For First Time Visitors

Notes by Peter

Welcome to the Seishun Shitemasu Productions official website, now updated and transformed into a cool blog as well. We hope you like the new site which we've managed to put together for you

Our first two productions, done at the start of the 1990s...

What is Seishun Shitemasu Productions? We're a group (they'd say "circle" in Japanese) of fan-dubbers who edit anime together and make new productions that are hopefully entertaining. The name comes from the opening credits of Kimagure Orange Road (an 80s anime series about a family living in Japan that secretly has esper powers), and it literally means "living the springtime of my life." Since those wacky bygone days when we spent our late teens/early twenties hovering over Radio Shack microphones (which we promptly returned when the production was done, thanks to Radio Shack's unlimited return policy) were truly the springtime of our lives, the name was a good one.

Robotech III and Anime Bites were two of our best creations

As you can read on the Seishun Shitemasu Influences page, Seishun Shitemasu came about in imitation of the works of Pinesalad Productions, the groundbreaking Los Angeles fan-dubbing group that made a strong impression on us when we encountered Pam Buck at the San Diego Comicon one fateful July in 1987. It was an impressionable time for us, and Pam made quite a mark on us that can be seen in all of our productions if you know where to look. (Hint: the phone-ringing "do-do-do-do-do" song is a big one.)

Sometimes we decided to turn off the Quality Control and do "Good Enough" productions

Like any organization, we went through our various phases. There was the "Peter phase" when I was the leader of the group. Then I went to Japan to live, returning home every year to attend anime conventions (it's a pretty good life I lead, I confess), and Josh accepted the mantle of leadership, making many interesting productions that combine his wit and intelligence. After years of rest, while we waited for technology to evolve to the point where our visions could be realized (yet another attempt by me to George Lucasify our group), or perhaps because we got lives in the meantime, we're finally ready to start making new productions. What will the future hold for Seishun Shitemasu?