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
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
Animerica – Anime Fan Art – Neon Genesis Evangelion Review – Key The Metal Idol – February 1997
Key The Metal Idol - cover for February 1997Highlights for this issue:I have a copy of The Complete Anime Guide 1997 edition, listed in the Editor's page.Read the review of Neon Genesis Evangelion English dub VHS. I forget how old this series is -it has aged quite well.The quick piece about anime idol singer is a good read. I always liked Animerica's charts - … [Read more...] about Animerica – Anime Fan Art – Neon Genesis Evangelion Review – Key The Metal Idol – February 1997
