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From: goose@camelot.bradley.edu (Bradley Riley)
Subject: Begginings
Organization: Bradley University
Date: 14 Sep 92 23:10:03 GMT

	I missed the influx of Anime for many reasons.  I first learned
of them from NOW Comics and I realized that anime is for me.
EXCEPT budget and lack of info.

So if there is info how to start the process of learning about anime,
TELL ME! 
Basically, I need to know what's out there and how to get ahold of it.
I've seen Akira and I am impressed.

On Robotech, I haven't seen more than two episodes but I read all the books
Jack McKinney wrote.  Are these books acurate and how do they compare to the
series?  Just your ideas.
Someday I will see the series.
oh yes, I will see the series.

Also, in Dark Horse Presents, they had some issues called HEARTBREAKERS.  I
had a feeling that it would have been great as anime.  Is there a similiar
story out there either anime or magna?


--
and if i should falter
would you open your arms out to me
we can make love not war
and live at peace with our hearts
		A little respect                  Bradley A. Riley
	        Erasure-the innocents	 	  goose@camelot.bradley.edu

Newsgroups: rec.arts.anime
From: y0l8009@tamsun.tamu.edu (Yoshih Lee)
Subject: Re: Project A-Ko and supermodels!
Organization: Texas A&M University, College Station
Date: Mon, 7 Sep 1992 01:43:35 GMT

In article <3130230@hpcc01.corp.hp.com> okamoto@hpcc01.corp.hp.com (Jeff Okamoto) writes:
>Last night (August 25), Fox TV was showing the "Supermodels of the World"
>competition.  As the ending credits rolled, I noticed the music was
>familiar.  In fact, it was from Project A-Ko, either track 3 or track 7
>(don't have the CD here at work)!

A friend of mine commented that on an old Miss America pagent, B-Ko's theme 
called "In Your Eyes" was played during one of the events.  There, and in an
episode of "Fame" (that evening soap about kids in that dance school).

Also, watch certain Chinese soap operas, too.  Sometimes, you'll hear some
pieces of "Miyu"; otherwise, it's often "Char's Counterattack".


RgZ Lee                 "...we abandoned God and shook hands with the Devil...
                            We are mercenaries of Hell!"  . . . Shin Kazama
y0l8009@tamsun.tamu.edu
        tamrigel.bitnet
-- 
RgZ Lee                 "...we abandoned God and shook hands with the Devil...
                            We are mercenaries of Hell!"  . . . Shin Kazama
y0l8009@tamsun.tamu.edu
        tamrigel.bitnet
Newsgroups: rec.arts.anime
From: Kimagure@pacific.mps.ohio-state.edu (Orange Road Addict)
Subject: Re: Yawara no okaasan
Summary: They live!
Reply-To: Kimagure@pacific.mps.ohio-state.edu (Orange Road Addict)
Organization: The Ohio State University; Department of Phyiscs
Date: Mon, 7 Sep 1992 19:37:39 GMT

In article <715521834snx@izumi.DIALix.oz.au> michael@izumi.DIALix.oz.au (Michael Studte) writes:
>Alright, now I'm somewhat confused. Since I can't get access to the
>Berkeley ftp site (thing keeps chucking error msgs at my ftpmail
>requests), I'll have to ask here.
>
>What's the deal with Yawara's mother (and possibly father)? After the
>first half-dozen episodes I had somewhat accepted that Yawara lived
>with her pain-in-the-doojo grandfather, and her parents had (as is so
>usual) "mysteriously died somewhere in the past". Then I get to episode
>9 or so, and suddenly, up pops Yawara's mother, and (so far) assumes a
>semi-permanent role. Yawara was somewhat surprised, but her grandfather
>seemed openly shocked for her to return. Someone want to clue me in?

 Both Yawara's parents are alive... If I'm not mistaken Yawara's father left
 his family when Yawara at age five threw him for an ippon while they were
 practicing.... 

 To best of my knowledge Yawara  does not know why exactly her father (Kojiro)
 left, but I recall that sometime later in the series it is mentioned that 
 he left his family in search for 'perfect' judo.....

 Yawara's mother is always searching for Kojiro and that's the reason that
 she is never (rarely) home...

