This issue was rather late.

September 1st, 2008 by Brack Posted in Anime, Manga | Tags: , |

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 were still the publishers, but I don’t believe that was actually the case, and the new publishers would be clearer in the next issue.

UK NEWS

  • Manga Video - Guyver, Rumik World: Mermaid Forest, The Wind of Amnesia, Dangaioh, Violent Cop
  • Kiseki Films - Gunbuster, Ambassador Magma, Urotsukidoji III
  • Western Connection - Karmasutra, Galactic Pirates
  • Anime Projects - Urusei Yatsura TV, Riding Bean
  • CONS~!
  • AUK-Con - One day event by Anime UK. 500 people reported attending. Toren Smith, Wil Overton, Helen McCarthy & Steve Kyte were guests (though do those last two really count considering who was organising it?).
  • Animeday Flashback 4 - Sponsored by Sheffield Space Centre. 300 people reported attending. Alan Grant, Tony Luke and… Helen McCarthy & Steve Kyte were guests. Those last two will be a recurring theme in future con reports.
  • Here’s a report from the time by Jim McLennan courtesy of ye olde Animejin.

JAPAN NEWS

  • New Century GPX Cyber Formula Zero
  • New Cutey Honey
  • Dirty Pair Flash
  • Ranm 1/2 Stormy Weather Comes To School Growing Up With Miss Hinako
  • Ah! My Goddess
  • Natsuki Crisis

US NEWS

  • Genocyber was promoted by US Manga Corps using this new fangled Internet thing and “…caused a virtual furor amongst online anime fans jacked into the Internet worldwide computer network…“.
  • Viz released the first Ranma 1/2 Movie
  • AnimEigo had Genesis Survivor Gaiarth, Bubblegum Crash coming out
  • US Manga Corps put out RG Veda & Hades Project Zeorymer.
  • LA Hero/US Reditions went with the live action Guyver:Dark Hero.
  • Pioneer had two more volumes of Tenchi Muyo on Laser Disc.
  • No notable manga started.

ARTICLES:

  • Battle Angel Alita was the the cover story.
  • A look at the influence of the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki on anime and manga.
  • And a reprint of Art Spiegelman’s introduction to Barefoot Gen.

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