Revolutionary 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...
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Holy 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...
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This 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...
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Not 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...
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When going over this issue, I think this August 1998 Animerica is the most formative issue to date. Here are the highlights. Why formative? While Neon Genesis Evangelion has been advertised some by ADV, all the ads promoted other titles as well. It was not until the last VHS volume 13 that Evangelion got...
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Part II of the Macross “Summer of Love” 15th Anniversary of the series airing in Japan. Go here to read Part I The second part deals with all the numerous CD soundtracks and the article “Evolution of the Valkyrie” – goes through all the different designs and models from Macross Plus, Macross 7 and...
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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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I never got into Dirty Pair so all the nostalgia and resurgence in this issue was lost to me. If you are into it, hope you enjoy the trip down memory lane. Highlights: Wow – forgot about the Anime sort-of-a-cel craze with these Ani-Magine Chroma Cels animation cels reproductions. You still see them from...
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Swords! Sorcery! SLAYERS! There is not enough fantasy anime in the market place. Seems like the best was from this era of the 90s. Slayers and Escaflowne. What happened? Highlights: Scanned some but not all of the fantasy anime featured article. Remember Big Eyes Small Mouth? First time in an ad – English Dub...
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This issue was all Dragon Ball Z. Featuring an Spotlight feature article on Akira Toriyama and an interview with FUNimation on the TV broadcast of Dragon Ball Z “How It Gets On TV”. I’ve posted the FUNimation article – covers production, digital painting, TV censorship and uncut DBZ on home video. Also: The first...
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