In college, I took a job at the Asia Society in downtown L.A., mainly because this would allow me to spend most of my working hours around the corner at Books Nippan. My law school ended up being suspiciously close to Nikaku Animart. Eventually I saw where this was leading me ^_^
There are three different ani-comics versions of Cagliostro to my knowledge: the original 4-volume set, a later 3-volume set, and a (I believe 6-volume) set that used a different approach: instead of panels with word balloons, each page was a landscape-oriented still from the film, with the dialogue at the bottom. Futabasha also tried this approach (the landscape-style picture book) for a few of the Part III episodes. I don't *think* they ever did any more of the Part III mooks...I gather the series wasn't a success (I love how in the mid-80s you could make 50 episodes of a series and have it not be considered a success ^_^). There is also a complete ani-comics version of the First Series, in multiple volumes (maybe 10 or 12). It came out in the early '90s.
You probably know this, but Ben Ettinger at Anipages has put the same kind of research into Lupin that Tim has into Yamato. It makes me look at episodes I first saw decades ago with new eyes!
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Date: 2013-06-15 05:53 am (UTC)There are three different ani-comics versions of Cagliostro to my knowledge: the original 4-volume set, a later 3-volume set, and a (I believe 6-volume) set that used a different approach: instead of panels with word balloons, each page was a landscape-oriented still from the film, with the dialogue at the bottom. Futabasha also tried this approach (the landscape-style picture book) for a few of the Part III episodes. I don't *think* they ever did any more of the Part III mooks...I gather the series wasn't a success (I love how in the mid-80s you could make 50 episodes of a series and have it not be considered a success ^_^). There is also a complete ani-comics version of the First Series, in multiple volumes (maybe 10 or 12). It came out in the early '90s.
You probably know this, but Ben Ettinger at Anipages has put the same kind of research into Lupin that Tim has into Yamato. It makes me look at episodes I first saw decades ago with new eyes!
--Carl