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Animerica April 1997 – Sailor Moon DIC VHS The Doom Tree Series Box Set – Cover Battle Arena Toshiden Volume 5 – Number 4

September 23, 2012 by Lance Heiskell Leave a Comment

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 – Macross Plus, CPM Comics – Robotech : Macross The Perfect Collection January 1995

April 15, 2012 by Lance Heiskell Leave a Comment

Happy New Year! 1995! So long 1994!Macross Plus is on the cover and the previous Macross II is no longer in story canon.Two different things for Animerica in this issue - new paper stock -matte paper (non-gloss) and lots more ads. This project now looks like it will run longer than I anticipated with the growing number of ads. I'm not complaining, this means more ads to … [Read more...] about Animerica – Macross Plus, CPM Comics – Robotech : Macross The Perfect Collection January 1995

Animerica – Project A-Ko – Planet Anime – Mail Order – September 1994

March 27, 2012 by Lance Heiskell Leave a Comment

Here's a crutch you have to deal with if the Japanese licensor only provides very few promotional images/covers for the international release. This doesn't happen as often now, but it still exists.Here's what I'm getting at. Look at the cover and look at the back cover ad for the A-Ko Screensaver, the table of contents image and the first page of the cover story feature. … [Read more...] about Animerica – Project A-Ko – Planet Anime – Mail Order – September 1994

Animerica – Giant Robo – Project A-KO – Bubblegum Crisis Pillows – March 1994

March 14, 2012 by Lance Heiskell Leave a Comment

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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Practice Makes Awesome

A Few Tips Upon Reading

First off, find a secluded area and pour yourself a beverage of choice. You must cleanse the palate to take in the delicacies of the nostalgia I'm about to throw down.

Second, if it’s cold where you live, grab a blanket, maybe two. If at all possible, sit down while reading. I hate standing, never stood for it, never will.

Finally, see if you can find the encrypted message left in the third magazine post.

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