 Yawara's father is first seen in during the turnament in which Yawara faces
 Sayaka for the first time. But he becomes quite a vital figure later in the
 story. :-)

  Cheers,

		Marijan Adam

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>| 46 Hackbridge Way | CAL-ANIMAGE ZETA, Perth, Australia   +-------+
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>|  Inokuma Yawara   |--------------------------------------+
>|        for        | Indiana Kou: "CARROTS!! Why did it   |
>|       GOLD!       |               have to be carrots??"  |
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P.S.: if you want I can E-mail you yawara synopsis...
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From: vlad@ersys.edmonton.ab.ca (Vlad G. Pohnert)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.anime
Subject: Re: Best opening animations
Date: Tue, 08 Sep 92 00:13:09 MDT
Organization: Edmonton Remote Systems #3, Edmonton, AB, Canada

krk@angeles.janet.ucla.edu (Kenneth Kindsfater) writes:

- 
- So my favorite 3 are:
- 
- 3. Gundam 0083 (both openings)
-    Beatiful animation at points but sometimes a bit limited (i.e. not much
-    movement...)  Anyways I like the first one (eps. 1-7) better because of
-    the song... but the second (eps. 8 - ) has Cima!!!
- 
- 2. Macross II 
-    Great pacing with the music!!! not animated as well as 0083 or Nadia...
- 
- 1. Fushigi no Umi no Nadia (The Secret of Blue Water)
-    (the evil series of course covers it up with large fonts)
-    I love the animation & the song for this... The characterization is
-    great you can tell their personalities just from the way they run!!!
- 
- 
- anyways I'm just curious if I'm forgeting anything really great,

 
Well... I have several favorated which would include:
 
1) Z Gundam (2nd openning) - Great song and animated sequences
 
2) Gundam 0083 - Yes, I do have to agree that both are excellent
 
3) Nadia - Another winning combo of Anime and music
 
3) Dragonar - Not a great series, but it has a excellent opening song and 
anime sequence (The suit taking off from a Aircraft carrior is awsome)
 
4) Dirty Pair (TV) - One of the best Animated sequences paces with great 
music
 
5) KOR (Kimagure Orange Road) - All 3 sesons have very addicting music 
and some of the best sequences of images paced with the music.)
 
6) Macross TV series opening (SD version) - excellent SD version of the 
original opeing (Very funny!!)
 
There are others, but the above are the ones that seem to stick to my 
mind....

Vlad


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< Vlad G. Pohnert                            >> First thought that >
< "BAKA no Baka" Fanzine Co-ordinator        >> Gato has after     >
< Want a career in Anime?                    >> seeing the GPO3:   >
< Join Strike Force Baka and help kick butt  >> "Gundam in a       >
<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<>>>>>>>>>>>>breadbox!!" >>>>>>>>
From: michael@izumi.DIALix.oz.au (Michael Studte)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.anime
Subject: CD-ROM
Distribution: world
Date: Thu, 03 Sep 92 14:05:47 GMT
Organization: JAFWA, Cal-Animage Zeta, Perth, Western Australia


In article <37465@sdcc12.ucsd.edu> rnlee@sdcc3.ucsd.edu writes:
 > >real judgement in the product. It kinda looked like fun. I remember seeing
 > >one clip from what I think was Venus Wars. Has anyone out there bought the
 >                                 ^^^^^ ^^^^
 > >disk ? Opinions ?
 > 
 > If this disc has "The World of USMC" on it, does that mean that USMC
 > has acquired the rights to Venus Wars?  If not, what is it doing on
 > the disc?

You haven't been reading my subbed/dubbed list, have you? :) Under the
"unscheduled" titles, Venus Wars is listed for USMC. Yup, they do have
it.

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| Michael Studte    | Japanese Animation Fans of Western Australia |
| 46 Hackbridge Way | CAL-ANIMAGE ZETA, Perth, Australia   +-------+
| Bayswater  6053   | Internet: michaels@DIALix.oz.au      |
| AUSTRALIA         |           michael@izumi.DIALix.oz.au |
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|  Inokuma Yawara   |--------------------------------------+
|        for        | Indiana Kou: "CARROTS!! Why did it   |
|       GOLD!       |               have to be carrots??"  |
+-------------------+--------------------------------------+
From: deitrich@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu (Dave Deitrich)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.anime
Subject: Paging DONNA BRYAN...
Date: 6 Sep 92 14:42:55 GMT
Article-I.D.: ux1.Bu5vJy.LIE
Distribution: usa
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Sorry to waste bandwidth, folks...

