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Fourteen Year Old Anime News
I was struggling to think of something to write tonight. The next CIOASIISAG entry will be somewhat longwinded (as it will be OHOTMU the RPG!) and so I want to do it around the weekend and my brain...
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All the news you can use (if you have access to a time machine)!
More news from the pages of UK anime/manga mag Manga Mania circa August 1993. Manga Video were releasing RG Veda, The Legend of Arislan (sic), Crying Freeman and Doomed Megalopolis. Western Connection...
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15 YEAR OLD NEWS FEED
I did a couple of these last year, and not having too much to write about at the moment, I’m going to bring them back. What are these? Well it’s summaries of the news in the UK manga & anime...
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More Marvellous Manga Mania Memories
ISSUE 4~! OCTOBER 1993~! IN THE UK: Manga Video were releasing Doomed Megalopolis II: Disaster, Crying Freeman II: The Enemy Within and Tetsuo II: The Bodyhammer. Anime Projects had Hurricane Live 2032...
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The fifth of those Manga Mania flashbacks.
This what was being reported in Issue 5, cover date October 1993. UK News: Manga Video release Wicked City, Heroic Legend of Arislan. Kiseki had Macross II coming out. Contanimeted 1993 was taking...
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The Title Blurb Read “Mighty Mecha Special!!”
More old news from 1993 courtesy of Manga Mania Issue 6, December ’93. Editorial: Figured I might start talking about these too. In this issue, Cefn Ridout bemoans the bad publicity anime was getting...
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1994: The Year Faye Valentine Was Born
All the news you can no longer use from Issue 7 of Manga Mania, cover date January 1994. UK NEWS: Manga Video: The Guyver begins its monthly release schedule at £6.99 for a VHS containing one episode...
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Toren Smith’s Time Machine.
More old news from Issue 8 of Manga Mania (Feb. 1994). This issue is noteworthy for an interview with Masamune Shirow by Toren Smith, that is dated as taking place in October 1994, 8-9 months after...
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Meanwhile… The Loch Ness Monster was proved a hoax.
This is the news from the 9th issue of Manga Mania, cover date March 1994. UK NEWS: Pioneer LDC announced their intent to release Tenchi Muyo in the UK. This was a big deal. Pioneer were the only other...
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Blogging safety net – Go!
Back once again with news you can’t use. This is all taken from Manga Mania Issue 10 Cover date April 1994. I would have still been ignoring anime and manga at this time, instead wandering the streets...
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This issue was rather late.
That issue being Issue 11 of Manga Mania. For reasons not explained in the issue this was coverdated June 1994, meaning it had taken at least 2 months to come out. The indicia indicate Dark Horse UK...
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This just in from 1994!
Manga Mania, Issue 12, cover date July 1994. Still being published by Dark Horse, for now. The editorial talks of two new companies entering the UK anime market – Animania & Anime UK. Animania...
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The past is still happening!
Crikey, it has been ages since I’ve done one of these write ups of old Manga Mania issues. This is Issue 13, cover date August 1994. So about 15 years old. The theme this issue is “sex, lies and video...
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Look who finally replaced his scanner!
Yes, the write ups of old Manga Mania issues are back, and now with pictures. Issue 14, cover date September 1994, was all about Street Fighter II. But first, the big change in who was actually...
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Manga Mania Issue 15 (October 1994)
Cover this issue was of Grey, whose anime adaptation Grey: Digital Target was due out from Western Connection. The art was provided by Kev Walker, who I think had made the leap from Games Workshop to...
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Manga Mania Issue 16 (November 1994)
The magazine had a big revamp this issue. Now square bound and with more colour, it also saw the return of some features that had been absent during the Dark Horse to Manga Entertainment upheaval (the...
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It’s 1994! Who had been “converted into a massive DP fan”?
Manga Mania #17 (December 1994) was probably the best issue so far. Mainly because nothing was happening in the UK and so there was a lot more coverage of Japan. Manga had their “Cyberpunk Collection”...
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The downward spiral begins.
Manga Mania Issue 18 (January 1995) In case I haven’t mentioned it already, the issues of Manga Mania that I’ve been talking about so far are ones my younger brother had bought, and I’d only been...
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Anime as a Manifesto
Manga Mania Issue 19 (February 1995) What better way to celebrate Valentines Day than to look at a 15 year old manga/anime magazine? Articles on The Legend of the 4 Kings (oddly enough a gateway anime...
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Manga Mania Mondays – Number 20, March 1995
I’ve clearly lost the FREE ESSENTIAL ANIME GUIDE, so I can’t tell you what was in there. If you know, tell us about it in the comments. It’s been over two years since I did one of these posts, so a...
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