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From: as413@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Eric William Paslick)
Subject: Re: Saints all brothers? (was RE Andromeda Shun)
Reply-To: as413@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Eric William Paslick)
Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH (USA)
Date: Wed, 12 Aug 92 22:33:30 GMT


In a previous article, seawasp@vm2.cis.pitt.edu (Sea Wasp) says:

>In article <1992Aug12.184501.295@usenet.ins.cwru.edu> as413@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Eric William Paslick) writes:
>>In a previous article, seawasp@vm2.cis.pitt.edu (Sea Wasp) says:
>
>>>	However, Zeus(aka Old Kido) is the father of all the orphans.
>>>Yep, the old thunder-thrower still gets around...
>
>>OK, where did you get the idea that all the Bronze Saints were
>>half-brothers?  This is the first I've heard of this.
>
>	Damned if I can remember my first source, but I've read it since in
>several places (in fact, someone else independently posted that same
>piece of information at about the same time I did.). I'll try to find
>an exact source (a Manga summary? Matt? Matt? Did I totally blow it again?
>Are you going to humiliate me publicly again?)
>
>	Insofar as Zeus=Old Kido, that's speculation but I think it's 
>a pretty safe bet. Zeus wouldn't leave a helluva lot to chance, and it's
>Kido who gets the ball rolling... not to mention the fact that he seems
>to know a helluva lot more than anyone ought to unless they're one of
>the gods (even assuming that a dying Aioros was able to babble to him
>for hours...) and comes back from the dead to talk to his daughter
>Soari/Athena.
>

Yes, if you find the reference, please let me know.  I've collected both
the manga and the tv series, and I've never made this connection.  I can
almost see Old Kido as Zeus, but it sure dosn't say much for the
mortallity rate of his dates.  A vengfull Hera?

					Eric
From: cwagner@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (Christian Wagner)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.anime
Subject: Re: AAAAAAARRRRRG!!! my mind is going...
Date: 17 Aug 92 05:10:32 GMT
Organization: The University of Texas at Austin, Austin TX

In article <BsvxpC.J76@news.cso.uiuc.edu> ken@uxc.cso.uiuc.edu (Ken Primer) writes:
>         I've been an anime fan for about three years now...thought I was   
>normal...last night my dreams were invaded by anime characters....
>*gasp* What should I do?

Join the club. 
   - OR -
Get a life. :>

I've only been turning into an otaku (kinda like Goldbloom in Cronenberg's 
"The Fly") over the last six months, and the same thing happened to me the 
other night..... Of course, this -was- a standard mish-mash dream with elements
from everything colliding; animated versions of David Drake's hovertanks 
suddenly appear while I'm riding a bus down Congress Avenue having a discussion
with Erwin Schodinger, followed by the cast of Ranma 1/2 getting on at the
next stop..... 
Methinks Freud would have a field day with some of us....

-- 
    "Well, do you ever get the feeling that the Story's too damn real
                        and in the present tense?"
               Christian Wagner - cwagner@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu 
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From: biscuit@engin.umich.edu (George F DeLaMater)
Subject: Re: ANIMEIGO: Revision to BGC LD Plans
Date: Fri, 21 Aug 92 16:04:41 EDT
Organization: University of Michigan Engineering, Ann Arbor
Keywords: animeigo bgc ld

In article <mwBVPB2w165w@ersys.edmonton.ab.ca> lonewolf@ersys.edmonton.ab.ca (Benoy Koshy) writes:
> 
> Glad to hear it...I'll definitely be getting the #3 LD now! :)  Looks 
>like Robert doesn't have the god-like power of AnimEigo...its the net!  
>The user of the Internet are the gods that hover over this prestigious 
>subtitling company. HAHAHAHHA! :)  :)
> 
>All those in favor of blowing AnimEigo's licensing budget and getting 
>Mobile Suit Gundam, City Hunter TV 1,2,3,91, and let's see, heck KOR and 
>Maison Ikkoku too, say Aye!
>

Well, you've got the _order_ reversed, but fix that detail and aye, ye've
got a vote here.

