stations or by trading with Japanese science fiction fans. ANIME in the USA: Tapes from the Underground traces the history of tape trading and fan-subbing, from the early videocassette days up to peer-to-peer trading of the present. Features interviews with such anime experts as Jerry Beck, Fred Patten, Isaac Lew, and fan-subber Tofusensei. Written by Dan Persons See less
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Dan Persons
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Dan Persons
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Dan Persons
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Dan Persons
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Mar 24, 2006 (United States)

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