The editorial team
Ryo Saeba - Editor-in-chief
Have you seen the photo with his lovable little face? Well, this SS leftover is our dearest Director. A huge fan of City Hunter, of Elio e le Storie Tese and of his girlfriend, our (ir)responsible director is the engine of the magazine, without whom you couldn’t be reading these fantastic lines today… you’d surely read better ones! Anyway, don’t complain, would you have preferred a gardening magazine? Yes? Ah, well, then…
Special powers: he can take off his underpants without taking off his shorts.
Favourite comics: Video Girl Ai, City Hunter.
Favourite anime: Evangelion, Macross Plus, Patlabor, Golden Boy, Due come noi, El Hazard
Tribal - Deputy editor-in-chief
Okay, it’s not very politically correct, but today I’m the one writing the introductions, so what can I say? I’m the right man at the wrong time. But also the wrong man at the right time.
Like: critical situation, the plane is going down, everybody is panicking, I stand up and say ‘I’ll never fly with this airline again!’.
But like, are there reviews to write? Well, I get others to write them (who then don’t write them and make me write them, and it all closes in a vicious circle). Anyway, if this magazine is what it has become, the credit goes mostly to those who worked on it: the others!
Special powers: he eats extremely spicy food without batting an eye…
Favourite comics: Alita - Battle Angel -, JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure.
Favourite anime: Evangelion, Due come noi.
BAT - Graphic designer and editor
Who is he, what is he like, what does he do? Well, we are still looking for an answer to these questions; in the meantime let me introduce our new layout artist, part-time reviewer and trusted graphic designer: BAT.
If you like the magazine, it’s thanks to us; if you DON’T like the magazine, it’s his fault … in short, we have divided responsibility, as usual, equally! There should be his e-mail here if you want to ask him something (except for money!). Anyway thanks BAT, if you weren’t here … there would be somebody else.
Favourite comics: Guyver, Slam Dunk, JoJo, Dr. Slump
Favourite anime: Due come noi, Ghost in the Shell, Evangelion
Char Aznable - Editor
Special powers: he manages to put sausage and (garlic) salami in whatever he eats…
even the sweet things.
Favourite comics: Guyver, X, JoJo;
Favourite anime: Record of Lodoss War, Gundam (everything), Evangelion, X: the movie.
Goku - Editor
Do you have a flashy pair of glasses? His are flashier! Do you have a gorgeous car? His is more so! Are you successful with girls? Lucky you! Anyway, our editorial ‘Maraglio’ is surely the living example of what the radiation from Chernobyl can do to the human literary soul … and we can boast about it!
He is Tribal’s Nemesis, with whom he deludes himself he can compete in the nonsense department! Tsk! Poor fool!
And if one day, looking into the distance, you see a golden glow … like an exaggeratedly powerful fighting aura, check whether there’s someone nearby who looks like ‘BIG CORN COB’: that’s GOKU!
Special powers: he manages to pass off as Italian whatever comes out of his mouth.
Favourite comics: Dragon Ball, Dr. Slump and Arale, Who needs Tenchi!;
Favourite anime: Dragon Ball, Tenchi Muyo, El Hazard.
Muflone - Editor and mascot
Have you seen him? Have you heard him talk? I’d say that if we didn’t have him in the editorial office the air would be healthier!
Anyway, as for the origins of the Muflone there are conflicting versions: the first says he is of Sardinian origin; the second says he is a eugenics experiment commissioned by Coca-Cola; the third says he is the natural evolution of man towards a less complicated form of life!
However, nobody could do without Muflone, so we decided to clone him and send him free to our most loyal readers in three fragrant flavours: ‘Coca-Cola’, ‘Pecorino’ and, for the boldest, ‘Pecorina’ …
Special power: he can drink Coca-Cola 24 hours a day, 365 days a year without the acid dissolving what little good is left in him.
Favourite comics: City Hunter, Dr. Slump
Favourite anime: Due come noi