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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First Appearance of InuYasha in this issue. It’s the Rumiko Takahashi Special issue. Highlights: The first InuYasha ad is for the comic book version – 32 pages $2.95. Not the manga volume form yet. I love the call out in the ad: Viz ’97 – We are what’s next “Monsters, Martial Arts, Romance.” Until...
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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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The Wings of Honneamise is the cover for May’s Animerica Magazine. My current memory of this movie was Bandai Visual’s temporary push into the North American market. I remember watching Cyber City Oedo 808 on a pay movie channel. I can’t remember if it was Starz or not. I just remember lots of cursing....
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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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In this issue, there’s an ad for Anime Expo 1993 at the Oakland Convention Center. For people who first went to AX in the 2000s like me, AX was not just in the LA area. My favorite location was when AX was held in Anaheim. Having the hotels connected to immense Anaheim convention center...
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