Dave Merrill

Dave Merrill joined organized anime fandom in 1984. He was a founding member of the C/FO Atlanta club, edited the anime fanzines Oxygen Destroyer and Celluloid Diversions, started the anime fandom history blog Let's Anime, and was a member and OE of Animanga APA. He was a founding director of the Anime Weekend Atlanta convention and is the creator of the Anime Hell event at this and other anime conventions. 
Dave is still active in anime fandom, running several anime-themed blogs, as well as a a blog detailing the history of the Atlanta Fantasy Fair. He also takes part in various podcasts about anime and anime fandom and attends conventions as a GOH.
 
==Notable Fanac==
=== Fan Clubs ===
*C/FO Atlanta Fan Club - founding member (1986)
*C/FO National - secretary (1986)
*Anime Hasshin - charter member (1987)
*Anime-X - co-founder (with Lloyd Carter) (1990)
=== Conventions ===
*Anime Weekend Atlanta - founding director (1995)
*Anime Hell convention event (1996-ongoing)
*Anime Central - GOH (2002)
*SugoiCon - GOH (2003, 2004)
*Ohayocon - GOH (2006)
*Animé Los Angeles - GOH (2012)
*AnimeNEXT - GOH (2018)
*Anime North - GOH (2022)
=== Meta ===
* Cosmo DNA - contributing writer
* Let's Anime - anime fandom history blog
=== Other ===
* Corn Pone Flicks - co-founder and member - a dan parody dubbing collective which later became an independent filmaking group. Projects include "Bad American Dubbing", a series of MSTings of dubbed Japanese cartoons and live-action films and various spoofs of established media.
* "Anime Match Game at Anime Weekend Atlanta 2012, Part 1", "Anime Match Game at Anime Weekend Atlanta 2012, Part 2" Greggo's Game Shows (Oct 5, 2012)
==Awards==
==Interviews==
* Otaku Unite - interviewee - feature-length documentary on the history of Japanese animation fandom in the United States (2004)
* "Listener Feedback with Dave Merrill, Fandom Hero" - Anime World Order episode 33 (Sep 7, 2006)
* "Merrill-Go-Round" by Zac Bertschy - ANNCast (May 2, 2014)
* "Saturday Anime Series: Galaxy Express 999 with Dave Merrill" - Anime Nostalgia Podcast episode 39 (May 22, 2016)
* "Life in Anime Hell" by Zack Kotzer, NOWToronto (May 25, 2017)
* "Albator Hell" - Zannen, Canada episode 33 (?? 2017)
* "Zannensittie Street Kids: Believe in Santa" - Zannen, Canada episode 40 (Dec 13, 2017)
* "Spotlight #5: Days of Fandom Part with Dave Merrill" - Blade Licking Thieves (Feb 16, 2018)
* "The Goldorak Show" - Zannen, Canada episode 33 (Dec 7, 2018)
* "The World of Future Boy Conan with Dave Merrill" (archive) - Anime Nostalgia Podcast episode 105, (2021)
* "Star Blazers: Space Battleship Yamoto 2199" - Otaku no Radio episode 56 (May 13, 2021)
==Reviews and Recommendations==
==Archives/Zines/Collections/Communities==
===Blogs===
*Let's Anime
*Anime Hell
*Anime Hell
*terebi funhouse: Drunken Catspaw Project 
===Zines===
====As Editor====
*Oxygen Destroyer
*Animanga APA
*Celluloid Diversions
*Star Dipwads Special Moose (as part of Corn Pone Flicks)
====As Contributor====
*Cosmo DNA
*The Rose
*Nova
*Animazine - Issue 2 - fanart (1989)
*Blue Harvest - Issue 17 - article "Clone Wars: The Japanese Connection" (1999)
*Anime Jump - columnist (2000-?)
== External Links ==
* AnimeCons.Com - guest biography
* "Kool Kat of the Week: Jason Merrill Talks Japan Retro at Anime Weekend Atlanta – Jazz, Swing-Dancing, Tuxedos, Burlesque, Giant Rubber Monsters and Much More" by Anya99, Atlanta Retro (Sep 29, 2011)
==References==
Category:Fanwriters
Category:Zine Editors
Category:Fanartists
Category:Fan Club Organizers
Category:Convention Organizers