From: doi@jrd.dec.com (Hitoshi Doi)
Subject: Animedia-August 1992 [all]
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Date: Wed, 12 Aug 1992 22:29:31 GMT
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Scanning through the August issue of Animedia.

The cover has Ranma-chan, Akane, and Shampoo wearing swimsuits.

Mail to you from a summer resort (special summer vacation articles)
 Ranma 1/2 Nettouhen (TV on Friday 5:30, Fuji TV)
  "Is everyone hot?  I'm hot.  Now I'm on some island in the Indian
  Ocean.  The 2000 coral islands here make up a country.  The sky is
  blue, and the sand is white.  It's not bad but it's only ocean
  everywhere.  It's not that I can't go in..  I'm with that ugly,
  non-sexy one too.  I'm hot!        Saotome Ranma"
  [one page picture of Ranma-kun in red swimming trunks holding a can
   of pop, with Akane in a yellow bathing suit with a red flower in her
   hair holding some fruit juice.  the background is a "real" picture
   of a tropical beach.]
  In episode 138 the story will take place at the ocean side.  There
  is a contest on who will make lunch for Ranma.  In episode 136 and 137,
  the story will be about a martial arts technique where you win by
  falling in love with the one you cheer for.  Ranma says, "I love you"
  to Akane.

 Cyber Formula (OVA volume 1 will go on sale 11/1)
  "Hi!  I'm enjoying a vacation that I haven't had in a long time.
  I'm going to an island.  But the island is a big city.  You can see
  the two towers of the Trade Center in this island.  I'm also going
  to see a play in Broadway.  Shinjo-san and Hinel-san are here too.
  Hayato K."
  [one page picture of Hayato holding Asuka's hand as they are running
   along the river.  Shinjo and Miki are sitting on a bench.  the
   background is a "real" picture of New York city.]

 Densetsu no Yuusha Da Garn (TV on Saturday 5:00, TV Asahi)
  "To everyone in Japan from a country below the equator.  Hallelujah,
  Papaya!  What's that large mountain in the back?  It's Kilimanjaro.
  If we go over that mountain, it is Tanzania.  Yes, we are in Africa
  now.  Oh a wild elephant just passed by.  Bye!    Takasugi Seiji"
  [one page picture of Seiji and Hikaru wearing camouflage safari
   outfits and a little Da Garn X.  the background is a picture of
   Africa with some elephants.  also there is the animated giraffe
   and elephant (from the TV series ending animation).]
  In episode 24, it looks like Seiji is really going to Africa.

 Yawara! (TV on Monday 7:30, Nihon TV)
  "How are you.  I am here at the Olympics.  I am going around sight
  seeing.  I might have to come here for my work so I have to study.
  Today I went to Sagrada Familia Church that Gaudi built.  They spent
  over 100 years and it still isn't completely finished.  Matsuda-san
  told me.  I'm with him now..                      Yawara"
  [3/4 page picture of Yawara and Matsuda.  the background is the
   Sagrada Familia Church.]
  In episode 117, the story will be about Christmas, and Matsuda's
  present that brings Yawara back to judo.

 Mama ha Sougaku 4 Nensei (TV on Friday 5:00, Nihon TV)
  "Enjoying summer?  We came to swim in the ocean.  It's about 50 minutes
  from Tokyo by shinkansen.  There's also a hot spring here.  My busy
  aunt is also very happy.  There was also a firework show at night!
  The fireworks were very pretty.  It would have been great if Ryuichi
  was here with me.  But why does Daisuke have to be here?  Oh no..
  Mizuki Natsumi"
  [3/4 page picture of Natsumi and Daisuke wearing summer night kimonos.
   the background is some fireworks.]

 Ashitahe Free Kick (TV on Tuesday 5:00, Nihon TV)
  "How are you.  We are enjoying the blue ocean.  We are enjoying our
  vacation on an island.  It is the Panaul Kingdom.  It is very popular
  with young people, and everyone here is about our age.  We made a lot
  of friends.  If we go to the southern part of the island, we can see
  Okinawa.          Shun Godai"
  [3/4 page picture of Shun, Mizuho, and Rovelt windsurfing.]
  Shun and Rovelt are very good friends.  But in episode 17, Mizuho
  and Shun get put in the center together at a disco.  In episode 18,
  they are alone on a beach.  Will Shun take Rovelt or Mizuho?

