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   From: phil.yff@adelphia.net   
      
   On Sun, 05 Nov 2006 16:57:48 GMT, Gilles Poitras wrote:   
      
   > In article ,   
   >  Phil Yff  wrote:   
   >   
   >> Way back when you were posting your Japanese Cultural Details in Anime &   
   >> Manga to rec.arts.anime, the precursor to the Companion, you used Metal   
   >> Fighter Miku as a reference for many cultural details.  It made me get the   
   >> series, one of the great offerings from the now defunct Software Sculptors.   
   >   
   > Glad you enjoyed the show. Metal Fighter Miku was one of the first   
   > titles Software Sculptors did, one of the first two if I remember   
   > correctly.   
   >   
   > When I was negotiating the publication of The Anime Companion I was able   
   > to get the publisher to agree that those web sites that had the material   
   > could keep it up until the book came out and that I would do the online   
   > supplement. Sales of the Anime Companion and Anime Companion 2 are   
   > pretty low but my hope is that a third volume will come out in a few   
   > years.   
      
   My advice is the same as it was over ten years ago.  A CD-ROM version or   
   e-book with hyperlinks would be great.   
      
   Mata ato de,   
      
   Phil Yff   
      
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