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From: ramberg@futon.SFSU.EDU (James Ramberg)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.anime
Subject: KOR's bum rap
Date: 6 Oct 92 16:30:18 GMT
Organization: San Francisco State University

In article <Ty3-gt-@engin.umich.edu> Joe Petrow <joepet@engin.umich.edu> writes:
>In article <1992Oct5.122728.2811@nic.csu.net> , ramberg@futon.SFSU.EDU
>writes:
[ My initial description of KOR Vol II ]

>Believe it or not, this video has the equivalent of a X rating at my video
>store!  (Must be 18 to rent).  Obviously these people are judging this by
>the compromising pictures of Madoka on the cover (the front cover with
>her topless and a towel drooping down her behind, the back with her ski
 Shes's not showing anyuthing in the outfit that I would consider to
be topless. 
>suit zipped down a long ways with no bra underneath), and the
>descriptions (Hirosi loves Kyosuke, Madoka thinks she loves Kyosuke,
>Kyosuke doesn't know who he loves, etc.), none of which is remotely
>similar to what the video itself is like. 
Well, it's kind of actually on the mark.  This was basically a 
pretty accurate renidtion of what its like at that satage in life.
It's ironic in the fact that KOR has shown itself in general to be
by far one of the "cleanest" anime around. It is one of the few anime that I
know of that has actually no topless sequencesi. In fact, that gives
it its carm an realism.  Admittedly the ESP business is not realistic,
but a heck of a lot of fun and laughs. Talk about a bum rap !!!!
You have my sympathy. My personal guerss is that its the old guilt
by reputation business. I think the Video store owner should have taken the
time to watch the tape. 

Time for my two cents ... I'll stick in a ctrl L so you can exit before the flame)


I think for the most part anime has been alot less gratutious with its sex and
 violence as compared to American TV, let alone US animation, ( It
always kinda of bothered me, for examnple, that all the characters in GI JOE
somehow either missed getting hit in a hail of bullets or had a handy parachute.
Talk about being cruel to a kid telling them something like that)

 flame off

time to see KOR III :-)


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From: hal@leland.Stanford.EDU (Hao Anh Le)
Subject: Stanford Newtype
Organization: DSG, Stanford University, CA 94305, USA
Date: Wed, 30 Sep 92 21:27:01 GMT

Tadaima! Okaeri nasai.  Stanford Newtype will have its first meeting of the
year this Saturday, Oct.3, at 6:30PM in the Kimball Hall Lounge.  E-mail for
further details and schedule/program.
	And I'd like to thank my fellow anime fans/otakus at Purdue for 
defeating Cal.
	Finally, did anybody find out where that fan video at Anime Expo 92 
that parodied Madonna's La Isla Bonita or something like that, came from?
Lines went something like "Romantic Genocide."  I'd like a copy.
	Later, H
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From: ratinox@splinter.coe.northeastern.edu (Richard Pieri/Stainless Steel Rat)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.anime
Subject: Re: Faq
Date: 6 Oct 92 18:56:42 GMT
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>>>>> "IF" == Idbil Fubar <dewind@acsu.buffalo.edu> writes:

IF> Hey y'all!  I was wondering if any of y'all have a faq about this
IF> group?

This is the mark of someone who hasn't bothered to Do The Correct
Thing and read the newsgroup for a while before posting :-).

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From: vlad@ersys.edmonton.ab.ca (Vlad G. Pohnert)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.anime
Subject: Re: Gundam 0083
Date: Sun, 27 Sep 92 14:20:05 MDT
Organization: Edmonton Remote Systems #1, Edmonton, AB, Canada

tkim@sdcc3.ucsd.edu (Tonghyun Kim) writes:

- 
- NOT for long. Bandai is going to launch next Gundam series PRETTY
- SOON. :) OR you can just give your wallet a permanent rest by stop
- buying Gundam LDs. :-)
- 
- 
WHAT!! and miss out on hopefully another excellent Gundam series! I'd 
sell my grandmother first!! 
 
