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...]
Satoshi Kon Interview – Perfect Blue Animerica June 1999
I was at Big Apple Anime Fest (BAAF) in August 2003 and got to see the world premiere of Satoshi Kon's Tokyo Godfathers and also got to see Millennial Actress as part of the double bill that evening. That was a treat. Below is a feature article introducing Satoshi Kon's directorial debut for Perfect Blue. Take time out of your day to read this 3 page interview below. I still … [Read more...]
Animerica – Fushigi Yugi – Satanika – Pocket Monsters – Urban Vision – January 1998
Fushigi Yugi is on the cover of the first issue of Animerica in 1998. In the Letter From the Editor - Trish Ledoux announces she is taking a four-month sabbatical from the magazine. Take a read. That's quiet a workload and it shows a passion for anime and manga. Highlights: Urban Vision ads get 'slightly better" but they don't call it anime it's "Alternative Animation" … [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 Magazine – First InuYasha Manga Appearance May 1997 – Vol 5 No 5 – Rumiko Takahashi Special Issue
First Appearance of InuYasha in this issue. It's the Rumiko Takahashi Special issue. Highlights: The first InuYasha ad is for the comic book version - 32 pages $2.95. Not the manga volume form yet. I love the call out in the ad: Viz '97 - We are what's next "Monsters, Martial Arts, Romance." Until now I never thought of explaining the show in so few words that really … [Read more...]
