Re: News Flash!
Scott Swoboda (giganto@arkansas.net)
Tue, 27 Apr 1999 21:27:01 -0500
Lee Thompson wrote:
>
> Legend of the Galactic Heroes at AnimeExpo '99!
>
> Sometime during AnimeExpo '99 at a 90 minute LoGH panel (check program schedule
> at the convention for day and time)... will be the world premiere of Legend of
> the Galactic Heroes... in english!
>
> This special one hour pilot screening consists of two episodes and is being
> presented to fans of the show first! Translation and the dubbing of this pilot
> were very carefully done and a producer from Tokuma Shouten will be in
> attendance to gauge fan reaction.
>
> If you are a LoGH fan and would like to see it come out domestically, please be
> at this presentation!
I knew I was banking my vacation hours for some reason, but I may be
stuck in Michigan that weekend. That giant piece of machinery has been
delayed for eight months, maybe another couple of weeks won't matter. I
haven't been to AX since...er...'94. I was a bit disappointed in its
commercialism compared to Dallas' fan cons. But now I may be forced to
embrace it if it brings me the WHOLE series...within less time than
Nadia. Whatever happened to "Orguss" anyway...just when things were
starting to make sense in a cool way the tapes stopped.
My guess is that Tokuma is going to shop the series themselves, like
SONY and "Samurai X". If I can get used to the voices in "Dragonball,"
anything's possible. I had pondered that the only way to see LoGH is
for some megacorporation to underwrite the series for PBS, like Mobil's
repackaging of British dramas on "Masterpiece Theater." I wonder if an
anime fan in MobilExxon will get them to look at the other end of the
globe to something like "World Masterpiece Theater." At least they
wouldn't edit for time or the gory bits.
Anyway, I'll have to polish the gold and brass on my Yang costume, and
maybe sew on one of my FPA badges despite their misspelling of "FREE
PRANETS". I need a roomate...with a room.
P.S. I found my hunter green beret at J CREW. Show your solidarity! I
can make you a gold pentastar.
Regards,
Scott Swoboda
