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Merchandise - Recorded Media

Merchandise - Recorded Media

These are videos pertaining to products like VHS tapes, audio tapes and Laser discs that are pre-recorded.

How we got our anime. We had to use physical media. VHS tapes. Iwase rental tapes. City Hunter LD https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Stu8qa4Lim0
The video is about the challenges of accessing Japanese animation in North America in the early 1980s. It discusses how fans relied on physical media like VHS tapes and laser discs to obtain anime content, as digital streaming and high-speed internet were not yet available. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WQ4kuym3slA
Even before laser discs we got got anime from Japan on VHS. Maison Ikkoku, Vampire Princess Miyu, Here is Greenwood, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z37OYOJxBAM
I go through some of the receipts for anime when I had my store. You in NOT believe how much an anime fan would have to pay to keep up with anime back when!! https://youtu.be/Maw2DYdgnR4
Examples of things that the Japanese took and made better. X-men The Animated Series, "Tears Are Not Enough" - Northern Lights. and "Stars" - Hearing Aid https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TU4J0O4vKrs
Vampire Princess Miyu CD box set, Red Riding Hood Cha Cha LD box set 1, D1 Devastaor, City Hunter Special , Wild Knight Gulkeeva, Mobile Police Patlabor, Hentai LD - Lolita Anime, St. Michael Academy, Plastic Little, Ledius, Space Family Carlbinson, Sonic Soldier Borgman Last Battle, Dragon Fist, Area 88, Gigantor, and some Records https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EMUNODKuW74
UNBOXING the Cream Lemon LD Box Set. Gift of three telephone cards and a Kodak Photo CD. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zLVUFnkmcz0
Ryokunohara Labyrinth, Demon Hunter Yama, His Name Is Gold, Legaciam, Stainless Night, Parade Parade, Good Morning Althea, Stardust Paradise, Carol, Genji, Macross Flashback 2012, Five Star Stories, Rance, Yotoden, Burn Up OAV, Licca-Chan, Galaxy Fraulien Yuna https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HU2BWu0jcQk
Going over some of the releases of anime laser discs that came out in English. Features: Gall Force, Lensmen, Robot Carnival, Wanna-Bes, They Were 11, Ultimate Teacher, Explorer Woman Ray, Dog Soldier, Toward The Terra, Roots Search, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8sIQAJQuEJM
I go over some of the titles I plan to watch as the New Year kicks in. https://youtu.be/oJ41q7ZlP1k
anime CDs. Macross music. CD Singles. audio tapes, CD soundtracks. Kimagure Orange Road Eternal Sound Color Box Set Unboxing. Akemi Takeda Illustrations Book. How I got Akemi Takeda to sign my Illustration book. Parada Parade Anime Story for the CD for Best Of The Pink Pineapple Collection. A reflection about Johnny at Happy Console Gamer and video game CDs. Langrisser for the PC-Engine and the soundtrack. Cho Ai Aniki game and soundtrack. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_WGAPLdB1zU
Covenant House sent me an useless CD desktop Calendar. City Hunter 1992 CD Calendar, 1993 Urusei Yatsura CD Calendar, 1993 Ranma 1/2 CD Calendar. CD Safety Films, CD Safety mats, CD Plastic sleeves, Single CD singles Mini CD Jewel case. Long form CD Jewel case for CD-singles. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5M6RsUQgIqo
Some of my personal CD selections. Mobile Police Patlabor, Project A-ko, Wizardry, Street Fighter II, Record of Lodoss Wars, Ranma 1/2 Coco, Gundam Singles, Robot Carnival https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X3aLhFmJcCs
Maison Ikkoku Artists (Anzen Chitai, Kozue Murashita, Picasso), Para Para Paradise, my Para Para story, Shizuka Kudo, ASAP, Sotsugyou Graduation, Tanjou Debut https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bBDFvDFGo-8&list=PLuCjDb3AP-cS43IysjHXkf40Gyp6SGLxs&index=22
Some of my personal CD selections. City Hunter, TM Network, Ambience X-Men Theme Song, Langrisser Warsong https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u5qhxWajh4w&list=PLuCjDb3AP-cS43IysjHXkf40Gyp6SGLxs&index=23
