Theme for the ads of issues 6? DIRTY! Tentacles! First Appearance Ad: Anime 18 Urotsukidoji – Legend of the Overfiend is the inside cover ad – Anime 18 was the adult hentai label for Central Park Media. Basically this is one of the shows that gave anime a bad reputation to those who are...
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Cover feature was Hayao Miyazaki. This is years before Princess Mononoke and Disney’s exclusive deal to bring all of Studio Ghibli to the states. Porco Rosso is referenced as The Crimson Pig. I still haven’t watch enough of Miyazaki’s films. Perhaps this project will get me to spend a couple of evenings of movie...
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Bit of an interesting choice of a swimsuit cover for Silent Mobius. The features covers Kia Asamiya manga work. This early in the release of Anime on VHS, the hurdle of explaining that anime is for adults not a cartoon for children, has just started. US Renditions ad for The Guyver and Super Dimensional...
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In this issue, there’s an ad for Anime Expo 1993 at the Oakland Convention Center. For people who first went to AX in the 2000s like me, AX was not just in the LA area. My favorite location was when AX was held in Anaheim. Having the hotels connected to immense Anaheim convention center...
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Surprise! How about some Rumiko Takahashi? I kid, I kid. If you’ve read Animerica long enough and you know that VIZ publishes all of the mangaka’s work, of course it would be in your best interest to showcase it. I would. Maison Ikkoku is my favorite – by far. Another trend you will see...
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4 months after the Number 0 premiere issue, Volume 1, Number 1 of Animerica was released. I really like how the first issue dropped you into anime fandom. If you were already familiar, there were in-depth interviews with creators and directors. If you were new, there was always paragraphs in each article which acted...
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Until a searched for it, I had no idea Animerica had an issue 0. I found this on eBay and immediately got fascinated and had to buy it. Best $14 spent. I have the Anime Expo beta issue of Newtype USA and the first Anime Invasion supplemental before it was Anime Insider. Animerica was...
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Today, I drove to 4 different Best Buy stores to take a look at the DVD/Blu-ray sections for work. I’ve done this for well going on 8 years. I’ve seen changes in the store but not like recent visits in the past 6 months. Best Buy used to be Music and DVD in the...
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