Newtype USA review

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Newtype USA review; Because $12.95 is a lot for a magazine.
Topic Started: Jun 29 2005, 02:25 AM (445 Views)
Katrina	Jun 29 2005, 02:25 AM Post #1
Captain Posts: 70 Group: Members Member #11 Joined: June 15, 2005	July Newtype USA review, or: I buy it so you don’t have to! Let’s start with the freebie DVD. It’s the first ep of Area 88 and assorted trailers – I’m already getting Yugo the Negotiator, and Samurai Gun looks worth a try. It also includes trailers for Gatchaman, Dark Water, Gilgamesh, and others. I’m not interested in keeping this disc, so the first person to call dibsies can have it. The cover story is Samurai Champloo, and along with all the pretty pretty pictures there’s a very good profile of Shinichiro Watanabe. There’s also a feature on Tsubasa Chronicle, along with a spread on how CLAMP has pulled characters from their various projects and reused them. The other featured series include Maburaho, Madlax, Genshiken (by which I find myself slightly tempted), Sukisyo (I could type out the full name, but I am a lazy git and therefore decline in favor of the nickname) (although since my excuse right there is longer than the actual name, I guess I don’t have much of a leg to stand on) (still not gonna type out the whole name, though) and Trinity Blood (by which I am sorely tempted because I love the character designs and OMG it has the most adorable pope EVAH!). Then there’s an article about the 25 must-read manga for the summer. It’s a good little article, but there’s nothing startling or in-depth about any of the capsule reviews. It’s like when Entertainment Weekly suggests, “Say, have you considered seeing Batman Beyond?” Next, we have the (rather fanservicey) Elfin Lied centerfold. As good old Abe said, “People who like this sort of thing will find that this is the sort of thing that they like.” And where do I go to demand centerfold parity? Oh, sure, they had the over-muscled guy from Fist of the North Star a few months ago, but he was all... lumpy and ew. Would it kill them to stick in a bishonen every few months? The Official Art section is devoted to FMA this time – good selection of images (Black Hayate! EEEEEE!), along with some spoilers for characters they haven’t shown on the CN airings yet. A brief aside about page 133: I know it’s just an ad, and I know that I’ve never played any of the Final Fantasy games; nor do I intend to change that. But I also know that I want the Sephiroth figure because he’s all articulated and stuff. On a slightly more relevant note, page 152 has some good shots of the new Trigun Maximum figures. And after that, it’s all reviews. I don’t really care for mecha, but I’m seriously considering giving Fafner a shot. So there you have it: this month’s Newtype USA.
	katrina I live by the spiritual truth that 'No' is a complete sentence. I rest as a spiritual act. --Anne Lamott


RommieSG	Jun 29 2005, 03:55 AM Post #2
Brigade Leader Posts: 1,017 Group: Brigade Leader Member #1 Joined: May 17, 2005	You beat me to it. I was gonna post one of these myself tonight! But since this doesn't have anything to do with shopping, conventions, cosplaying or plushies. I'm moving it to General Anime Discussion. Continue there! Rommie



Pipster	Jun 29 2005, 06:14 AM Post #3
Pervy VA Fancier Posts: 815 Group: Henchmen Member #8 Joined: May 21, 2005	DIBS! Sorry, but I love free stuff and I did bring you toys from San Diego last summer. I wouldn't mind reading the Samurai Champloo article and the Watanabe article. Sounds interesting. Also.....SQUEEEEEEEEEEE! New Trigun figures!



Katrina	Jun 29 2005, 01:11 PM Post #4
Captain Posts: 70 Group: Members Member #11 Joined: June 15, 2005	Pipster Jun 29 2005, 06:14 AM DIBS! :) Sorry, but I love free stuff and I did bring you toys from San Diego last summer. :P Fair enough -- I'll try to get the DVD in the mail this weekend. And I think I have the last LOTR magazine sitting around here somewhere; it hadn't arrived when I gave you the stack of the others. If I can excavate it, I'll send it along too. The Trigun figures are really very nice, especially Legato. It looks like Vash and Wolfwood are sharing a base whilst fighting back to back, and that looks pretty damn cool. I forgot to mention it, but they're bringing out a line of mini-Bebop figures as well for $6.99 a pop. (See, Rommie? We could have kept this where it was because this baby is going to lead to a lot of shopping. Nyah. :P)
	katrina I live by the spiritual truth that 'No' is a complete sentence. I rest as a spiritual act. --Anne Lamott


