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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Animerica – Anime and Manga Monthly Volume 5, No. 6. Street Fighter II Cover Highlights: How about a copycat ad to start this issue? Who remembers Art of Fighting anime? The design and logo looks familiar to another anime about street fighters… I also think this US Manga Corp ad has the first Edited...
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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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Astro Boy is this month’s cover and the feature is about Osamu Tezuka. Once you open the magazine you are given a face full of an ad for La Blue Girl. I LOVE Anime 18′s warnings on the covers for their hentai “WARNING! ABSOLUTELY NOT FOR CHILDREN” Gee, you would think the ‘uncensored’ bar...
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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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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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