Two years in a row and the Christmas cover is Ranma 1/2. Animerica Giveaway! – win comics, videos, laserdiscs, and more! I want to win the lasers. To end out the year, let’s have one more SoftCel ad for Angel of Darkness. Nowadays, you rarely get to read the phrase “using their own nubile...
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Grave of the Fireflies is the cover image and featured article for this issue. CPM’s Anime 18 brings more Urotsukidoji – now III Return of the Overfiend. 4 VHS releases, 1 episode each for $29.98. The box set is $99.95. The first major video retail store ad goes to Palmer Video. I did some...
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I don’t remember Moldiver. Is it worth a watch? The award for “PLEASE! Don’t BUY Me!” goes to US Manga Corps’ Genocyber. WTF?!?! I like the retail ads in this issue. HAMS in Westfield, IN has a ad selling anime 20% off. That’s quite the statement given that most mail order and retailers back...
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Here’s a crutch you have to deal with if the Japanese licensor only provides very few promotional images/covers for the international release. This doesn’t happen as often now, but it still exists. Here’s what I’m getting at. Look at the cover and look at the back cover ad for the A-Ko Screensaver, the table...
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This issue is all about anime soundtracks – (not to mention having Akira on the cover to get additional sales.) For awhile, I was heavily into soundtracks – Hellsing TV and Noir were in CDs that were in my car constantly back then. Now, I fast-forward the opening and endings to get the show....
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Does double the Ranma 1/2 equal Ranma? I’m not too terribly good with math. Lots of repeat ads in this issue so few to discuss about. Speaking of Ranma 1/2, VIZ is now releasing the series in Subtitled format on VHS. Notice that the English Subtitled VHS has 3 episodes for 34.98 and the...
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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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Hot pants and Go-Go boots plaster this months issue of Animerica. I need to pick up Right Stuf’s reissue of Dirty Pair. The interview in the article is quite good. The ad? Well… By now, you’ve seen the pattern in early to mid 90′s VHS and Laserdisc anime ads – Too much description copy...
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Harem anime has arrived – a genre is born. Tenchi Muyo garners the cover for this month. I’m reading the interview with director Hiroki Hayashi and I found some information I never knew about the series: “No Need for Tenchi! is inspired by Gall Force and Bubblegum Crisis. We made up something that resembled...
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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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