I Don't Know How I Missed This For 26 Years...

[Jeanne Hedge]

Bob Schroeck wrote:

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Logan, remember I got into anime in the 90s, kinda sideways.

Wait, wait, time out. I haven't looked at the link, but bunny girls can mean only one thing....

YOU GUYS JUST NOW DISCOVERED THE DAICON VIDEOS?????

Those (there were 2 - Daicon III in '81 and Daicon IV in '83) were made by the guys who eventually went off and founded Gainax. There are copyright
problems (unauthorized use of the Playboy bunny costume and of ELO's music), so there may never be an official release (but it was released, in
Japan, in a limited amount, back in 1988). But then again, that's what everyone said about that rights-hell known as Kimagure Orange Road, and
look what AnimEigo finally got permission to release.... Here's a link to Gainax's Daicon
page (in Japanese) and a Daicon fan site, as provided on Wikipedia.

I first saw these at a con about 15 (or more) years ago, when they were played as filler entertainment for the masses while the cosplay judges were off making
their decisions. This must have been at the old Anime East in New Jersey (maybe the year the GitS movie had it's NAm premiere there?), or maybe Otakon in
Baltimore (before Otakon exploded), or possibly Katsucon or Nekocon down in Virginia.

Jeanne Hedge
www.jhedge.com

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