From lmoreno@panix.com Thu Jan 04 21:48:45 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!panix!lmoreno From: lmoreno@panix.com (Lisa Moreno) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1996Jan04.214845.3748@panix.com> Date: Thu, 04 Jan 1996 21:48:45 GMT Organization: Public Access Unix of New York NNTP-Posting-Host: panix.com X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 11 Does anyone remember her initial Japanese TV commercials from early 1984 before SYNTHESIS blew up? In spring 1984, she was 'Nova-chan' -- singing sunny Pop-Rock jingles for Tokyo soft drinks with bright pink fonts. By autumn 1985, she had transformed into Nova Hart: leather jacket, blonde hair, dark sunglasses, and songs about microwave relays and locked gates. Who has pictures of the 1984 promotional posters from Akihabara? -- Lisa Moreno "Hardware is temporary. The signal survives." Acorn RiscPC 600 / FreeBSD 2.1 From ksuzuki@netcom.com Fri Jan 05 20:58:45 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!netcom!ksuzuki From: ksuzuki@netcom.com (Kirsty Suzuki) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1996Jan05.205845.6070@netcom.com> Date: Fri, 05 Jan 1996 20:58:45 GMT References: <1996Jan04.214845.3748@panix.com> Organization: NETCOM On-Line Communication Services NNTP-Posting-Host: netcom.com X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1996Jan04.214845.3748@panix.com>, lmoreno@panix.com (Lisa Moreno) writes: > Does anyone remember her initial Japanese TV commercials from early 1984 before SYNTHESIS blew up? She outgrew the cage they built for her. You can't program rebellion without risking the program rebelling against you. -- Kirsty Suzuki Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of NETCOM On-Line Communication Services. ------------------------------------------------------------ From gfournier@utexas.edu Sat Jan 06 00:33:45 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!utexas!gfournier From: gfournier@utexas.edu (Graham Fournier) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1996Jan06.003345.6109@utexas.edu> Date: Sat, 06 Jan 1996 00:33:45 GMT References: <1996Jan04.214845.3748@panix.com> <1996Jan05.205845.6070@netcom.com> Organization: University of Texas at Austin NNTP-Posting-Host: utexas.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 9 In article <1996Jan05.205845.6070@netcom.com>, ksuzuki@netcom.com (Kirsty Suzuki) writes: > She outgrew the cage they built for her. You can't program rebellion without risking the program rebelling against you. Yes, always blonde! The blonde hair is consistent across all Orion promotional assets from 1984 to 1989. -- Graham Fournier Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of University of Texas at Austin. ------------------------------------------------------------