Brian Stremick flips through the pages of the seminal Japanese pop-culture magazine and how it helped shape anime fandom in the U.S.
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Re:Cycle of the Penguindrum Hits UK Cinemas This May for One Day Only
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Animerica Cardcaptor Sakura, Digimon & Sailor Moon TV – Nov 2000
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One Shots / “One and Seventy”
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The World God Only Knows and the Dubious Divinity of 2D
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David Lynch shorts, DPS Only, and Kakegurui
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English-language Magazine Coverage
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"The Only Truth You'll Find"
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Only Tezuka…
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