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From: shogun@sutro.SFSU.EDU (Mike M. Tatsugawa)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.anime
Subject: Anime Expo/Cal-Animage Get together in L.A.
Date: 22 Dec 92 00:54:33 GMT
Distribution: na
Organization: The Society for the Promotion of Japanese Animation

For any of you who are interested.  (Especially those of you who are
coming home to SoCal for vacation!)  We will be holding a
Cal-Animage/Anime Expo meeting in Los Angeles on December 30th at 1:00
PM.  We will meet in front of Kinokunia in Weller Court and then head
over to the Little Tokyo Pizza Parlor (Shakey's Pizza in disguise) for
lots of food (buffet for $5) and talk on the state of anime in general
as well as information on the Cal-Animage clubs and Anime Expo.  This
is a good opportunity for anyone curious about either of these
subjects to learn a little more of what is going on.

Hope to see you there!

Mike

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President, SPJA:  2425 B Channing, Suite 684, Brk, CA 94704
Publicity Coordinator, Anime Expo '93
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From: ranma@pegasus.com (Doug Cha)
Subject: Re: Ayukawa or Madoka? (**some spoilers**)?
Organization: Pegasus,  Honolulu
Date: Sat, 26 Dec 92 18:03:56 GMT

In article <1891@tnc.UUCP> m0336@tnc.UUCP (Ralph Jenkins) writes:
>
> 
>   So a much more painful-to-watch sequel would have Kyosuke and
>Madoka coming to the conclusion that they really don't love each other
>as much as thought they did, and then both would experience the same
>heartbreak Hikaru did in the original film.
> 
	I agree with you about a more realistic KOR ending..  Fairy tale
marriages to your high-school sweetheart don't seem to exist anymore do
they?  It would seem much more realistic that they would break up after
a few years, and drift apart..
	It's like the old saying about wanting something because you know
you can't get it.  With Hikaru out of the way, who knows what'll happen..

	But all in all, this is fiction, and I don't want to pay to watch
something too close to reality..  I'll have enough time to have another
heartbreak in my life so I just wish for Kyosuke's best.  A marriage
episode!

>  -RJ
>
>-- 
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>703-803-0391 To log in for trial and account info.


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From: tdinh@sdcc13.ucsd.edu (Anime Addict)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.anime
Subject: BGC Vol 2 Out...
Date: 21 Dec 92 19:14:13 GMT
Article-I.D.: sdcc12.42775
Organization: University of California, San Diego

Was I surprised when on Saturday I got the BGC LD...talk about fast
service!

	Anyways, my question is this:
	   
	Does AnimEigo _sell_ the inner sleeves for its LD's. Mine
was torn at more than one place and I'd like to replace it.

	Oh, did anybody notice any hiss? My system's cheap...hard to
tell. In fact, I really don't _have_ a system when you look at it...

					Thien


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From: trebor@foretune.co.jp (Robert J Woodhead)
Subject: Re: Bubble Gum Crisis LD Volume 2
Organization: Foretune Co., Ltd.
Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1992 10:01:36 GMT

Regarding the BGC 2 LD:

Starting with the BGC 2 LD, we decoded the Dolby A soundtrack in the
studio in Japan and piped the noise-reduced audio directly onto the
D2 tape.  This tape passed our check here in Japan (and we looked at
it with a scope) and a further check in the States.  It was then
made into an LD Master, with both digital and analog (CX-encoded)
soundtracks.

In other words, the audio is as clean as the original source material,
and current technology, allow.  If you are hearing hiss, it is either
an artifact of your stereo system, or the unavoidable residue of the
LD mastering process.

After all, when you digitize audio, even a no-audio condition has tiny
fluctuations around the zero-point, and if you turn up the volume high
enough, you are going to hear that (and subsequently get your brain
turned to tapioca when the real soundtrack starts).

THe bottom line is, at realistic audio levels, and at normal viewing
distances, do you hear anything untoward?  I think you will find with
the Volume 2 LD, that you don't.

Regarding Volume 1, we have confirmed that the audio wasn't decoded
when the LD was mastered, and we will be remastering it, but we haven't
completely worked out with 3M all the details.  More later.

