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<blockquote data-quote="bloodtide" data-source="post: 8939309" data-attributes="member: 6684958">Back in the '80s our nearest store was &quot;Als&quot;.&nbsp; Als Feed Store, Gun Shop, Used Car, Beer Bait, BBQ, <a href="https://www.definitions.net/definition/Barber" target="_blank">Barber</a> Shop, <a href="https://www.definitions.net/definition/Tractor" target="_blank">Tractor</a> Parts, 8-Tracks, Trampolines, Tux Rental, Groceries, Video, Post Office, Taxidermy, Laundromat........Als was one of those places that was like, er, five car garages and sheds built near each other and connected by walkways(sort of).&nbsp; And the video store part, had lots of black plastic boxes with VCR tapes with white stickers where someone wrote &quot;The Star War&quot; or &quot;The Indy Jones&quot; or &quot;Ape Planet&quot; or &quot;The Alien Movie&quot;or something like that and you could rent them.&nbsp; Of course they were all bootleg copies of copies, not that anyone cared all that much in them days.Lord of the Rings/The Hobbit- So at summer camp in the early 80's we had movie nights at the pavilion. They only had like five movies: Bed knobs and Broomsticks, Pete's Dragon, The Wizard of Oz, The Cat from Outer Space.....and the cartoon The Hobbit.&nbsp; So, of course, they just showed them over and over and over again.&nbsp; Once I knew &quot;The Hobbit&quot; was a book, it was an easy find for ten cents at the flea market, and the LotR was soon to follow.Anime- RoboTech, Channel 67 showed RoboTech, the first time I saw anything &quot;close&quot; to anime.&nbsp; But transforming mecha check, and the &quot;cartoons made more for teens&quot; check.&nbsp; And right at the same time, was Voltron too.&nbsp; And if you count Ninja Turtles as anime too.Japanese Animation-&nbsp; Star Blazers.&nbsp; Channel 67 showed this one in the morning, so I watched it before school.&nbsp; Even as a kid, I sure noticed that this show had way different animation then other shows.&nbsp; Then it was not too much longer after that when I saw G-Force.&nbsp; On Channel 67 afternoons.Japanese Sci Fi- Ultraman(I have no idea what one) but again, Channel 67 played them.&nbsp; The show sure was unique.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="bloodtide, post: 8939309, member: 6684958"] Back in the '80s our nearest store was "Als". Als Feed Store, Gun Shop, Used Car, Beer Bait, BBQ, [URL='https://www.definitions.net/definition/Barber']Barber[/URL] Shop, [URL='https://www.definitions.net/definition/Tractor']Tractor[/URL] Parts, 8-Tracks, Trampolines, Tux Rental, Groceries, Video, Post Office, Taxidermy, Laundromat........ Als was one of those places that was like, er, five car garages and sheds built near each other and connected by walkways(sort of). And the video store part, had lots of black plastic boxes with VCR tapes with white stickers where someone wrote "The Star War" or "The Indy Jones" or "Ape Planet" or "The Alien Movie"or something like that and you could rent them. Of course they were all bootleg copies of copies, not that anyone cared all that much in them days. [B]Lord of the Rings/The Hobbit- [/B]So at summer camp in the early 80's we had movie nights at the pavilion. They only had like five movies: Bed knobs and Broomsticks, Pete's Dragon, The Wizard of Oz, The Cat from Outer Space.....and the cartoon The Hobbit. So, of course, they just showed them over and over and over again. Once I knew "The Hobbit" was a book, it was an easy find for ten cents at the flea market, and the LotR was soon to follow. [B]Anime- [/B]RoboTech, Channel 67 showed RoboTech, the first time I saw anything "close" to anime. But transforming mecha check, and the "cartoons made more for teens" check. And right at the same time, was Voltron too. And if you count Ninja Turtles as anime too. [B]Japanese Animation[/B]- Star Blazers. Channel 67 showed this one in the morning, so I watched it before school. Even as a kid, I sure noticed that this show had way different animation then other shows. Then it was not too much longer after that when I saw G-Force. On Channel 67 afternoons. [B]Japanese Sci Fi- [/B]Ultraman(I have no idea what one) but again, Channel 67 played them. The show sure was unique. [/QUOTE]

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