Howdy, friends. It's been awhile, hasn't it?
I haven't posted anything to this blog in ages due to an assortment of life things, but I still see y'all actively like and reblog posts, which I think is really cool and I appreciate you.
But that isn't really the point of this post. I would like to take the time to honor astroboy-online forum moderator AprilSeven, who passed away recently on November 6, 2020, after a long battle with cancer.
She was very sweet and encouraging to everyone, a fantastic artist, as well as being pretty much the original Cobalt fan, having watched the 1960s series back when it aired in the US. She was deeply invested in finally getting ahold of the episodes that had never been dubbed in the west.
After fighting expenses and region locks, she was able to acquire those episodes and shared them on a small server, one where I and a few other fans interested in Cobalt or the 60s series in general were invited. At the time, I couldn't download the episodes due to technical difficulties, so I screenshotted the hell out of them to remember them by, as many episodes would only be up temporarily since the server could only hold so many at a time.
It's thanks to her that I was able to finally experience these undubbed episodes for the first time, and it’s the source for at least 98% of the repository of ridiculous screenshots that allowed me to start this blog in the first place. While I managed to find another source for the episodes several years later, we still wouldn't be here without her generosity.
I don't know when I will come back to this blog, but I figured I would at least give a final shoutout to the person who allowed me to be here in the first place.
Thank you, AprilSeven. You were always so kind, generous and supportive, and I'll never forget you.
If you knew her and would like to share your condolences with the other members of AB-O, a thread has been posted here.
