Rocket Bomber - article - 5by8 - general fandom - 5x8 #17: The ...

Lunacon, New York, March 1983: Michael Pinto, Brian Cirulnick, and Robert Fenelon set up a “Star Blazers Room,” kicking off an unbroken tradition of having anime viewing rooms at Lunacon that now dates back 24 years. ... Our fan boy (or girl) born in '65 would have seen Speed Racer at some point in their youth, been 12 or 13 years old when Battle of the Planets graced our TV sets, and at age 15 would have first started watching Star Blazers. Unlike the initial wave of ...