Now, you all know the brawlin' policy: the bar is strictly off-limits.  All
property damage gets paid for on the spot, cash money.  No bustin' a man's
head with anything bigger'n a chair.  And any man _fool_ enough to suggest
subtitling Dr. Slump gets his head blown off.  Have fun.

Biskit
From: tkim@sdcc3.ucsd.edu (Tonghyun Kim)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.anime
Subject: Re: "30-minute commericals" (was Re: More info on Gundam 0083 The Movie)
Date: 22 Aug 92 17:48:19 GMT
Organization: University of California, San Diego

In article <1992Aug22.054847.19237@usenet.ins.cwru.edu> bn981@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Ryan Mathews) writes:
>
>Wow.  That sounds familiar.  It's not too long ago that that type of
>animation completely dominated the American market!  I hope the
>Japanese market doesn't make the same mistake.  We could be in for
>scads of shitty anime.  (To be perfectly accurate, I should say I hope
>they don't make the same mistake *again*.  I understand the "Giant
>Robot Glut" of the 70's was mostly to sell toys.)

It's amazing that Bandai went from a *SMALL* model company to a
billion dollar company involved in virtually every form of
entertainment (thanks to Gundam). Although Bandai is RUTHLESS about
making money, they do spend money to make good animes (impressive
commercials?), like Wings of Honneamise, Gundam 0083/80 and Gunbuster.
Also the quality of their LDs are first class. 

Bandai seems to know that they have to make good stuff if they want
to make $$$ and as long as they don'rt forget that, Bandai will
remain as a *neccessary* evil to anime fans.

>Hey, while we're on this subject, whatever happened to all those awful
>toy-commercial animation series in the US?  They seem to be gone, for the
>most part.  (TMNT doesn't count, because the comic came first.)  Did the
>kids not watch them?  Did the parent's groups threaten some kind of
>rebellion?

Maybe kids got smart enough to avoid those 100% commercial shows.
:-)


*****************************************************************
*                      Tonghyun "Vajra" Kim                     *
*                          Operation X                          *
*                                                               *
*  The First Law of Gundam Universe: The longer you live, the   *
*  more miserable your life will become in the end.             *
*           -After reading "Lightning Hathaway"                 *
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From: jogle@zia.aoc.nrao.edu (Jim Ogle (Ks. Jim))
Subject: Re: ANIME EXPO '93
Organization: National Radio Astronomy Observatory, Socorro NM
Date: Fri, 21 Aug 92 14:04:57 GMT

In article <mumble> callahan@clubzen.fidonet.org (Greg scanlan) writes:

>        I am pleased to announce Anime Expo '93.It will be held  in
> the Bay Area on July Fourth weekend.
>         The convention is to be held under the auspices of The
> Society for the Promotion of Japanese Animation.
>        Mr. James Matsuzaki, will Chair the Convention. The
> Convention is a joint effort of the merged resources of Anime
> Expo '93 and AnimeCon '93.
>        Mr. Matsuzaki, has received pledges of support from Mr.
> David Medinnus, and Mr. Mike Tatsugawa.
>        Mr. Matsuzaki stated in his acceptance speech to the
> S.P.J.A. and the assembled observers, that he would work to
> present a Convention that would be a Hallmark to Anime, and
> Manga  Fans Worldwide.

Yaaaayy!

So is it going to be held in Oakland like the letter I got yesterday
said (and someone posted part of)?

