Sunday, 25 March 2018
July 1990 Pt.5 Anime Hasshin
Anime Hasshin's 'The
Rose' Volume 4 No.22 Published Bimonthly by Anime Hasshin. 20
pages $2.50 (6 for $12) Editor Lorraine Savage.
SPECIAL
FEATURES
Interview with Toren
Smith (Studio Proteus),
Boah,
Horobi,
Orange Road,
Megazone 23 &
Mellowlink songs,
anime in Britain
Published Bimonthly, so
that is roughly 8 weeks between one issue falling from our post-box
at home to the next exciting issue (being overseas, you could add a
few days to the arrival).
Submissions had to
arrive before the 2nd. Friday of the month (being the odd numbered month) before the next issue, Friday the 8th. June
was this issue's deadline, and September 14th for the
next. In addition to this the post could take 7 Business days, but
more likely 2 to 3 weeks for overseas.
[NOTE: That's 80,640
minutes or 1,344 hours or about 56 days = 2 Months. How's that
for an Internet speed!]
Front cover art by John
Lam
Editor's Notes by
Lorraine Savage
Editor's Notes by Lorraine Savage
Anime
Hasshin's 'The Rose' was always eagerly awaited, and much
loved whenever it arrived through the letterbox. It was a hub of
information, and a big part of the Anime & Manga Pen-Pals that
corresponded though it, more like a family than just a paper-based
network.
Amine in Britain &
UK fans meet at Eastcon '90 in Liverpool by
Carlo Bernhardi
Carlo Bernhardi
(One of the very few times that I am in print.
It truly was exciting times.)
[NOTE:APA stands for Amateur Press Association a compilation of fiction, and at times help guides on art and writing by fans that is put together and printed (Before the World Wide Web, before bulletin boards, and affordable self-publishing, before Blogs) then mailed (posted) out to all those that contributed pages.]
[NOTE: “Endless Road
Apa” the new APA for all things animated was started this July (1990),
and looked after by Dan Kellaway being the central mailer.]
[NOTE: Page 20's Personals Ads. featured the UK's Helen McCarthy asking “American anime fans who want British pen pals should write.” She will print your name and address in a British anime zine.]
[NOTE: Page 20's Personals Ads. featured the UK's Helen McCarthy asking “American anime fans who want British pen pals should write.” She will print your name and address in a British anime zine.]
[NOTE: contents; page
1, Front cover art by John Lam; pages 2-3, Editor's Notes by Lorraine
Savage; page 4, Article on BAOH by Dan Durkin; pages 5-6, NEWS OVAs
and Translated Manga and Anime releases and Anime clubs; page 7, Part
one of the Toren Smith interview by Lorraine Savage; page 8, Comic
review on HOROBI by Lester Swint; page 9, Manga review Alien Crash &
Lucky Route Runaway by John Ott; page 10, Amine in Britain & UK
fans meet at Eastcon '90 in Liverpool by Carlo Bernhardi; page 11,
Review of the Orange Road Movie by Tsao Sheng-Te;
page 14, Song Lyrics –
translated by Steve Chaney & Maria Mutsuko-Warner; page 15, BOOK
Review – Inside the Robot Kingdom by Lorraine Savage; page 16, Mini
Synopses – from the Laser Disc Trading Organisation ( ) ; page 17,
Game Review – Anime: The Arcade Game by David Moisan; page 18, New
Member (10) List & Membership Update (2) list; page 19, List of
Fanzines & member's Birthdays; page 20, Classifieds &
Personals Ads. And Clubs.]
Saturday, 17 March 2018
July 1990 Pt.4 'PC Engine Fan' Magazine
PC
Engine Fan
- First Published in 1988 by Tokuma Shoten Publishing Co. Consisting
of 108 pages (including the front & back covers), Published
Monthly #7 July 1990 (Volume 3),390 Yen.
[NOTE: The 'PC Engine
Fan' magazine was part of a few Japanese magazines that concentrated
exclusively the home market of the NEC's video game consoles, and was
devoted to the PC Engine. A compact and superior 8bit video game console,
that evolved in a modular fashion, known for its slim credit-card
sized games, and what is more it would have the first console games on
CD-ROM, with high quality CD audio.]
Wow! I'd almost
forgotten I had any Japanese PC Engine magazines from 1990. Not only was it that it had Cel-like artwork on the front cover, much like Anime industry, but featured many video games that were Anime tie-ins much to my delight.
Again not
being able myself to translate the Japanese details of the contents
of this magazine, what you get is solely from the few English words
and the identifiable artworks and illustrations of tie-ins and
popular games, but looking back this was full colour, and was just as
powerful as static linked web-pages showing me a wider World, as even
a 1990's video gamer the NEC's PC Engine was even more niche and
underground than your average Anime and Manga fan in the UK.
Cover Cel-like art from 'The Legend of A Fantasm Soldier III'.
The Grey PC-Engine, with the Supper CD-ROM System, and Stereo add-on.
The Contents page (for you to translate if you like.)
'Urusei Yatsura - Stay with You', better known as LUM
(game title to be added..!)
Urusei Yatsura, better known as LUM
(game title to be added..!)
From the OVA 'Far East of Eden'.
Is this from an Anime ?
Advert for 'The Legend of A Fantasm Soldier III'
(not an Anime, but with animation Cel like artwork).
Adverts for.............??
Adverts for 'Sol Bianca' & 'Cyber City OEDO 808'
Adverts for
New games Coming soon.
Ranma 1/2
The Back cover with an advert for ' Ghosts and Ghouls'.
Probably the best Arcade conversion for the PC Engine next to 'Street Fighter II'.
Truly the NEC's PC Engine was even more niche and underground than your average Anime and Manga fan in the UK in the late 1980's and early 1990's, but it too had its Fandom, and those interests did overlap for many Fans.
[NOTE: I still have the first 'The Legend of A Fantasm Soldier' on CD-ROM.]
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