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From: axolotl@socs.uts.edu.au (Iain Sinclair)
Subject: Re: Takahashi's latest?
Reply-To: axolotl@socs.uts.edu.au
Organization: Megami Jimusho
Date:  9 Oct 92 01:34:07 GMT


 >according to the Oct. NewType's interview of Takahashi R. that she
 >has a short, 2 parts story appear on one of the mag for 4th (or is it
 >3rd?) graders, big king or something, anyone know anything about it?

Any more interesting stuff in the interview?

 >I myself personally now think Takahashi is preparing for the end of 
 >Ranma 1/2 since the TV series had ended.   I simply can not see
 >her keep doing it without the side money from the TV series.  
 >the smart money is for her to start a new series, and thus new 
 >materials for the TV company.  

How exactly does Takahashi earn money from the TV company?  Isn't it
just royalties?  I would have thought the majority of her side income
comes from merchandising, which isn't that dependent on an ongoing TV
anime.  Even if she starts afresh now, it'll still be a couple
of years before there's a new anime and more income.

It's pretty sad if she's drawing manga just so they can be animated.

Actually, I thought that the ending of the TV anime had given Takahashi
a psychological boost which has been reflected in recent stories. ^_^


 >Kasumi get mad ONCE (what can she do you ask?  well, refusing to 
 >cook dinner, for starter :) 
 >
 >Ryoga and Ukyou find each other (otherwise we will have two quickie 
 >characters introduced just for the ending like Nagisa and Inaba.)
 >
 >Shampoo's ending can be quite easy actually, give Mosses contact lense and
 >let him beat Shampoo in one the contest will do.
 >
 >and someone please, outsmart Nabiki ONCE.

That'd all be nice.  But I'm not expecting great things from the ending.
We might get one of those things. ^_^  For a while, I was wondering how
she would end the series, and I thought that it would have to involve
Ranma going back to China, all the supporting characters, and a really
sinister bad guy.

Well, I'll post a brief synopsis of this week's SS.  I won't say that it's
the beginning of the end, but... ^_^



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 Iain Sinclair    axolotl@socs.uts.edu.au
From: captain5@watnxt04.ucr.edu (Sam P. Chung)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.manga
Subject: VIZ Comics - Nausicaa part III
Date: 15 Oct 92 18:45:36 GMT

Greetings to all the Nausicaa Comic fans out there.  I know you've alll
been waiting just as I have for the past three years for the conclusion to
Nausicaa.  I had a chat with the sales person from Viz, Trudy Russ, and
Part III of the Series is coming out in December.  So, that is one bit of
good news.  On the other hand, this part III does not conclude the series,
so we may have to wait another three years for it to come out.  Who knows.
We'll keep our fingers crossed, and if there's a good deal of interest
in this on the USENET, I'll keep up to date with it.

Quite Truly,
Sam

captain5@watserv.ucr.edu
Newsgroups: rec.arts.manga
From: axolotl@socs.uts.edu.au (Iain Sinclair)
Subject: Ranma 1/2 in SS #44
Reply-To: axolotl@socs.uts.edu.au
Organization: Megami Jimusho
Date:  9 Oct 92 02:56:01 GMT


Shonen Sunday #44:  "The Nekohanten's customers"


Cologne tells Shampoo that they'll be closing the Nekohanten for the
afternoon.  She's expecting some "troublesome" guests, and says that
Shampoo should go out.

Shampoo is riding down the street, about to ask Ranma out.  Mousse
yells "Shampoo!", and hugs a nearby mailbox.  Mousse and Shampoo dodge
a net which comes flying out of nowhere.  Standing there is Mint,
a Chinese boy with a wolfskin cap and a sword slung on his back.
He says, "You're a female.  This is the first time I've ever talked
to a female".  Shampoo notes that Mint is younger than her.

Mousse gets upset at this new "competition", but before he can do
anything, Mint disappears, reappears behind him, and knocks him out
with his "Wolf fangs shooting star attack".

Akane is walking along the street, and Ryouga is hiding behind
a wall, psyching himself up.  Suddenly, another wall bursts open,
revealing Lime, a fearsome guy with tigerskin clothes, armbands and a
cat-like face.  "A woman?  This is the real thing... I'm speaking
to a woman for the first time."  He lurches towards Akane, and
Ryouga belts him with his umbrella.  "Kisamaaa----!!"  He rushes
towards Lime... Lime just growls.