BTW, I have heard that the next series might involve the F-90 Gundam and 
will done with Tomino at the helm....

Vlad

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From: bn981@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Ryan Mathews)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.anime
Subject: Anime piece on CNN
Date: 6 Oct 1992 06:25:39 GMT
Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH (USA)
Reply-To: bn981@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Ryan Mathews)
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As many people have no doubt posted by now, anime just got a fairly
major piece on CNN's Headline News.

I have mixed feelings about the piece.  It wasn't that badly produced;
it featured clips of anime features available in the US, interspersed
with interviews.  And it was of fairly good length.  It provides some
nice exposure.  But I'm not quite sure it's the kind of exposure we'd
like.

For one thing, CNN falls into the same trap that nearly every other
examination of anime by the mainstream media falls into:  watching a few
features, noting the sex and violence, and deducing that that is the key
property that sets anime apart.  Not the plots, not the artwork.  Just
blood n' boobs.  True, there are a large percentage of us that like our
anime to be sexy and violent.  But that's not *all* that anime has to
offer.  You wonder how many potential Maisson Ikkoku, KOR, or Miyazaki
fans were turned off by that piece.

To be fair, it was mentioned that there are other types of anime.  A clip
from BEAUTIFUL DREAMER was shown while they mentioned the "high school
comedy" genre.  But that's all it got: a mention.

Also, with the whole of anime fandom to choose from, who did CNN inter-
view?  Some highup in USMC, Carl Macek, and Matthew Sweet.  Now, I have no
problem with Mr. Sweet, but why Macek and USMC?  Why do the only anime
folks who get on the air have to be those whom most of anime fandom
seem to respect the least?

While I'm at it, the whole thing ran like a USMC/Streamline commercial.
No AnimEigo or USRenditions product got shown, just stuff from the Dirty
Pair of American anime companies.  (And you know USMC's eating up the
image of anime put forth by the piece.  Anyone who's read their near-
sleazy ad in HEAVY METAL has gotta believe that...)

I don't remember a single word about conventions, either.  They referred
to us as "a cult, but a growing cult."

Y'know, it might have been better if they had been bashing anime, but they
seemed to think they were promoting it!  :-P

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From: steyn@cs.rochester.edu (Gavin Steyn)
Subject: Re: Feeling insulted
Organization: Computer Science Department University of Rochester
Date: Sat, 3 Oct 1992 20:05:39 GMT

Although I sympathize with the original poster, I'm not sure what his
friends were doing was SO bad.  They don't know any Japanese, so they skip
the dialogue.  Big deal--it wouldn't mean all that much to them anyway.

  Personally, I think it's kind of silly to watch a movie that you
have no idea what's going on in, but different strokes and all that.

Gavin Steyn
steyn@cs.rochester.edu
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From: mezlick@cats.ucsc.edu (Asher Mohammad Siddiqui)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.anime
Subject: Re: Windaria
Date: 6 Oct 1992 19:29:57 GMT
Organization: University of California; Santa Cruz
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In article <BvoMn6.20u@watserv1.uwaterloo.ca> rtang@sunee.uwaterloo.ca (The One Your Mother Warned You About!) writes:
>Has anyone see Streamlines's release of Windaria?
>If so tell me what you think of it.
>
>
>Ray

The Steamline version is the worst thing I've ever seen.  The story is to slow
and boring.  Of all of Streamlines stuff I'd rate this one as their worst
job ever.  To see some of their better stuff See the Nadia's or Vampire Hunter
D

Asher

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From: ramberg@futon.SFSU.EDU (James Ramberg)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.anime
Subject: final volume of Gunbuster: availible at Japan Video ???
Date: 29 Sep 92 19:15:36 GMT
Article-I.D.: nic.1992Sep29.121537.2770
Organization: San Francisco State University