 Raijin-Oh (OVA volume 1 will on sale 9/30)

Article on recent TV series
 Densetsu no Yuusha Da Garn
  A new robot, the animal warrior, Ga Orn appears from the glaciers
  of the Kilimanjaro.  Ga Orn and Seiji start to battle against the
  enemy in episode 26.  In episode 24, the enemy discovers one of the
  release points of the earth in Africa.  They drill a hole to the core
  of the earth and start a reaction that starts to split up the
  continent.  There are 5 release points for the earth, and if they
  are all drilled, the entire energy of the earth will be released.
  The enemy wanted to capture this energy.
  [picture of Seiji in his Da Garn commander suit.  picture of Ga Orn,
   a new lion-like robot.]

 Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon
  In episode 20, the three girls went to a house by the ocean to relax.
  But they got attacked by some spirits.  Even Rei's anti-ghost sign
  didn't work against the female spirit.  This was supposed to be a
  fun summer vacation, and the three girls changed into their bathing
  suits..
  In episode 23, Naru-chan gets in the way of the sailor senshi as
  she had fallen in love with Nefright (in disguise as Sanjouin).
  Sailor Moon's weakness was Tuxedo Kamen.  When Nefright found out,
  he sent fake love letters to the girls.  In episode 19, the real
  Tuxedo Kamen appeared to save the day, but he got stuck in the
  elevator with Sailor Moon.  There he said, "In the past, I feel
  that there was some relationship between us.  But I can't remember.."
  [a very large, cute picture of the three girls Usagi, Ami, and Lei
   in bathing suits.  Usagi and Ami are looking very scared.  Usagi is
   crying.  Lei is using her anti-ghost sign.  small picture of the
   three girls in the battle uniforms.  picture of Tuxedo Kamen.
   picture of Usagi with hearts in her eyes.  small picture of Naru-
   chan and Usagi.]

 Tekkaman Blade

 Ganbarugar

 Dragon Quest Dai no Daibouken
  After rescuing princess Leona, the Aban fighters were getting ready
  to fight again.  But Maam was feeling troubled.  She didn't have the
  confidence in herself as a warrior.  Her power to heal was not as
  strong as Leona's.  In episode 39, she decides to go training by
  herself.  Dai and Pop head toward Bengaana where Baran was waiting.
  [pictures of Maam; Dai; a frozen Princess Leona; Hunkel; Crocodine;
   Pop and Dai.]

 Minky Momo

Video Journal
 Tenchi Muyou!  Ryou Ou Ki
  (on sale 9/25, 30 min, 4944 yen)
  A SF action comedy with lots of beautiful girls!

 Granzort Boukenhen vol 3
  (on sale 6/26, 30 min, 4994 yen)

 KO Seiki Beast Sanjuushi vol 2
  (on sale 7/1, 30 min, 4800 yen)
  Find the Crest of the Gaia!
  While the 3 beasts were off on their own missions, Won gets in trouble.
  After returning to his village of Tori-zoku, Bud had become a hero
  and there was a large party for everyone.  But Bud's grandfather
  Kiusu Mint said that the Crest of the Gaia was somewhere near their
  village.  Bud stayed behind in the village, but Won went to look
  for it.  What Kiusu was talking about was the Inu-zoku.  But since
  Won was from the Neko family, he did not get along too well with the
  Inu-zoku.  While Mei was off to the lake that had the Crest of Gaia,
  Won gets in trouble as V Darn appears.

