This the second cover for Maison Ikkoku. Highlights: Check out this months “From the Editor” page. Patrick Macias makes an appearance in the Contributors section. My favorite part of this issue is the Anime Series Round Up. Goes over the differences from the Tenchi Muyo Series and OVA as well as the first full...
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The first of many Dragon Ball Z covers for Animerica. This one is “The World..From A to Z” DBZ scans I wanted to share: The first Dragonball Z broadcast ad. DBZ was first in syndication through Saban Network For Kids. Syndication in the 90′s as you see in the ad was as different times....
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I finally have all of Patlabor – the OVA’s, TV series and the three movies. This issue helps explain where to start and the differences over each. The Pioneer ad for the Tenchi Muyo TV series has Mihoshi and Kiyone as the focus of the ad. Curious that they didn’t go with Tenchi and...
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Armored Trooper Votoms is the cover, feature and VHS ad of record for this issue. I watched this series in 2001 via Netflix because it was one of the only full complete titles to rent on the service (Gundam Wing was second) I wanted to highlight Ani-Mayhem again by scanning an article introducing the...
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The second and certainly not the last cover for Sailor Moon. Lots of Sailor Moon in this issue but I mainly wanted to point out the Sailor Moon puns, gadget list and Japanese and English names for the Sailor Moon Special Attacks. I really cringe at 90′s marketing. Case in point: Suncoast Video. “Futons....
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Leiji Matsumoto time. Galaxy Express 999 is on the cover for the July issue. Had not idea that VIZ released this on VHS. I scanned this helpful Leijiuniverse chart to that connects Captain Harlock to everything. It reminds me of a NYC subway map. Pioneer’s first ad for the Tenchi Muyo In Love ad...
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Remember when Pioneer went all out with Armitage III? For Armitage III, they took a cue from Hollywood animated movies and cast some Hollywood talent. Kiefer Sutherland and Elizabeth Berkley played the leads. There is a 2 page interview with Kiefer Sutherland about his role, and his experience with ADR voice acting. If you...
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You still see TONS of Street Fighter cosplay at cons – it’s on the cover for this issue. The Animessages has some sad news for Sailor Moon. It’s reporting another season for syndication is in jeopardy. The article give the address of Bandai America to have fans do a letter writing campaign. That first...
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I love Maison Ikkoku. I read the manga first. My sister got a couple of manga volumes -the original flipped oversized version-and I read them. After that, I bought the rest of the series. After finishing the last volume, I admit that I had tears reading the last chapters. Since then, I’ve purchased the...
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In this issue, Please Save My Earth is on the cover. What really saved the Earth? Evangelion. Most people found out that ADV acquired Neon Genesis Evangelion while reading this issue. In the article it says that ADV put out a press announcement that states they want the US version to “look better” than...
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