-- 
Kansas Jim (Jim Ogle, TORG guru)
jogle@aoc.nrao.edu (NRAO-VLBA, Socorro New Mexico)
"I'd be apathetic if I cared."
From: gavigan@gn.ecn.purdue.edu (Ryan P. Gavigan)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.anime
Subject: Re: RUMOR: Re: Let's start the Rumor Mill
Date: 19 Aug 92 23:44:28 GMT
Organization: Purdue University Engineering Computer Network

In article <1992Aug19.013126.18959@cbnewsl.cb.att.com> conty@cbnewsl.cb.att.com (Conty-kun) writes:
>In article <1992Aug18.065345.2633@gn.ecn.purdue.edu>, gavigan@gn.ecn.purdue.edu (Ryan P. Gavigan) writes:
>> 
>> Robert Gutierrez mentioned in the Subtitling Tech Talk panel that he
>> may indeed be going commercial, one for the group that has been nearly
>> assured of liicensing Kabuto.  Another he said that he was approached by
>> another un-named group about titling something else.  Of course he wouldn't 
>> elaborate but he gave a hint that it (the title) was mentioned during
>> the panel.  
>
>Ok, let's play detective!!
>
>BTW, I agree on your comments on WINGS, the Miyazaki films, and BBHS.
>
>> Votoms                   ; It's Sunrise, nuff said.
>> Armor Hunter Mellowlink  ; It's a Votoms side story. It's Sunrise, nuff said.
>
>"It's Sunrise."  So what?  Sunrise sold DIRTY PAIR to Streamline.
>
Yes, but to some "unknown" group?  At least in Sunrise's eyes, Streamline
is the most known about entity that is willing to pay the $$$, and they want
to get as broad a market as possible, plus it was for subtitling, so I odn't
think Sunrise would have been as interested in it.

>> the aforementioned Kabuto
>
>Ah, but he said "something else", didn't he?
>
>> ADPolice
>> Video Girl Ai
>
>These are the two unknowns, and I'm putting my money on ADP if it's either one.
>-- 
Probably, though until I get my video copy of the panel, I can't verify that 
there wasn't other titles mentioned in the first 20-25 minutes,  though
these are the only real possibilities of the group.

Ryan Gavigan
gavigan@gn.ecn.purdue.edu
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From: kilpatri@nextnet.ccs.csus.edu (John A. Kilpatrick)
Subject: subtitled Patlabor
Originator: kilpatri@nextnet
Organization: California State University Sacramento
Date: Sun, 23 Aug 1992 05:08:51 GMT

Could someone please email me and tell me where I can find subtitled Patlabor?
Either fan productions or professional.  I think Patlabor would be a good
think to start off an anime club with.  I would like them for the club that
I am in, the Japanese Culture Club at U.C. Davis.  Thanks!
-- 
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*"I gotta fly like a duck.......... |Alt. lyrics for "Back to Paradise" from  *
* I gotta run like a wounded badger"|Gundam0083[kilpatri.nextnet.ccs.csus.edu]*
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From: callahan@clubzen.fidonet.org (Greg scanlan)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.anime
Subject: ANIMEFEST/ANIME EXPO
Date: Sat, 15 Aug 92 14:53:09 PST
Organization: Club Zen BBS - Fidonet/Internet - +1 408 734 2289

THERE IS A RUMOR THAT ANIME EXPO FLIERS ARE BEING SEEN AT THE SAN DIEGO 
COMIC CON. ----THIS IS TRUE---
TALKS ARE STILL ONGOING BETWEEN MR. MEDINNUS, AND MR. TATSUGAWA, ALONG 
WITH THE B.O.D. OF ANIME EXPO.
I WILL POST THE OUTCOME OF THE TALKS LATE NEXT WEEK.
                        THANK YOU FOR YOUR INTEREST
          ........GREG........

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Greg scanlan -> (callahan@clubzen.fidonet.org)
From: ccavers@ersys.edmonton.ab.ca (Cam Cavers)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.anime
Subject: Re: Japanese fonts
Date: Thu, 20 Aug 92 13:11:08 MDT
Organization: Edmonton Remote Systems #3, Edmonton, AB, Canada

mbest@ersys.edmonton.ab.ca (Michael Best) writes:

- In the last issue of Font+Function which is put out by Adobe Systems
- Incorporated they had a two page article about the release of their new
- Japanese typefaces.  I can't really provide you more details as I don't
- have the issue in front of me, but of the two fonts one is in a brush
- style and the other could most closely be compared to a Japanese
- equivalent of Helvetica...(it looked almost as strange as you would
- think)
-
- Just my 2c...
-
Hmmm...I've been in contact with Ken Lunde, who is in the Japanese font
division of Adobe. He tells me that ALL Adobe's Japanese fonts are not Type 1,
but Type 2 fonts, which will only work under the Japanese version of ATM. If
you could remember, I would like to see that article sometime, though...




