In this June 1998 issue of Animerica is THE BEST Superdimensional Fortress Macross article EVER. This issue has so much from the first appearance of ADV’s modern logo, Sailor Moon RPG, Apollo Smile comic book ad, and remember Chromo-Cel? Read on. The article covers the 15th anniversary of the first broadcast of Macross. Fast...
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First Pretty Soldier Sailor Moon cover for Animerica. This is my favorite issue so far because of the 1985-1995 Anime: Then and Now article and the Animessages with messages written by each of the US anime releasing companies. I normally don’t scan articles, but these two had so much perspective. I really urge you...
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3×3 Eyes is on the cover this month. What to talk about in this issue? Maison Ikkoku manga chapter was good. One of the first manga series I purchase all the volumes. The Suncoast “Action Packed Anime” ad is the quintessential mid 90′s ad design scheme. Full page starburst with lots of primary colors....
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Ears to another good issue of Animerica. Record of Lodoss War is on the cover. In this issue, CPM’s US Manga Corp is taking Manga’s subtitle premium pricing model and use it on Tokyo Babylon. English Subtitled VHS $29.95, English Dub $19.95. English dubs are expensive to produce so I keep wondering what was...
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I am all for a new series of Patlabor. Today’s animation tech and the mecha design would be awesome. It still amazes me how much text copy goes into a US Manga Corps ad. Detonator Orgun takes it to new heights. My favorite ad is AnimEigo’s ad for the Bubblegum Crisis – The Screen...
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It’s that creepy eye! – I haven’t seen any of Giant Robo, but I do remember the Giant Robo box set Media Blasters released years ago with the plastic eye ball which held the DVDs. Every two months in 1994, US Manga Corps released a crap ton of A-KO. 5 VHS releases. When manga...
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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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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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