It's that creepy eye! - I haven't seen any of Giant Robo, but I do remember the Giant Robo box set Media Blasters released years ago with the plastic eye ball which held the DVDs.Every two months in 1994, US Manga Corps released a crap ton of A-KO. 5 VHS releases.When manga was released in the 90s, it was comic book form first - manga volume later - flipped. The … [Read more...] about Animerica – Giant Robo – Project A-KO – Bubblegum Crisis Pillows – March 1994
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Animerica – Ah My Goddess – Japanimation vs Anime VHS – Pioneer Laserdisc – February 1994
"Keiichi!" "Belldandy!""Keiichi!" "Belldandy!"This is what I remember of "Ah! My Goddess" from watching the series around '96 when my sister was my roommate my last year in college. Hastings had an anime section call "Anime" not the Blockbuster "Japanimation" monicker.I have the OVA series that Animeigo re-release several years ago - I need to watch it again. … [Read more...] about Animerica – Ah My Goddess – Japanimation vs Anime VHS – Pioneer Laserdisc – February 1994
Animerica – Battle Angel – Japanimation – A. D. Vision – Mail Order – October 1993
I love a good pun title and "Have Gunnm, Will Travel" caught my attention to read. The half-page article was written by Matt Greenfield of the scrappy new company based in Houston, TX called A.D. Vision. I liked the article. It was a quick 'inside baseball' type of retelling how they put the Battle Angel OVA release together.Speaking of A.D. Vision - Their ad for "GUY" a … [Read more...] about Animerica – Battle Angel – Japanimation – A. D. Vision – Mail Order – October 1993
Animerica – Hayao Miyazaki Cover Feature – Viz Video – Battle Angel OVA – July 1993
Cover feature was Hayao Miyazaki. This is years before Princess Mononoke and Disney's exclusive deal to bring all of Studio Ghibli to the states. Porco Rosso is referenced as The Crimson Pig. I still haven't watch enough of Miyazaki's films. Perhaps this project will get me to spend a couple of evenings of movie watching to catch up.An article "Back to Viz-ness With New … [Read more...] about Animerica – Hayao Miyazaki Cover Feature – Viz Video – Battle Angel OVA – July 1993
Animerica – Mobile Suit Gundam 0083 Stardust Memory – March 1993
4 months after the Number 0 premiere issue, Volume 1, Number 1 of Animerica was released. Mobile Suit Gundam 0083 Stardust Memory is the cover. I really like how the first issue dropped you into anime fandom. If you were already familiar, there were in-depth interviews with creators and directors. If you were new, there was always paragraphs in each article which acted like a … [Read more...] about Animerica – Mobile Suit Gundam 0083 Stardust Memory – March 1993