** Cam Cavers (ccavers@ersys.edmonton.ab.ca)                             **
** Member of B.A.K.A.-Banzai ANIME Klub of Alberta                       **
** We're too hentai for Milan, New York and Japan... :-)                 **
From: michael@izumi.DIALix.oz.au (Michael Studte)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.anime
Subject: What's the difference?
Distribution: world
Date: Wed, 12 Aug 92 09:53:01 GMT
Organization: JAFWA, Cal-Animage Zeta, Perth, Western Australia


In article <36565@sdcc12.ucsd.edu> tkim@sdcc3.ucsd.edu writes:
 > (2) MAs in general are HUGE (as tall as 120 m in case of Alpha Azieru)

Not kidding. I never realised how massive the Alpha Azieru was until
Quess jettisoned the "small" boosters, and Gyunei's Jagd Doga was
a lot SMALLER than those boosters! Faaaaaaar out. (Jagd Doga not being
exactly a small mecha either.)

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From: michaele@nsg.nsg.com.au (Michael Edwards)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.anime
Subject: KO Seiki Beast Sanjuushi (was Re: Lamune & 40.... )
Date: 17 Aug 92 00:19:40 GMT
Organization: Network Solutions Group / GEC Alsthom, Sydney

In article <5595@vtserf.cc.vt.edu> 
7514P%NAVPGS.BITNET@VTVM1.CC.VT.EDU (Chris Swett) writes:
> <Century KO>
>
> That's KO Seiki Beast Sanjuushi, or something like KO Century Beast Three-
> some. I've been told it was done by the same folks who did Ramune & 40. We've
> shown OVAs 1 and 2 at CA West and will show #3 when it comes out in October.

It did look very similar to L&40 but as I'd only seen it in Chinese mags I
was wondering.  Then this weekend I picked up the latest Animedia (or was it
the other one?) and there's a poster of KO SBS.  The mermaid obviously has 
legs ocasionally!  Very kute especially the fin ears (almost as good as
tentacles :-).

Michael
--
we walked out tentacle in hand                                     still crazy 
you could sense that the earthlings would not understand        thursday lunch 
they would whisper when we got on the bus                   Michael J. Edwards 
it's extra-terrestial not like us                      michaele@nsg.nsg.com.au 
it's bad enough with another race                                   sane again 
but f*ck me a monster from outer space - john cooper clarke       sunday night
From: marvinn%uhunix.BITNET@VTVM1.CC.VT.EDU (Marvin Nakajima)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.anime
Subject: Re: English word for "shintaisou"
Date: 19 Aug 92 03:25:08 GMT
To: "Japanese animedia and other animation news." <ANIME-L@VTVM1.CC.VT.EDU>

I believe that was called RHYTHMIC Gymnastics.. :)

        Marvin
          Wataru
            Nakajima    marvinn@uhunix.uhcc.hawaii.edu
From: fongj@pooky.EE.McGill.CA (chun kwai jay fong)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.anime
Subject: Re: Canadian Postal Service????
Date: 21 Aug 92 22:42:41 GMT
To: ANIME-L@VTVM1.CC.VT.EDU

Hi Vlad,

  Whew!  That's more like it!

