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 a side story to Bubblegum or Gall Force…”
“What I’d had in mind originally was more like a parody of Bubblegum Crisis and Gall Force. You know, characters going about their daily lives–eathing at the dinner table, taking baths–a side-story sort of thing.”
“I wanted to do a show where the characters themselves would be the core of the story. I wanted to do something that had never been seen before.”
In the “Anime News Dateline America” There is an article of upstart A.D. Vision, in their second year of business, about getting into the English dub business with their new show “Guy.”
From the article “Promising to go “Where no dub has gone before,” A.D. Vision says both dubbed Guys will be “digitally mastered in VHS hi-fi stereo,” and will feature voice actors with “major film credits” (although sever of them will be working under pseudonyms “given Guy‘s adult nature)”
On to the ads:
The arcetype of 80% of the genre for the past 40 years “Intense giant robot battle sequences and an exciting story with unexpected twists and a shocking conclusion” -Hades Project -Zeorymer from US Manga Corps.
A.D. Vision’s label “Pink Pineapple” debuts with an ad for Rei Rei – the ad is blatantly showcasing Tentacle Porn! What?!? These days you could never get away with an ad like this in magazines, let alone banner ads (outside of advertising on sankakucomplex.com)
I LOVE their warning because it’s more like a sales point than a warning.
“WARNING: Due to the explicit sequences of sex, violence and nudity, you must be over 18 to order this video”
Finally, take a look at retailers Anime Winx and Cybernet – both are offering Anime animation cels. The Cybernet number in the ad states “Call Anytime” in all caps.
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