Sequential Tart: Article - AnimeFest 2004 (vol VII/iss 10/October 2004)

Sequential Tart: Article - AnimeFest 2004 (vol VII/iss 10/October 2004): "The premiere of an interesting mix of politically incorrect commercials, shows, and cartoons called 'Otaku Hell' took place Sunday night in Theater Room 1. The first 100 people to show up got little buttons with the Taco Bell icon and the words 'Otaku Hell' printed on them. Viewers got to see long previews for blaxploitation movies like Blacula and Dolemite, as well as a commercial for huge calculators from the 70s that could only do the basics and cost about $350 each! I saw a famous Japanese music video for a song called Yatta, which many anime fans are familiar with because of its visuals: imagine five men jumping around to happy music with nothing on but thongs shaped like leaves. It was like the Japanese YMCA, except the guys weren't all that good-looking in the near nude. Otaku Hell even presented a pre-WWII Disney cartoon with a Nazi Donald Duck. Yes, for real. The audience was rolling."

I think this was the 4th OtakuHELL we'd done at AnimeFEST. It was just the first year we'd been put in the big AV panel room.