Jay
Newsgroups: rec.arts.anime,rec.arts.manga
From: yuki@is.s.u-tokyo.ac.jp (ITO Takayuki)
Subject: Re: Anyone interested in Ranma 1/2 GIFS ?
Reply-To: yuki@is.s.u-tokyo.ac.jp
Organization: Dept. of Info. Sci., Fac. of Sci, Univ. of Tokyo, Japan.
Date: Fri, 21 Aug 1992 04:10:56 GMT


  I'm very interested. :-)

--
			ITO Takayuki <yuki@is.s.u-tokyo.ac.jp>
			Senior, Department of Infomation Science,
			Faculty of Science, University of Tokyo, JAPAN.
From: vlad@ersys.edmonton.ab.ca (Vlad G. Pohnert)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.anime
Subject: Re: More info on Gundam 0083 The Movie
Keywords: Gundam 0083
Date: Thu, 20 Aug 92 23:41:46 MDT
Organization: Edmonton Remote Systems #3, Edmonton, AB, Canada

albertw@netcom.com (Albert Wong) writes:

- In article <37057@sdcc12.ucsd.edu> tkim@sdcc3.ucsd.edu (Tonghyun Kim) writes:
- >Browsing through August Model Graphix, I found a page with latest
- >info on Gundam 0083 The Movie.
- >
- >The movie will be 2 hours, including 10 minutes of *NEW* animation
- >sequence to make compiling 330+ minutes OAV series into a 2 hour
- >movie smoother. Although the movie will start from episode 1, the
- >movie will be centering on battles in the space. 
- 
- Hmmm...the Gundam 0083 slugfest, eh?  It's a 2 hour long advertisment
- to sell Bandai's line of models. ^_^
- >
- 

No, more like AAAAUUUUGGGG!!! I got to buy another 0083 LD Now!! I get 
more broke, Bandi gets more richer!

Vlad


<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
< Vlad G. Pohnert                            >> Just call me CHAR! >
< "B.A.K.A. no Baka" Fanzine Co-ordinator    >> Everyone at club   >
<  Want a career in Anime?                   >> B.A.K.A. does!!    >
<  Join Strike Force Baka and help kick butt                       >
<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
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From: fleggett@vicstoy.UUCP (Fred Leggett)
Subject: Re: AnimeWhateverCon '93
Organization: vicstoy: Public Access Unix, Orlando, FL
Date: Wed, 12 Aug 1992 08:54:10 GMT

In article <uc-chan.713465698@mcl> uc-chan@mcl.ucsb.edu (Christina Callihan) writes:
>
>The chance is there on the next-to-the-last day as well:  That was when
>I got my original japanese copy of THE DAGGER OF KAMUI for $40.  Of course,
     You definitely got away with murder.  Isn't Kamui supposed to
retail for over 10,000 yen?  Maybe I'm thinking of something else, but
$40 is still a steal.

>I'm sure it helped that focus is shifting away from commercial videotape
>over to laser disc.....  :)
     Hmmmmm.  I don't think I like the sound of that. ;)
     Actually, it looks like disc prices are coming down a bit (perhaps
tapes as well).  Used to you couldn't find *anything* for less than 8000
yen.  Now, though, you can readily find material around the 4000-6000
range.  It's an interesting market trend which one can only hope will
continue...

-- 
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From: jogle@zia.aoc.nrao.edu (Jim Ogle (Ks. Jim))
Subject: Re: Notes from San Diego Comic Convention
Organization: National Radio Astronomy Observatory, Socorro NM
Date: Tue, 18 Aug 92 14:36:42 GMT

In article <mumble> shogun@sutro.SFSU.EDU (Mike M. Tatsugawa) writes:

>As usual, San Diego Comic Con was the heart of all business activity
>in the comic industry, but a lot of neat things regarding the anime
>industry were flying around.  Here's a list of a few things that I
>heard.  Nothing is confirmed.
>
>Streamline is targeting late night audiences for the network release
>of Dirty Pair.  All of the late night college students should be
>interested in this...

That would be cool, but we all saw how successful they were in getting
Nadia on television.  I guess DP might be a more marketable program
though (violence galore!)

Did they say anything about which network(s)?  CBS is the only one
that really has a late-night schedule that I can see a chance of the
DP getting into.

-- 
Kansas Jim (Jim Ogle, TORG guru)
jogle@aoc.nrao.edu (NRAO-VLBA, Socorro New Mexico)
"I'd be apathetic if I cared."