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From: gavigan@gn.ecn.purdue.edu (Ryan P. Gavigan)
Subject: Re: LiveAction Guyver
Organization: Purdue University Engineering Computer Network
Date: Tue, 29 Dec 92 08:06:25 GMT


Oh, come on...The Guyver wasn't supposed to be a serious story, it wasn't 
supposed to be a "funny" movie.  It was just a fun movie.  No significant
redeeming values to it, just like 95% of all other movies, it was just pretty
fun.  Of course they through in the hilarious line at the end.  Overall I
enjoyed it and feel that if BBI (Best Brains Inc.) could get ahold of it
(fat chance), it would be a really good MSTable film.

Ryan Gavigan
gavigan@gn.ecn.purdue.edu



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From: rmc@wang.com (rmc)
Subject: Re: KOR movie
Organization: Wang Laboratories, Inc.
Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1992 14:49:45 GMT
	<1hk1qdINNnma@aludra.usc.edu> <1992Dec27.150020.28751@pegasus.com>

ranma@pegasus.com (Doug Cha) (>) and dhiga@aludra.usc.edu (Darold
Higa) (>>) discuss the sadness of the KOR Final Movie:

>>Everyone deals with things like this differently.  I personally think
>>that this is almost TOO realistic.  Hit pretty close to home with me.  The 
>>movie soundtrack is still too depressing for me to listen to it.
>
>	I think I'll buy the Movie soundtrack so I can be sad every day.
>

Hmm, i needed a good cry recently and tried "Message in Rouge" and the
KOR final movie to get it with essentially zero success.  What i
really needed was the three or episodes of Maison Ikkoku around the
mid-20s that end with Karinin-san walking up the hill with her cans of
Pacinko winnings.

KOR is nicely drawn and enjoyable and engaging, but somehow the actual
story telling just doesn't seem to cross the line to fully adsorbing
me (a bad pun...).  I am always aware that i am watching a movie and
never fully identify with any of the characters.  

Consider the scene where Hikaru points out that she was always aware
of Kyoske's feelings for Madoka, but thought that she had "won" when
she got the kiss.  Now, if Ben Dunn or Hirano Toshihiro or Takahashi
Rumiko had done that scene, we would have found out what Kyoske
thought about this.  I mean, he had spent how many years trying to
keep all this feeling under wraps, and he just found out that the
effort had been rather pointless.  He now has to confront the fact
that Hikaru is not C-ko, just as we are warned in the opening lines of
"Sweet Kisses" (the ending theme to most of the OAVs.  It goes
something like "I'm not as superficial as you think".)  So what does
he do?  Nothing.  He just says go away.  Now, character to character
Kyoske is always uncommunicative and incoherent, but we have come to
expect a good "internal monologue" from such scenes, where Kyoske
(possibly an older, remeniscing Kyoske) thinks through what just
happened.  Consider the "internal monologues" from the "White
Vacation" episode or "Message in Rouge" for contrast.

Now, emotionally, this is the climax of the movie.  This is the
shatter point of the relationship.  This is where Kyoske must confront
his prior (possibly uninitentionally) malicious behavior.  It doesn't
need a Hitchcock or Kurosawa to see this.  Expletive censored deleted
director and script writer of KOR, however, biological improbability
the moment.

Oh, i got my cry OK.  I listened through the letter writing scene and
the garden scene from "Evgeniy Onegin".  If i had had the ballet
instead of the opera, that would have worked even better...

R Mark Chilenskas
rmc@wang.com

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From: ranma@pegasus.com (Doug Cha)
Subject: Re: Macross Series On Video?
Organization: Pegasus,  Honolulu
Date: Sat, 26 Dec 92 03:57:52 GMT

>In article <Dec.21.09.29.54.1992.3398@remus.rutgers.edu> pearl@remus.rutgers.edu writes:
> > Up until this year, the Macross series was available only in a limited
> > edition boxed set from Japan (no subtitles) or in a Highly edited
> > version of a highly Macekered version (called Robotech) released by
> > FHE.  

	Just wanted to mention that those FHE guys who did the Robotech
are some CHEAP bastards!  I discovered that the 100 minutes tapes are
recorded at EP!!  Now that's really really cheap...  I don't think any
other company in the Universe is soo cheap to try and save tape!