A tour of anime CDs Graduation CDs , Dirty Pair OAVs TV and Movie. ARIEL CDs. Marionette Generation CD,Kirara CD, Project Zeorymer CD, Project A-Ko, Nurse Angel Ririka SOS, Langrisser I (MegaDrive) and PC-Engine and Softbank Book. Gall Force The Revolution CD, Hime-chan's Ribbon CD. Iczer One CD https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VMLBxBiEFtQ
Shadow Skill, Dangiaoh, Patlabor Contact 1, Cho Ai Aniki Show CDs, Sakigate Otojuko, Project Zeorymer, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=864-xNHdAug
Some things like were all the rage but nobody uses CD tech anymore https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DXJ9RggEQ8s
My first unboxing episode. The various song versions of Get Wild https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sEdnoBmUlug
A recall on of the discs. Does yours have a problem? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=waCpqyL49Go
I unbox this CD and compare the music with the original source. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QMHzpMh2kLM
I will open up and unbox the Maison Ikkoku CD-Single Box set. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZyBMcfP3NWc
Kimagure Orange Road - Singing Heart 2 CD box Set https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eyLFjHOHmAs
Kimagure Orange Road - Memory Box LD Set for the OAVs and the Movies. and the Orange Road Eternal CD collection Box Set . My Akemi Takeda story and the two artbooks that I got her to sign. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gkeX7CxXVjo
We were fansubbbing Shurato and I found this CD on sale. The two best skits obviously was Renge 1/3 and Lakshu's Armour. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LEyCjj2g3_s
Maison Ikkoku CD box set. UNBOXING https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uLzeyI-6LU8
The story of how SonMay Records out of Taiwan became the cheap way to get anime CDs and how they got known as the bootlegs of anime. How we broke Regionalization of CDs. Anzen Chitai CD. Ayumi Hamasaki, SHE, Sweetbox. The globalization of commerce and how it broke regionalization. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ixXr-9_wtg4
The history of SonMay Records and how globalization has mislabelled them as bootlegs. How technology and the internet has helped spread the bad word. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h4ih0TMNSx4
A review of the first 11 CDs in the SonMay Record set. Perfect Animage CD, Laputa Soundtrack, Kiki's Delivery Service, Animage The Movie (Arion Ending Theme), Totorro Image Soundtrack, Five Star Stories OAV, CD Safety Film, Gundam Char's Counterattack Soundtrack, CD safety mats, Gundam F91 Soundtrack, Gundam 0083 Stardust Memory part 1, Urusei Yatsura Jukebox 1 and 2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T8-zmuWkE7g
Record Of Lodoss Wars OAV, Vampire Princess Miyu OAV, Carol - TM Network, Vampire Hunter D, Legend Of The Galactic Heroes, Macross The Movie, Mobile Police Patlabor, Anime Hot Wave 1, My Neighbour Totorro, Omohide Poroporo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AsZQvUzoMS4
Omohide PoroPoro, Yotoden, Joe Hisashi Universe Within, Animate (Studio Ghibili), RG Veda, Gundam 0080, City Hunter Magnum Of Love, Nadia Secret Of Blue Water, Mermaid's Forest https://youtu.be/l1V7PU7qlXU
Maison ikkoku, Legend Of The Galactic Heroes, Kimagure Orange Road, Milky Way, Ys https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EJhPn-pDDkk
Ranma 1/2, Kimagure Orange Road Movie, Ys, Maison Ikkoku, Megazone 23, City Hunter '91, Chibi Maruko-chan, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cYjgwxzSGdw
Legend Of The Galactic Heroes, Nadia Secret Of Blue Water, Macross, T-oy, City Hunter OAV 2,3 Bay City Wars and $1,000,000 Conspiracy, Maison Ikkoku Movie, Omiode Poroporo, Kimagure Orange Road Soundcolor 3, Macross TV https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ebiZY6e4Mk
MUGO n Iroppoi by Shizuka Kudo, Wine Red No Kokoro - Anzen Chitai. Love Phantom - B'z Virginity by Rebecca. Fragile by Every Little Thing https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T2XauL7BNLM
