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From: jmayer@hamburg.engin.umich.edu (Jonathan Mayer)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.anime
Subject: Re: Silent Mobius -- *DANGER!*
Date: 22 Jan 1993 23:51:35 GMT
Organization: CAEN (University of Michigan)
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I feel a need to put my two cents in here:

I had the advantage of viewing a certain wonderful organization's
subtitled version of Silent Mobius *before* going to see the
dubbed theatrical release.  That alone saved the film for me.

   Streamline's dubbed release of Silent Mobius is the final proof
that CARL MACEK MUST DIE, before he can get his hands on any more
top-notch anime and render it forever inaccessable to any other
organization that might actually attempt to do a DECENT job at
dubbing.

   Like Streamline's earlier release of "Robot Carnival," "Silent
Mobius" too has the "Carl Macek Touch" ... eg., he can't be
content to simply translate and dub, but must seek to "improve"
the story by changing it.  While the effect was minimal in 
"Robot Carnival," I don't think there was a single line in
"Silent Mobius" that wasn't somehow DISTORTED from the original
and MANGLED.  Rather crucial plot elements were removed.  The
AMP is no longer the "Attacked Mystification Police."  WHAT GIVES?
 
Additionally:
   - NO attempt was made by any of the voice actors to give the
     film anywhere near the emotional range of the original.

   - NO attempt was made to preserve the impact of the dialogue ...
     rather important, crucial bits were rendered TRITE by
     careless translation and editting.  In addition, some of the
     harder edges of the plot line were smoothed over with a
     Macek-shaped steamroller.  (SPOILER: an sample bit of 
     dialogue- Kasumi: "I understand now!  My powers are powered by
     love!  I LOVE YOU MOTHER!!!!"  *cringe*).

Fortunately, I had gone to see this film alone.  A friend of mine
had the misfortune of introducing his girlfriend to anime by 
taking her to see this film, and needless to say, she is now
utterly and totally turned off the concept of anime.

Watch Manie-manie/Neo Tokyo ... it proves that Streamline *CAN*
do a good dubbing job (esp. for "The Order to Stop Construction"),
but either leave the theatre before Silent Mobius starts, or
pierce your eardrums with shishkabob squewers (admittedly,
watching the animation of Silent Mobius on the big screen is
*damned* impressive).

...  all of the above, IMHO, of course.
    Jonathan Mayer
    jmayer@caen.engin.umich.edu
    Animania, Ann Arbor's Japanese Animation Film Society
      (next meeting: 2/13/93, 6pm, University of Michigan
       Student Union, btw.)
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From: deitrich@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu (Dave Deitrich)
Subject: Re: Gundam model kit question
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 04:29:55 GMT

The 0080 kits are "System-injection" kits; basically that means that every
part on the parts tree is molded in its own color.  So therefore you can
assemble the parts right out of the box and it'll look pretty close to the
original (minus small details like eyes).  

Problem is, this process is pretty expensive; expensive enough so that it
wasn't worth Bandai's time to make the models for the price they were 
charging.  (I'm still not sure why Bandai didn't just raise their prices.
Afraid of lowering demand?)  

So Bandai went back to a modified version of their older method of building
models.  Each parts tree is molded in a different color (instead of each 
individual part), so that the larger parts of the model are already the color
they're supposed to be.  Although this requires more work on the part of the
builder, Bandai's production costs are lower.  

Anyway, the 0080 kits are "System-injection" and the 0083 kits are not.  So
therefore the 0083 kits look worse than the 0080 kits unless the builder 
takes time to paint them.

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From: michaele@nsg.nsg.com.au (Michael Edwards)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.anime
Subject: Re: Ranma...
Date: 20 Jan 93 23:50:46 GMT
Organization: Network Solutions Group / GEC Alsthom, Sydney

doi@jrd.dec.com (Hitoshi Doi) writes:
: dlo@Bonnie.ICS.UCI.EDU writes:
:#Does anyone know just why Ranma was canceled in the first place??  Since the
:#manga doesn't seem to be finishing up(from what I've heard), is there a chance
:#OVA's or another TV series will be produced???
: 
: It was scheduled to be finished and nothing happened to make them
: change their decision.
: They said that it's possible for another OAV or movie to come out.