Donna, the email address you gave me at the UIUC Quad Day doesn't seem to be
working.  Please get in touch with me so I can send you the info you wanted!
Thanks much!

Dave Deitrich
One o' the Guys in charge of JACK
deitrich@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu
From: macedo%UFRJVMS1.BITNET@VTVM1.CC.VT.EDU (Sergio Ricardo F. Macedo)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.anime
Subject: "Gunhed",the Movie
Date: 4 Sep 92 15:58:00 GMT
Priority:     urgent
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Importance:   high


	Was Gunhed, the movie, released in USA? Where can I find it in New York?
Any information will be welcome. Thanks in advance.

		Sergio Macedo
			<macedo@ufrjvms1.bitnet>
From: byonef@sage.cc.purdue.edu (Fred Byon)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.anime
Subject: Bubblegum Trek: Repost of Story and some news!
Date: 8 Sep 92 01:23:29 GMT
Organization: Purdue University Computing Center

Well, I hacked away at BGT over the Labor Day weekend, and I have some
good news and some bad news.  The good news:  I got part 2 done!
The bad news:  Because of the space that this story took, I need...


A PART 3!

That's right.  Evidently, this story had a lot of material in it (as
a matter of fact, part 2 has almost 2000 lines) so for all those who
wanted to see Largo and the Borg being kicked ass by Picard's Enterprise
and the ______ ______, you'll have to wait till part 3 (but then again,
we don't know yet if that will be the case yet, right??!!!?  :-)  )
I guess this is a pretty good time to post the story thus far with
all the current talk about BGCrisis and BGCrash.

I am going to repost part 1 and post the newly-written part 2:

PART 1 (repost):  WE'RE NOT IN MEGA-TOKYO ANYMORE, OR ARE WE?
PART 2:  BIEVENUE A LA ENTERPRISE!

So if you've only read part one or if you haven't read my story at all,
happy reading!  Send all helpful comments, story suggestions, etc. to
either of the below address and I'll gladly look at them.

Fred Byon
Purdue University
Junior - CS Major
BGT Author
byonef@sage.cc.purdue.edu
efb@mentor.cc.purdue.edu
Newsgroups: rec.arts.anime
From: doi@jrd.dec.com (Hitoshi Doi)
Subject: Re: IMHO
Organization: DEC Japan Research and Development Center
Date: Thu, 10 Sep 1992 22:09:06 GMT

In article <1992Sep10.140021.7456@panix.com>, jis@panix.com (Jack Szwergold) writes:
# Can anyone explain, or even attempt to explain, to me (or anyone else who
# cares, why a country that is predominantly oriental in look, and culture,
# such as Japan, can market so much ANIME and MANGA that contains TONS of
# caucasion characters with caucasion features?  There is nothing wrong with
# this, every one in a while.  But other than the one or two
# ninja/samurai/fantasy stories, the majority of characters are causcasion? 

You must not be reading/watching the same stuff as me.
Almost all of the characters I see are Japanese.
Just because the hair color is yellow, red, green, blue, purple, etc
doesn't make them non-Japanese.  There are some Japanese walking around
in certain parts with that colored hair..
Anyways I think the hair color is used to tell the characters apart.
You should look at what the characters say, how they act, etc.
Pretty typical Japanese, I think.
I don't watch the boys too carefully, but most of the girls are
drawn just like Japanese idols.  Large eyes, small nose, small ears,
skinny, etc..

Of course if you only read/watch science fiction stuff,
that may be the case.

# What does this say about the Japanese?  Do they unconciously want to be
# caucassion?

I know some that do.  I don't know about most though..
--
Hitoshi Doi, International Open Systems Engineering        doi@jrd.dec.com
Japan Research and Development Center               decwrl!jrd.dec.com!doi
Digital Equipment Corporation Japan          [from Japan: doi@dec-j.co.jp]
Newsgroups: rec.arts.anime
From: wbarnes@sura.net (Bill Barnes)
Subject: Revamping BGC (was Re: anime, and he may not)
Organization: SURAnet, College Park, MD, USA, NA, Earth, Milky Way
Date: Wed, 9 Sep 1992 17:42:40 GMT

In article <92250.024215CMH114@psuvm.psu.edu> <CMH114@psuvm.psu.edu> writes:
>Well, to start off, I wouldn't want to start off with a series like bgc, but...

