AnimeYume’s 9-year anniversary (also, I’m off to Anime Expo)

June 30th, 2011, marks the 9-year anniversary of my domain name, AnimeYume.com, on which Mainichi Anime Yume is hosted. Each year it becomes more surprising than the last that I’ve been able to keep up a web site for so long…

It was nine years ago, on June 30th, 2002, during my sophomore year of high school, that I created my very first pages on the web and publicly unveiled AnimeYume, my old-school anime fan site. What started off as a simple fan site with mini-shrines for various older anime like Trigun, Tenchi Muyo!, and Cardcaptor Sakura, soon grew into a large archive which now features roughly fifty different anime sections and numerous other anime related pages. And of course, the blog extension here has been my main focus for about five of those nine years.

Even though the fan site portion of AnimeYume.com has been more or less left in “time-capsule” mode since I began working on the blog in 2006 (with only sporadic updates on the main site when I feel like it), it’s still available for those interested and I may decide to do more extensive work on it in the future. But for now, I want to keep building up Mainichi Anime Yume.

I don’t know how much longer my life’s circumstances will allow me to keep up a web site/blog. But I intend to enjoy it in full while I can. The web site and blog have been very important parts of my life these nine years – they’ve helped me learn so much about anime and my own fandom, allowed me to meet some of my best friends and other great people, as well as given me a way to express myself that I wouldn’t have otherwise. I may not have become the person I am today if it wasn’t for AnimeYume! ^_^ And AnimeYume wouldn’t be what it is without the support of all my visitors. So I want to thank you all for visiting and for any comments you have left on the blog. I appreciate your interest in my work more than I can express. Here’s to more great years of anime goodness~

And yes, as the post title says, I’ll be leaving for Anime Expo early tomorrow morning. I won’t have regular, if any, Internet access until Monday evening when I return, so I won’t be able to answer e-mail, go on Twitter, or moderate/reply to comments until then. My schedule for the convention is basically the same as what I posted two weeks ago with just a few tweaks. If any of you are going and are interested in meeting me, come to one of the blogger meetups =D And for the rest of you, I’ll be back next week~! Once again, whether you’re new to AnimeYume or have been a long-time visitor, thank you so much for making these nine years so fulfilling!