I've been thinking about this.  What would be neat is to have a series of
OAVs packaged the same way the second set of Patlabor OAVs were done.  A
perfect set of one OAV and three TV episodes... at least the first TV 
series.  Sadly I doubt that will happen, when the TV episodes come out they
will be in a expensive box set. *sigh*  I'm still working out how I ca
afford to get the boxed set of Lamune & 40 TV episodes and still afford to
by other bits of anime...

Michael
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From: albertw@netcom.com (The Email Otaku)
Subject: Re: Sailor Venus
Organization: Netcom Online Communications Services (408-241-9760 login: guest)
Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 17:05:48 GMT

In article <1jmee1INNr1k@usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu> bs783@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Jason Fubler Harvey) writes:
>
>A question for the bishojo senshi informed :):
> What is Sailor Venus' weapon?
>

The deadly CRESCENT BEAM! ^_^

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From: fongj@zonker.EE.McGill.CA (chun kwai jay fong)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.anime
Subject: Dragonar TV Series
Date: 27 Jan 93 03:10:59 GMT
To: ANIME-L@VTVM1.CC.VT.EDU

Hello all,

  Can anyone point me in the general direction (either contact person or ftp
site) where I may get some scripts or synopsis for Dragonar TV series?
Thanks!

Jay
From: tehyang@sal-sun83.usc.edu (Teh Kao Yang)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.anime
Subject: Re: Anime related Video games (was rRe: PC Engine Duo games...)
Date: 25 Jan 1993 17:14:08 -0800
Organization: University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
NNTP-Posting-Host: sal-sun83.usc.edu

In article <1993Jan25.215542.11190@blaze.cs.jhu.edu> arromdee@jyusenkyou.cs.jhu.edu (Ken Arromdee) writes:
>>Now, I also ran across another video game for the Genesis and it was
>>entitled "Trouble Shooters". On the back of the box it said some thing
>>like this:  A world is in peril.Huge robots and the such have invaded.The
>>planet's leaders naturally ask for help from the Galactic Police.They get
>>the Trouble Shooters.To their surprise, the Touble Shooters are a couple
>>of heavily armed beauties.
>>Hmm........now who do we know that travel together,look beautiful,carry
>>heavy weapons, and work as "trouble Shooters" for some galactic
>>organization? I wonder.................................................
>I don't think it's a Dirty Pair game, even though the characters do sort of
>look alike.  The game appeared in the USA first, as far as I know, and if it
>has come out in Japan either it is not called Dirty Pair or else I have never
>heard of it....

The game is called "Battle Mania" in Japan and it's one of the most popular
Megadrive games. A bigger sequel is already in the works. 

As for more news on Anime games for the Megadrive:

3X3 Eyes for Mega-CD has finally been assigned a definite release date. I think
it is 3/26 or somewhere close to that. A Doraemon game is coming out on 
cartridge. A game called Majin Saga is coming out and I think it is based on
the manga or anime of the same name (giant robots). Lodoss Wars is also on the
schedule of Mega-CD releases. BTW has anyone tried the Fire Dodgeball game
(based on some Dodgeball anime I guess), it's an excellent game.

-Teh KAo
From: nsz48840@vax1.utulsa.edu
Newsgroups: rec.arts.anime
Subject: Need Help with Maison scripts
Date: 27 Jan 93 09:26:25 GMT
Organization: The University of Tulsa

Can someone tell me where i can get Maison Ikkoku scripts
eps 1-60, please?
Thank you in advance.

