Wow, 岡田 斗司夫「okada toshio」the OTAKING & former President of 株式会社ガイナックス「kabushiki-gaisha gainakkusu」(GAINAX) discovering the old t-shirt for the "Lying King" that was put out by (I think) Kimono My House in Emeryville, California in the early 1990s:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HWZXPOBW1dg

My guess is: since #GAINAX partnered with #SPJA on #AnimeCon in 1991 & it went sideways resulting in GAINAX dropping out & AnimeCon changing their name to #AnimeExpo, Okada wasn't around to see this American #anime fandom then?