Here is the second issue of Mixx Zine. The magazine and company which would turn into Tokyopop.I so love the 90's cover layout. The artist even gets two thirds of the credits page in the magazine. A little odd, but that's ok.Each of the 4 manga series in this magazine got an introduction page before going straight into the manga. I scanned the ones for Sailor Moon, … [Read more...] about Mixx Zine – Issue 1-2 – October 1997 – Sailor Moon & Magic Knight Rayearth Manga Magazine
Sailor Moon
Animerica – Samurai Anime – Japanimation – Project A-Kon – Armitage – September 1997
In This Issue of Animerica - ANIME! - what a shocker.Highlights:Part 2 of the "Summer of Anime" Project A-Kon 8 in Dallas, Texas is the featured con report. Highlights include a fire alarm clearing the convention - that never gets old. I like the one page of color photos. You'll be seeing more of these con reports with pics when they pop up in an issue - similar to … [Read more...] about Animerica – Samurai Anime – Japanimation – Project A-Kon – Armitage – September 1997
Mixx Zine – First Issue Manga – Sailor Moon, Magic Knight Rayearth, Parasyte, Ice Blade
First Issue of Mixx Zine. Mixx Publications was the company that would later be known as Tokyopop. They even had a magazine named Tokyopop (which I have a few copies that I'll be scanning the covers and some ads from)In this first issue there were 4 manga titles: Sailor Moon, Magic Knight Rayearth, Parasyte and Iceblade.In Sailor Moon, the name for Usagi Tsukino was … [Read more...] about Mixx Zine – First Issue Manga – Sailor Moon, Magic Knight Rayearth, Parasyte, Ice Blade
Animerica – Sailor Moon – Anime Convention Season – Katsucon – Katsuhiro Otomo Steamboy – August 1997
Surprise! Another Sailor Moon cover. Anime winks creep me out. They look so odd.Highlights:Peacock King - Spirit Warrior - Still amazes me that there are commercial anime releases that I've never heard of.The focus of this issue is convention season.Anime Expo 1997 - July 4-6 1997 (3 days not 4) - 1,200 person-long reg line on Friday with a 3 hour wait - SEE … [Read more...] about Animerica – Sailor Moon – Anime Convention Season – Katsucon – Katsuhiro Otomo Steamboy – August 1997
Animerica – Sailor Moon Voice Actor Interview – List of First Anime Releases – July 1997
The cover is for Grey - VIZ home video releases are still the priority for covers.This issue is mainly about Sailor Moon - and lots of it. I scanned Part 2 of Sailor Moon Beyond since I scanned the first one. This one covers Sailor S. 5 pages of analysis. Wow. I miss articles like these.The next two pages I scanned are an interview with Terri Hawkes - the voice actor … [Read more...] about Animerica – Sailor Moon Voice Actor Interview – List of First Anime Releases – July 1997