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From: bp652@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Gil W. Lau)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.anime
Subject: Re: Ah! Megamisama! OAV(s): where??
Date: 24 Jan 1993 16:19:52 GMT
Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH (USA)
Reply-To: bp652@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Gil W. Lau)
NNTP-Posting-Host: hela.ins.cwru.edu


In a previous article, cocoa@is.s.u-tokyo.ac.jp (SEKIGUCHI Tatsuro) says:

>> last month, right?  If it's out, has anyone seen it yet?  Just
>> curious to see which stories it covered.  From my little flyer
>> here I see there's four in production, but there's a picture
>> of all three goddesses, so they must be jumping pretty far
>> ahead (as compared to the manga).
>
>Today(1/24), a preview was held in Tokyo and I watched the first
>episode.  In the first episode, Keiichi calls Belldandy. Then they go
>to an old temple. At last Megumi comes.(I believe this is not a
>spoiler.) Urud and Skuld appear only in an opening and in a trailer.
>
Wow!  Pretty much goes through volume 1!  I guess Urd will pop up
next OAV.  I don't suppose you remember who did the voices?

  -- Gil

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From: gainax@venice.mps.ohio-state.edu (Ukyou)
Subject: Anime MUCK! Everybody join!
Organization: Ohio State University; Physics Department
Date: Sat, 23 Jan 1993 04:58:43 GMT

Well, just for allyou Otaku's to know there is a Anime MUCK here. It's
fun to go on and you can talk to other r.a.a people who don't have
the popular IRC..and you can meet me too!
HA HA HA HA HA!

anyways...telnet to anime.tcp.com 2035 and get a nick and get yourself
reg'ed there to join in the fun...wheeeee!

Hmmmmmm.....

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From: megazone@coal.WPI.EDU (MegaZone)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.anime,rec.arts.manga
Subject: FanFiction
Date: 27 Jan 1993 09:00:25 GMT
Organization: WPI Discordian Society, Undocumented Cabal
Distribution: world
NNTP-Posting-Host: coal.wpi.edu

This is a call to the writers of anime/manga based fanfiction... I've been
trying to turn WPI's FTP site into THE fanfic site for a while, and I think
I have most of the stories that have been posted since I began reading in
Sept. 89...

However, I also know that I missed a few. Below is a list of the fanfic
that is in my site. If you have a story that is not in there please send it
to me. (compressed and uuencoded if you need to)... I also have all that
has been posted on The Reluctant Buma, the 'darker' ranma story by KAL Rim,
and DP: The Game Eternal... However, I'm waiting for the stories to be 
completed before I make them publicly accessible...

/anime/FanFiction
	  17088  amg.dojinshi.Z                 * Ah! My Goddess parody
	  12715  anime.war.Z			* Anime War card game
	   9128  bgc.knight.foils.Z             * Bubble Gum Crisis parody
	 136217  bgc.trek.Z			* BGC/Trek FanFiction	
	  51256  cluless.exe			* Cluless Compiler for Unix
	  66309  dp.bigbang.Z			* Dirty Pair: Big Bang 
	  22520  dp.dangerous.Z			* DP: Dangerous Alliances 
	 173583  dp.experiment.101.Z		* DP: Experiment 101-E
	 148141  dp.mistakes.Z			* DP: Mistakes
	  35520  dp.paradise.Z			* DP: Angels in Paradise
	  22272  dp.renegades.Z			* DP: The Renegades
	  72929  dp.robin.Z			* DP: The Ballad of Lord Robin
	   4796  dp.twilight.Z			* DP: Joke OVA Script
	  31070  dp.uf.altered.Z                * DP: UF: Altered Appleseed
	  24202  dp.uf.solitude.Z		* DP: UF: Solitude
	  96261  dp.undocument.1.Z		* DP: UF: Undocumented Features
	  90763  dp.undocument.2.Z		* DP: UF: The Long Road 
	 158219  dp.undocument.3.Z		* DP: UF: Out In The Cold 
	  14677  kor.college.1.Z                * KOR: Kimagure Orange College
	  15244  kor.double.Z			* KOR: Double Trouble
	  23388  miyu.frame.Z			* Who Framed Vampire Princess
	 152988  otaku.rising.Z			* Otaku Rising - Wild Parody
	  31179  ranma.kasumi.Z			* Ranma: Kasumi's Story
	   7704  ranma.passion.Z		* Ranma: Passion Spice
	  21174  ranma.timeslip.Z		* Ranma: Actor in the Mirror
	 157089  roborifts.Z			* Robotech - Rifts Crossover
	  99343  robotech.Z			* Children of Shadow
	  29300  robotech.misfold.1.Z		* Robotech: The Misfold Part 1
	  30005  robotech.misfold.2.Z		* Robotech: The Misfold Part 2
	  44070  robotech.misfold.3.Z		* Robotech: The Misfold Part 3
	   2536  sazan.eyes.Z			* Sazan Eyes - Sandman Cross
	  16824  uy.dream.Z			* Urusei Yatsura/Sandman Cross

