Swords! Sorcery!SLAYERS!There is not enough fantasy anime in the market place. Seems like the best was from this era of the 90s. Slayers and Escaflowne. What happened?Highlights:Scanned some but not all of the fantasy anime featured article. Remember Big Eyes Small Mouth? First time in an ad - English Dub and English Sub VHS are THE SAME PRICE! … [Read more...]
Animerica – InuYasha – Goldenboy – Magic Knight Rayearth – January 1997
For the first issue of 1997, Magic Knight Rayearth is the cover.Highlights:First retail callout in an ad for Best Buy. First mention of MIXX Zine debuting in coming months - Tokyopop is coming. First appearance of Sailor Moon manga in the US. First appearance of InuYasha - Rumiko Takahashi's brand new manga. First mention of this new DVD technology. When will it … [Read more...]
Animerica -ADV Acquires Neon Genesis Evengelion, Guyver on VHS, March 19
In this issue, Please Save My Earth is on the cover.What really saved the Earth? Evangelion.Most people found out that ADV acquired Neon Genesis Evangelion while reading this issue. In the article it says that ADV put out a press announcement that states they want the US version to "look better" than the version in Japan (same bravado in every decade.) Then you read in … [Read more...]
Animerica – El Hazard AMV – Ryo-Oh-Ki – 801 T.T.S. Airbats – July 1995
El Hazard is on the cover for July.El Hazard was introduced to me through AMVs. Still to this day, there is not a convention Anime Music Video contest that doesn't have a scene of El Hazard. The primary scene is when Jinnai has the mic and talks directly to the camera screen - lots of editors use that scene. The two best in my opinion are the AMV "This Video Goes to Eleven" … [Read more...]
