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From: umsitho0@ccu.umanitoba.ca (Dennis Hai Choon Sithoo)
Subject: Bubblegum Crisis!   Vision.
Summary: What was the original storyline for BGC
Keywords: original storyline
Organization: University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada
Distribution: all
Date: Thu, 12 Nov 1992 15:47:20 GMT

  OK...I hope this won't tick off anyone but if it does...big deal. Anyway
 I am asking again. What was the original storyline for BGC.Is it true
that Priss was supposed to die at the end of BGC eps.6 & was Vision
supposed to take her place on the Knight Sabers lineup? 
  I know that I would regret the loss of the character of Priss, but I
believe it would have also further enriched the story and her character.In
addition, I thought Vision was fantastic! Her character was a wonderful
combination of appealing character design and magnificent voice tallent.I
think she would have been a great Saber and it is a shame that her
character was used only once in the series.(30 mins is not enough!)

                            -signed:someone who loves Minmei & Ishtar-

Newsgroups: rec.arts.anime
From: chadwick@world.std.com (Chadwick Ngan)
Subject: Re: coolest villian in anime
Organization: The World Public Access UNIX, Brookline, MA
Date: Sun, 8 Nov 1992 13:33:55 GMT

In article <BxB0t1.37q@csugrad.cs.vt.edu> nwsedlak@csugrad.cs.vt.edu (Neil Sedlak) writes:
>How can you forget Ashram From Record Of Lodoss Wars???
>ALL TIME WORLDS COOLEST VILLAIN!!!!
>(The Dude in Black armor!)

	Yep, he's a cool guy alright, unfortunately Vagnard and Karla
manipulated him to their own ends all the time.   :)


					Chadwick
					Sheeta "the Elf"
From: egamboa@sdcc13.ucsd.edu (Noel Gamboa)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.anime
Subject: Re: My apology (Re: Keep flaming, Panda!  Was: New Winner!)
Date: 5 Nov 92 05:52:55 GMT
Article-I.D.: sdcc12.40589
Organization: Operation X / UC Herald

mliu@sdcc13.ucsd.edu (Panda ) writes:
 
> In reply to who was forced to resign:
>
> I am sure we are still fresh on what happened to the Jion flame
> war and what result from it.
>
> That is a prime example of froced resignation. I refuse to leave
> until poeple who left the net due to flames come back. I refuse
> to back down until this news group get some of these poeple back.
 
If you're talking about Tonghyun, the decision to quit posting
was his, and no one forced him to resign.  He was simply tired of
the flamethreads and the lack of any real useful info on r.a.a.
 
I'm replying to this post because Tonghyun would most likely not,
for obvious reasons.

-- 
Noel Gamboa (egamboa@ucsd.edu)
"Do The Funky Chicken!"
Newsgroups: rec.arts.anime
From: arromdee@jyusenkyou.cs.jhu.edu (Ken Arromdee)
Subject: Re: Cheats, Cliches, Cartoons, Anime...
Organization: Johns Hopkins University CS Dept.
Date: Mon, 9 Nov 1992 19:50:35 GMT

In article <1992Nov9.001147.20414@yang.earlham.edu> jeffj@yang.earlham.edu (ChaOs) writes:
>The Hero:
>	Upstanding, idealistic, handsome.  Usually the protagonist of the show,
>although people tend to think that The Other Guy is far cooler.
>The Big Guy:
>	Big, and strong.  Sometimes dumb, but usually turns out to be very
>friendly.
>The Other Guy:
>	Usually cool and disreputable.  If someone has facial hair, it's
>probably him.
>The Chick:
>	The token female on the team.  Sometimes she knows what she's doing,
>but not always.
>The Pet:
>	Usually annoying to anyone who has entered puberty (and thus discovered
>The Chick)  Frequently incompetent.

Note how this works for BGC with the genders reversed...  (in order: Sylia,
Priss, Linna, Mackie, and Nene)
--
"the bogosity in a field equals the bogosity imported from related areas, plus
the bogosity generated internally, minus the bogosity expelled or otherwise
disposed of."  -- K. Eric Drexler

Ken Arromdee (UUCP: ....!jhunix!arromdee; BITNET: arromdee@jhuvm;
     INTERNET: arromdee@jyusenkyou.cs.jhu.edu)
From: rnlee@sdcc3.ucsd.edu (Profess'nal Agitator)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.anime
Subject: Re: Types of computers
Date: 10 Nov 92 11:25:44 GMT
Organization: MAWL - Mudd Alums Without Lives

In article <01GQYBD1USG68WX5EM@SIENA.BITNET> S61428%SIENA.BITNET@VTVM1.CC.VT.EDU writes:
>I've wondered what types of computers people on the net have. It seems that
>anime seems to draw a suprisingly large number of Amiga owners. Who knows
>maybe the monitor radiation has mutated our brains until we are predispoded
>to whatch carttons in a forign language, or perhaps we are just showing
>overall good taste.

