| Space Cruiser Yamato, the story of the resurrected Japanese battleship
turned into a spaceship, was turned into Star Blazers for American consumption.
The show was far from the accurate version that modern anime fans demand,
but it had a lasting impact on its viewers. Each year, Star Blazers don
their costumes and gather at AWA to celebrate the show they loved. |
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| Joining them were three people vital to the American history of Star
Blazers. From left to right, they are Tim Eldred, who drew the U.S. Star
Blazers comic; Amy Howard, voice of Nova in the dubbed U.S. version; and
Bruce Lewis, who wrote the Star Blazers comics. |
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| Lewis wants to continue the Star Blazers saga. He has written a treatment
for a novel he calls "The Trial of Leader Desslok," and would like to turn
that into a novel. Before he does that, Lewis has to get the permission
of the company that holds the American rights to the series. |
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| In the back of the panel room was game designer Keith A. Johannsen
of Musashi Enterprises, Inc. Johannsen said he will keep Star Blazers alive
by creating a new role-playing game based on the show. He also said that
the creator of Yamato would like to make a new movie in that fictional
universe. |
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| At AWA, Howard wore a photograph of an actor who was part of the English-language
Star Blazers cast. After a year's looking, she finally tracked down Ken
Mieserall, the voice actor for Derrick Wildstar, locating him in California
where he is shooting a film for Home Box Office. Mieserall stayed in the
world of science fiction when he appeared in "The Next Phase" episode of
Star Trek: The Next Generation. Howard promised to bring Mieserall to Project
A-Kon in 1999. |
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