Yoshiyuki Tomino Interview – Sailor Moon, Fushigi Yugi Articles – Animerica February 2000

In this issue, I included a Yoshiyuki Tomino interview to promote the domestic release of Garzey’s Wing.

I loved how this one starts:

Animerica: How did you become an animator?

Yoshiyuki Tomino: I’m not an animator. I’m a director. There’s a difference.

Animerica: Then how did you become a director?

Yoshiyuki Tomino: It was the only job I took.

Animerica: Would you still like to become a director of motion pictures?

Yoshiyuki Tomino: Of course. If I had a choice I would rather direct motion pictures than anime. I hate anime.

Oooooohhh Kay then….

Sailor Moon issues were the hardest to get when it came to filling in the holes to get an entire run of Animerica 1992-2005. Popular title = Put it on the cover = Profit!

The featured article is a great primer on every series, Moon, R, S, Super S and Sailor Stars.

Fushigi Yugi the Mysterious Play is the spotlight feature. (always had a problem spelling and pronouncing that show)

Enjoy an extended Animessages. More of my commentary in-between the pages below.

VHS Dub and Subtitled pricing still was bonkers in 2000. DVD pricing still remains the same to this day. $10 difference in a sub and dub. An English dubbed production costs more than a subtitled only one and yet…$10 cheaper. I wonder if this was why dubs were more popular then.

I think Planet Anime (RIP) needed a couple of more sites.

Anime That Time Forgot: Cybernetics Guardian – with these cool DVD-ROM features!!!!

AnimeKomix add mixes Martin Lawrence’s You Go Girl with Yu Gi Oh! Nice.

I love that one of the letters “Fushigi Yugi Online” told people you could stream the show via RealPlayer via a channel called W-Vision.

This issue came with stickers!

I saw this in the theatre when this came around. I liked the series better.

And here is the Yoshiyuki Tomino interview with just a hint of Garzey’s Wing.