Perhaps?  Of course we are!

You're not showing enough rabid support for an Ami owner.  We may have
to revoke your ownership privileges  :-)

Agitator
  #->

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From: kennehra@craft.camp.clarkson.edu (Rich"TheMan"Kennehan)
Subject: Re: Street Fighter 2?
Organization: Clarkson University
Date: Mon, 9 Nov 1992 03:55:04 GMT



Ok...here's the background:

1)  It was programmed in Korea by one guy.  He stole the images from
    the Super Nintendo version.  Most of the text is in Korean.

2)  The backgrounds do not animate and the people in the background are
    like frozen statues.

3)  Occasionally the game will crash your system.  You also need a 386
    with at least 20 Mhz.

4)  Even though you can pick any character, the character that you
    actually end up playing are either Ken or Guile.  For instance, you
    can pick "Blanka" but the guy who actually shows up on the screen
    is Ken.  bleh.   

5)  If you lose a match, your game is over.  However, if you WIN a
    match, your game is over too! 

6)  the game fits on one 3.5 inch disk. 

7)  The computer can't play worth beans.  Heck, my MOM could beat the
    computer by just walking into the enemy ken and punching him to
    death with one punch button.  Also, occasionally the enemy will 
    magically turn into a rectangular block of static (like the static
    you get after you turn off your atari 2600)

Still want the game?

- Rich
  kennehra@logic.camp.clarkson.edu

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From: afj9838@rigel.tamu.edu (JOHNSON, AARON FLEMING)
Subject: Re: Identify yet another anime!
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41    
Organization: Texas A&M University, Academic Computing Services
Date: Mon, 9 Nov 1992 17:13:00 GMT

In article <1dk7f6INNiit@pacific.cs.ubc.ca>, upham@cs.ubc.ca (Derek Upham) writes...
>I only saw about a minute of this.  The ``hero'' has a hexagram (a
>six-pointed star inside a circle) on his hand, and when he punches
>with this hand, his arm tends to go through the target.  He does this
>twice during a scene in a sauna.
> 
>Any ideas?
> 
>Derek

	That would be Riki-Oh (Power Lord?), a Kenshiro wannabe.  And it's not
a sauna, it's a prison shower.  He's in jail for killing the old guy at the 
beginning of the flick.

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From: maxcon@server.uwindsor.ca (Christopher Leung)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.anime
Subject: Re: Macross II
Summary: Maxross III?
Date: 7 Nov 1992 03:03:32 GMT
Organization: University of Windsor, Ontario, Canada

Are you sure they are planning a Macross III?  What are they going to throw at
the earth people next?  The Borg?

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From: AR402004%BROWNVM.BITNET@VTVM1.CC.VT.EDU (Steven Feldman, Forgetful Again)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.anime
Subject: Re: MIYAZAKI & TAKAHATA FILMOGRAPHIES
Date: 9 Nov 92 00:58:41 GMT
To: nausicaa%BROWNVM.BITNET@VTVM1.CC.VT.EDU, anime-l@VTVM1.CC.VT.EDU

Hello,
     In my haste, I forgot to fully alter one of the entries in the
Miyazaki Filmography.  The error has been rectified so that the version
of MIYAZAKI FILMLIST currently stored on the fileserver is accurate.
     Sorry about that, folks.
     Here, then, is the faulty entry, followed by the correction:

                          -- Steven Feldman <ar402004@brownvm.brown.edu>
+          +          +          +          +          +          +

[Subject:  1.) Hayao Miyazaki Filmography, Revision 7 (11/8/92)]

>4/87  %YANAKAWA HORIWARI MONOGATARI (THE STORY OF YANAKAWA CANAL).
>        Documentary, 2 hr 45 min.
>        Produced by Miyazaki and directed by Isao Takahata.  Almost all
>        live-action except for a few minutes of animation describing how
>        the canal works.  [Not available on videotape nor laserdisk.  This
>        was shown on American TV, however (under a different name?)]

