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From: cmeadows@nyx.cs.du.edu (Chris Meadows)
Subject: Re: RUMOR: BATTLETECH anime!! (KENICHI SONODA CHARACTER DESIGNS)
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Date: Wed, 12 Aug 92 16:43:15 GMT

In article <1992Aug1.154330.1365@galileo.cc.rochester.edu> mek4@prodigal.
sych.rochester.edu (Mark Kern) writes:
>In <2aTsoB4w164w@ersys.edmonton.ab.ca> ccavers@ersys.edmonton.ab.ca (Cam
Cavers) writes:
>
>>noelg@pnet01.cts.com (Noel Gamboa) writes:
>
>>> There is a shareware game called Mega-something circulating among BBS
.
>>> This MS-DOS game pits two mechas inside a labyrinth.  Two players can
>>> go at it (even remotely by modem) or one player can go against the
>>> computer.  The game, tho, has very slow response time and could use a
>>> lot of improvement.  But it *is* a 3-d mecha simulator, though very
>>> primitive.
>
>>Hmmm...I'll look for that. Is it at any FTP sites?
>
>I beta-tested this game.  It is called Megatron.  You might find it on
>wuarchive.  I never had a problem with speed on a 386-33 though, even
>during modem head-to-head play.
>
>However, this is not about Megatron.  I want to tell everyone how FASA 
>is trying to hold the copyright on ANY mecha simulator (as if they  coin
d
>the idea).  Megatron was pulled from GEnie because FASA complained that
>it violated their trademarks.  Well, the mechs in Megatron do bear the
>names Vulture and Madcat.  This is not all though, FASA is tying up the
>upcoming game "Ultrabots" because it is too much like battletech.  
>"Ultrabots" is a commercial game that features raytraced robots (things
>like vaguely football player shaped mechs, scorpion mechs and other
>original designs) that you pilot to fight each other.  FASA will not
>let the company sell the game.  Apparently, FASA feels that any mecha
>game is a copyright infringement of Battletech.
>
>Now, all this from a company that ripped off Dougram and Macross mecha
>designs!  Do they think they own the giant robot idea?  I think FASA nee
s
>to gain some perpective and humility.  They could at least be nice guys.
>
>Markus
>
>P.S. FASA also made R.Talsorian give up using the work "mech" in its
>Mekton game.  



My little brothers were up in Saint Louis, MO, the other day, and they 
got a chance to play a couple of VR games.  One of these games was a 
mecha combat-type thing (though I don't know the name), and it featured
a voice that sounded like Arnold Schwartzenegger's.  Are they trying to
do anything about that?
From: jly33321@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (John L.Yoon )
Subject: Yawara! sighting
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
Date: Fri, 14 Aug 1992 15:28:27 GMT

this seems to pop up every once in a while, but here's another
Yawara! sighting....

City Hunter 91 eps. 10...Ryo gets a little too friendly with a girl
passing by on the street, both of her hand go to his coat...,a flash
of Yawara towering over the crumpled body of Ryo on the sidewalk....

it's funny, I've never seen the Yawara tv series, but I seem to be 
catching her in these other shows....
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From: michael@izumi.DIALix.oz.au (Michael Studte)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.anime
Subject: Megatron
Distribution: world
Date: Mon, 17 Aug 92 14:39:41 GMT
Organization: JAFWA, Cal-Animage Zeta, Perth, Western Australia


In article <1992Aug11.124855.19002@galileo.cc.rochester.edu> mek4@prodigal.psych.rochester.edu writes:
 > >I'm looking for a game called Megatron (I think) that was
 > >mentioned on rec.arts.anime recently.  Supposed to a mech
 > >simulator like Mechwar, with some different mechs (Vulture
 > >and MadCat were mentioned) that can be played over a net-
 > >work.  Can anybody give me a clue as to where to find this
 > >game?  Is it on an FTP site somewhere?  
 > 
 > You can find it at ftp.ulowell.edu.  I beta-tested this game some time
 > ago.  Remember to play via modem if you want a decent opponent.

