So Yu Yu Hakusho makes it onto the cover and Hiei is on the cover rather than Yusuke. (this cover is for the ladies…) Highlights: Notice the prices for Tenchi Muyo Movie 2 – 4 types of releases – Sub VHS, Dub VHS, DVD and Lasedisc. That’s a whole lot of inventory and quantities...
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The Vision of Escaflowne is one of my top 5 favorite anime series. The focus of this month is the Apollo Smile 2 page interview by Carl Gustov Horn (currently Manga Editor at Dark Horse Comics). I remember her from the Sci-Fi channel Anime block and my sister talking about her from cons. She...
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This the second cover for Maison Ikkoku. Highlights: Check out this months “From the Editor” page. Patrick Macias makes an appearance in the Contributors section. My favorite part of this issue is the Anime Series Round Up. Goes over the differences from the Tenchi Muyo Series and OVA as well as the first full...
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I finally have all of Patlabor – the OVA’s, TV series and the three movies. This issue helps explain where to start and the differences over each. The Pioneer ad for the Tenchi Muyo TV series has Mihoshi and Kiyone as the focus of the ad. Curious that they didn’t go with Tenchi and...
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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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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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Happy New Year! It’s 1996 in anime history. Space Adventure Cobra is on the cover. I wonder how many people got influenced to check anime out through Matthew Sweet’s Girlfriend video featuring this series. There is a great interview of Buichi Terasawa and he proclaims his love of the movie Barbarella. The fun part...
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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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Harem anime has arrived – a genre is born. Tenchi Muyo garners the cover for this month. I’m reading the interview with director Hiroki Hayashi and I found some information I never knew about the series: “No Need for Tenchi! is inspired by Gall Force and Bubblegum Crisis. We made up something that resembled...
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In January 94, I was a freshman in college. That was the month Babylon 5 premiered on syndicated tv. I was more into sci-fi, alt-rock and Kevin Smith type indie movies at that time. Not yet into anime. In 1994 you will see a growing ramp up in anime – This is VIZ’s first...
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