 Video Girl Ai 4 Kokuhaku
  (on sale 6/26, 30 min, 4500 yen)
  The day of confession for Youta (to Moemi) and Moemi (to Takashi) had
  come!
  Takashi wasn't thinking about Moemi at all.  But with Youta's
  encouragement, Moemi started to make a scarf for Takashi's birthday.
  Then Moemi said that she didn't want to give him the scarf that she
  made, so Youta and Moemi cut class and went shopping.  But since they
  were wearing their school uniforms, a policeman spotted them.
  Youta and Moemi ran to escape.
  Back at school, Moemi gave her present to Takashi and told him that
  she liked him.  But Takashi thought that things were going well with
  Youta and Moemi.
  [picture of Youta and Moemi out shopping together; Youta on the phone;
   Youta talking to Takashi; Ai-chan talking to old man; close-up of
   Moemi]

 Macross II vol 2 Ishtar
  (on sale 6/21, 30 min, 4800 yen)
  Where is the singer that came to earth!?
  Hibiki goes after the scoop!
  In this episode, the story moves from a space setting to earth.
  Hibiki saw a war for the first time in his life.  Also the film that
  Dennis risked his life to take had been taken away by the military.
  But Hibiki knew something that nobody else knew.  He knew about
  the Maldook singer Ishtar.  Hibiki had brought her back to earth
  and tried to keep her a secret with the help of his hair dresser
  friend.  Hibiki tried to talk to her.  After a while Ishtar began
  to open up to him.  But when Hibiki took his eyes off of her for
  a little while, Ishtar vanished.  Hibiki tried to look for Ishtar.
  Meanwhile Ishtar was being drawn closer to Macross.
  But the one who found Ishtar was Fef, the leader of the Maldook
  forces that attacked earth.  Although Fef won the battle, he had
  lost his singer.  So he had come to look for Ishtar.
  [picture of Ishtar; Hibiki and Silvie looking for Ishtar; a Zendradi
   soldier; Hikiki and Silvie]

 Seiden RG Veda

 Akai Hayate Kanketsuhen

 New Dream Hunter Remu
  (on sale 8/21, 50 min, 9800 yen)
  The popular Dream Hunter Remu series has been refreshed.
  Remu goes into people's dreams and fights against evil with her
  pets Alpha (dog) and Beta (cat).  In this story, Remu goes into the
  dream of an old cyborg that was sleeping in Europe.

 Scramble Wars
  This will be a fun OVA where the major characters from the various
  Artmic videos will appear.
  The story will be a gag race where all of the characters ride in
  their various machines.
  [sketches of Sandi, Sahari, Leon, Lufi, Sucoa, Priss]

 Babil 2 Sei vol 3
  (on sale 8/21, 30 min, 6800 yen)

Cassette Labels
 [nice pictures of Shun (Free Kick); Tekkaman Blade; Hikaru and Seiji
  lying on the grass (Da Garn); Natsumi and a sleeping Mirai (Mama 4)]

TV sports anime
 There have been many sports anime on TV.
 Currently there are popular shows as "Yawara!" and "Free Kick".
 The top of the list of sports is baseball, which is no surprise.
 The counts of sports TV series in the last 31 years..
    Baseball         14
    Motor Sports      7
    Soccer            5
    Kendo             4
    Volleyball        4
    Boxing            3
    Others           20
 Baseball: The most representative of all baseball anime is
  "Kyojin no Hoshi", and there were many baseball anime in the 70's.
  Most of the stars of the shows were pitchers.  But in "Dokaben",
  the main character was the catcher.  Recently there haven't been
  many baseball anime, but "Meimon! Daisan Yakyuubu" and "Miracle
  Giants Dome-kun" were on in recent years.
 Motor Sports: The first sports anime to appear was "Mach Go Go Go"
  in 1967.  Recently with the F1 boom, series such as "F" and "Cyber
  Formula" appeared.
 [In their counts, they didn't include Touch or Hiatari Ryoukou as
  baseball anime!  Touch is as much baseball as Yawara is judo..]

Games for Summer Vacation
 Super Barcode Wars
  (Bandai, 6800 yen, on sale in August)
  A game where you read the data from barcodes (printed on the cards)
  and fight against an opponent.  It is also possible to get a board
  to play a board game with the barcode cards.  Dragonball Z and
  SD gundam board games are available.

 Tetsujin 28 Gou FX Perfect Collection
  (Takara, 1800 yen, on sale now)
  All 28 robots.  Each robot is about 5 cm.