See what you can come up with...

[ideas about making BGC harder-edged and more like Blade Runner deleted]

For the most part, I agree with you.  However, I'm a little leery of 
getting the writers and animators to emulate BR.  If you truly want
intelligence in your anime, then you'd want the creators to come up
with something original.  Merely aping BR's look, feel, and themes
is not original.  At best maybe you'll be able to give them a new twist,
but at worst you merely end up with a pale imitation.

Also, once you eliminate the fights with Genom, what would you have
Knight Sabers do?  There's only so much reality you can interject
into a show which thinks female vigilantes in hardsuits is a plausible
idea...

>This all, of course, is just for a simple escapist sf show.

Assuming you merely want it to be escapist SF.  Sounded to me like you
wanted to make it a bit more than that.  [Personal aside: it never ceases
to amaze me how many people seem to think that something thought-provoking
can't also be exciting, as if Reason and Emotion were mutually exclusive.
Why is there this overwhelming belief that an action/adventure story
can't also be intellectual?  Granted, most of the time it isn't, but that
doesn't mean it *can't*.  It's the same sort of close-minded bias that
makes some people think cartoons are just for kids...]

>For real art or
>really adult (for adults, not porn) stuff, this is just a baseline. For that,
>you need fire and passion and intelligence in your writers and art directors.
>That's something a producer can't dictate, only look for.

Unfortunately, intelligence seems to be missing from most anime writers.
I don't know why this is - give the thousands of potential scriptwriters
out there, you would think it would be easy to find plenty capable of
telling an intelligent story.  Yet a lot of anime apparently can't.
I'd like to think it's the studios deliberately hamstringing their writers
in order to appeal to the elusive lowest common denominator, but still...
-- 
Bill "Whassamatter?!  Can't you take a joke?!" Barnes   wbarnes@sura.net
Disclaimer:  The author apologizes for any thought-provoking material he may
	     have accidentally included and promises not to do it again.
Datclaimer:  My employers wouldn't WANT to share some of my opinions.
From: seawasp@vm2.cis.pitt.edu (Sea Wasp)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.anime
Subject: Hair color, blood types, etc (was Re: IMHO)
Date: 11 Sep 92 14:15:56 GMT
Organization: University of Pittsburgh
Originator: seawasp@pmax1.cis.pitt.edu

In article <1992Sep11.043817.29046@noose.ecn.purdue.edu> coram@ecn.purdue.edu (Kevin C Coram) writes:
>In article <1992Sep10.183108.8173@wdl.loral.com> dcb@wdl1.wdl.loral.com (Predecrement Dave) writes:

>I also seem to remember hearing that the colors are (extreme) exagerations
>of slight differences in hair color.  Thus, lighter brown hair might
>end up blonde, hair with a reddish tint ends up like Ranma-chan's, etc.
>(And NO, I have no idea where green or purple hair comes from)

	Blonde hair is also representative of SPIRITS in some parts of
Nipponese mythology, thus blonde hair may also be used to represent the
spiritual nature of the subject (I'm quite sure this is the reason that
Seiji Date in Samurai Troopers is blonde).

	Green and purple and red can show up as HIGHLIGHTS in black hair --
I've seen people with the above colors glinting in them. So I suspect
that the artist takes these highlights and makes them the hair color.

	Of course, maybe they also just like the neato colors. I know 
I do!

>>So, no, the Japanese are not expressing a (sub)conscious desire to be
>>caucasian, IMHO(!).

	Probably not; a lot of the apparently Americanized drawing comes
from the Disney influence on all animation.

>Considering that a large number of Japanese still think that the "pure"
>Japanese race is superior to all other races (even or especially other
>oriental races) I REALLY doubt that they are expressing a desire to
>be caucasian.

	I've heard this claim from several sources; is it true? (I mean,
that there is a very large proportion of Japanese who believe in their
gut that they are "superior"? I've heard that one indicator of this is
that they like people to learn their language... but not to learn it
TOO WELL; Gaijin should not be able to speak it as well as Japanese?)

	ON an entirely different note: What is this thing with BLOOD 
TYPES? Exactly what does it mean? I've heard that Japanese see these
as being something like astrological signs or personality types; what
are the correspondences, if so, between the types? And what would
they say about an "exotic" blood type, one which isn't a/b/o scaled?

