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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In This Issue of Animerica – ANIME! – what a shocker. Highlights: Part 2 of the “Summer of Anime” Project A-Kon 8 in Dallas, Texas is the featured con report. Highlights include a fire alarm clearing the convention – that never gets old. I like the one page of color photos. You’ll be seeing...
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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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Orge Slayer was on this cover this month. As this project goes on, there are so many titles that I didn’t know existed in the 90s. Now that I know that Gall Force was some of the same team behind Tenchi Muyo, I now have to find it and watch it. For Pioneer Ads...
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Here’s a crutch you have to deal with if the Japanese licensor only provides very few promotional images/covers for the international release. This doesn’t happen as often now, but it still exists. Here’s what I’m getting at. Look at the cover and look at the back cover ad for the A-Ko Screensaver, the table...
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This issue was light on ads to chat about. Wait till the next couple of issues. Lots talk about. Instead, there is a “Video Clips – Japan’s Top 10″ that shows “The bestselling animated videos, compile by Original Confidence Research Company” Here were the top selling titles in Japan as of 6/7/1993 Ah! My...
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