4/87  %YANAKAWA HORIWARI MONOGATARI (THE STORY OF YANAKAWA CANAL).
        Documentary, 2 hr 45 min.
        Produced by Miyazaki and directed by Isao Takahata.  Almost all
        live-action except for a few minutes of animation describing how
        the canal works.  [Available on videotape November 21, 1992.  This
        film has been shown on American TV (under a different name?).]
From: lindsley@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu
Newsgroups: rec.arts.anime
Subject: Re: Suggestions for a "new" Anime fan....
Date: 5 Nov 92 17:54:52 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: University of Kansas Academic Computing Services

In article <1992Nov2.042232.7223@wam.umd.edu>, danrama@wam.umd.edu (Daniel Bloomfield Ramagem) writes:
> Ok... I used to watch Speed Racer cartoons.  Also saw Starship Yamato and
> Star Blazers.  But then I was flooded with just lame Saturday morning
> cartoons and thought there was no life in animation beyond the Smurfs.  
> Then I saw Akira.  Being an avid Marvel reader I loved the quality of
> the work, the action, the "realism" of a world where good people die
> and sometimes the bad people DO get away.  No necessary Saturday-morning
> happy endings.  So I was impressed.  And now I'm trying to broaden my
> horizons.  What would YOU suggest for starters?  I'm new to all this
> so I don't know what to look for (or WHERE to look for it for that 
> matter).  I've gone to several comic book conventions and found very little
> stuff.  Is there some sort of official anime newsletter?  Can anyone
> give me the name of a video distributor I could contact?  

  All of your questions (and more!) are answered in the rec.arts.anime
Fequently Asked Questions (FAQ, for short). It's monthly posting should occur
sometime soon... (I believe.....Staaaarbuck?)


   - Erik
From: okamoto@hpcc01.corp.hp.com (Jeff Okamoto)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.anime
Subject: Re: wanted: j-pop star gifs
Date: 4 Nov 92 19:28:20 GMT
Organization: An-Pan Man Headquarters

mihara@wiliki.eng.hawaii.edu (Edward Mihara) asks:

> Does anyone out there know where I can get gifs of J-pop stars such as Noriko 
> Sakai, or Miho Nakayama for anonymous ftp?  I'd be most appreciative if
> someone e-mail me such a site at mihara@wiliki.eng.hawaii.edu.

Ask the J-Pop mailing list (jpop@ferkel.ucsb.edu).
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From: michael@izumi.DIALix.oz.au (Michael Studte)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.anime
Subject: Cool Bad Guys
Distribution: world
Date: Wed, 11 Nov 92 01:30:30 GMT
Organization: JAFWA, Cal-Animage Zeta, Perth, Western Australia


In article <1992Nov5.202112.3868@ntmtv> takahash@ntmtv.UUCP writes:
 > >>   I've named my tool after my favorite anime character: Alphonse. ;)
 > >
 > >You consider the Alphonse to be an anime character?!?! It's not even alive!
 >  
 > Sure he is...if you're talking about Noa's dog... :-)

Or her cat. :)

(My internet node name is "izumi", and my computer's name is Alphonse
[even says so on the case].)

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From: pac@sage.cc.purdue.edu (Purdue Animation Club)
Subject: SURVEY: attn to all Anime Clubs.
Reply-To: pac@sage.cc.purdue.edu 
Organization: Purdue Animation Club ESWAT headquarter, Midwest.
Date: Fri, 13 Nov 1992 07:08:28 GMT

Project: "Evaluation'92"


To all fellow Anime Clubs,

	We would like to do a survey on the characteristics of Anime clubs. 
	Please answer the following questionnaire and return it to 
	< pac@sage.cc.purdue.edu > before the end of November. A summary 
	of the survey will be posted here in R.a.a. in December.

	Many thanks for your participation.
	                                           - Benjamin Wai (P.A.C.)

---
(1) Membership:
	Number of members/participants? (registered. If not, then estimated.)
	Average Attendances? (Be honest!)
	Fee/Due? (Yes/No.)
	Maintain/frequently update a list of members in record? (Yes/No.)

(2) Meetings:
	Place? (eg, lecture hall, theator, basement, open air, etc. Please 
	        also specify public, university or private properties.)
	Capacity of meeting place?  (eg, 2015 seats, etc.)
	Display? (eg, 34" TVs, 6x8' Projector, a computer screen, etc.)

	Occurances? (eg, meet once every two weeks, varied, etc.)
	Length of meetings? (eg, 2-3 hours, half-day, etc.)
	Time of meetings? (eg, evenings, lunch hours, etc.)

