WOW. This issue is packed.As of 2015, Cowboy Bebop is 17 years old.17. It's still the best series to get a person interested into anime.From the feature "I saw by chance one day a little bit of a TV program about bounty hunters in America, and came up with a plan for the show in about an hour." director Shinichiro Watanabe said in an … [Read more...]
Animerica – Patlabor – Sol Bianca – CPM US Manga Corps – December 1997
Patlabor wraps up 1997 for Animerica with the cover feature: "Anime Robots, Manga Heroes. Mecha in Manga"Highlights:Review of Neon Genesis Evangelion Volume 8 of 13. Yes 13 VHS volumes for the series. 2 episodes a tape. That's the way it was and you had to like it or else.CPM's US Manga Corps advertises another title that time has forgotten: Yotoden - Chronicle of … [Read more...]
Animerica – Darkstalkers Morrigan – Kazou Yamazaki – Haruka Takachiho – Noburo Ishigura Panel Interviews – October 1997
Darkstalkers cover featuring Morrigan must have sold more copies that the previous issues...This issue had some great coverage from Anime Expo. I scanned some "Virtual Panel" interviews and discussions.The interviews were of director Kazou Yamazaki (Maison Ikkoku, Urusei Yatsura) and creator of Dirty Pair and Crusher Joe, Haruka Takachiho.Next up was an great read. … [Read more...]
Animerica – Maison Ikkoku – Tenchi Muyo – Neon Genesis Evangelion – December 1996
This the second cover for Maison Ikkoku.Highlights:Check out this months "From the Editor" page. Patrick Macias makes an appearance in the Contributors section.My favorite part of this issue is the Anime Series Round Up. Goes over the differences from the Tenchi Muyo Series and OVA as well as the first full page of details about Neon Genesis Evangelion.The … [Read more...]
Animerica – Maison Ikkoku, Ghost In The Shell Theatrical, HyperDoll – April 1996
I love Maison Ikkoku. I read the manga first. My sister got a couple of manga volumes -the original flipped oversized version-and I read them. After that, I bought the rest of the series. After finishing the last volume, I admit that I had tears reading the last chapters.Since then, I've purchased the entire series on DVD box set when VIZ release the series several years … [Read more...]
