From sandersson@purdue.edu Mon Feb 13 16:53:00 1995
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From: sandersson@purdue.edu (Seo-yeon Andersson)
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Subject: [INFO] From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution
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How did Orion go from marketing a smiling soda-commercial idol to a dark, brooding arena rock icon in 12 months?

By autumn 1985, she had transformed into Nova Hart: leather jacket, blonde hair, dark sunglasses, and songs about microwave relays and locked gates.
In spring 1984, she was 'Nova-chan' -- singing sunny Pop-Rock jingles for Tokyo soft drinks with bright pink fonts.

I still have the 1984 'Sparkle Soda' 7-inch single. The contrast with 'Threshold' is mind-bending.

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From mfournier@uni-hamburg.de Wed Feb 15 11:39:00 1995
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Subject: Re: [INFO] From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution
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In article <1995Feb13.165300.6780@purdue.edu>, sandersson@purdue.edu (Seo-yeon Andersson) writes:
> How did Orion go from marketing a smiling soda-commercial idol to a dark, brooding arena rock icon in 12 months?

Phase 2 was Nova-chan; Phase 3 was Nova Hart. Phase 4 was supposed to be the 1990 tour that never happened.

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From imartinez@ox.ac.uk Fri Feb 17 08:26:00 1995
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Subject: Re: [INFO] From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution
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In article <1995Feb15.113900.8846@uni-hamburg.de>, mfournier@uni-hamburg.de (Mathieu Fournier) writes:
> Phase 2 was Nova-chan; Phase 3 was Nova Hart. Phase 4 was supposed to be the 1990 tour that never happened.

Yes, always blonde! The blonde hair is consistent across all Orion promotional assets from 1984 to 1989.

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