(3) Club:
	Area? (eg, West coasts, East coasts, Midwest, Canada, Japan, etc.)
	Type of club? (eg, independent, student organization, chartered, etc.)
	Officers' background? (eg, student, graduated, unemployed, etc.)
	How old is the club? (eg, 2 years, etc.)
	Constitution? (eg, formal, verbal, loose, none, etc.)

	Method of promotion? (eg, magazine, flyers, net announcement, etc.)
	Archive collection? (eg, estimated number of shows. If possible, please 
	                     categorise subtitled, japanese, dubbed, or else.)
	Trading policy? (eg, inter-clubs, open, restricted, forbiddened, etc.)

---

	Please return the questionnaire back to < pac@sage.cc.purdue.edu >.
	Thank you again for your participation.


	P/S: Please noted that this is only a survey.
---

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From: danrama@wam.umd.edu (Daniel Bloomfield Ramagem)
Subject: Re: Anime channel
Organization: University of Maryland, College Park
Date: Fri, 13 Nov 1992 04:26:28 GMT

In article <ROBINSON.92Nov12121327@herring.cmf.nrl.navy.mil> robinson@cmf.nrl.navy.mil (Sheldon Robinson) writes:
>
>>While it is said that the Japanimation is to violent for
>>kids... how come they can't show it latter at night for teenagers
>>and so on?  I personally love the Japanese Animation, and after
>>watching some of it I feel ashamed that America's cartoons are 
>>so LAME!
>
>Yes!  I totally agree, but I'm more curious as to whether there
>was a real attempt to add an ANIME channel to cable?  Are there any
>groups already working on this?  I'm all for helping out if this
>was a serious attempt.
>

What about that new cartoon network cable channel?  I can't remember what it's
called... but it's owned by CNN.  It does seem like it's supposed to be a
kid-oriented CARTOON network... but maybe they'll have plans for some anime
in the future (?)  I mean, how many times can you watch reruns of the Smurfs?
Or He-Man for that matter???? :)

dAn (!)
danrama@wam.umd.edu
From: chan4@husc10.harvard.edu (Derek Chan)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.anime
Subject: Macross SCD for the PCE/TurboDuo - questions about it
Date: 9 Nov 92 08:05:41 GMT
Article-I.D.: husc3.1992Nov9.030541.17239
Organization: Harvard University Science Center

Could somebody please tell me if Macross - Love Song (SCD) is the same thing
as Macross 2036 (SCD)?  Thanks.
From: marcs@yang.earlham.edu (Marc Seebass(Thunderbolt))
Newsgroups: rec.arts.anime
Subject: Re: Zentraedi vs. Invid
Date: 11 Nov 92 01:25:31 GMT
Organization: Earlham College, Richmond, Indiana

In article <1992Nov9.202214.28576@muddcs.claremont.edu>, jgoo@jarthur.claremont.edu (Justin M.W. Goo) writes:
> 
> In case you didn't know.  The Zentraedi were (aside from being monopole ore
> miners on Fantoma), orignially the Robotech Master's great army reprogramed
> to fight the invid.  The outcome of that battle was already dictated...both
> were licked by the RDF so that little scenario isn't particularly worth it.
> If you want to read about it the McKinney books do tell of that story in
> some parts...
> 
> While we're on it.  I personally think that the Zentraedi would kick
> anyone's butt...be it Borg, Klingon, Romulan, Star Wars Empire, just about
> anyone, they were the toughest, the biggest, they did have tactical
> expertise (or if that fails they had Khyron)... No I don't think that anyone
> really stands a chance against them in full force, not without cheating like
                                                                 ^^^^^^^^
This is pure bullshit, there is no such thing as cheating in war.

> the RDF did.  I don't know if I would put them into the coolest villian
> discussion, but the are certainly the baddest...

No. Bretie (or however it's spelled) was a cool villian so was Mira, but 
the normal shock troop Zentraedi were pretty stupid and pretty lame. As 
for defeating the Empire, not a chance, destroy one Deathstar, and they 
build another, destroy one Zentraedi ship and the Zentraedi have on less 
ship. Being bigger and tougher is not a criterion for being cool, I think 
the best villians are the ones who take advantage of what they have. 
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From: wattsman@sage.cc.purdue.edu (Chris Timmers)
Subject: Laser Discs, Mikado, Sight n Sound
Keywords: Questions....
Organization: Purdue University
Distribution: na
Date: Wed, 11 Nov 1992 01:38:06 GMT


Hey guys, time for the monthly Original Post, i.e. not a reply to anything,
just questions about stuff I've seen posted about.