Ranma comes along and sees Ryouga pounded into the pavement, and
Akane's schoolbag.  Ranma slaps Ryouga back to consciousness, and
Ryouga yells "Akane-saaaan!!".  But she's gone.  Ryouga says he
was beaten by someone with inhuman power.

They come across Mousse, who is pinned to a wall with dozens
of daggers.  He says he was beaten by a guy with inhuman speed.
He also says that Lime and Mint went to the Nekohanten with
Shampoo, dragging Akane along with them.

At the Nekohanten, Cologne is talking to an exotic, cloaked figure.
There is a map on the table.  She says, "The Musk Dynasty... It perished
long ago, but the remnants still survive."  Mint, Lime (carrying Akane)
and Shampoo come in.  Mint says, "Herb-sama!".  Lime says "I brought
a woman to have tea with us!".

[Digression:  Mint, Lime and Herb.. is this like Sugar, Ginger and
Pepper, or what?  They all have names written with Chinese
characters.  I also think that "Herb" is the most ridiculous name
I've heard for a villain in a long time. ^_^]

Herb says "We have no time to lose.  We have to go find the hidden
treasure."  Mint: "We're going so soon?!"  Lime:  "We're not going
to drink tea?"  Herb impatiently grabs Akane from Lime and throws her
across the room.  But Ranma catches her.  He, Ryouga and Mousse have
appeared.

Herb, Mint and Lime start to leave, but Ranma stops them.  He says
that they can't treat Akane like that, and runs to attack Herb.
Cologne yells to Ranma that he's making a big mistake...


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 Iain Sinclair    axolotl@socs.uts.edu.au
From: cg181fab@icogsci2.ucsd.edu (Steerpike)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.manga
Subject: Translated manga
Date: 15 Oct 92 17:35:35 GMT
Organization: University of California, San Diego


I am compiling a list of professionally translated manga, and I
would like to ask for a bit of net.help.

Here's what I can think of offhand:
Akira 
Appleseed
Dirty Pair
Lum/Urusei Yatsura
Outlanders
Ranma 1/2
Sazan Eyes
Silent Mobius

Other things that make the list, sort of:
Dirty Pair
Ninja High School
(both american, but sort of the same genre)

Can anyone think of anything else? I know there are several things I
missed, but for the life of me I can't think what they could be.

Please email me your responses. Also, opinions on colorization job
(if the manga is colorized) and translation quality for any and all
manga would be appreciated. Also, I am _not_ interested in fan
translations. (at least, for now)

FYI, this is for a Cal-Animage newsletter article.

steerpike@ucsd.edu
From: pearl@gandalf.rutgers.edu (Starbuck)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.manga
Subject: Re: Whats with Ranma 1/2 #22?
Keywords: Censorship *sigh*
Date: 8 Oct 92 22:43:57 GMT
Organization: the Worlds Welfare Work Association, Rutgers Anime division

In article <1992Oct8.084633.14716@iti.gov.sg> lenny@iti.gov.sg (Lenny Lim Kiong Peng) writes:

> About three days ago I saw Ranma 1/2 on the shelfs of the local Kino. Thought
> about buying it, decided not to.
> 
> Bad mistake.
> 
> Yesterday, back at the shop, I couldn't find a single copy anywhere. The lady
> at the cashier told me that the censors got to it, saying something about
> undesirable publications.

My friend's mom brought us back copies of Ranma 1/2 #22 from Japan
today but she said she had alot of trouble finding it and went to
several bookstores/newsstands before finally finding it.  I hope this
isn't another VGA 3,5...

Steve
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From: doi@jrd.dec.com
Newsgroups: rec.arts.manga
Subject: Sailor Moon manga
Date: 8 Oct 92 21:55:23 GMT
Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation Japan, R&D center
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The Sailor Moon manga volume 2 came out.  [390 yen]
The manga in here give a lot of the story away..

Also the Sailor Moon anime manga 2 (containing TV episodes 6, 8, 9)
came out last week.  [600 yen]
There was also and ad saying that the anime manga 3 and 4 would
be coming out in Nov and Dec.
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From: albertw@netcom.com (The Email Otaku)
Subject: Re: Seeking Princess Maker
Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services  (408 241-9760 guest) 
Date: Wed, 7 Oct 1992 20:51:21 GMT

In article <rec.arts.manga.9210071929.AA02111@darwin.sura.net> Jeff Siegel <7100P%NAVPGS.BITNET@CORNELLC.cit.cornell.edu> writes:
>Albert,
>
>sales expectations  and the fact that if you own the machine, you can
>probably afford to pay high prices for the software.

