Mac Star Digest readers, are there anime fans among you? Anime (sometimes referred to as “japanimation”) is a hot topic on the Internet! Some sites and places on the Net are devoted to general anime fandom. Others are more specialized in one or two favorite topics. From the classic nostalgia of Speed Racer and Macross (mecha-anime)... to the more modern incarnations of anime and manga, the online world is teeming with fans devoted to this genre! 

Below is a good sample of resources where you’ll find anime and manga resources on the Net. We think it’s a good start to those who are just beginning to delve into anime/manga fandom in cyberspace. For serious anime fans, we humbly refer you to the list called the “rec.arts.anime ANIME RESOURCES LIST.” This is an excellent FAQ from the rec.arts.anime newsgroup heirarchy. As with many other Usenet FAQs, it can be obtained from the Usenet FAQ Archive at ftp://rtfm.mit.edu:/pub/usenet

USENET NEWSGROUPS

alt.binaries.pictures.anime
alt.binaries.pictures.erotica.anime
alt.fan.bgcrisis
alt.manga
alt.tv.robotech
nctu.club.anime
rec.arts.anime
rec.arts.anime.info
rec.arts.anime.marketplace
rec.arts.anime.stories
rec.arts.manga
rec.games.mecha
ucd.org.anime-club
uiuc.org.anime

ANIME FTP SITES

Anonymous FTP Site Name    Contents • Directory
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atbmac1.larc.nasa.gov      Images, Scripts • pub/anime
azathoth.sura.net          FanFiction • pub/anime/original
bongo.cc.utexas.edu        Scripts, Images • anime
brownvm.brown.edu          Miyazaki Scripts • listserv.1ac
busop.cit.wayne.edu        Images • pub/anime
f.ms.uky.edu               Images • incoming/Pictures
ftp.ics.uci.edu            Scripts • pub/anime
ftp.sunet.se               Images • pub/pictures/anime-manga
ftp.tcp.com                Much stuff • pub/anime
ftp.white.toronto.edu      Scripts, Manga, Images • pub/anime
gateway.control.com        Images • pub/graphics/anime
mageus.stanford.edu        Images, Scripts • Anime
piggy.ucsb.edu             Much stuff • /pub/anime
plains.nodak.edu           FanFic, Images • pub/anime
rahul.net                  Images, Anims • pub/harlock
remus.rutgers.edu          Lyrics, Synopses • pub/anime
romulus.rutgers.edu        Mirror of remus.rutgers.edu
spies.wiretap.com          Guides • Library/Media/Anime
toklab.ics.osaka-u.ac.jp   Bitmaps • /bitmaps/local/anime
venice.tcp.com

           Much stuff • anime-manga
wpi.wpi.edu                FanFic,Images • anime
wuarchive.wustl.edu        Images • graphics/

(Edited from list by Matt Pyson pyson@access.netaxs.com)

MUCKs, MUDs, and MOOs

Before entering the world of MUDs, it is highly suggested that you obtain the MUD/MUCK documents via FTP from either piggy.ucsb.edu or glia.biostr.washington.edu. They have two documents called mudenc.txt and mudref.txt. Those files tell you a little on how to get around on a MUCK and how to MUCK. Note that there are possibly more Anime-inspired MUDs/MUCKs on the Internet. The few listed below are just a representative sample. 

•  AnimeMUSH: An alternative Anime MUD. Telnet to dhp.com 6260 and  connect guest guest. Administered by Dee_Ehll (jpd5248@jackson.freenet.org)

•  Ranma Muck: An anime related muck concentrating on the world of Rumiko Takahashi's Ranma 1/2 series. Telnet to Ranmamuck.dhp.com port 1212 and  connect guest guest. Administered by <>

•  ROBOTECH Muck: The theme is Robotech, and the focus is on roleplaying the lives of the humans aboard the SDF-1. Although combat is _not_ the primary  objective, it will in some form be available, but the focus is mostly on roleplay. Telnet to marvin.df.lth.se 2142 (ip:130.235.88.94  2142). Administered by tommy@df.lth.se

(Excerpted and edited from the rec.arts.anime ANIME RESOURCES LIST by Steve Pearl)

WORLD WIDE WEB PAGES

Creative Anime Page
http://iczer1.usacomputers.net/hfilliez/creative.html 

Manga Entertainment, Inc. Home Page
http://www.polygram.com/manga

Anime-Manga Resource List
http://csclub.uwaterloo.ca/u/mlvanbie/anime-list

Anime Resources and Info Web Page
http://www.best.com/~gaxiola/Anime/

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Contributing researchers: 

Roger Ogawa   rogero007@aol.com
Drew Haines   hainousd@netcom.com
Marton Carungay   martonc@aol.com