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alt.fan.sailor-moon

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Name: alt.fan.sailor-moon
Date(s): July 25, 1995-
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Fandom: Sailor Moon
URL: Usenet Archive
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alt.fan.sailor-moon was a Sailor Moon newsgroup. It was founded by Ken Arromdee in 1995.

List members created OtakuWars! in 1997, which were archived extensively on other pages. They may be compared to Forever Knight Wars, but rather than forming teams, participants generally fight for one character each. The roleplay group Mad Otaku Scientist Cabal also formed on AFSM, as did the shared universe Neo Future Sailor Cabinet. The newsgroup had an affiliated IRC channel, #AFSM.

Pins

Back in May '97, Rick Sammartino, a long time AFSM poster, proposed the creation of a lapel pin to demonstrate membership in the Alt.Fan.Sailor-Moon newsgroup. After much discussion, Rick solicited pin designs and held a contest with the newsgroup posters to pick the most popular one. The pin illustrated, designed by Steve Allen Richards, was declared the overwhelming favorite. Rick handled every detail which included submitting the design for manufacture, covering the up-front cost and distribution of the pins after they came in. There were a total of 200 pins in all. The pin markers in the list above indicate pin ownership for these particular posters.

Phoenix Anime

  • Luna Pin

    Luna Pin

  • Arty Pin

    Arty Pin

AFSM Party

An annual gathering of newsgroup members (AFSM Party) happened at Project A-kon. A similar event was held at Anime North.

Reports by John "Phoenix" Brown:

Reports by Alex Taylor:

Gallery

  • Anakin holding her fanart at the alt.fan.sailor-moon party (A-Kon, 1999).

    Anakin holding her fanart at the alt.fan.sailor-moon party (A-Kon, 1999).

  • AFSM members in the dealer's room waiting line (A-Kon, 1999).

    AFSM members in the dealer's room waiting line (A-Kon, 1999).

  • Left to right, Rusty-chan, Sailor Terra, and Scortia-chan in the A-Kon Dealer's Room (A-Kon, 2000).

    Left to right, Rusty-chan, Sailor Terra, and Scortia-chan in the A-Kon Dealer's Room (A-Kon, 2000).

  • Otaku Wars members carrying their banner. "Left to right from the flag-bearer is Harold (standing), Korb, Frank, Chris (sitting on the floor), Miles in blue, and Starla in white" (A-Kon, 2000).

    Otaku Wars members carrying their banner. "Left to right from the flag-bearer is Harold (standing), Korb, Frank, Chris (sitting on the floor), Miles in blue, and Starla in white" (A-Kon, 2000).

  • A cake designed and brought by Zoe-chan featuring the AFSM Luna design (A-Kon, 2000).

    A cake designed and brought by Zoe-chan featuring the AFSM Luna design (A-Kon, 2000).

  • "Holding the camcorder is Starla currently stationed in Iceland. On the right in pink is Kionon, rabid fellow Chibiusa fan (known as Sailor Terra on afs-m). In the center is the AMAZING RANDO from Iowa cosplaying as Haruka from Sailor Moon. He also cosplayed as Helios in Saturday's cosplay contest" (A-Kon, 2001).

    "Holding the camcorder is Starla currently stationed in Iceland. On the right in pink is Kionon, rabid fellow Chibiusa fan (known as Sailor Terra on afs-m). In the center is the AMAZING RANDO from Iowa cosplaying as Haruka from Sailor Moon. He also cosplayed as Helios in Saturday's cosplay contest" (A-Kon, 2001).

  • Attendees sign up for karaoke (A-Kon, 2001).

    Attendees sign up for karaoke (A-Kon, 2001).

  • AFSM party cake (AN, 2001).

    AFSM party cake (AN, 2001).

  • Jayme, Lauren, JG (far side), Phoenix, Harold, E-chan (near side), and Ten-chan (not visible) eating dinner the day before the con (A-Kon, 2003).

    Jayme, Lauren, JG (far side), Phoenix, Harold, E-chan (near side), and Ten-chan (not visible) eating dinner the day before the con (A-Kon, 2003).

  • 5th Annual A.F.S-M Party cake designed by Scortia (A-Kon, 2003).

    5th Annual A.F.S-M Party cake designed by Scortia (A-Kon, 2003).

  • "Above, left to right , we have SM Lucky, Tessa (Inu Yasha), Shelley (Pudding from Tokyo Mew Mew), Gret aka Scortia in the blue hair, Red (with the red hair) and Ricky sitting on the arm of the couch. Below, next to the couch, sitting on the floor is I-kun (black shirt), Ten-chan (cat ears) and Lauren (peace sign)" (A-Kon, 2003).

    "Above, left to right , we have SM Lucky, Tessa (Inu Yasha), Shelley (Pudding from Tokyo Mew Mew), Gret aka Scortia in the blue hair, Red (with the red hair) and Ricky sitting on the arm of the couch. Below, next to the couch, sitting on the floor is I-kun (black shirt), Ten-chan (cat ears) and Lauren (peace sign)" (A-Kon, 2003).

  • Gret's cosplay contest skit group posing for a photo (A-Kon, 2003).

    Gret's cosplay contest skit group posing for a photo (A-Kon, 2003).

After AFSM Died Down

Reminiscing:

Links

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