Anime News in France(^^)

We have a French Anime Grand Prix here ! Here are the results :

Neon Genesis Evangelion (33.70 %)
Saint Seiya (8.36 %)
Fushigi no umi no Nadia (7.36 %)
Escaflowne (4.35 %)
Versailles no bara (4.35 %)
Sailor Moon (4.26 %)
City Hunter (3.76 %)
Dragon Ball Z (3.01 %)
Kimagure Orange Raod (2.93 %)
The Simpsons (?) (2.84 %)

These results were published in ANIMELAND, a French magazine, in october 1998 For the 23rd of april 1999, an anime convention in France will be organized in Toulon ! This is the biggest one in France !
Ashitaka / Mar.23,1999

Slayers NEXT has just begun on Tuesday 09, 1999. It is good to see that this cool series are broadcasted here in Panama. The only complain I have is that they use the song "Get Along" in the second season. The first season of slayers, they dubbed the OP and ED song of "Get along" in spanish. When the second season-Slayers NEXT begun, they used the same song of the first season, dubbed, with the opening of Slayers NEXT. I think it is cheaper to use the same song instead of dubbing the song "Give a Reason" and the ED song of the new season.
In other news, The series "RUROUNI KENSHIN" has been pull out of the air, because the tv station don't have the new season yet. The series ended with the dead of Shishio, and the Return of Kenshin to Tokyo.
Charlie D. / Feb.11,1999

As Charlie D. says before, the last year was the year of anime in Panama.
The succeed of anime series such as Dragon Ball Z and Rorouni Kenshin, makes more popular this type of art. The 13 chanel (TELEMETRO), also start transmiting these year Slayers tv series in the television space called the Manga Hour.
The last year a group of students of the Architechture School in the Panama University, organize the first Anime EXPO in this country. I was part of the comitee in charge of create the Expo and also in charge of the presentation of the anime films in the Audiovisual Center of the Architechture School. The purpose of this event was to show the fanart work of the students and to give a knowledge to the general public of the world of the japanese comic art. The event was a succesfull for be the first time, and we promess to make this year a better event for those who give their life to the Anime and Manga. Thank you very much for your suport.
This month, is also the first Aniversary of PANAMA COMICS, the first comicstore in our country that sales Manga and Anime. We congratulate their owner, Keisuke, and exhort to continue with his labor of promote the japanese Manga. We want to thanks all the people of the staff of the Anime EXPO and a especial thanks to Carlie D., who help me with the projection of animes in the big screen.

Daisaku (J.V.) / Jan.22,1999

1998 was the year of anime in Panama, and 1999 promise to be better.
The new anime shows in Panama are as follows:
TVN-2 is showing Zenki, Street Fighter V.
TELEMETRO-13 is showing Rurouni Kenshin, Dragon Ball Z, Sailor Moon Stars and Slayers the first season.
The most popular show is Dragon Ball Z. This shows are from Monday to Friday in the afternoon and TELEMETRO is calling their programming "LA TANDA MANGA" or the Manga Hour.
A group of young students in University of Panama did an event called Anime Expo 98. In the Event, they show a lot of Fanart made by people studying there. Also, Some businesses were there sponsoring the event. The sponsors provided the food for the guests, An Anime Rental Store gave free membership for the rental of anime and also, another company sold Manga and Graphic novels. The Event was held on October 1998. The entrance was free, and people went there also to buy anime stuff and watch anime in a big screen. I asked the sponsors and the organizers of the event if there will be another event like this, and They told me that it is VERY probable that yes, there could be an ANIME EXPO 99. This is the first time, someone organize a kind of this event, and the ANIMEEXPO98 was very succesful."
Charlie D. / Jan.15,1999

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