 VCOM
  (Yutaka, 7800 yen for the base, 1000 yen for the models, on sale 8/5)
  VCOM is a game where you use the data in the models to fight an
  opponent.  You put Gundam (SD), Kamen Rider, Ultraman models on
  the base system and the LCD will show the energy.  You decide how
  you want to divide your energy between strength, speed, defense,
  and the computer determines who wins.  If you win you get the
  opponent's energy.

 Lodoss Tou Senki
  (Hudson, 7200 yen, on sale 7/17)
  A game for PC Engine CD ROM^2.

 Chibi Maruko-chan 4 "Korega Nihon dayo!  Ouji-sama"
  (Takara, 3800 yen, on sale 8/28)
  A game for Game Boy.

 Ranma 1/2 Chounai Gekitouhen
  (Mesaiya, 8800 yen, on sale now)
  A game for Super Famicom.
  You become Ranma (or Ranma-chan) and you fight against Genma, Kodachi,
  Kunou, Shampoo, Ryouga, and the principal.  It is also possible to
  choose your favorite player and have a 1-to-1 battle.

 Magical Taruruuto-kun 2
  (Bandai, 5800 yen, on sale now)
  A game for Famicom.
  Iyona had been kidnapped, and Taru, Honmaru, and Mimora have to go
  rescue her.  You can choose to be Taru, Honmaru, or Mimora to fight
  the opponent.  By defeating your opponent you gain levels.  You can
  move up to a maximum of 6 different kinds of magic.

 Shinseiki GPX Cyber Formula
  (Takara, 8800 yen, on sale now)
  A game for Super Famicom.
  There are race courses for the Japan trials/finals and the 10 world
  GPX races.  You will drive the Asuraada as Hayato.

 Dragonball Z III
  (Bandai, 7800 yen, on sale in August)
  A game for Famicom.
  The Z fighters will have to fight against the cyborgs from the TV
  series.  The battles will be determined by the cards on the screen.
  It will be a "card battle".

 Captain Tsubasa III
  (Tecmo, 8900 yen, on sale 7/17)
  A game for Super Famicom.

Bishounen (Articles on recent TV shows)
 Super Bikkuri-man (Sunday 8:30 AM, TV Asahi)
  Phoenix and Tiki

 Mama ha Shougaku 4 Nensei (Friday 5:00, Nihon TV)
  Mario

 Dragonball Z (Wednesday 7:00, Fuji TV)
  Trunks
   The child of Bulma and Vejiita who had come from the future to save
   the world.  Trunks has great power, such that he easily defeated
   Freeza and Gold.  He is the opposite of his father, who just wants
   to prove that he is the strongest.  Trunks wants to see peace.

  Even with just the cyborgs it would have been a tough fight.  But Cell,
  a monster which had been developed in Dr. Gero's lab, appeared.  The
  Z fighters had to quickly do more training.  Vejiita and Trunks who
  had gone into the room of spirit and time will reappear sometime in
  September.  But Cell had really increased his power in order to
  combine with the cyborgs.  In an earlier battle, Cell had been defeated
  by Piccolo, but in episode 150, Cell destroys Piccolo.  Then because of
  this danger number 16, who had only been interested in Goku until now,
  enters the battle.  We will be able to see number 16's strength in
  episode 151.

 Tetsujin 28 Gou FX (Sunday 10:30 AM, Nihon TV)
  Steiner

 Crayon Shin-chan (Monday 7:00, TV Asahi)
  Shin-chan

 O-i!  Ryouma (Tuesday 7:30, NHK)
  Ryouma

Article on the new Raijin-Oh OVA

Article on the summer movies
 Kurenai no Buta (Porco Rosso)

