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...] about Animerica – Maison Ikkoku, Ghost In The Shell Theatrical, HyperDoll – April 1996
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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...] about Animerica -ADV Acquires Neon Genesis Evengelion, Guyver on VHS, March 19
Animerica – Space Adventure Cobra Volume 4, Issue 1 – January 1996
Happy New Year! It's 1996 in anime history. Space Adventure Cobra is on the cover. I wonder how many people got influenced to check anime out through Matthew Sweet's Girlfriend video featuring this series.There is a great interview of Buichi Terasawa and he proclaims his love of the movie Barbarella.The fun part of going through old Animerica's is finding anime shows … [Read more...] about Animerica – Space Adventure Cobra Volume 4, Issue 1 – January 1996
Animerica – Space Battleship Yamato / Star Blazers – August 1995
Lots of Space Battleship Yamato coverage in this issue. There is an article titled "The Star Blazers You Didn't See." Great article about broadcast edits. Plus, I never knew there was an OVA series Yamato 2520.Last issue, Planet Anime had the first ad to display an email address. This issue, Manga Video is the first ad to include a website. I love how they included the … [Read more...] about Animerica – Space Battleship Yamato / Star Blazers – August 1995
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...] about Animerica – El Hazard AMV – Ryo-Oh-Ki – 801 T.T.S. Airbats – July 1995
