January1991 Pt. 2 Anime Hasshin.

   Anime Hasshin

 “The Rose” ( 4TH. ANNIVERSARY ISSUE)  the Newsletter of Anime Hasshin number 25 (January 1991, 22 pages). Editor Lorraine Savage 

And what follows is a brief overview;  

SPECIAL FEATURES

Project A-ko 4, Iczer-3, New Miyazaki & Rumic World, Gunhed, Bubblegum Crisis, Gundam books

More details to follow....

December 1990 Pt4. Protoculture Addicts Fan Magazine

 Protoculture Addicts No. 10.  DECEMBER 1990 (Interview with Tom Mason & Chris Ulm. FAN ARTICLES SPECIAL, News & Reviews, Fan Art, RPG).

Protoculture Addicts – The Official Robotech TM. Fan Magazine Published quarterly by, Ianus Publications, based in Montreal, Québec province, Canada - ISSN 0835-9563  $2.95 CAN $2.50 US.

The 36 pages where taken up with a varied contents, such as;

Editorial, By Alain Dubreull , INTERVIEW WITH Tom Mason & Chris Ulm, 

FAN ARTICLE SPECIAL, NEWS & REVIEWS, FAN ART, RPG.

INVID.

PAGE 2 CONTENTS

PAGE 3 EDITORIAL

PAGE 4-5 THE VOICE OF FREEDOM FIGHTERS

PAGE 6 THE VOICE OF FREEDOM FIGHTERS,

PAGE 7 THE SHAPING OF PROTOCULTURE. 

PAGE 8-9 UH! chronicle of the odd & Bizarre...

PAGE 10 - 11 INTERVIEW WITH Tom Mason & Chris Ulm.

PAGE 12 - 13 INTERVIEW WITH Tom Mason by Jenny O'Donnell.

PAGE 14 - 17 SHORT STORY  Opening Act By Joshua Follick. 

PAGE 18 - 19 FAN ART. 

PAGE 20        FAN ARTICLES   Leonard's & ADM. Hayes' point of view. 

                        by Edward McKeown.

PAGE 21-22  WHAT IS PROTOCULTURE?

PAGE 23- 25  VERITECH LOG  Alcohol Effects Table 

                        by Mark Kintigh & Andy Hummell

PAGE 26-27   ENERGY POINTS

PAGE 28        THE SHADOW CYCLONE

PAGE 29        VERITECH ACES

PAGE 30-35   NEWS & REVIEWS

PAGE 36 BACK COVER ( )

PAGE 3 EDITORIAL

PAGE 4-5 THE VOICE OF FREEDOM FIGHTERS

PAGE 6 THE VOICE OF FREEDOM FIGHTERS,

PAGE 7 THE SHAPING OF PROTOCULTURE.

PAGE 10 - 11 INTERVIEW WITH Tom Mason & Chris Ulm.

PAGE 12 - 13 INTERVIEW WITH Tom Mason by Jenny O'Donnell.

PAGE 18 - 19 FAN ART. 

PAGE 30-31   NEWS & REVIEWS

PAGE 32-33   NEWS & REVIEWS

PAGE 34-35   NEWS & REVIEWS

PAGE 36 BACK COVER ( ).

November 1990 Pt.5 Anime Hasshin

  Anime Hasshin

 “The Rose” the Newsletter of Anime Hasshin number 24 (November 1990, 22 pages), and what follows is a brief overview;  

SPECIAL FEATURES

Samurai Troopers -African Travelogue,  Little Norse Prince, Chibi Maruko-chan, Lensman, Mangajin Magazine review, anime magazines.

Iczer One

by Cameron Calkins.

EDITOR'S NOTES

by Lorraine Savage.

EDITOR'S NOTES

by Lorraine Savage.

NEWS

NEWS

NEWS

CARL MACEK AT SAN DIEGO COMIC CON

by Lorraine Savage.

CARL MACEK AT SAN DIEGO COMIC CON

by Lorraine Savage.

REVIEW

Lensman (English dubbed moive)

by Alec Orrock

APAs, CLUBS, MAGAZINE, CONVENTIONS, MISC.

CLASSIFIEDS, PERSONALS, MERCHANDISE.

ART CONTRIBUTORS

Chip Brill, Cameron Calkins, Gene Chin, Robert DeJesus,

Dan Kellaway, jack Nelson, Diego Paroni,Mike Pennock,

Dennis Richards, Widya Santoso, Eric Thornburgh, Curis Tom, Nicole Zantt.

