Twenty-five years of fandom feels like entirely too long. That’s more than half my life. Yet, a quarter century later, MAHQ hits an anniversary that few nerd-ass websites reach. Whether devoured by outside entities, collapsed from internal strife, or shuttered from external interest, it feels like there are few companies or sites that survive this long in our little corner of the internet. And the institutions that are still around rarely maintain their original relevance. Hell, how many anime companies from ten years ago are still around, much less 25 years? ADV is long dead. Bandai Entertainment exploded spectacularly, and […]
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