 Ranma 1/2 Kessen Tougenkyou!  Hanayomewo Torimodose!
  (movie starts 8/1 at theaters in large cities)
  Ranma and his friends are at an uninhabited island.  Kunou's yacht had
  washed ashore there.  Then one by one, the girls started disappearing.
  It happened to be the servants of Touma, the prince of the Tougenkyou.
  They were looking for candidates to be Touma's wife.  One of them said
  to Ranma, "If you don't listen to what we say, we will turn you into a
  boy."  Then they poured some of the water on a crab and the crab turned
  into a boy.  Ranma and Ryouga tried to go after the water and Touma.
  But Touma blasted them with his "illusions" technique.
  Ranma went into Tougenkyou to save the girls.  But he found out that
  they were being treated very nicely.  Then Ranma changed his strategy
  to try to get the "turning into boy" water.  But Touma said that he
  was going to choose his wife by the method of "kakutou omiai" (martial
  arts arranged marriage ceremony).  This contest was full of strange
  things such as using chopsticks to mover rice from one plate to
  another and flower arrangement.  Akane got bored and tried to escape.
  Then Akane found out that Touma wasn't really looking for a wife,
  but he was just playing around.
  [pictures of Ranma-chan looking very cute, eyes wide open; Ryouga
   looking mad, carrying a large rock; Ranma-chan almost getting smashed
   by the rock; Happosai; Ucchan holding an okonomiyaki and waving,
   wearing a very skimpy bathing suit under her apron; Shampoo jumping
   off of a cliff carrying her ramen delivery; Akane looking ugly;
   Akane choking Ranma-chan; Touma; Touma throwing a punch; Ranma-kun
   getting blasted]

 Silent Moebius 2
  (movie started 7/18)

 Dragon Quest Dai no Daibouken
  (movie started 7/11, playing with the Dragonball Z movie)

Anime TV series viewer ratings (5/4 - 5/31 and 5/11 - 5/17)
  1. Sazaesan                        26.5 (Sunday night)
  2. Chibi Maruko-chan               23.9 (Sunday night)
  3. Kiteretsu Daihyakka             20.6 (Sunday night)
  4. Dragonball Z                    20.3 (Wednesday night)
  5. Doraemon                        18.7 (Friday night)
  6. Sazaesan (rerun)                15.8 (Tuesday night)
  7. Magical Taruruuto-kun           15.0 (Sunday morning)
  8. Bush Baby                       14.9 (Sunday night)
  9. Yawara!                         14.8 (Monday night)
 10. Super Bikkuri-man               11.8 (Sunday morning)

 XX. Sailor Moon                     11.3 (Saturday night)
 XX. Dragon Quest Daino Daibouken    10.0 (Thursday night)
 XX. Genji Tsuushin Agedama           9.8 (Friday night)
 XX. Ganbarugar                       8.2 (Wednesday night)
 XX. Ranma 1/2 Nettouhen              6.9 (Friday afternoon)
 XX. Mama ha Shougaku 4 Nensei        5.1 (Friday afternoon)
 XX. Densetsu no Yuusha Da Garn       4.3 (Saturday afternoon)

Top Anime Video Sellers (6/15)
  1. Gundam 0083 vol 9
  2. Macross II vol 1
  3. Genji Dai Ichibu Jou
  4. Little Mermaid (Japanese dub)
  5. Gekkou no Pierce
  6. Granzort Boukenhen vol 1
  7. Little Mermaid (Bilingual)
  8. Fantasia (Japanese dub)
  9. Video Girl Ai 3
 10. Kyuukyoku Choujin R Bangaihen

Advertisements
 Dragonball Z Hit Collection 11 -Seishin to Toki no heya-
  on sale now
  CD: COCC-10064, 2800 yen
  MT: COTC-2061, 2500 yen

 Dragon Quest Dai no Daibouken Music Collection
  on sale 8/1
  CD: COCC-10125, 2800 yen
  MT: COTC-2082, 2500 yen

 Bastard
  volume 1 will go on sale 8/25
  volume 2 will go on sale 10/24
  volume 3 will go on sale 12/10
  volume 4 will go on sale 93/2/25
  volume 5 will go on sale 93/4/25
  volume 6 will go on sale 93/6/25
  4500 yen each, VHS color stereo hifi, 30 min

 Video Girl Ai
  volume 5 "Ai ga kieru!" on sale 7/24
  4500 yen VHS color stereo hifi, 30 min