 I finally got a chance yo rent some anime after three weeks without (
wtihdrawl pangs .. :-)) I saw:
o Vampire Princess Miyu: I finally saw the last two stories.. I enjoyed
                         it yet I find myself needing to rent it again 
                         to understand it.( On a related note: The
                         fourth volume in Anne Rice's Vampire series is
                         out. It's called "Tale of the Body Thief".
                         I wonder if she'll have one named Miyu ??:-)
                         ( Or perhaps Kei :-) :-) :-) )

o Gunbuster : Saw stories III & IV. Cool plots, though a bit confusing
              in terms of what the aliens were doing in the first place
              (though, of course, that is not the point :-)). I really
              liked the shorts between stories. The Quantum Mechanics
              they mentioned is roughly accurate ( I won't judge it 
              in depth since its not my speciality). I also got
              a big kick out of the anime coments.. Perhaps we
              should have an award named after her for the "biggest" female
              otaku on the net (I'm setting myself up here .. I know it:-)1)
              lets not bring back the "Breasts in anime" thread again :-))
  to Japan 
video users: Do they carry the last volume? I didn't see it there last time.
             Perhaps someone was renting it ??
  

o KOR vol I: Very interesting stories, not to mention a cute theme song.
             I would not like to have a cousin like Akane . Then again,
             his chasing/drooling after Madoka did sorta set himself up for it
             Sorta suprising to rthink that these were supposedly made for
               girls only (as I'm lead to believe ..).


cya later...
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From: akuma@netcom.com (Steven E Barnes)
Subject: Re: Animag
Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services  (408 241-9760 guest) 
Date: Wed, 30 Sep 1992 07:32:50 GMT

In article <c0oTRB3w164w@whitebase.ukp.com>, chet@whitebase.ukp.com (Chet Jasinski) writes:
> > The "Yotoden" issue was volume 1, issue 12.  Since then, Animag has 
> > switched publishers.  The new publisher is Malibu Graphics.  Malibu
> > is honoring subscrip[tions from Pacific Rim, but I believe you have
> > to submit proof of subscription (cancelled check, etc).  An Animag
> > person has allegedly posted the subscription guidelines on the net,
> > but I never saw it.
> > 
> > The requirement of proof is due to the fact that Pacific Rim hasn't
> > turned over the subscription list to Malibu.

>    Steve is absolutely right here folks.  At Anime Expo I went up to the 
> ANIMAG table and asked why I hadn't received my subscription issue.  They 
> told me that I had to prove that I had a subscription by sending them a copy 
> of the check.  To say the least I was rather POed as there has been NO 
> mention of this in ANIMAG 2.1-2.  My situation is more complicated as I 
> paid for a subscription for a friend too.  To say the least I will NOT 
> subscribe to ANIMAG ever.  I won't even pick up the two volume 2 issues.  
> And when I get the address to send the copies of the checks to ANIMAG I 
> won't have a lot of nice things to say because I feel they have not made the 
> effort through there own magazine to contact the subscribers.  Sure I 
> understand that Malibu is "playing dirty" by withholding the subscriber list 

That's Pacific Rim; Malibu are the "good guys."

> , but that does not excuse the editors of failing to use their own medium to 
> contact the subscribers.

I can understand why people are pissed, but it may help if you
look at from Animags position.  They have had a lot of problems
with their former publisher, the subscriptions list being only
one of them.  I was told that Pacific Rim was still soliciting
subscriptions, even after Animag switched to Malibu.
Basically, Malibu isn't getting paid for honoring these subscriptions.
They are doing it to as a service to the fans.

As for why the notice wasn't in the magazines, I can't answer that.
Perhaps Mailbu was still trying to negotiate with Pacific Rim
while the issues were being prepared.  If v2 #3 doesn't have this
notice, then there is no excuse.