The only annoying thing is that ulowell appears to be crashed at the
moment. :( It was, when I tried using ftpmail twice. <sigh>

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From: michael@izumi.DIALix.oz.au (Michael Studte)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.anime
Subject: Grave for a Firefly (was Re: Something strange....)
Distribution: world
Date: Wed, 12 Aug 92 09:57:02 GMT
Organization: JAFWA, Cal-Animage Zeta, Perth, Western Australia


In article <1518@tnc.UUCP> m0336@tnc.UUCP writes:
 > Hmmm...I wonder why the company isn't named "U.S. Anime Corps".  Did
 > they figure no one would know what "Anime" was, but more would
 > understand "Manga"?  After all, they don't distribute manga...

Word game. USMC -> US Marine Corps OR US Manga Corps... Of course, they
could have gone for USAF (US Anime Force??)...

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From: thao@bnr.ca (Anthony Murtagh)
Subject: Re: Starship Troopers
Organization: Bell-Northern Research, Richardson, Tx.
Date: Mon, 17 Aug 1992 22:54:54 GMT

In article <17AUG199215324328@aardvark.ucs.uoknor.edu> brandon@aardvark.ucs.uoknor.edu (Garland Operator 7-G) writes:

[poof!]

>
>I really like the book as well, and I guess that is why I don't like the OAV.
>I didn't like the way the characters were drawn, Carmen always looked funny
>to me (can't put my finger on it), and it might be just me, but I thought
>Juan Rico was supposed to be of South American race descent. . . . NOT some
 				 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>blonde "USA stereotype looking" guy.
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

this is an off-line note--i'm not familiar with starship troopers either but i
just wanted to state that the juan rico you would prefer to see would be a 
"south american stereotype looking" guy. there are blonde south americans.

laly thao 

 
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From: buzzsaw@csd4.csd.uwm.edu (Michael Elias Campbell)
Subject: Re: Re[2]: Make Your Own Anime!
Organization: Computing Services Division, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee
Date: Sat, 15 Aug 1992 22:08:21 GMT

In article <9208141332.A04120@ius.indiana.edu> jevans@ius.indiana.edu (JEVANS) writes:
>
>          I'm brand spankin' new to this list, but hey, let's face
>          it........
>
>
>          Space Pirate Captain Harlock is God.
>
>
 Amen!!!
From: umadoka@mcl.ucsb.edu (Mantas don't fly!)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.anime
Subject: Re: English word for "shintaisou"
Date: 18 Aug 92 07:53:09 GMT

In <pfd-My=@engin.umich.edu> bernyeh@liffey.engin.umich.edu (Bernard Yeh) 
writes:



>In the US, that sport is called Rhythmic Gymnastics, so

>   shintaisou ==> rhythm, rhythmic ??????

Actually, the 'shin' part means 'new' and the 'taisou' part means 
'gymnastics'.  In Japanese, it pretty much means 'new gymnastics.'  I
guess when it got translated into English, people decided to give it a 
more descriptive name or something....

>I can't be sure about the translation, as I haven't seen much of either anime.
>  (surprise, surprise... but I don't have access to lots of anime.  :-(  )
The only reason I remember that part is from struggling through the Ranma
episode where Akane and Kodachi fight, and having to keep looking the kanji
up, because I keprt forgetting it!


Melinda Miller
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From: doi@jrd.dec.com (Hitoshi Doi)
Subject: Re: Tokyo Babylon (from August Animedia)
Organization: DEC Japan Research and Development Center
Date: Thu, 20 Aug 1992 21:54:56 GMT

In article <714077924snx@izumi.DIALix.oz.au>, michael@izumi.DIALix.oz.au (Michael Studte) writes:
# 
# In article <h.doi-animedia-92.08.all@anime.mag.info.club> doi@jrd.dec.com writes:
#  > 
#  >  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
# 
# Anybody know what this is? Some special Patlabor video?

I think there is a manga by that name.
It doesn't have anything to do with Pat Labor.
The last Pat Labor thing is the music clips video.
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From: pearl@remus.rutgers.edu (Starbuck)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.anime
Subject: Re: Anime Fan Clubs
Date: 18 Aug 92 19:20:34 GMT
Organization: the Worlds Welfare Work Association, Rutgers Anime division

In article <uc-chan.714018756@mcl> uc-chan@mcl.ucsb.edu (Christina Callihan) writes:

> Steve Pearl and I are working (honest! :) on anime club directories for
> east and west of the Mississippi, respectively.  U.S. clubs, a' course.