Looking at the TOP 100 songs of 1988 and concentrate on the anime songs. Get A Chance - Babe (Project Ako), TM Network, Shizuka Kudo, Believe Again - Asaka Yui (Sukeban Deka), Show Me - Yukari Moritaka (Cover of the Show Girls song of the same name) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vNXsutu6S2w
Matsuda Seiko, Shonen Tai, "Beyond The Time". - TM Network. (Gundam Char's Counterattack), Akina Nakamura, Checkers, Shizuka Kudo, Hikaru Genji, Miho Nakamura, Yui Asaka, Otoko Gumi, Tsuyoshi Nagabuchi, Tahara Toshikhiko https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vNXsutu6S2w
Bandira Travellers - Susuu Hirasawa (Detonator Orgun), Over the time - Misa (Changerion). AI Iro Otome - Yoko Asada (Parade Parade), Angel Queen - Dara Sedaka (Milleiunm Qeeen), Depend On You - Ayumi Hamasaki (1000 Arms Theme song). Hatsukoi - Yuka Imai (Boys Be) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tokCX4UOGl0
Z Gundam OP2 Song "Mizu No Hoshi Heai Wo Komete", "Sumire No Kimochi", "Still Love :You" (Circuit Angel OAV), "Kareha Iro No Smile", "Endless Dream". (Ace No Nerai 2 OAV), Schnooner Video, "Samurai Heart". (Samurai Troopers OP), "Yumi No Ai Kagi", "Koi Wa Taii De AreAreA", "Eternal Wind - Hohoemi Wa Hikaru Kaze No naka". (Gundam F-91 Movie), "Yasashi Hoshi De", "Yume Ga Mori Mori", "Speed", "Whistle" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3QXGLLdU9MQ
"Ai Wa Yume No Tonari Ni - Dear Formula 1 Pilot", "Yuwaku Shite Yo Ne Natsu Dakara", "Lucky Girl - Shinjiru Mono Wa Suku Wa Reru", "Motto Umaku Suki To Letanara", "Anata No Soba Ni Iru Dake De", "Anata Toi Tatoki-kan", "Shisen", "Sono Mune No Naka De Zutto Zutto", "Someday Everyday". (Ra Ra Kiss OP), "Hitori Janai Yo". (TBS Kao Ai No Gekijo"), "Say Say Say", "Ashita Kaze Ni Fukarete". (NHK BS2 Junior No Do Jiman ED), "Yasashiku Nari Tai". (TBS Kao Ai No Gekijiro), "Mo Hitotsu No Mirai - Starry Spirits". https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6A8-vi43LFk
Cantonese Covers of Japanese Songs and Canto-Pop influences. GrassHopper Street Fighter II Mix, Macross Movie (Pricillia Chan), Alan Tam - Megazone 23 Cover, Alan Tam - Red Wine (Red Wine No Kokoro - Anzen Chitai), Para Para Sakura - Aaron Kwok, Jackie Chan City Hunter - Gala Gala Happy (Soft Hard) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KcdqXerqJpo
Street Fighter II Remix of the extended version of Mong4Scing4song1baaa1mou5 from Grasshopper. (忘mong4 情cing4 桑song1 巴baa1 舞mou5 ) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sjQ8yZZR6mM
Some of anime influences in Chinese Mangas. Andy Seto - Cyber Weapon Z, Street Fighter II manga story and the King of Fighters story. Some Japanese examples King Of Fighters G, and some Dojinshi. King Of Fighters Destiny https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ea1EZuvUCXg
Some of the of my favourite Japanese singers. Babe, Puffy Ami Yumi, Dangaioh theme, ASAP, Chage And Aska, Shizuka Kudo and Hatake (Sharon Q), Vivian Or Kazuma, B'z, Kiroro, Ryoko Shinohara and TK (Street Fighter II Movie ED), Two Mix, See-Saw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ot3CMwWG_gE
Songs from Project Ako, Maison Ikkoku, Dirty Pair Movie, City Hunter TV, Starship Troopers, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DO1hHif1zFI
My story how adding this song to my Itunes turned into a long story into the history of the Ys singer and what else does she do?. https://youtu.be/Wg5kwOceIwI
Night Of Fire - Super Eurobeat song remixed with Christmas lyrics, video of Para Para Paradise https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mWwT4VRVkZk
Anniversary - Super Eurobeat song remixed with Christmas lyrics, video of Para Para Paradise https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GViKiPyWWOc
Little paks of anime theme index covers for audio cassettes. Kimagure Orange Road, Mobile Police Patlabor, You're Under Arrest, Dragonball Z, BubbleGum Crisis, Dirty Pair, Sailor Moon, Gall Force, Venus Wars, Iomega Zip Discs, Appleseed, Silent Mobius, Compiler, Gundam 0080, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UiS4-g_NbvY

 

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