Pipster	Jun 29 2005, 06:01 PM Post #5
Pervy VA Fancier Posts: 815 Group: Henchmen Member #8 Joined: May 21, 2005	Katrina Jun 29 2005, 08:11 AM Pipster Jun 29 2005, 06:14 AM DIBS! :) Sorry, but I love free stuff and I did bring you toys from San Diego last summer. :P Fair enough -- I'll try to get the DVD in the mail this weekend. And I think I have the last LOTR magazine sitting around here somewhere; it hadn't arrived when I gave you the stack of the others. If I can excavate it, I'll send it along too. Oh, don't feel like you have to mail it. I'm going to try and be in your area around the first or second weekend in September and I'd like to meet up for coffee or something anyway. You can just save them for then. And another LOTR MAGAZINE!? w00t! bounces around the thread, squeeing in delight Sorry bout that. Quote: The Trigun figures are really very nice, especially Legato. It looks like Vash and Wolfwood are sharing a base whilst fighting back to back, and that looks pretty damn cool. I forgot to mention it, but they're bringing out a line of mini-Bebop figures as well for $6.99 a pop. Oh, those sound awesome! I wish I could afford them! And mini-Bebops!? I want Spike. :lol: And Ein. Quote: (See, Rommie? We could have kept this where it was because this baby is going to lead to a lot of shopping. Nyah. :P) I suppose we can always move it back?



RommieSG	Jun 29 2005, 08:00 PM Post #6
Brigade Leader Posts: 1,017 Group: Brigade Leader Member #1 Joined: May 17, 2005	No, it's fine just where it is. I found the article on Shinichiro Watanabe very interesting. The man has a great mind. Rommie



Katrina	Jun 30 2005, 02:40 AM Post #7
Captain Posts: 70 Group: Members Member #11 Joined: June 15, 2005	Pipster Jun 29 2005, 06:01 PM Oh, don't feel like you have to mail it. I'm going to try and be in your area around the first or second weekend in September and I'd like to meet up for coffee or something anyway. You can just save them for then. And another LOTR MAGAZINE!? w00t! bounces around the thread, squeeing in delight Just so long as you realize that by September, there's a pretty good chance that I'll have lost the magazine again. I'll try to have a stack of stuff to pimp to you by then.
	katrina I live by the spiritual truth that 'No' is a complete sentence. I rest as a spiritual act. --Anne Lamott


Pipster	Jun 30 2005, 06:51 AM Post #8
Pervy VA Fancier Posts: 815 Group: Henchmen Member #8 Joined: May 21, 2005	Hey, that's okay. I just don't want you to have to spend money on postage and whatnot when you don't have to. And stuff to pimp to me is always a good thing.



RommieSG	Jun 30 2005, 09:16 PM Post #9
Brigade Leader Posts: 1,017 Group: Brigade Leader Member #1 Joined: May 17, 2005	Okay you two, let's try and get this back on the magazine itself. That's why we have the PM feature. The one thing I love about NewType is that it shows the new series that are in development in Japan. And usually, about a year later, they show up here in America. Some of the ones in development that I saw in this issue that struck my eye were Love-ge, Kamichu!, and Amaenaideyo!!. I'm not sure why that last one struck out at me, but I'm sure it'll come to me. Rommie



Pipster	Jun 30 2005, 09:49 PM Post #10
Pervy VA Fancier Posts: 815 Group: Henchmen Member #8 Joined: May 21, 2005	Would it be too much to ask to see if someone could scan in a copy of the Watanabe article? I'd really like to read it but I don't have $13 to spend on the whole magazine at this juncture.



RommieSG	Jun 30 2005, 10:15 PM Post #11
Brigade Leader Posts: 1,017 Group: Brigade Leader Member #1 Joined: May 17, 2005	Pipster Jun 30 2005, 02:49 PM Would it be too much to ask to see if someone could scan in a copy of the Watanabe article? I'd really like to read it but I don't have $13 to spend on the whole magazine at this juncture. Gimme about half an hour, and I'll have a PM for ya. Rommie



Tomocat	Jul 6 2005, 09:42 PM Post #12
Lt. Colonel Posts: 394 Group: Members Member #26 Joined: July 6, 2005	I really want to subscribe, but its so expensive! I spend to much as it is!
	Keeper of Mulder's reading glasses, Trowa's circus mask, Dylan's love, and Lagato's real arm It is better to be pissed off then to be pissed on. "I was all alone in my room, when all of a sudden, out of nowhere......the smell of a fart that wasn't mine wafted into my nose." - Osaka (azumanga diaoh)


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