This is the information we are requesting:

 If you are involved with, or know of a club, could you please email
the following information to me:

Organization name:

Organization Address/Phone number:

Contact person/Coordinator:

Coordinator Address/Phone number:

Electronic address of Coordinator/Liason:

Type of organization (local, regional, national, international)

Membership requirements (dues, etc)

Number of members:

Publications and newsletter info:

Organization tape Library or tape trading:

Projects: (Subtitling, translating, etc)

Meeting times/admission/etc:

Affiliations:

Club History:


NOTE:  This information will be kept online, available for ftp, and
emailed to any interested individuals.  Thanks!


Steve
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From: fleggett@vicstoy.UUCP (Fred Leggett)
Subject: Re: An open letter to anime music video makers
Organization: vicstoy: Public Access Unix, Orlando, FL
Date: Fri, 21 Aug 1992 05:44:57 GMT

     While this thread is on the subject of fan music videos, I'd like
to obtain more information (if possible) on one that I recently had the
pleasure of viewing.  The source video was Lodoss War and the audio was
"Far and Away" (I believe this was shown during AE92).  The copy I saw
was a very bad one, hence the reason for this article.  Thank you very
much in advance, and until then...

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From: conty@cbnewsl.cb.att.com (Conty-kun)
Subject: Re: ANIME EXPO '93
Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories
Date: Fri, 21 Aug 1992 15:49:54 GMT

In article <97FuPB1w165w@clubzen.fidonet.org>, callahan@clubzen.fidonet.org (Greg scanlan) writes:
> 
>         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.

YEEEEEEEEES!!

<sigh>  So much for buying a new furniture set and a decent ProLogic
receiver in '93...  :-)
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From: jkim@jingoro.Eng.Sun.COM (Jun Kim)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.anime
Subject: Re: an honest answer would include .. [was: Why is Anime so popular?]
Date: 12 Aug 92 21:56:49 GMT
Organization: Sun Microsystems, Mt. View, Ca.
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In article <36774@sdcc12.ucsd.edu> djohnson@cs.ucsd.edu (Darin Johnson) writes:
>>I really don't think
>>sex and violence (as mentioned in some other post) is really necessary
>>outside of extreme action features...
>
>not even then.
>
>>and _that's_ definately a plus for those action 
>>type scenes we all know and love... :)
>
>Well, *some* people.
>-- 

The "love" part was supposed to be a joke... who'd really enjoy watching
a woman's head explode as she transforms into an alien for anything more than
a "gee, that's gross" emotion?  

OK, I can buy the argument that sex isn't necessary or even warranted
in action flicks to make it good... but violence is hard to keep out 
considering the subject material of many an action flick.  Of course, 
how graphic they get is an issue, but you can't keep out killing, death, etc 
from a feature and not affect the mood/tone of the work.  Macross, Akira, 
various Gundam, among many other action features, involve themselves 
heavily with death, destruction, etc. and I feel that the violence they 
show is a necessary ingredient to the storytelling.  I'm not sure you need
to be as graphic as Iczer1 (I can't think of another graphic action flick right
now) but the element of violence needs to be there otherwise the piece 
would feel sterile. (You can't tell a murder story w/o death, can't tell a 
war story w/o war, etc).

Finally, could you care to expand on the "*some* people" comment?  I don't
get it. Thanks.


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From: dhartung@chinet.chi.il.us (Dan Hartung)
Subject: Lupin III -- New Movie ???!!!
Organization: Chinet - Public Access UNIX
Date: Mon, 17 Aug 1992 03:07:57 GMT

I heard a rumor that there is a BRAND NEW anime movie in the Lupin III
series, and that it has been released in New York with dialog IN
ENGLISH.  

Is this true, partly true, or merely wishful thinking?

Has anyone seen it?

Is it worthy of Castle Cagliostro?


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From: wbarnes@sura.net (Bill Barnes)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.anime
Subject: Re: The great "rabaa" = Lover or Larva debate!
Date: 12 Aug 92 22:12:54 GMT
Organization: SURAnet, College Park, MD, USA, NA, Earth, Milky Way

In article <1992Aug12.163436.3865@wdl.loral.com> dcb@wdl1.wdl.loral.com (David C Blume) writes:
>Why am I bringing this up?  Don't I know any better?