Heh, hopefully, the US software companies won't get into this frame of
mind. ^_^ Nuff said.

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From: jstepp@vicstoy.UUCP (John Stepp)
Subject: Re: FSS
Organization: vicstoy: Public Access Unix, Orlando, FL
Date: Sat, 10 Oct 1992 07:48:19 GMT

>more looks like the latest saga from the floating temple, apparently
>Amaterasu's hold on most of the mirage knights is very precarous. 
>one can do a count of how many knights rebel when giving the chance, 
>of course, I am still a little confused on the Satan parts, but who
>cares, just a little episode over the 7777 years.

Hmmmm.  I don't read Japanese (and I haven't had the time to struggle
through text translation for these installments), so I may be completely
off base on this.  However, I really don't think those knights running
around Float Temple carving up A.K.D. people are Mirage Knights.

My best guess is that they are working for/with the extra-dimensional
demons/aliens (?) and are acting as a commando team.  They secretly
teleport into Float Temple (arriving in a different tower, both from the
main/diversionary attack and from their target) and wear Mirage Knight
uniforms to confuse the lackeys.  They seem single-mindedly intent upon
Lachesis (to capture her or to kill her?) for rebel Mirage Knights.

Besides, Shaft doesn't seem like the kind of person to be accepted as a
Mirage Knight and Zoom doesn't look like she/he/it is pretending to be a
knight at all.  And Zoom did conjure up that unfriendly more-than-human
entity....  Not something I would expect of a rogue Mirage Knight.

I don't even believe that the majority of A.K.D. personnel even know
Amaterasu is absent.  Hind Kill looked like he was doing an
impersonation of Amaterasu (based on the fact he was running around the
control room without his distinctive face mask; besides, I doubt
Amaterasu really wants many people to know he runs off as Sopp...).

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From: conty@cbnewsl.cb.att.com (OtakuRoach)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.manga
Subject: VGAi final volume (was Re: Video Girl Ai 3,5:...)
Date: 14 Oct 92 23:49:02 GMT
Article-I.D.: cbnewsl.1992Oct14.234902.25432
Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories

In article <43LLsB5w165w@ersys.edmonton.ab.ca>, lonewolf@ersys.edmonton.ab.ca (Benoy Koshy) writes:
>  
> What collected volume is Video Girl Ai on?  #10 or 11 or... 

13, where it ended.

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From: pearl@gandalf.rutgers.edu (Starbuck)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.manga
Subject: Re: Buyer in Japan
Date: 14 Oct 92 13:25:39 GMT
Organization: the Worlds Welfare Work Association, Rutgers Anime division

In article <1992Oct8.051948.9271@samba.oit.unc.edu> Brenten.Calhoun@bbs.oit.unc.edu (Brenten Calhoun) writes:

>     There was a guy here over the summer who sent out lists of the
> various things he could send you (used/new) from Japan with a 15%
> personal fee. Does anyone have this guy's email address still? Is there
> anyone on who wouldn't mind doing a little manga-shopping for me? 
> 
>      brenten.calhoun@um.cc.umich.edu



That would be Bret Halford.  He's evolved this into a full-time
business and comes highly recommended.

Here is the info:

- Manga-Chan (manga@oldcolo.com)
        1750 30th St. #312
        Boulder CO 80301
 
 Manga-chan is a new mail-order shopping service that will export just
about anything from Japan They specialize in manga, anime, and TV
games, but are willing to buy everything from the newest electronics
to antique kimono.  For more information, please contact
(manga@oldcolo.com) or write to the above address.  International
orders are welcome.

Hope this helps.

Steve
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From: lenny@iti.gov.sg (Lenny Lim Kiong Peng)
Subject: Re: Whats with Ranma 1/2 #22?
Keywords: Censorship *sigh*
Organization: Information Technology Institute, National Computer Board, S'pore
Date: Mon, 12 Oct 1992 03:21:23 GMT

In <5346@sumax.seattleu.edu> kuo@sumax.seattleu.edu (Chih-Ping Kuo) writes:
>In article <1992Oct8.205008.2897@blaze.cs.jhu.edu> arromdee@jyusenkyou.cs.jhu.edu (Ken Arromdee) writes:
>>Um, .sg is Singapore, noted for making it illegal to chew gum....