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From: pearl@remus.rutgers.edu (Starbuck)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.anime
Subject: Re: Madoka nude
Date: 25 Jan 93 20:33:13 GMT
Organization: the Worlds Welfare Work Association, Rutgers Anime division

In article <1942@tnc.UUCP> m0336@tnc.UUCP (Ralph Jenkins) writes:

>    Hmm...interesting thread, isn't this?
>  
>    I just thought I'd mention that there's also a brief shot of Madoka
> nude in... Project A-ko -Final- (or Part 4).  There's a great parody
> of the KOR movie there, but I won't spoil it.
>  


Good going Ralph!  Now every Madoka-crazed Otaku will rush out to
buy/rent this OAV....  :-) :-)

Steve
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From: y0l8009@tamsun.tamu.edu (Yoshih Lee)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.anime
Subject: Re: Nausicaa of The Valley Of The Wind: How good?
Date: 27 Jan 1993 03:42:40 -0600
Organization: Texas A&M University, College Station, TX
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In article <1k5002INNlij@usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu> bp652@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Gil W. Lau) writes:
>
>In a previous article, danrama@wam.umd.edu (Daniel Bloomfield Ramagem) says:
>
>>was wondering if Nausicaa would be a nice addition to a very-near-future
>>extremely selective (i.e. low in cash :) LD collection.
>
>You's better believe it!  It would be one of the first ones I'd get.

Having not seen "Nausicaa" on the big screen, I can only re-iterate from
others that the LD transfer wasn't exceptional, although I have not cross-
referenced this with any art books yet.  Being the last Miyazaki movie in
mono sound, I find myself listening for stereo effects that just aren't
there in the first place.  Wouldn't it be nice if this LD was re-released
in 1994, re-recorded in stereo surround (including special effects, and
Joe Hisaishi's rich music), maybe as some 5-sided 2-disc CAV format, as 
some 10th anniversary thing?  Just dreaming.

Otherwise, an excellent film to purchase!  IMHO, you can never really
go wrong with Hayao Miyazaki.


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                            We are mercenaries of Hell!"  . . . Shin Kazama
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From: z_greenmw@ccsvax.sfasu.edu
Newsgroups: rec.arts.anime
Subject: ROBOTECH : Wanted, Needed, Help
Date: 27 Jan 93 11:37:11 CST
Organization: Stephen F. Austin State University

Robotech I need it.  If anyone has Robotech The Macross Saga 1-36 uncut and
The Masters 1-24 uncut please e-mail me.  I will pay for copies.  If you want
The New Generation uncut I have it, I also have The Macross Saga on 100 min.
tapes.

Thanks

Michael Green
   "The Wizard"
From: megazone@yoyodyne.WPI.EDU (MegaZone)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.anime
Subject: Re: fanfiction
Date: 21 Jan 1993 19:14:48 GMT
Organization: WPI Discordian Society, Undocumented Cabal
NNTP-Posting-Host: yoyodyne.wpi.edu
Keywords: fanfiction buma

In article <hartung.727634484@yacht> hartung@ee.fit.edu (Geoffrey (Curt) Hartung) writes:
>wether to simply append future parts onto this, making the post ever-
>larger and unwieldy, or just post parts.. suggestions?)

