So I've been going down a rabbit hole lately and I wanted to share it here because this
community gets it.
Started rewatching
Dragon Ball Z last week - not the Funimation version, the
Seed of Might remaster. If you haven't seen
SoM yet, I don't know what you're waiting for. The color correction alone is worth it. This is what
DBZ was supposed to look like.
Got me thinking about the old
fansub era. Back when the only way to watch
Naruto or
FMA was through a fansub group posting to IRC. No streaming. No
official release. Just dedicated fans doing the work because nobody else was going to do it.
Team Four Star basically built their entire career on that same spirit - taking something they loved and creating something new with it.
TFS proved that fan creativity wasn't just a phase.
Speaking of which, if you want to support the official release side of things, there are ways to do that now that didn't exist back then. But let's be honest - the
fansubs built the audience that made those official releases possible in the first place.
Also rewatched some
Fullmetal Alchemist this week.
Brotherhood holds up insanely well. And I finally got around to
Bubblegum Crisis which had been on my list forever - the 80s aesthetic is incredible.
Don't even get me started on
Gundam Wing. That show deserves its own thread.
Anyway - glad
AnimeHistory exists. This is the kind of place the internet used to have more of.
Rebuke the Future.