September 1990 Pt.4 Anime Hasshin

 “The Rose” the Newsletter of Anime Hasshin number 23, and what follows is a brief overview,  Special Features 
Nadia's Mysterious Ocean [aka Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water],
Lehend of Syrius, Shuna's Journey, Interview with Toren Smith (studio Proteus) Part 2, AnimEigo, Gundam book review.

What arrived next by post from the USA was my membership Newsletter of Anime Hasshin “The Rose”.

Cover  artist Dennis Richards

Special Features 

Nadia's Mysterious Ocean [aka Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water],

Lehend of Syrius, Shuna's Journey, Interview with Toren Smith (studio Proteus) Part 2, AnimEigo, Gundam book review.

 Editor's notes by Lorraine Savage.

 Editor's notes by Lorraine Savage.

Part two of the Toren Smith interview by Lorraine Savage.

 NEWS, Comics, OVAs, Series, Laser Disks.

 Misc Movie News, Misc News,

Club News.

 CONVENTION REPORT;

PROJECT A-KON '90,

SAN DIEGO COMICON (August 2-5 1990).

SAN DIEGO COMICON (August 2-5 1990) 

 Fanzine Reviews.

  Fanzine Reviews.

Clubs, Fanzines, Conventions, Merchandise.

 Computer Bulletin Boards,

Miscellaneous, Classifieds. 

Members List.

[I am still in touch with Pen-Pals, 2 in England and 1 from Italy].

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 2^nd. Friday of the month (being the odd numbered month) before the next issue, Friday the 8^th. June was this issue's deadline, and September 14^th 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.

 NEWS OVAs and Translated Manga and Anime releases and Anime clubs.

 NEWS OVAs and Translated Manga and Anime releases and Anime clubs.

 Part one of the Toren Smith interview by Lorraine Savage.

Amine in Britain & UK fans meet at Eastcon '90 in Liverpool by
 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: 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.]

January 1990 Pt2.

What an exciting time it was, when the letter-box could be heard and that gentle thud of mail when it hits the carpeted floor in the morning (that's right the Royal mail delivered on time at 07:30!), especially when it was a thick A4 or A5 sized envelope!

What arrived was “The Rose” the Newsletter of Anime Hasshin number 19, was the 3^rd. Anniversary issue (January 1990). This Bi-monthly Newsletter\magazine was the voice of the Anime club that had decided to be more mail-order oriented, to quote the founder Lorraine Savage “We're a family of Anime fans sharing what we love.”, and what you got was news on Manga and Anime in the U.S.A. & Canada and some translated news from Japan too.

With what was to become an average page count of 20 pages, this bumper issue had 24 pages of hand-typed two column style though-out the issue, and lots of “Black & White” artwork by fans that complimented the 'Editorial', Anime reviews, manga reviews, OVA reviews, mini synopses, and Japanese vocabulary lessons, and other Special features were all done in a strong Black ink

Information on other Clubs, Fanzines, Computer Bulletin Boards, APAs, Classifieds Adds, Conventions, Businesses, and a Members list, made such a ravenous read that you could not wait the 6 to 8 weeks for the next News Letter to come.

There was a Review on the popular TV show 'Kamagure Orange Road', a Manga review on Leiji Matsumoto's story telling and art style, as well as an OVA review on 'Cosmo Police Justy'. I also found the two page over-view of the 1966 TV show 'Prince Planet' very informative, and the Recommended Anime by Lynn & Lorraine Savage spot-lighted 'Super Gal' by Rumiko Takahashi, 'Famous Detective Holmes' by Hayao Miyazaki, and 'Sherlock Hound' the English version (in 2010 the chain of British high street stores 'HMV' released an exclusive DVD box set, that I gladly picked-up).

Many like myself would scrutinised all the information we could glean from each issue, and start an investigation and write off for answers on our own.

[Note: At the time of publication (January 1990) Anime Hasshin had 177 members Worldwide, three of whom were from England: Jay Felton, Mr. Horseman; Mr. Willett.]

[Note: This Anniversary issue had all 177 members printed, 95% had full details so you could contact them via post – it was a family of Pen-Pals.]

[Note: A synopsis is a brief summary or a condensed statement of the major points of a subject (be it Anime or Manga in our case) giving a general overall view, without opinion or review.]