> > Now thanks to Streamline Pictures, Macross enthusiasts can purchase
> > the Macross series in two formats:
> >  
> > Robotech: The Macross Saga- 4 Robotech episodes per tape; $19.95
> >  
> > Robotech- Macross Perfect Collection- 2 Robotech episodes with the
> >         corresponding Japanese episodes SUBTITLED!  $19.95
>
>And not to forget the re-release of the original series on LD in Japan
>by Emotion. One disk a month, four episodes a disk, for 5800 yen a
>disk. If Macek's subtitle doesn't come through (and it's already behind
>the dubbed ones) and/or is no good, this will be a real bonus for fans.
>
	Don't tempt me Michael.. 

-- 
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From: chiu@alumni.berkeley.edu (David Chiu)
Subject: Re: ADVANCE COMICS listings for December '92
Summary: NT and Nikaku
Originator: chiu@alumni
Keywords: Better late than never!!
Organization: University of California Society of Electrical Engineers
Date: Sun, 27 Dec 1992 05:26:43 GMT

In article <P1kewB1w165w@west.darkside.com> bahamut@west.darkside.com (Bahamut) writes:
>chiu@alumni.berkeley.edu (David Chiu) writes:
>> In article <1992Dec24.124127.27891@cbnewsl.cb.att.com> conty@cbnewsl.cb.att.c

>> >Model Kits:
>> >  GUNDAM WITH FIN-FUNNEL  			$19.95	1/144 scale
>> Folks, this model is listed for Y1000, sold for under $15 in many model
>> shops in SF area (It can be had from Nikaku for $14)
>> >  ZETA GUNDAM SERIES TYPE 100  			$24.94	1/100 scale
>> Again, this model is listed for Y1400, sold for under $20 in many model
>> shops in SF area (It can be had from Nikaku for $18 or so)

>If I remember correctly, I think I remembered seeing this at New Type 
>Hobbies and Toys as well for 16-18.  To any one who wants to buy models
>I recommend New Type Hobbies and Toys to get their's.  They're prices
>are the best I've seen (at minimum equal to the prices I've seen at
>Pony Toys in LA).  Their address is 1531 10th Avenue, San Francisco, CA
>94122.  I think this address has been posted before, but I figured I'd
>post it again anyways. =)

In terms of selection, NT has by far the largest in the bay area whereas
Nikaku has better pricing. If you're looking for some really oddball thing
NT is the place to ask. If you're looking for the cheapest possible price,
check with Nikaku or Pony Toys. (I've heard that Pony Toys have the best
price for injection mold kits, but their prices for garage kits is... well
less than desirable... someone care to give some examples to confirm or
deny this? (TK, are you reading this?))

>Most of their normal models sell from 8.50 on up (Bandai kits).  There 
>are alsolots of resin kits that are relatively inexpensive. 

Believe me, resin kits are expensive in general, even if you get it direct
from the source... (though it is a little cheaper)

>Mmm hmm... disgusting isn't it?

SIGH

>Bahamut
>> SIGH... talk about milking the fans dry...


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From: gainax@venice.mps.ohio-state.edu (Chun-Li)
Subject: Re: Anime Expo/Cal-Animage Get together in L.A.
Organization: Ohio State University; Physics Department
Distribution: na
Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1992 00:09:53 GMT

In article <1992Dec21.165434.3605@nic.csu.net> shogun@sutro.SFSU.EDU (Mike M. Tatsugawa) writes:
>For any of you who are interested.  (Especially those of you who are
>coming home to SoCal for vacation!)  We will be holding a
>Cal-Animage/Anime Expo meeting in Los Angeles on December 30th at 1:00

Hmmm..maybe I will be there...have to do that Shirow thang tho'.....
hmmmmm......????????



