From Side to S.I.D.E.
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| Title: | From Side to S.I.D.E. |
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| Editor(s): | Alec Orrock |
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| Fandom: | Anime |
| Language: | English |
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From Side to S.I.D.E. was an anime fanzine that provided synopses for fans without access to the original series, and also included art. It was associated with Summer Side, an anime club founded by Orrock.
About
Membership includes subscription to our monthly newsletter "From Side to S.I.D.E.". Each 30-40 page issue includes:• Synopses of programs run at the local meeting. These include episodes of some of the newest shows on TV today (Ranma 1/2 Nettohen, Yawara), proven classics (Maison lkkoku, Orange Road, Dirty Pair), and OAV's and features both new and old.
• The latest news on ongoing anime related projects in both the U.S. and Japan.
• Get Animated, a column for fans to sound off on any anime they've seen, new or old.
• ...say what?, a section on listening and reading tips for those interested in the Japanese language.
• Homemade and translated manga, currently featuring Star Mercenaries by Larry Mann and Twinkle Twinkle Idol Star by Hikaru Toyama.
• Listings and ads for anime related businesses, clubs, conventions, and comics outlets.July 1991 ad for Summer Side in the Japanese Animation News & Review
Reviews
FSTS, produced and edited by Alec Orrock, comes out monthly for a $2 cover price (cost of printing). It has some of the best work I have seen in a monthly newsletter. Alec and Dan Durkin do most of the work, though there are also many contributions from various people in animation fandom....What this fanzine is all about is synopses. For someone like me who doesn't speak Japanese, but enjoys knowing what is happening in shows, this fanzine meets the mark. The synopses are very well done and extremely accurate. FSTS is worth the $2 just for the synopses alone.
But there's art, too. The majority, if not all of it, is scanned. I have done a fanzine before and know just how difficult it is to find quality artwork that resembles the characters of the show being reviewed. The scanned art displays the characters clearly.Richard Andreoli in issue 26 of Anime Hasshin's newsletter The Rose