My name is David Finley. I'm Almost 43, but I didn't even know of Lum's existence until my 40th birthday.
I got hooked on anime way back in 1963, when I saw the original Tetusa Atoma (Astroboy) on NBC. I also saw
Jungle Taiti,( Kimba) Speed Racer, and most of the others that ran off and on in the Us Tv market . But my
first real exposure to Raw, Uncut Japanese Anime was in 1992, when I bought a commercially available video of
"Project A-KO". This movie series really rekindled my interest in anime Big time... It was witty, clever,
funny, and completely uncut and uncensored!
Later on, I discovered another series, the absolutely charming Nuku-Nuku, in 1995. Time jump ahead to
Jan. 9th, 1996, my 40th birthday. It was about 6 in the evening, and i was wandering about the Midtown
Manhattan Video stores, looking for something to buy myself. I wasn't even looking for anime at the time.
Then, SHE caught my eye. I was in the COCONUTS video store, on 6th ave, and 51st street, when she changed
my life forever. Anyhow, I saw a videotape in the anime section with the weirdest, yet most seductive
young lady I had ever seen on the cover of any anime tape I had ever seen.
I don't know what it was about her that grabbed me first... The green hair... The horns... The Tiger stripes.
Anyhow, this tape literally screamed for me to take it home... so, I plunked down my $ 25, and took it home.
Thus , was my very first exposure to the UY universe, and to our beloved princess LUM. Two years later, and
after spending a small fortune, My Lum and UY shrine continues to grow and prosper...
I can safely say that UY has truly become an obsession with me. I never thought that ANYTHING could dethrone
Star Trek as My All time favorite movie and tv series. All it took was one look from a 17 year old green haired
alien Japanese Exchange Student alien to put Captians Kirk, Picard, Sisco, and Janeway forever a poor second in my
heart; The first and foremost in it having been Forever and Irrevocably replaced by our beloved princess Lum...
Now, some people may say I'm a hopeless, drooling Fan boy, Very much like somebody we all know and love in the
UY universe. If this be so, I couldn't be happier.... :P