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Animerica – Mamoru Oshii – Ghost on the Shell – Anime Ad Fun – Fan Art – February 1996

May 28, 2012 by Lance Heiskell Leave a Comment

Mamoru Oshii’s Ghost in the Shell is the cover for the February 1996 Animerica. Wonder how many people got into anime due to this movie. There are definitely gateway TV shows and movies that get people into the fandom.

Below the cover are three ads with horrible play-on-words with anime.
Suncoast: “Get Anime-ted!”
Manga Entertainment: “The Best Anime-tion!”
Pioneer: “JapanimACTION!”

Can’t really blame them since Animerica titles the GITS article as “Shell Shocked” in the contents.

Teasing US anime fans is all part of the AnimeExpress section. This month is teasing the movie “Sailor Moon Super S: The Nine Sailor Soldiers Unite! The Miracle of the Black Dream Hole” was released in Japan.

The AD Vision ads show me that there were some titles that were forgotten with time. I am familiar with Blue Seed and Gunsmith Cats, but this is the first time I’ve heard of Luna Varga.

Same goes with US Manga Corps VHS ad for Cybernetics Guardian.

Speaking of obscure anime titles, one of the masters of lost anime, Mike Toole, had his letter featured in this month’s Animessages. Mike asks “It makes me wonder, will there be an anime generation gap?”

Yes.

To wrap this month off, how about 3 pages of fan art – Christmas Holiday and Valentine’s Day themed!

Animerica-Anime-Magazine-Ghost-In-The-Shell-Cover-February-1996

Animerica-Contents-Mangazine-Anime-February-1996

Viz-Graphic-Novel-Ad-Battle-Angel-Alita-Four-Shojo-Stories

VIZ-Anime-Ogre-Slayer-Ranma-VHS

Sailor-Moon-Super-S-The-Move-News-1996-Animerica

Manga-Entertainment-Anime-VHS-1996

Luna-Varga-Gunsmith-Cats-Blue-Seed-ADV-AD-Vision-1996-Anime-Ads

JapanimAction-Pioneer-Tenchi-Muyo-Ryo-Ohki-VHS-Laserdisc-Anime-Ad

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Animerica-Valentines-Day-Holiday-Fan-Art-1996

Animerica-Anime-Fan-Art-February-1996

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Cybernetics-Guardian-US-Manga-Corps-VHS-Anime-1996

Anime-Suncoast-Ad-VHS-1996

Animerica-Animessage-Mike-Toole-Letter

Filed Under: 1995-1999, 1996, Animerica Tagged With: 1996, AD Vision, ADV, anime, Animerica, Blue Seed, Cybernetics Guardian, fan art, fanart, Ghost in the Shell, GITS, Gunsmith Cats, Luna Varga, Mamoru Oshii, Manga Entertainment, Mike Toole, Pioneer, Sailor Moon, Sailor Moon Super S, Suncoast, US Manga Corps

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A Few Tips Upon Reading

First off, find a secluded area and pour yourself a beverage of choice. You must cleanse the palate to take in the delicacies of the nostalgia I'm about to throw down.

Second, if it’s cold where you live, grab a blanket, maybe two. If at all possible, sit down while reading. I hate standing, never stood for it, never will.

Finally, see if you can find the encrypted message left in the third magazine post.

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