-steve
From: michael@izumi.DIALix.oz.au (Michael Studte)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.anime
Subject: Where are the scripts?
Distribution: world
Date: Sun, 27 Sep 92 14:00:57 GMT
Organization: JAFWA, Cal-Animage Zeta, Perth, Western Australia


In article <BuzHpq.G1C@news.larc.nasa.gov> avik@icase.edu writes:
 > point me in the direction where i could get the scripts for the
 > following, id be eternally greatful.
 >  
 >         ciber city odeo 808 1-3

Don't think anyone's done any. I haven't even seen synopses (and I
could have used them for our club this weekend).

 >         the wandering kid 1-5

You need a script? I can just imagine it, "Ahhhh, ahhhhh, no, ahhhhh,
ohhhhh... <splat>". :) I know WK has a lot of plot, but I don't think
anyone is brave enough to subtitle it.

What I'd like is a good synopsis for the first three parts of it.

 >         black magic m-66

Available from US Renditions, thus no-one is likely to do a script for
it.

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From: jogle@zia.aoc.nrao.edu (Jim Ogle (Ks. Jim))
Subject: Re: Anime on CNN Headline News
Organization: National Radio Astronomy Observatory, Socorro NM
Date: Tue, 6 Oct 92 04:05:24 GMT

In article <mumble> gavigan@gn.ecn.purdue.edu (Ryan P. Gavigan) writes:

>Subject line says it all.  A 3-4 minute segment about anime was on Headline
>News about 9:55 PM EST (unknown whether it was run earlier).  It was the
>segment which ends the 1/2 hour and is generally on miscellaneous topics, 
>mostly pertaining to the entertainment field.  These segments get rotated
>and are frequently rerun about every 3 hours or so.

It was also shown early this evening on Showbiz Today (which gets
repeated later at night, though this message is probably going out too
late for anyone to catch it - sorry!)

>Before you say it, no it wasn't a "take an angle on sex&violence" type 
>piece.  It was actually quite the opposite.  Narration , interspersed by
>comments from interview subjects (John O'Donnell,Carl Macek,Matthew Sweet, in
>order) while showing pieces of the anime throughout (clips from Gall Force,
>MD Geist,Urusei Yatsura,Lensman,Vampire Hunter D off the top of my head)

Yeah, I was actually surprised by how positive it was.  They did
mention that sex & violence usually play a prominent role in anime but
it didn't come across as if they thought this was a "bad thing".

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From: mengei@kryton.UUCP (randy alkire)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.anime
Subject: Re: A moment of thoughts... (Dominion)
Date: 4 Oct 92 06:02:27 GMT
Organization: Paradox Alley F&SF BBS 805-492-8789


wai@sage.cc.purdue.edu (Benjamin Wai) writes:

> 
> 	I wonder how much would a city has to spend on repairing
> 	a block of road everytime after a tank-police took its
> 	patrol - not to mention any "more aggresive actions"...
> 	No wonder the mayor was pissed...
> 
> 	Common sense doesn't really rule with Anime, does it?
> 	(Or would they still be interesting if everything follows logic?)
> 
> 	I will give anyone 2 cents for naming any Anime show which make 
> 	real sense from beginning to end (and agreed by the majority 
> 	that it does).

          Wing of the Hneumease 
> 
> 	Just a moment of thoughts...
> 
> 	- B.W.
> ---
> 
> *  Benjamin Wai.  ( Purdue Animation Club ) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - *
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Subject: Re: Silent Mobius script needed and typo
From: ramberg@futon.SFSU.EDU (James Ramberg)
Date: 2 Oct 92 09:55:28 PDT
Organization: San Francisco State University

In article <1992Oct2.093032.2799@nic.csu.net> ramberg@futon.SFSU.EDU (James Ramberg) writes:
>
 I noticed that I exited early in my previous posts and left one big typo and 
cut off a line ( I need a better rn interface !!)

