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 more of these con reports with pics when they pop up in an issue - similar to … [Read more...] about Animerica – Samurai Anime – Japanimation – Project A-Kon – Armitage – September 1997
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Mixx Zine – First Issue Manga – Sailor Moon, Magic Knight Rayearth, Parasyte, Ice Blade
First Issue of Mixx Zine. Mixx Publications was the company that would later be known as Tokyopop. They even had a magazine named Tokyopop (which I have a few copies that I'll be scanning the covers and some ads from)In this first issue there were 4 manga titles: Sailor Moon, Magic Knight Rayearth, Parasyte and Iceblade.In Sailor Moon, the name for Usagi Tsukino was … [Read more...] about Mixx Zine – First Issue Manga – Sailor Moon, Magic Knight Rayearth, Parasyte, Ice Blade
Animerica – Sailor Moon – Anime Convention Season – Katsucon – Katsuhiro Otomo Steamboy – August 1997
Surprise! Another Sailor Moon cover. Anime winks creep me out. They look so odd.Highlights:Peacock King - Spirit Warrior - Still amazes me that there are commercial anime releases that I've never heard of.The focus of this issue is convention season.Anime Expo 1997 - July 4-6 1997 (3 days not 4) - 1,200 person-long reg line on Friday with a 3 hour wait - SEE … [Read more...] about Animerica – Sailor Moon – Anime Convention Season – Katsucon – Katsuhiro Otomo Steamboy – August 1997
Animerica – Sailor Moon Voice Actor Interview – List of First Anime Releases – July 1997
The cover is for Grey - VIZ home video releases are still the priority for covers.This issue is mainly about Sailor Moon - and lots of it. I scanned Part 2 of Sailor Moon Beyond since I scanned the first one. This one covers Sailor S. 5 pages of analysis. Wow. I miss articles like these.The next two pages I scanned are an interview with Terri Hawkes - the voice actor … [Read more...] about Animerica – Sailor Moon Voice Actor Interview – List of First Anime Releases – July 1997
Animerica – First Anime DVD Ad – Ghost in The Shell- ADV – June 1997
Animerica - Anime and Manga Monthly Volume 5, No. 6. Street Fighter II CoverHighlights:How about a copycat ad to start this issue? Who remembers Art of Fighting anime? The design and logo looks familiar to another anime about street fighters... I also think this US Manga Corp ad has the first Edited release marketed for kids. It's for Battle Arena Toshiden - "Edited … [Read more...] about Animerica – First Anime DVD Ad – Ghost in The Shell- ADV – June 1997
Animerica Magazine – First InuYasha Manga Appearance May 1997 – Vol 5 No 5 – Rumiko Takahashi Special Issue
First Appearance of InuYasha in this issue. It's the Rumiko Takahashi Special issue.Highlights:The first InuYasha ad is for the comic book version - 32 pages $2.95. Not the manga volume form yet. I love the call out in the ad: Viz '97 - We are what's next "Monsters, Martial Arts, Romance." Until now I never thought of explaining the show in so few words that really … [Read more...] about Animerica Magazine – First InuYasha Manga Appearance May 1997 – Vol 5 No 5 – Rumiko Takahashi Special Issue
Animerica April 1997 – Sailor Moon DIC VHS The Doom Tree Series Box Set – Cover Battle Arena Toshiden Volume 5 – Number 4
This month's issue's cover is a show that I've never heard of before: Battle Arena Toshiden. So for Animerica to game the system, they put a "Hey Sailor Moon News!" call out on the cover. Very clever, cause there's a lot of Sailor Moon in this issue.From this issue:DIC's first Sailor Moon VHS box set. "The Doom Tree Series" Take a look at the illustration - it looks … [Read more...] about Animerica April 1997 – Sailor Moon DIC VHS The Doom Tree Series Box Set – Cover Battle Arena Toshiden Volume 5 – Number 4
Animerica – Apollo Smile – Vision of Escaflowne – March 1997
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 was a pioneer. She branded herself as "Live-Action Anime Girl" If you remember the … [Read more...] about Animerica – Apollo Smile – Vision of Escaflowne – March 1997
