So much mecha in one magazine! The History of Mecha Anime Part 1 is the highlight. I bought the majority of Gasaraki at Movie Trading Company as used singles. I might have bought one new. It was a confusion show at times. Not one I'd rewatch. The mecha was cool - the Votoms guy Ryosuke Takahashi worked on it. I should have read this spotlight article, lots of nuance gets … [Read more...]
Rurouni Kenshin History – Mitsuhisa Ishikawa Production I.G. Interview – Animercia September 2000
This month's highlight are a few articles on Nobuhiro Watsuki's Rurouni Kenshin. The first goes over the OVA series released as Samurai X: Trust and Betrayal in the US. I haven't watch this series, but I have seen well over 10 anime music videos encapsulating the drama at various anime conventions. Samurai emo. The second article goes over the historical context. Rurouni … [Read more...]
Vision of Escaflowne – Outlaw Star – Scott McNeil – Animerica August 2000
Vision of Escaflowne is the main feature for this issue. The writer of this feature, Egan Loo, is the Senior Editor at Anime News Network. Escaflowne was first box set I purchased as an anime collector rather than casual viewer. The set was released on my birthday in 2002. The set came in two boxes, one for the 8 disc DVD and one that contained the Black Guymelef … [Read more...]
Anime on TV in 2000 Animerica July 2000
2000 was a great year for Anime on TV. Once something gets huge, there are always copycats. Transformers begat Go-bots and Pokemon begat Monster Rancher. Highlights below include Monster Rancher feature, 2000 was becoming great year for anime on tv, Interview with White Radish Productions, review of Volume 1 DVD of Gundam Wing and voice actor interview of Veronica Taylor … [Read more...]
Rurouni Kenshin and Samurai X – Kimagure Orange Road – Animerica June 2000
The cover may look Slayers but this issue is all Rurouni Kenshin, Kimagure Orange Road and Mobile Suit Gundam Wing with feature for Slayers Try. I did not know that Rurouni Kenshin and Samuai X released around the same time. I never got into that series. FINALLY a decent ad from Pioneer. Big image, unique logo placement and that's it. Well done. Anime … [Read more...]