NO! Simply post the next chapter as it appears, there is no need to flood the
nets with something that has been posted already. Unless you make changes to
it. I plan on placing it in my ftp site once it is finished, and I already
captured part I when it was posted. Simply keep the older chapters in your 
account and be ready to email them to anyone who missed them. (Got a lot of
such requests for UF stuff...)

>otherwise) so i'll hold off on writing more parts until
>I know if anyone is enjoying them or not

Keep going on it. If you enjoy writing it, that is what really matters. And
I thought it was decent, I'd like to know where it is going.

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From: michael@izumi.DIALix.oz.au (Michael Studte)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.anime
Subject: Non-Review:  MACROSS PERFECT COLLECTION
Distribution: world
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 93 15:37:52 GMT
Organization: JAFWA, Cal-Animage Zeta, Perth, Western Australia


In article <1993Jan23.044153.16618@cbnewsl.cb.att.com> conty@cbnewsl.cb.att.com writes:
 > Ok, I broke down and paid $16.00 for this thing (%20 off from the local
 > store, see).  Some comments:
 >  
 > - The Macross episodes (actually, the hour-long MACROSS SPECIAL) were
 >   first on the tape.  They obviously did this for the anime fan in mind,
 >   you can stop the tape right at the end of the Macross episode and don't
 >   have to suffer through ROBOTECH.  Then again, you end up paying $20
 >   for two episodes.  You tell me if that's OK.

Compared to what USMC can charge for a 45 minute OAV (same length) 's
not bad. And you're getting a classic. :)

 > - The subtitling was not bad at all.  There were some sentences I would
 >   have translated differently, but those were minor quips.  My only
 >   complaint about the subbing is that the subtitles are waay too large.
 >   Maybe I'm spoiled by the US Renditions/AnimEigo subtitles.

1/4 of picture, 1/3???

You want bad, try a chinese sub of (say) Ranma. The subs take up a good
1/2 of the picture when there's more than one line. :(

 > Say all you want about "Reba West", but there is one anime character
 > she'd be perfect as... Hikaru Hiyama, from ORANGE ROAD.  I'm perfectly
 > serious.  Neither can sing worth a damn, and both their voices are
 > supposed to get on your nerves *real* fast.

But I'd prefer Iijima Mari's singing ANY day. I also WAY prefer the
Macross BGM. The Robotech ones are WAY too "boppy" and too "positive"
for the battle scenes.

In Macross, battle sequence BGM is often a lot darker and dramatic than
Robotech. Robotech is the sort of "go get 'em" beat, almost condoning
the battles.

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From: conty@cbnewsl.cb.att.com (E. Kontei)
Subject: LODOSS WARS for TurboGrafix (was Re: Ranma 1/2 part 2 notes)
Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories
Date: Sun, 24 Jan 1993 06:14:17 GMT

In article <mRouXB3w164w@musubi.pubnet.com> whong@musubi.pubnet.com (Dream Hunter) writes:
> As a matter of fact, a company called Working Designs is bringing the Lodoss 
> Wars CD-ROM game out for the TurboDuo...
> Does this wish you had gotten the TurboDuo now?  ;^)

1)  Well, if it's a SCD it will work with the System 3.0 card in a TG16+CDROM
    system.  Otherwise, it works anyway.
2)  Working Designs is the same company who has brought stuff like COSMIC
    FANTASY and CADASH and the old classic PARASOL STARS.  This looks good.
3)  Hopefully they won't change the names from the original.
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From: z_coolidgeas@ccsvax.sfasu.edu
Newsgroups: rec.arts.anime
Subject: re: Wanted: Anime UK #2
Date: 21 Jan 93 13:56:41 CST
Organization: Stephen F. Austin State University

OK.  How does Anime UK compare with VMAX?  

jaa ne,
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