Aparently not.  8-]

>The reason this bothers me is that the way to write "Larva" phonetically
>in kana is "raaba."  The way to write "Lover" phonetically is "rabaa."
>I just prefer the idea of Miyu calling him, "Lover."

I don't.  As I stated my opinion the last time this topic came around,
I thought the unique and special nature of their relationship - which
is both different from and in some ways more profound than a romantic
one - would have been ruined - almost cheapened in a Hollywoodesque
attempt to introduce a traditional "main characters" romance to an OAV
series that needs none - had she been calling him "Lover" all this time.

And anyway, this whole debate about "how you should spell it in kana" is
a little moot since we are dealing with at least two consonant sounds - 
"L" and "V" - that don't really exist in Japanese!  8-]

>Did AnimEigo really go to the source and ask the creator of the series?

Yes.  And, of course, there is the "Larva & Lemures from Roman mythology"
argument someone brought up, which I thought is cool since it indicates
the writer did a little reasearch (or at least had a chance to show off
his knowledge of mythology!).

>(For selfish reasons, I hope not.  I just want to be right! :-) )

Don't we all...
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From: v131p9t3@ubvmsb.cc.buffalo.edu (Ninstar Cybermage - Back Again from the Mists!)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.anime
Subject: Re: an honest answer would include .. [was: Why is Anime so popular?]
Date: 17 Aug 92 00:24:00 GMT
Organization: University at Buffalo
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In article <1992Aug15.143209.11765@cs.rochester.edu>, steyn@cs.rochester.edu (Gavin Steyn) writes...
>In article <1992Aug15.073810.15480@usenet.ins.cwru.edu> bn981@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Ryan Mathews) writes:
>On the other hand, a lot of the Disney stuff was much better than much of
>what Japan puts out, and isn't all that cute.  (_Snow White_, for example,
>is a landmark in animation.  _Pinocchio_ definitely has it's non-cute parts,
>and is another landmark.)  I'm really tired of people putting down Disney
>to "prove" that anime is good.  

Oh, good.  Never mind that Disney animates almost excusively Childhood Fairy
Tales, and you've got a great case against anime Immaturity.  It's also not
the point.  Disney does almost exclusively the anthropomorphic animals and
animated inanimate objects everyone's accusing them of.  Yes, it's not always
"Cute" and some of them are really pushing that G rating a bit.  But the subject
really isn't in the same GENRE as most Anime.  I'm willing to put on the table
that I LOVE DISNEY!  I'm collecting as many movies as I can from them.  BUT the
two types of animation rarely compare because they just aren't the same thing.
I watch anime because the storylines and animation are more serious and 
sophisticated and deal with topics I enjoy.  I watch Disney for the same reason
in a different mood.  So will you people stop beating each other over the heads
about this?  One side offers one thing, the other offers the other.  Niether
is really better in any respect EXCEPT animation quality.  And if you are
really into that kind of nitpicking, then I'm affraid Disney, Don Bluth,
and Rankin Bass generally win the prize.  And most Anime companies beat the
majority of the other american companies cold.  For my part, I appreciate
a well done piece of animation, but that's not what I watch ANY kind of mivies
for.

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From: 7514P%NAVPGS.BITNET@CORNELLC.cit.cornell.edu (Chris Swett)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.anime
Subject: Comic Market - attack!
Date: 19 Aug 92 00:49:28 GMT
To: Anime-L <ANIME-L@VTVM1.CC.VT.EDU>


    Thanks to everyone who wrote me regarding Winter Comic Market!

    I've completely exhausted the available airline tickets from the
consolidator I was talking to. Right now there are 11 Americans I know of
going to Winter Comic Market. Seven are flying to Tokyo from the States and
four live in Tokyo. The group, as a whole, has requested four tables and as
far as I know the Comic Market staff will grant all those requests. Five of us
are currently booked at the Harumi Grand Hotel, so anyone who wants to link up
with us in December can find us there. Most of the hotels in the area are
booked up, at least those costing $100 a night or less are. The convention is
right before the big New Year's holiday season, so it's all that much worse.

    Bret Halford (halford@twics.co.jp) has offered table space for American
fan comics on a commission basis. I strongly recommend anyone wishing to enter
the doujinshi publishing world and who can't attend, take him up on the offer.
Only about 50% of the Japanese fans requesting tables will get them.

                                --- Chris

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