Umm... not illegal to chew in most places. Just illegal to sell. What this
means is that whenever I go into Malaysia, I get lotsa offers to sell me
gum :)

>ohh, you mean the place where they place 'urine detector' in the elevator
>so to make sure no one pxx in there? :)

Yeah, then they wait 1/2 hour before 'rescuing' and then slapping a fine on
you. Name an offence. I'll tell u the fine :)

Anyway, it *REALLY* is banned, not just sold out. Besides, hardly anyone buys
the Japanese version, selling for $8.75 or so (local currency, US$1 = S$1.59).
Translated versions retail for $2.50, but takes about 1-2 months later to come
out. And has swimsuits drawn onto nude figures (similar to Taiwanese produced
stuff).

While on the issue on censorship, I've once come across an issue of Jump (?)
or whichever it is that has Kujaku-Oh in it (sorry, don't read them - too
expensive here). One or two sheets of it was slashed out. I thought it was
vandalism, until I noticed it is on EVERY issue, with the cut being a bit
too neat for the normal street vandals (but not those sitting in offices
though :)

I think I'd better stop before I go on and describe censorship in other areas.
The discussion prob fits soc.culture.asean better anyway :)


Kiong Peng
Newsgroups: rec.arts.manga
From: aoki@erewhon.CS.Berkeley.EDU (Paul M. Aoki)
Subject: viz ranma #5 is .. pretty good?? (gasp!)
Organization: Otonashi Property Management Ltd.
Distribution: usa
Date: Sun, 11 Oct 1992 04:49:14 GMT

I was shocked.

The dialogue in issue #5 is colloquial, smooth, and pretty funny.  (The 
one thing that grates on me is that the country rubes talk like they're
from West Virginia or something.  That's more of a stylistic beef.)
On the other hand, "baka" was never used anywhere, so I don't know
if they're still translating it as "buffoon" ..

Well, geez.  Now that it's back in b&w and the translation is decent,
the only thing left to complain about is the $3 price tag ..
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From: kuo@sumax.seattleu.edu (Chih-Ping Kuo)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.manga
Subject: Patlabor
Date: 8 Oct 92 19:24:25 GMT
Article-I.D.: sumax.5343
Organization: sumax city 0092

well, in the latest SS reaching here (October 1st), I wonder if my 
eyes betray me, or if Masami Yuki is going to 'reintroduce' 
Kanuka into the manga?

as least Masami Yuki is working again, sometimes I wish I can lock 
him into a room and make his next meal depend on the amount of 
works he can turn out. :)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.manga
From: arromdee@jyusenkyou.cs.jhu.edu (Ken Arromdee)
Subject: Re: Whats with Ranma 1/2 #22?
Keywords: Censorship *sigh*
Organization: Johns Hopkins University CS Dept.
Date: Thu, 8 Oct 1992 20:50:08 GMT

In article <5342@sumax.seattleu.edu> kuo@sumax.seattleu.edu (Chih-Ping Kuo) writes:
>In article <1992Oct8.084633.14716@iti.gov.sg> lenny@iti.gov.sg (Lenny Lim Kiong Peng) writes:
>>About three days ago I saw Ranma 1/2 on the shelfs of the local Kino. Thought
>>about buying it, decided not to.
>>Yesterday, back at the shop, I couldn't find a single copy anywhere. The lady
>>at the cashier told me that the censors got to it, saying something about
>>undesirable publications.
>I find this really unlikely from the American censorship board (do they 
>even have one? :)  consider all the other stuffs (including adults) 
>that had made its way into the Kino stores.

Um, .sg is Singapore, noted for making it illegal to chew gum....
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From: axolotl@socs.uts.edu.au (Iain Sinclair)
Subject: Whats with Ranma 1/2 #22?
Reply-To: axolotl@socs.uts.edu.au
Organization: Megami Jimusho
Date:  9 Oct 92 01:23:17 GMT

pearl@gandalf.rutgers.edu (Starbuck) writes:
 >My friend's mom brought us back copies of Ranma 1/2 #22 from Japan
 >today but she said she had alot of trouble finding it and went to
 >several bookstores/newsstands before finally finding it.  I hope this
 >isn't another VGA 3,5...

I can't think of any reason why it would be banned. Surely NOT the
bloomer ghost story at the end of the volume. ^_^  In Singapore,
it's anyone's guess, but I'm inclined to think that vol.22 has simply
sold out.  It was unusally well advertised SS and other Shougakukan
manga mags.  After all, it has the big family reunion (or disunity :-)
story in it.

