Impressive second issue for Animag. I bought a bunch of back issues from Lone Star Comics through their site – I am discovering these issues for the first time and it’s fun. The second issue features more full color glossy pages. The front and back covers are actually gatefolds with two fold out posters...
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Ears to another good issue of Animerica. Record of Lodoss War is on the cover. In this issue, CPM’s US Manga Corp is taking Manga’s subtitle premium pricing model and use it on Tokyo Babylon. English Subtitled VHS $29.95, English Dub $19.95. English dubs are expensive to produce so I keep wondering what was...
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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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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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Surprise! How about some Rumiko Takahashi? I kid, I kid. If you’ve read Animerica long enough and you know that VIZ publishes all of the mangaka’s work, of course it would be in your best interest to showcase it. I would. Maison Ikkoku is my favorite – by far. Another trend you will see...
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4 months after the Number 0 premiere issue, Volume 1, Number 1 of Animerica was released. I really like how the first issue dropped you into anime fandom. If you were already familiar, there were in-depth interviews with creators and directors. If you were new, there was always paragraphs in each article which acted...
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Until a searched for it, I had no idea Animerica had an issue 0. I found this on eBay and immediately got fascinated and had to buy it. Best $14 spent. I have the Anime Expo beta issue of Newtype USA and the first Anime Invasion supplemental before it was Anime Insider. Animerica was...
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