Soylent Green is made from old people.

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April 15, 2013

Found at Brookshires Supermarket while visiting my parents this weekend. Who knew you could make skillet gravy from the renderings of the elderly?
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Mixx Zine 6 – Harlem Beat – Sailor Moon 3D Video Game Ad

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April 9, 2013

MixxZine-Issue-6Nothing too spectacular in this issue of Mixx Zine. Seriously. Still dude bros editing a magazine with b-boy lingo -pure ’90s color and layout and style.

Highlights:

  • New series Harlem Beat.
  • Way too many colors and !Exclamation! !Points! on the Mixx Page. Everything has to be branded Mixx.
  • 3D Adventures of Sailor Moon has a better ad than the previous issue. Better layout but I doubt that “A” rating. I saw this game being played via JustinTV.
  • 2 RPG video game ads: Quest 64 (what an original bland name) and The Granstream Saga.

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Tuna, Bird, Moth and Butthole. The Flavors Cats Crave.

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April 5, 2013

hello-kitty-jelly-bellySometimes you have to scratch your head on why some licensing deals are made.  Hello Kitty Jelly Belly. Those would be the flavors I would have the beans taste like.

Revolutionary Girl Utena – Animerica Magazine December 1998

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April 4, 2013

Revolutionary-Girl-UtenaRevolutionary Girl Utena – Similar to Sailor Moon features, I decided to scan this first in-depth feature from this issue. It’s very informative. My favorite part of Utena is the beginning sword fight song and the stairs. Lots of stairs.  Best watching experience for Utena to me is still the metaphor-laden movie.

Here are some more highlights from this issue:

I scanned the Editor page because it highlighted talented people who worked on this magazine.

Fun with Porken Beans is all about Sailor Moon. I wonder how many lewd entries they received.

The Bandai AnimeVillage.com ad wins the award for “Most Font Colors”

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Sailor Moon SuperS Sailor Stars – Animerica November 1998 – Escaflowne

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March 31, 2013

Sailor-Moon-Sailor-Stars-19Holy crap do I have a lot to cover in this issue of Animerica. Part 3 of “Beyond Sailor Moon” covers Sailor Moon SuperS and and Sailor Stars. I’ve noticed from Google Analytics that more people check out the magazines with Sailor Moon. I scanned this feature since it covers a lot of all things Sailor Moon.

Highlights:

  • Anime Shopping Guide from 1998. Two pages of where you could buy Anime in North America.
  • Here is a list of all the Anime and Manga companies in 1998. First mention of Media Blasters is from this list. I like that the phone number is given – I wonder how many calls they got just to talk about anime.
  • “State of the Art” – feature new publications Chibi Pop Manga and manga making in-roads into the US market.
  • Ad for Revolutionary Girl Utena – next month’s issue is a feature and cover for this series.
  • Ad and Review for Vision of Escaflowne – One of my top 5 favorite shows.
  • The award for the worst ad goes to UrbanVison.
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Godzilla cares. Yes. Even for you.

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March 30, 2013

Keep it on the up and up. Alright?
Will you do that for me?

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I don’t think this statement is true.

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March 19, 2013

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Animerica October 1998 – Mobile Suit Gundam 20th Anniversary

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March 19, 2013

Mobile_Suit_Gundam_AnimericaThis month’s cover feature is the 20th Anniversary of Mobile Suit Gundam. In 1998, Gundam finally gets released in the US by Bandai Entertainment via Anime-Village.com Tons of ads in this issue, some great some really, really bad. Let’s enjoy this time machine, shall we?

Highlights:

  • I included the Editor page because I think you get a lot of perspective from reading them.
  • This month’s Anime Focus section had a new voice actor interview – Tiffany Grant. If you’ve watched anime for years, you already know about her talent. It’s fun to read this interview from 1998 – just went anime is beginning to ramp up in fandom.
  • Next is cheesy headline time from ADV “This is the anime your mother warned you about” OHHHHhhh!!!! Ruin Explorers 2 is so controversial!
  • I love that VIZ markets their Ranma 1/2 Movie 2 – Nihao My Concubine as “DVD Special Edition”
  • VIZ ad for its PULP graphic novels. PULP is another VIZ publication for manga.
  • Time has forgotten Hurricane Polymar
  • What? A reluctant hero has to defend his homeland? How original! The Heroic Legend of Arslan from CPM Read Full Post »

The word ‘fuck’ is the dull knife in a multi-tool…

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March 5, 2013

…but it’s still the most useful implement of emphasis.america-fuck-yeah-frank-cho

I’m there for ya buddy.

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March 3, 2013

kitten_godzilla_hugLet there be no indignity.

Get a pencil and write all that has been weighing on your mind–all that crap that keeps you from where you want to be onto a piece of paper. Fold that paper in half, then fold again, and again and again until the creases make it impossible to fold.  Take another piece of paper and write how you want to feel and what you want to accomplish.

Now place the the two pieces of paper together. It might seem a bit cathartic, but this helps me. Puts things into perspective. All your problems physically look smaller than what you want to accomplish. That, and you got all the thoughts rumbling in your head onto physical paper.

Take action. Either unfold the paper and work on those items bugging you or work from the other paper and do things. Your choice. At least you are making headway.

Animerica – Kiki’s Delivery Service September 1998

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Animerica-kiki-delivery-serNot a whole lot of commentary from this issue. There was a cover feature article on Kiki’s Delivery Service and the works of Hayao Miyazaki. I scanned the editor page for a piece on Akira Kurosawa, who passed away that year in 1998. Now, on to the ads:

Highlights:

  • Take a minute to read the review of the last two episodes of the Neon Genesis Evangelion series.
  • The award for most exclamation points! goes to Ani-Magine Anime Chroma Cels ad. Hype! Sells!
  • The ad for Bandai’s Anime-Village.com really does represent what online sites looked like in 1998. I am getting nostalgic for my Netscape Communicator browser.
  • Ad for Eagle Wing Press – Yuko Moriyama as Madoka.
  • I never got interested in Ping Pong Club mainly because the covers were so over the top. This might be the first prominent retailer call-out for Hastings. I used to work at a Hastings in college from 96-97.
  • Rhino Records released “The Best of Anime” album with 16 anime songs – don’t know if they were the English or Japanese opening songs.
  • Futureshock on this ADV ad for Legend of Crystania – All 6 of the retailers tagged on this ad would be merged or shuttered and converted to FYE stores 10 years from this issue. Read Full Post »

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds – Push The Sky Away

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February 25, 2013

Guitar loops and groove lounge aesthetics. Really liking the new Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds album.  ‘Push The Sky Away’ has smooth motivational message hook. “You’ve gotta just keep on pushing. Keep on pushing. Push the sky away.”

 

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