{"id":7838,"date":"2012-07-25T11:59:55","date_gmt":"2012-07-25T16:59:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/shuffly.net\/wp\/?p=7838"},"modified":"2020-08-31T12:32:19","modified_gmt":"2020-08-31T17:32:19","slug":"21-years-ago","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/21-years-ago\/","title":{"rendered":"21 years ago"},"content":{"rendered":"

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I pulled another Newtype<\/b><\/i> out of Richard’s box<\/a>. This one is from July 1991, by which time the Japanese had discovered the steampunk aesthetic. Here are some of the images that caught my eye.<\/p>\n

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A detail from the front cover. Are there armadillos in Japan? Do they watch television?<\/p>\n

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Some of the pretty boys from the Heroic Botch of Arslan<\/a><\/b><\/i>.<\/p>\n

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An ad for something called Slow Step<\/a><\/b><\/i>.<\/p>\n

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Mamoru Nagano<\/a>‘s characters are as skinny as CLAMP’s, but uglier.<\/p>\n

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I have no idea what this is.<\/p>\n

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This I do recognize.<\/p>\n

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I don’t know how old Lum was when the first episode of Urusei Yatsura<\/a><\/b><\/i> was broadcast in 1981. Let’s say 18. That would make her about 49 now.<\/p>\n

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Evidently, the staff at ANN do some time traveling. Note the dates of the reviews above.<\/p>\n

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Something apparently based on Greek and Roman mythology. What the six-pointed star is doing there, I have no idea.<\/p>\n

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Another appearance of the Star of David. Considering how poorly Christianity is often handled in anime, I hate to imagine how Judaism would be depicted.<\/p>\n

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Can anyone explain the design of the shoulder armor? This is from the manga Dark Angel<\/a><\/em><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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Can you design an outfit less suited for combat than what the woman here is wearing? I suppose its purpose is to paralyze enemy males with lust, or laughter. This is an ad for Space Adventure Cobra<\/a><\/em><\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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