As for VGA 3 & 5, the story from my end of the world is that they
are "prohibited from sale" because of "DISCRIMINATORY content".  That's
what our bookshop told me (in writing).  I don't really see the big
deal, they'll get rereleased sooner or later; someone on the net
can check the differences, and scan the original pages, no problem. ^_^



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 Iain Sinclair    axolotl@socs.uts.edu.au
From: x92messana@gw.wmich.edu
Newsgroups: rec.arts.manga
Subject: DUNBINE MANGA?
Summary: DUNBINE MANGA?
Date: 9 Oct 92 05:18:14 GMT
Organization: Western Michigan University


	Hi!  I was wondering if you fellow manga nuts could help me... I
recently purchased the Aura Battler Dunbine album, 'Aura Fhantasm' and I've
become interested in this series again... I was wondering if there was a manga
adaptation available, and if so, how would I go about obtaining it (them).
Any help at all is help appreciated....Please e-mail me the replies.
			Arigatoo Gozaimasu,
					Ronin

P.S I don't remember the artists name, but if he did any other work, please
include title(s).  Thanx again....
Newsgroups: rec.arts.manga
From: hsu@ecf.toronto.edu (HSU TITUS HENG-HSUEH)
Subject: Re: DARK HORSE Godzilla
Organization: University of Toronto, Engineering Computing Facility
Date: Tue, 13 Oct 1992 17:42:46 GMT

In article <BJJJsB2w165w@ersys.edmonton.ab.ca> vchan@ersys.edmonton.ab.ca (Victor Chan) writes:
>BTW, shouldn't Orion be out now?  And what about those Sun Publishing 
>comics ie. Raika 5-, Ragnarok Guy 2-, High School Agent, etc.?

Speaking of Orion, I just read through it a few days ago.  That book is very 
difficult to understand (Sort of typical for Masamune manga).  In the first
few pages, Masamune introduces tons of special terms.  Also, the way he words
his sentences is also rather tough to absorb.  This 250 pg. book took me
close to 2 hours to go through.  It actually felt more like having read a
novel, as opposed to a manga, after I was done with it.

Newsgroups: rec.arts.manga
From: chiu@alumni.berkeley.edu (David Chiu)
Subject: Re: FSS
Summary: NOT EVEN CLOSE
Originator: chiu@alumni
Keywords: Confusion, Five_Star_Story, Mamoru_Nagano
Organization: University of California Society of Electrical Engineers
Date: Mon, 12 Oct 1992 22:58:59 GMT

In article <1992Oct10.074819.6159@vicstoy.UUCP> jstepp@vicstoy.UUCP (John Stepp) writes:

At risk of sounding stupid... (Kunedog, do voice any corrections as 
appropriate)

>Hmmmm.  I don't read Japanese (and I haven't had the time to struggle
>through text translation for these installments), so I may be completely
>off base on this.  However, I really don't think those knights running
>around Float Temple carving up A.K.D. people are Mirage Knights.

AKD has two classes of knights; Mirage (more specifically Amaterasu's personal
guards) and Gods.

>My best guess is that they are working for/with the extra-dimensional
>demons/aliens (?) and are acting as a commando team.  They secretly
>teleport into Float Temple (arriving in a different tower, both from the
>main/diversionary attack and from their target) and wear Mirage Knight
>uniforms to confuse the lackeys.  They seem single-mindedly intent upon
>Lachesis (to capture her or to kill her?) for rebel Mirage Knights.

You're giving Nagano far too much credits in terms of creativity.
Shaft and Zum were sealed away by Amaterasu. With (temperary) death of
Amaterasu they escaped from captivity.

>Besides, Shaft doesn't seem like the kind of person to be accepted as a
>Mirage Knight and Zoom doesn't look like she/he/it is pretending to be a
>knight at all.  And Zoom did conjure up that unfriendly more-than-human
>entity....  Not something I would expect of a rogue Mirage Knight.

Shaft IS a marage knight. Zum is a diver. Criminal behavior is not entirely
unusual of Mirage; Din had said explicitly that he enjoy killing because
the fear emitted by his victims thrills him (coming from someone who killed
his own brother, I am not surprised.)

>I don't even believe that the majority of A.K.D. personnel even know
>Amaterasu is absent.  Hind Kill looked like he was doing an
>impersonation of Amaterasu (based on the fact he was running around the
>control room without his distinctive face mask; besides, I doubt
>Amaterasu really wants many people to know he runs off as Sopp...).

Haind is intended as Amaterasu's double... Amaterasu is known to have several
doubles.

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