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I am a manga artist, playing too much Super Nintendo, listening to U2,
wondering how much time I have, being Gofer Mommy for Anime Expo 93,
part of the Shogun Sabers, and taking deprived Otaku's to the promised land... 
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From: tsait@rebecca.its.rpi.edu (Theodore Leonard Tsai)
Subject: Re: r.a.a. widely known?
Organization: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY
Date: Sun, 3 Jan 1993 15:15:14 GMT

In article <1993Jan3.101242.16686@netcom.com> genef@netcom.com (Gene Fornario) writes:
>
>How would you rate r.a.a. as compared to other anime forums on your other
>online services?
>
>Gene--
>
>
>-- 
>genef@netcom.com

Well, I tried GEnie for a month during the summer when I was away from my
school account (on their 'money back if not satisfied' guarantee).  I 
thought it was a decent service, especially for the price, but the way
the anime discussion groups were split into so many sections kind of
was a pain.  But that's just me talking.  Lots of other people might 
appreciate the way they could cut a lot of the noise out just by not
reading certain topics in a RT.  It didn't really suit my taste is all.
Also, traffic was kind of slow.  While on r.a.a., within 24 hours you can
almost count on 120+ showing up, it took GEnie's group 2 or even 3
days to get that kind of traffic going.  
  But GEnie had a lot of other groups which were better, IMHO.  The
rec.arts.comics.misc group here pales in comparison to the one on GEnie.
And for Wild Cards readers, almost all of the authors of that series have
GEnie accounts (in fact, there is one RT where they plan their stories.
But, it's off limits to everyone but the authors-- no eavesdropping).
Melinda Snodgrass and George RR Martin are frequent contributors to
the Wild Cards discussion groups.  
  But you asked about r.a.a.  I'd take r.a.a. over the GEnie anime RT,
but everything else on GEnie compares very favorably.

Ted Tsai
tsait@rpi.edu
From: meg5184@hertz.njit.edu (Starman)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.anime
Subject: Re: Mecha in 'Beyond the Mind's Eye'
Date: 31 Dec 92 15:37:11 GMT
Organization: New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, N.J.

In article <1992Dec31.152203.19966@cbnewsl.cb.att.com> conty@cbnewsl.cb.att.com (E. Kontei) writes:
>In article <1898@tnc.UUCP>, m0336@tnc.UUCP (Ralph Jenkins) writes:
>> 
>>    Patlabor appears in 'Beyond the Mind's Eye', the computer graphics
>> compilation that proved extremely popular over the holiday season. 
>
>Is that the sequence with all the Ingram parts and bits floating into
>place?  Snippets of that were on an Alias(*) demo tape my Computer
>Graphics professor showed the class this summer...
>
>(*) Alias specializes in high-end graphics workstations, and are a direct
>    competitor to Silicon Graphics.  The "morphing" thing in TERMINTATOR
>    2 was done by them.
>-- 
>			    E n r i q u e  C o n t y
>			       Master of Science!
>			      jester@ihlpm.att.com
>		    Disclaimer: You're not dealing with AT&T

WHOA! Let's get something stright here! Alias RUNS ON the Silicon
Graphics machines. It's like saying Microsoft Excel is in direct
competition with IBM or Mac. Alias is a PROGRAM, SGIs are MACHINES. No
flames, but I didn't want people to get the wrong idea.

Claimer: I use Alias all the time :)

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From: troll@gu.uwa.edu.au (Troll)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.anime
Subject: Nausicaa Comics Wanted!
Date: 30 Dec 1992 04:56:21 GMT
Organization: The University of Western Australia
NNTP-Posting-Host: mackerel.gu.uwa.edu.au
Keywords: nausicaa

	I am looking for the English version of nausicaa of the valley of the 
winds Vol 1. No 2&3. However if need be I will purchase the whole set. Can 
someone please e-mail me if they have or can get these issues. Thanks in 
advance Derek Gilarski.

	Derek Gilarski troll@gu.uwa.edu.au
		       D_GILARSKI@fennel.cc.uwa.edu.au
From: dcb@wdl1.wdl.loral.com (Predecrement David)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.anime
Subject: Video Girl Ai Scripts
Date: 21 Dec 92 19:25:13 GMT
Organization: Gokuraku Videos

My site caught the Video Girl Ai OAV #2 #3 scripts, but it did not catch
number one.  Are these scripts available via ftp anywhere?

--David "Bweserch Bwack Bwin Bwu Bwii"
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From: Chad.Myers@f616.n133.z1.FIDONET.ORG (Chad Myers)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.anime
Subject: English language in Japanese music
Date: 2 Jan 93 10:27:34 GMT
Organization: FidoNet node 1:133/616 - Darkstar, Marietta GA


 WMB> I have a general quesiton open to the net.  Why is it that in 
 WMB> most of the Japanese Animation begining music and ending music
 WMB> there are english phrases to be found there?
 WMB> Most of the lyrics are in Japanese, but now and then an english
 WMB> phrase can be heard sung by the vocalist.