 Kaze no Tairiku (The Weathering Continent)
  Original Soundtrack vol 1 on sale 7/18, CD: VICL-302, 3000 yen
  "Kaze no Tairuku" single on sale now, CDS: VIDL-99, 930 yen
  CD Cinema 1 on sale now, CD: VICL-301, 3000 yen
  CD Cinema 2 on sale 8/26, CD: VICL-303, 3000 yen

 Silent Moebius 2
  Movie Original Soundtrack on sale 7/18
  first press is a picture CD
  CD: VICL-304, 3000 yen

 Macross II
  video and LD 4800 yen each
   volume 1 on sale now
   volume 2 on sale now
   volume 3 on sale 8/21
   volume 4 on sale 9/24
   volume 5 on sale 10/22
   volume 6 on sale 11/21
  Original Soundtrack on sale 7/22
   first press is a picture CD
   CD: VICL-315, 3000 yen

 Video Girl Ai Image Soundtrack 2
  on sale 7/22, CD: VICL-316, 3000 yen
  contains 6 vocals plus 2 instrumentals.
  also contains an answering phone message by Ai and Moemi.

 Cyber Formula Graffiti
  on sale 8/5, 3800 yen, VHS: VPVY-62832
  color, mono hifi, 30 min
  this will only come out in VHS and will not come out as an LD.
  this contains scenes from the 10th GPX with some narration by
  Hayato, Asuka, Miki, and Asuraada.

 Princess Army Wedding Combat act 1
  on sale 8/1, color 30 min, stereo
  VHS: SRVW 1487, Beta: SRUW 4487, LD: SRLW 1487
  act 2 will go on sale 9/21.

 Tokyo Babylon "A Save for Tokyo City Story"
  only available with reservations
  must reserve by 9/1, on sale on 10/21
  CA: 2 videos with a special case, 9800 yen
  LD: 2 sided disc CLV, 7600 yen
  color, 50 min, stereo

 Perfume (Hayashibara Megumi's new CD)
  CD: KICS-215, 3000 yen (on sale 8/5)
   1. Megumi Island
   2. Nemurenai Machide
   3. Watashini Happy Birthday
   4. Yasashisaha Okurimono
   5. Po-To-Fu ga Nitsumaru Maeni
   6. 9 Gatsu no Tobira
   7. How How Bear
   8. Stray Cat
   9. Growing Up
  10. Hitomini Ginga
  11. Summer Vacation
  12. Heart no Yukue

 Densetsu no Yuusha Da Garn
  videos of the TV episodes will go on sale 9/25
  "Chikyuu karano Message" (episodes 1-4) VHS JHE-385
  "8 Ninmeno Yuusha" (episodes 5-8) VHS JHE-386
  color, hi-fi mono, 100 min, 9200 yen
 
 Houkagono Tinker Bell
  on sale 7/22
  VC: TYVY-1047, 9800 yen
  LD: TYLY-1047, 9800 yen

 Ashitahe Free Kick
  volume 1 (TV episodes 1-4) on sale now
  VC: TYVY-1046, 9000 yen
  LD: TYLY-1046, 7800 yen
  volume 2 (TV episodes 5-8) on sale 8/5
  VC: TYVY-1048, 9000 yen
  LD: TYVY-1048, 7800 yen

 Yawara!  Soreyuke Koshinuke Kids!
  Original Soundtrack on sale 8/1
  KTCR-1167, 2500 yen
  contains the opening song "Daisukina Yatsu" by Watanabe Marina.

 Yawara!  Covers!
  on sale now, KTCR-1164, 2800 yen
  contains all of the opening, ending songs in English, French, Spanish.

 Maison Ikkoku Forever Remix
  on sale 7/25, 2800 yen, CD: KTCR-1166
  contains the opening, ending from the TV series and some other songs.
  total of 10 songs.

 Pat Labor Music Clips
  video on sale 7/23, LD on sale 8/5
  contains 5 minutes of brand new animation "Noa no ichinichi".
  also 11 music videos.  also P-club volume 17.
  video BES-689, color 45 min, stereo hifi, 5800 yen
  LD VPLY-70198, color 45 min, stereo hifi, 5800 yen

 Urusei Yatsura TV series rental videos
  contains all 218 episodes + 2 TV specials in 50 videos.
  rental starts 8/1
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