2000 was a great year for Anime on TV.Once something gets huge, there are always copycats. Transformers begat Go-bots and Pokemon begat Monster Rancher.Highlights below include Monster Rancher feature, 2000 was becoming great year for anime on tv, Interview with White Radish Productions, review of Volume 1 DVD of Gundam Wing and voice actor interview of Veronica Taylor … [Read more...] about Anime on TV in 2000 Animerica July 2000
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Rurouni Kenshin and Samurai X – Kimagure Orange Road – Animerica June 2000
The cover may look Slayers but this issue is all Rurouni Kenshin, Kimagure Orange Road and Mobile Suit Gundam Wing with feature for Slayers Try. I did not know that Rurouni Kenshin and Samuai X released around the same time. I never got into that series.FINALLY a decent ad from Pioneer. Big image, unique logo placement and that's it. Well done.Anime … [Read more...] about Rurouni Kenshin and Samurai X – Kimagure Orange Road – Animerica June 2000
Tenchi Muyo! From OVA to Movies to Universe and Manga – Animerica August 1999
Harem Scare'm it's Techi Muyo Time!Ahh...Tenchi Muyo. The godfather of harem anime. To me it seems like the best era for harem titles started with Tenchi Muyo and ended with Love Hina. Then it all turned into extreme boob fanservice at the expense of the story.Anyway...I scanned the feature story about all things Tenchi Muyo - from the OVA, TV series, manga and … [Read more...] about Tenchi Muyo! From OVA to Movies to Universe and Manga – Animerica August 1999
Animerica April 1999 Full of Lum and Urusei Yatsura
Back in 1998-99 these Animerica issues had lots of promotion for Video Girl Ai. I eventually got this series in 2009 in a Right Stuff sale for cheap and have yet to watch it. But that's not really the focus of this issue for me. It's the Urusei Yatsura feature.I had no idea that the Urusei Yatsura manga went from 1978 to 1987 and that there were 195 episodes. This is one … [Read more...] about Animerica April 1999 Full of Lum and Urusei Yatsura
Animerica – The Loser Hero Story Trope – Ninjas – Anime Central – February 1999
Bastard!! The only reason I have a copy of this anime series is because of the exclamation points (that and at the time I traded FUNimation shows for Pioneer shows with a counter-part at Pioneer)Onto the highlights!Animerica gave some information from those paper response card people sent it. The majority of Animerica readers 50/50 male, female split with the average … [Read more...] about Animerica – The Loser Hero Story Trope – Ninjas – Anime Central – February 1999