(1) Laser Discs. People are talking about LDs 'rotting' or something like
    that. Do ALL LDs rot, or just the KOR boxed set? Does anybody know 
    the average life expectancy of an LD? CAV or CLV, used often or not,
    If you know something, please tell me. 

    On the other hand, what is the life expectancy of a purchased VHS tape?

(2) Somebody talked about 'those Mikado guys.' Mikado is a distribution
    company, isn't it? similar to Nikaku and Croo.. er, Books Nippon?
    Does anybody know what stuff they carry? Address/ph. #? Prices compared
    to Nikaku?

(3) Same as 2 for Sight and Sound. I've heard of them, but never dealt with 
    them.

Thanks in advance, and please limit replies to Email.

BTW, I see several people discussing Nene's virtues. DON"T FORGET TO VOTE
IN THE POLL!!! just in case the guy doesn't see your post. 

Oops, I forgot his email address...   Last I heard, Nene was winning <again>.

Mata ne,

CJ



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From: jmkaraka@eos.ncsu.edu (JOHN MARTIN KARAKASH)
Subject: Re: Japanese custom?
Originator: jmkaraka@c00014-118dan.eos.ncsu.edu
Reply-To: jmkaraka@eos.ncsu.edu (JOHN MARTIN KARAKASH)
Organization: North Carolina State University, Project Eos
Date: Fri, 13 Nov 1992 20:56:20 GMT


|>Two nights ago, I watched the Touch movie.  I noticed a scene where Tatsuya's
|>mom was caressing her husband's ear with an object similar to a Q-tip.
|>
|>Last night, I noticed that in Video Girl Ai Manga #2, Ai does the same thing
|>for Youta.  Hmm.  In both cases:
|>
|>The male has his head in the female's lap, turned to the side.
|>The female was casually caressing the ear with the Q-tip.
|>The male was as happy as can be.
|>
|>Is this a strange co-incidence?  Or is this a practice that has roots in the
|>Japanese culture?
|>

	Japanese mothers do this for their children, so it's a very 'maternal'
thing to do.  An inexact analogy in the US would be if you were too very
tired after a long day and your girlfriend/spouse helped you undress and put
you to bed.

	-john-
Newsgroups: rec.arts.anime
From: dcb@wdl1.wdl.loral.com (Predecrement David)
Subject: Re: one
Organization: Gokuraku Videos
Date: Thu, 12 Nov 1992 21:08:57 GMT

generate@kryton.UUCP (Robert Nevitt) writes:
>ONE MORE REQUEST OF EVERYBODY ON HERE!  Could you please
>list as many abreviations used on this net as possible and
>their meaning???

I'll start this one off:

Generic
--------------------------------------------
IMHO: In My Honest/Humble Opinion
BTW: By The Way
ROTFL: Rolling on the Floor Laughing
TLA: Three Letter Acronym (see TLA)

rec.arts.anime
--------------------------------------------
OAV: Original Animated Video (see OVA)
OVA: Original Video Animation (see OAV)

Hmm.  There are a gazillion show acronyms. KOR BGC! BGC UY MI VGAi M:DYRL
I quit. ^_^

--David
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From: okamoto@hpcc01.corp.hp.com (Jeff Okamoto)
Date: Fri, 6 Nov 1992 18:20:17 GMT
Subject: Re: Hurricane Live 2033 : AnimEigo Release
Organization: An-Pan Man Headquarters
Newsgroups: rec.arts.anime

> I agree that the voice actress for Sylia is very nice to look at but before
> anybody gets any ideas I think I should point out that she's in her 30's.
> (I can't remember the exact age)...

Sakakibara Yoshiko was born in Showa 31 (1956) on May 31st.
Hiramatsu Akiko was born on S42/8/31 (1967).
Tomizawa Michie was born on S36/10/20 (1961).
Ohmori Kinuko was born on S42/5/27 (1967)
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From: dcb@wdl1.wdl.loral.com (Predecrement David)
Subject: Japanese custom?
Organization: Gokuraku Videos
Date: Thu, 12 Nov 1992 17:52:36 GMT

Two nights ago, I watched the Touch movie.  I noticed a scene where Tatsuya's
mom was caressing her husband's ear with an object similar to a Q-tip.

Last night, I noticed that in Video Girl Ai Manga #2, Ai does the same thing
for Youta.  Hmm.  In both cases:

The male has his head in the female's lap, turned to the side.
The female was casually caressing the ear with the Q-tip.
The male was as happy as can be.

Is this a strange co-incidence?  Or is this a practice that has roots in the
Japanese culture?

Thanks in advance,
--David
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