                                 Sea Wasp
                                   /^\
                                   ;;;
Newsgroups: rec.arts.anime
From: albertw@netcom.com (The Email Otaku)
Subject: Re: Question. LD & CD
Date: Mon, 14 Sep 92 20:26:48 GMT
Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services  (408 241-9760 guest) 

In article <1992Sep14.172052.22147@guinness.idbsu.edu> wmb@jalama.Idbsu.EDU (William M. Bennecke) writes:
>Hi, I am sort of new to Anime and I have some questions.  In the Anime
>Laserdisc and Compact Disc catalog of Lazer Perceptions you can find Lds
>called Video Singles.  What are these? 

I think a video single is one of those 8" LDs. with one or two music videos
on them.

>
>The next question is on their cds.  You can find cds listed like this: 
>Nausicaa -IMAGE ALBUM, -SOUNDTRACK, -SYMPHONY, -DRAMA, and -ORCHESTRATION, as
>an example.  What are the differences of these?  Why is the -IMAGE ALBUM
>different from the -SOUNDTRACK cd and the others?? Could someone tell me
>what each reference means?

Soundtrack CD: (Akira Soundtrack CD doesn't count) usually contains the
background music, various vocals used in a particular show.

Image CD: A collection of music and songs that have the same "feel" as the
original BGM.

Symphony: Various BGM tracks redone using a full orchestra.

Dram CD: The voice actors/actresses of a particular show get together to
read some dialogue and stuff.

Orchestration CD:  I've never heard this term used before, but I suspect it
something like the Symphonic Suite type thing.

Hi-Tech series: the BGM for the show is redone using that latest in
synthesizers and sound engineering.

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Newsgroups: rec.arts.anime
From: trebor@foretune.co.jp (Robert J Woodhead)
Subject: Re: Animego BGC covers
Organization: Foretune Co., Ltd.
Date: Fri, 11 Sep 1992 06:34:14 GMT

wbarnes@sura.net (Bill Barnes) writes:

>Huh?  Are you sure about this?  Based on my Kenichi Sonoda art book, it looks
>like they did use all of the original video covers.  Let me see:
>Parts 1, 3, and 5 used the original video jackets.
>Parts 2 and 4 came from posters (the original jacket appeared on the back of
>AnimEigo's Part 2, actually).
>Parts 6, 7, and 8's video jackets weren't used.  The pictures that were
>used don't appear in the art book (although I believe the book came out
>before 8, so...).

>That's certainly odd.  I wonder what's up?

Of all the art that was available, we used the stuff we liked the best.
Simple as that.

-- 
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|                   "Elevators don't have CANCEL buttons"                   |
From: AR402004@BROWNVM.brown.edu (Steven Feldman)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.anime
Subject: Re: Nausicaa Poster for sale
Date: 12 Sep 92 19:34:47 GMT
To: anime-l@VTVM1.CC.VT.EDU

Sorry about that last post.  I meant it to be private e-mail.  8(

                          -- Steven Feldman <ar402004@brownvm.brown.edu>
From: z_beddoerj@ccsvax.sfasu.edu
Newsgroups: rec.arts.anime
Subject: Re: shampoo-l
Date: 9 Sep 92 04:08:04 CST
Organization: Stephen F. Austin State University

In article <Bu8q8q.5xL@news.cso.uiuc.edu>, jly33321@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (John L.Yoon ) writes:
> simple question...
> 
> Is SHAMPOO-L dead?  Anything sent to calvin bounces.  Can't even get
> a ping returned....
> 
> Elvis is dead.
> 
> 
> -- 
> John Yoon                     | University of Illinois CU (MatSci) std.disclaim
> jly33321@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu     |                     BOFH 
> jyoon@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu        |            NO PUN  NO PRT  NO LIFE 

Well, the machine that it is on, calvin, died, or is getting a new set of 
brains, actually.  Taken down for installation of new software, including new
network software.  However, it, and shampoo-l will be back very soon...
...so the sysadmin tells me.

Would have been nice if he would have told me what was happening before it
went down, down, down....but these things happen.

Heck, I ought to set up shampoo-l on our NeXT cube when I get my account
there....hmm...

Elvis is not dead.  He came by for a couple of beers last night.
Still sings pretty good. :)
 
Ja ne,
"Crusher" Joe.

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  | z_beddoerj@ccsvax.sfasu.edu |"...all Good Things must come to an End."|
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