RIP Tom Fanella, he passed away quite some time ago and I don't see many people talk about him despite being very important to many anime fans of the past

The visual definition of "Man of Culture" should be this man.

This man is unbelievably based

It's really amazing to see somebody that you would take a look at and assume he would never take an interest in anime but it turns out that not only has he heard about it but is literally an anime connoisseur. This man is based asf. Probably one of the first men of culture in the United States to. EDIT: I recently learned that he passed away back in 2007. RIP to this man and condolences to the family. 🙏🙏

@coyoteartist

Жыл бұрын

I remember him from when KTEH still played all this stuff. Miss those days. It was sad when he died.

I'm glad this man isn't lost media

@lightyagami3492

Жыл бұрын

Some of it is still lost sadly. Though I hope more is found in the future.

Man would've loved to have seen this on Sundays at the local PBS in my youth.

@Jalu3

3 жыл бұрын

Same

@randommoosebrains

2 жыл бұрын

Agreed

This is surreal to watch, but I love it. The only time I've seen anime on TV was a broadcast of Pop Team Epic on Adult Swim in 2018, and occasionally skimming over them on cartoon channels in the mid 2000s. Seeing Sakura Wars being broadcasted on a channel like PBS is beyond me and the last thing I'd imagine. Thank you for sharing this!

If you have any other KTEH pledge drives PLEASE post it. People have been asking about it like crazy & I'd love to do a video on it.

@OtakuD50

Жыл бұрын

Was planning on doing a thrift store run soon, so hopefully I can find a VCR that can read my tapes and play them at the right speed.

@kennylauderdale_en

Жыл бұрын

@@OtakuD50 the JVC decks are generally the best. If you can find one with a built in time base corrector that's what you should use.

@OtakuD50

Жыл бұрын

@@kennylauderdale_en It's no JVC with a built-in TBC, but the $10 Sanyo I found is at least more stable than the deck I've been using.

@user-pi3ck9hd2x

Жыл бұрын

@@OtakuD50 how's that going for you? did you manage to record it?

Man, it's like I'm a teenager watching at night again

I just realized this is basicly older versions of kickstarter pitch to get series localized

@linkskywalker5417

Жыл бұрын

Kickstarting localizations of anime the way the aptly named Kickstarter popularized since 1997.

@emmastarr5242

Жыл бұрын

Nope. Our local PBS, despite not being based and airing anime or anything, was always begging for money to keep running, despite not having to worry about expensive lisences.

The primordial weeb

Thank You Kenny

This is great! Never knew they broadcast Sakura Wars on PBS. I own this series on DVD.

Here because of Kenny Lauderdale. Cool stuff.

@lightyagami3492

Жыл бұрын

Same. Found this channel because of Kenny.

Franella was a gem

I love you, George Lucas (Edit: Rest in Peace, Tom Fanella)

@lemon.1036

3 жыл бұрын

But no Jar Jar Blinks in Sakura Taisen 0/10

Wow this man is my future

That is one old weeb. Is this the future of Kenny? Is this OUR future? To become old men of culture begging for money on Patreon?

@ninjabreadman8166

Жыл бұрын

This guy appeared via a clip on the Locating Lost Anime episode of Kenny's lol

@HalianTheProtogen

Жыл бұрын

He was the vice president in charge of broadcasting at this station.

@xHypnoHousex

8 ай бұрын

We can only wish we'll be as cool and influential as Tom Fanella

Holly Molly it's real.

Thanks kenny

International Channel was my jam. This channel seemed great!!!

This is the funniest thing I think I’ve ever seen

@CookieThug

Жыл бұрын

and possible the most beautiful thing as well

What is saddiest thing ? This dude died 3 years before first game in series was localised in USA (Sakura Wars 5 So Long My Love by NISA). I'm very curious how he would reacted about a release of this game. R.I.P.

Tom is the greatest of all time

So please, stop buying anime since its success makes it very hard to negotiate for broadcasting on PBS.

"Sekuruh"

@lightyagami3492

Жыл бұрын

This was back before people in the West knew how to pronounce Japanese names well 💀

@TheCoolerMoonJam

Жыл бұрын

That’s my new pronunciation of “Sakura”

Name one PBS station that airs anime.

Are these the ppl who aired Evangelion like early AF?

@lightyagami3492

Жыл бұрын

Yes they are.

Omg do you have any tapes of kteh with any episodes on it?

@OtakuD50

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah, I have episodes of Dirty Pair Flash, Bubblegum Crisis, Sakura Wars, Ruin Explorers, Serial Experiments Lain, Neon Genesis Evangelion, and All-Purpose Cultural Catgirl Nuku Nuku all from when they aired on KTEH.

@brocklegomaster

3 жыл бұрын

@@OtakuD50 Please upload them here or on archive.org!

@kennylauderdale_en

3 жыл бұрын

@@OtakuD50 can you upload the Lain bits like you did with this?

@OtakuD50

3 жыл бұрын

@@kennylauderdale_en Well it's not like it hurts to rewatch Lain, but I don't think there's anything as interesting as these donation segments attached to those episodes, so I would just be uploading poor-quality recordings of Lain.

@OtakuD50

3 жыл бұрын

Okay, so it turns out there actually is something. ^_^

OMG SAKURA TAISEN

gives me chills just seeing this why cant pbs affiliates be more like this these days its not called national educational television anymore there called the public broadcasting station for a reason this isn't the 1950s anymore pbs deserves more interesting content, especally with how shitty mainstream childrens stations like the hub/discovery family and noggin had become between 2002-2017 and stations like adult swim and spike tv being way too edgy to show anime without it being cringy we need a local station that airs both anime and old reruns of not just old sitcoms, cartoons like helluva boss and high guardian spice and game shows but also old pbs shows like bob ross and old episodes of nova and this old house, alongside e3, comic con and even midwest furfest coverage maybe even an npr station equivalent that airs eurodance and strictly rhythm style deep house in a similar fashion to the old energy 108 in my hometown kinda like radio eurodance classic humanity needs a station like that again that kind of station is the kind of station my dresired reality self watches all the time