When mentioning a con, please include date/city; some of us ' in the sticks' like to simply dream about such things. ;->= By the way, at 48 I've always assumed I'm the elder member of this brou-ha-ha, and being in Nebraska, USA, makes me about as far, environmentally, as you can get from otaku-land. Actually, that's not fair. Lincoln has a strong, if small, fan base. It's just that most cons are FAR away. Like Lee, my interest in LOGH was sort of back door, as military history and sci-fi(sic) are two of my big interests, and I've always had a small anethema to Big Robots. >From what I've seen of anime', and I've come to enjoy everything from Maison Ikkoku to Sailor Moon to some near Hentai(have never actually seen the real stuff), it's as close as you get to what I've been looking for. Alas, have only seen about a season and a half. I hope somebody, ANYBODY, puts some more translated episodes out soon. The_Beast