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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The cover is for Grey – VIZ home video releases are still the priority for covers. This issue is mainly about Sailor Moon – and lots of it. I scanned Part 2 of Sailor Moon Beyond since I scanned the first one. This one covers Sailor S. 5 pages of analysis. Wow. I miss...
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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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El Hazard is on the cover for July. El Hazard was introduced to me through AMVs. Still to this day, there is not a convention AMV contest that doesn’t have a scene of El Hazard. The primary scene is when Jinnai has the mic and talks directly to the camera screen – lots of...
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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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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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