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From: jwp@panix.com (JongWoo Park)
Subject: Re: English word for "shintaisou"
Date: Tue, 18 Aug 1992 03:29:10 GMT
Organization: PANIX Public Access Unix, NYC

In <Bt5H42.Mqv@jrd.dec.com> doi@jrd.dec.com (Hitoshi Doi (=?ISO-2022-JP?B?GyRCRVowZj9OO1YbKEI=?= )) writes:

>Anybody know the English word for the Japanese "shintaisou"?
>Shintaisou is the "new" kind of gymnastics that many characters
>in anime do.  It is done by using a ribbon, ball, ring, clubs, etc.
>It is even an Olympic sport.  I think it was XXXXX Gynmastics.
                                              ^^^^^^
                                             Rhythmic 

>Anime characters that do shintaisou are:
>Asakura Minami (Touch), Kunou Kodachi (Ranma 1/2)..

And Tendou Akane, in her own valiant way .... :-)
-----
Jongwoo Park                                             jwp@panix.com
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From: thyat@sdf.lonestar.org (Tom Hyatt)
Subject: Re: Quick -- what about Lensman?
Organization: sdf Public Access UNIX, Dallas--unrestricted free shell access
Distribution: tx
Date: Sun, 23 Aug 1992 05:06:28 GMT

In article <98II9SH@taronga.com> rat@taronga.com (Doni Cantu) writes:
>
>Okay, the River Oaks in Houston is showing Lensman Friday and Saturday at
>midnight.  A buncha my friends want to go see it, ever since they saw
>Castle of Cagliostro a couple of weeks ago and went bananas over it
><despite the cut-rate dubsubbing.>
> 
>The question is -- how good is Lensman?  It occurs to me there was some
>furor over it some time ago, but I don't recall what about.  Is it
>something to be seen i.e., there's nothing too horrible about it, is
>there?  What are the character designs or animation or anything like?  I
>told my friends I wasn't sure whether or not six bucks would be a good
>investment in it, but I'm not sure.  Any quick responses, email or posted,
>would be appreciated.  I think.  (:
> 
>Hasta.
> 
>-- 
>Doni "Rat" Cantu | "I didn't begin to worry about you until you told me
>rat@taronga.com  | Babs Bunny had potential."  --Gary Mayer, to Gryphon


From what I've heard from some good friends who actually went to see it, there
was no problem with the animation, but  there were bigtime problems with 
the story itself.  The description was that the only similarity between  the
movie and E.E. Doc Smith's novels was the characters' names.
 
BTW, did you actually *get* the film there?  It was scheduled last week for
midnite showings at the Inwood here in Dallas and never showed up.  I complained
to the theater manager, but to no avail :(

Tom H.

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From: mfolivo@sactoh0.sac.ca.us (Mark Newton-John)
Subject: Re: O.K...what about phonebooks?
Organization: Sacramento Public Access Unix
Date: Mon, 17 Aug 92 07:02:49 GMT

In <25581@twics.co.jp> manga@twics.co.jp writes:

>John Kilpatrick writes:
>>Thanks to everyone who sent me mail about the phonecards [brief summary:
>Japanese phones now use disposable plastic cards with mag. stripe on them.
>all have pictures, some anime].  Now what about phoneBooks?  The way it has
>been used is that they say at the corner newstand you can pickup the latest
>phonebook.  Is this some manga thing?

>Ah!  Now I understand!  This is just a reference to the weekly
>manga magazines, which usually run several hundred pages, printed
>on cheap pulp paper.  they contain serialized episodes of 15-30 stories
>and physically resemble, well, a large phonebook.

That's right. The first run of manga stories comes out on the
weekly magazines, printed on about the same paper phonebooks are
printed on, and are about 400 pages. Each week.

I have been subscribing to Shonen Sunday for thelast two and a half
years, and I certainly have a stack of manga on the wall. At least
I don't have to buy the compilations of about twenty manga, and you
get some four-color pages of your favorite story now and then.


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