 WMB> Is this a fad?  An accepted procedure for Japanese song writers
 WMB> in ANIME?  I was just wondering what the answer is for those of you
 WMB> who are better able to answer this.

According to a pamphlet that came with a Bubblegum Crisis video I rented, this is done quite often in order to grab the viewer's attention, or to make a point in the song.

Of course, I could be completely wrong (I have been before).

Covenant
cmyers@st6000.sct.edu



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From: michael@izumi.DIALix.oz.au (Michael Studte)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.anime
Subject: Macross Series On Video?
Distribution: world
Date: Fri, 25 Dec 92 10:05:25 GMT
Organization: JAFWA, Cal-Animage Zeta, Perth, Western Australia


In article <Dec.21.09.29.54.1992.3398@remus.rutgers.edu> pearl@remus.rutgers.edu writes:
 > Up until this year, the Macross series was available only in a limited
 > edition boxed set from Japan (no subtitles) or in a Highly edited
 > version of a highly Macekered version (called Robotech) released by
 > FHE.  
 >  
 > Now thanks to Streamline Pictures, Macross enthusiasts can purchase
 > the Macross series in two formats:
 >  
 > Robotech: The Macross Saga- 4 Robotech episodes per tape; $19.95
 >  
 > Robotech- Macross Perfect Collection- 2 Robotech episodes with the
 >         corresponding Japanese episodes SUBTITLED!  $19.95

And not to forget the re-release of the original series on LD in Japan
by Emotion. One disk a month, four episodes a disk, for 5800 yen a
disk. If Macek's subtitle doesn't come through (and it's already behind
the dubbed ones) and/or is no good, this will be a real bonus for fans.

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From: bs783@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Jason Fubler Harvey)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.anime
Subject: Re: Anime ratings in Video Movie Guide
Date: 2 Jan 1993 19:15:09 GMT
Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH (USA)
Reply-To: bs783@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Jason Fubler Harvey)
NNTP-Posting-Host: hela.ins.cwru.edu


In a previous article, ranma@pegasus.com (Doug Cha) says:

>In article <105818@bu.edu> shimkevi@acs.bu.edu (Sergey Shimkevich) writes:
>>Looking at the latest issue of the Video Movie Guide, I've noticed that
>>they now include a lot of anime. The ratings, however, were a little strange:
>>
>>Dangaio ***1/2 (what!?)
>	Try more like *1/2
>
>>Gunbuster **
>	Com'n guys!  one more star for Freud-chan.. <H>
>
>>Madox 01 *** (oh, well)
>	Christ!!  This one doesn't even deserve to be released on LD!
>
>>Riding Bean **** (is it really THAT good?)
>	You're right..  "Apocalypse Now!" it is not..

I'd give it ***

>>Vampire Princes Miyu ** 
>	I thought the visual direction alone merits it at least 3..
>

Definitely at least a ***1/2

>>
>>Makes you wonder whether they actually watch the movies that they review :-)
>
>	They probably just read the back of the cassette boxes..
>

Picture this:

Grave of the Fireflies: *

MDGeist: *****


A little too scary for words...


>
>-- 
> "I love the smell of napalm in the morning.  It smells like..  VICTORY."
>
>			--++ Neo Jion Press ++--
>


-Jei

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From: doi@jrd.dec.com (Hitoshi Doi)
Subject: Re: DragonBall ZZ ?
Organization: DEC Japan Research and Development Center
Date: Sat, 2 Jan 1993 03:43:41 GMT

In article <1993Jan2.003524.98@rediris.es>, mcastro@rediris.es writes:
# 
# A friend of mine said he saw last week a ep. from the third part of
# DragonBall. I didn't know anything about that third part. I saw 
# DragonBall last summer, and now it's on air DragonBall Z. Is it true 
# that exist another part?, is that part DragonBall ZZ :) ?

Dragonball Z is still on.  It doesn't look like it will be
ending anytime soon.

There are about 9 Dragonball movies, and some Dragonball TV specials.
There will be a new movie this spring and maybe also a new TV special.
--
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Japan Research and Development Center               decwrl!jrd.dec.com!doi
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