>o KOR vol II : I love the picture of Madoka on the back cover.
>        in a hot spring. ( I got a big kick out of the comment Huriko
                  this is obviously supposed to be Hikaru  (Geez, I wonder
how I did that one ?? Perhaps I was still thinking about Gunbuster ?? :-) 
      
o I haven't seen much discussion about Video Girl Ai and I'm
  curious if any scripts exit. The cover artwork is quite nice. I hope
  the video is the same but I would like to have a script to read first.


 Asuimasen about the wasted bandwidth ...

cya
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From: jogle@zia.aoc.nrao.edu (Jim Ogle (Ks. Jim))
Subject: Re: Project A-ko
Organization: National Radio Astronomy Observatory, Socorro NM
Date: Mon, 5 Oct 92 21:23:37 GMT

In article <mumble> wbarnes@sura.net (Bill Barnes) writes:
>In article <grumble> mezlick@cats.ucsc.edu (Asher Mohammad Siddiqui) writes:

>>I was wondering who has the rights to the next two movies and if there are
>>any plans on relaesing them soon in the US Subbed?
>
>Nobody and nope.  USMC only bought the rights to the first one and has said
>(or so I've been told) that they have no intention of acquiring the later
>A-Kos.  (Although maybe if the first one does fantastically well...)
>So I guess technically they're up for grabs.

At Anime Expo I talked to one of the USMC people about A-Ko and he
said that they'd like to do the rest of the A-Ko programs but that
there were no immediate plans to do so....

BTW, he mentioned that C-Ko was the favorite character from that show
in Japan and that B-Ko isn't liked because she's "too smart".  A-Ko
herself is supposedly the favorite in America.


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From: aoki@faerie.CS.Berkeley.EDU (Paul M. Aoki)
Subject: Re: "You'll laugh, you'll cry, you'll turn hentai" [was: misc anime...]
Organization: T. H. Martin Hentai Recovery Center
Date: Tue, 6 Oct 1992 23:06:19 GMT

aoki@erewhon.CS.Berkeley.EDU (Paul M. Aoki) challenges:
>Surely any hentai worth his saltpeter can name the 
>video (and character, and scene) that actually started the Gainax 
>jiggle-fest ..

First off, for those of you who thought "the date rape scene in WINGS OF 
HONNEAMISE" just because it pre-dated GUNBUSTER..  shame on you!  That's 
DRAMA, not titillation!  Cool off, go watch GRAVE OF THE FIREFLY for a 
while.  Or go play in the road or something.

dcb@wdl1.wdl.loral.com (David Blume) tries:
>My best guess is Rumiko Takahashi's Dancing Akane from
>the opening credits of Ranma Nibunnoichi.

BZZT!  While highly exploitive, the opening credits from Classic RANMA
appear to be JIGGLE-FREE (at least in the sense we're talking about here)!
Also, in any case, RANMA was not a Gainax production.  But thank you for 
playing, David!  (And thank you for making those fine Mac screen savers 
available!)  On to our next contestant ..

wbarnes@sura.net (Bill Barnes) suggests:
>I'm not sure what it says about me if I'm right, but I'd guess the
>Daicon IV animation, with the Daicon bunny girl, when she turns around
>the first time you see her - maybe it's just me, but I noticed a
>distinct jiggle that wasn't the poor picture quality...

DING!  Daicon IV bunny-girl it is!  (I remember it as being the bit where
she raises her arms and flexes after trashing some colossal mecha, but 
what's a few frames between friends ..)  Technically not Gainax work,
of course, since Gainax didn't exist at the time, but usually attributed 
to Gainax since the amateurs who did the animation went on to start that
company.

For you, Bill, we have a all-expenses-paid trip to the T. H. Martin
Hentai Recovery Center(tm), located in lovely suburban New Jersey and
run by our very own (and *very* villainous) Miss Animerica!  (After all,
you *were* right, and we're not sure what it says about you either!)

[ Oh, gawd, I think I've been watching too much daytime teevee lately .. ]
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