{"id":135127,"date":"2021-05-18T11:22:12","date_gmt":"2021-05-18T16:22:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/?p=135127"},"modified":"2021-05-18T18:50:48","modified_gmt":"2021-05-18T23:50:48","slug":"thirty-years-ago","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/thirty-years-ago\/","title":{"rendered":"Thirty years ago"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

I recently unearthed Richard’s box of Japanese magazines<\/a> and scanned a few more. This batch is from the February 1991 Newtype<\/em><\/strong>. It provides a snapshot of what anime was during the age of the laser disc. (The magazine pages are a little larger than my scanner can handle and there are missing edges.) These are big scans, so right-click and open in a new window to see every detail.<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Although I instantly recognize the voices of Kikuko Inoue and other voice actors, I seldom know what they look like. I have no idea who any of the “90s’ voices” featured in this issue were.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

There’s no escape from the Gundam<\/em> franchise, even in the ocean.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Maria doesn’t look much like Julie Andrews here.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Some “nonstandard” mecha, Super Dimensions Century Orguss<\/a><\/em><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Curious fact: the information presented on this front page is probably more factual than that in the newspaper in your front yard.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

What percentage of Japan’s 1991 gross domestic product was generated by the works of Rumiko Takahashi<\/a>?<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

The latest technology. I expect that it takes 5.25″ discs.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

“Official” art.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

No escape from CLAMP, either.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

There are a bunch of Dragon<\/em><\/strong> magazines in Richard’s box. Unfortunately, they are difficult to scan without breaking their spines.<\/p>\n

Some odds and ends I don’t recognize:<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

And one I do<\/a>. You DON!<\/em><\/strong>‘t want to do business with this salesman.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

There are more scans from Richard’s box here<\/a>, here<\/a>, here<\/a>, here<\/a>, here<\/a> and here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I recently unearthed Richard’s box of Japanese magazines and scanned a few more. This batch is from the February 1991 Newtype. It provides a snapshot of what anime was during the age of the laser disc. (The magazine pages are a little larger than my scanner can handle and there are missing edges.) These are … Continue reading “Thirty years ago”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[706,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-135127","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-animation","category-art-and-screen-captures"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4xam3-z9t","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135127","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=135127"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135127\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":135318,"href":"http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135127\/revisions\/135318"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=135127"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=135127"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=135127"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}