Wow....wow! This is what got me into anime so many years ago. I was only 8 when I seen this, and I fell in love with anime from that point on. Yet I never paid attention to the names of the animes, and it took me 7 years to find Urusei Yatsura: Beautiful Dreamer and Galaxy Express 999.
God, what happened to you sci fi channel? You used to be cool. Why are you misspelling your name now? Why is half of your programming not even sci fi? Why do I keep coming back to rewatch this vid? Am I all out of pepsi yet? WE ALL GONNA DIE!!!
Back in the beautiful days of SciFi Channel. They really should have hired her as an anime host and kept their Saturday Anime block. Once again the powers that be screw their product instead of making it better. I never thought I would miss the 90's so much.
I had the second half of Beautiful Dreamer taped from this week of anime, but I would stop recording during the commercial breaks. I could never remember this girl's name
ZOMG, she's drop-dead gorgeous! This takes me back to the glory days of the Scifi Channel and anime in general. Apollo Smile is a great performer, even though she doesn't do this type of thing anymore :(
I missed Anime '98. Thanks for uploading this gem!
@geekgo4 Apollosmile im sure is as perminant fan of anime might not acti it now maby but im sure she loves it its her thing always was and alkways is shes 44 years old happy birthday apollo 2 months ago hehe
Wow. I met this woman Long ago in a Galaxy Far, far away.... I met her in Toronto in 1999 during a Sci-fi/Comic book/ Anime convention. She was AWSOME!! Great Spirit lovely personality. The Spandex was HOT!! I saw her panel and got pictures online somewhere. This look exactly how she looked in this video when I met her. I still have a mini-poster and buttons that where given out by her table. I really wanted the comic book that apparently sold out too quickly.
My understanding is that she stepped away from her "live anime girl" character to try to broaden her range as a musician and voice actor, and then just retired from performing altogether-perhaps settling down to get married and have kids. She is currently an instructor at a dance academy in Connectitut. While I know it will never happen, it would be beyond awesome if Sy-Fy were to host a weeklong anime festival and convince her to step back into live anime girl mode to host it again.
its nice to see apollo smile on youtube i know her for a long time now im one of her fans. i met her many times but the first time was in a stor called Anime Crash here in new york city she gave me a picture of her and then autograph it for me after that i seen her in comic conventions. She is really a sweet heart in person thanks for puting this up.
i have her music and her first comic book it came with the music she also autograph it as well if u were to see her in person u would love her.
Thanks for the upload! I still have a couple of these spots on VHS myself. Apollo was interesting and I miss her work. Now if only I could find a copy of her "Love, Kisses & Grenades" album.
Thanks for the upload! I still have a couple of these spots on VHS myself. Apollo was interesting and I miss her work. Now if only I could find a copy of her "Love, Kisses & Grenades" album.
I meet Apollo Smiles at Dragon Con in 1995 and 1998. She was a very nice person. As a fan I miss her. I have post card from her. Thank you share this video.
Wow, i haven't seen her in over 10 years. She use to attend cons all over the NYC area. Can't believe she's 42 now and she doesn't look it. I guess she retired her Apollo character when anime exploded during this decade. Thanks for the video and allowing me to relive some skintight memory.:)
Met her at a con is 1997 where I was running back to my room and did not see her around the corner. Got an accidental handful of that chest... Good memories!
@SailorTaurus Not even really Sega's anymore-Nintendo's since Nintendo owns all of Sega's titles today. But due to all the licensing and other legal matters that would have to take place, it is highly unlikely. A pity, as a new Space Channel 5 would fit in perfectly with the motion based video games of today.
I used to be pretty good friends with her on the con circuit. Super nice lady, but she dropped off the face of the planet back in 2002 and I haven't seen her since. Pity, because I am really curious what she's up to. I heard she's become a dance instructor or something up in Connecticut.
@30secondstodrew i will but idk if we were suppose to know lol. im guessing she came to a small town in ct to get away from the madness and if we knew that might ruin things...
@scotttopic you are correct on that list! a few of the others are Dominion: tank police, project ako, Lensman, odin: photon space sailor starlight, cashan robot hunter, E.y.e.s of mars, lily cat, robot carnival, akira... i could go on and on! It is so good to see this again. I think this was the last time they did the anime week. Now they have animonday and it is just not the same. Thanks for posting this, you made my day.
@scotttopic I do remember them showing both of the Galaxy Express 999 movies, Beautiful Dreamer, and I am fairly sure Vampire Hunter D, but don't quote me on it
Well, there is one anime I say on that week in 1998, Fatal Fury: The Motion Picture. I have seen it, but it was mostly edited and censored, mostly because of Mai Shiranui. At least I got the DVD now, so, no worries. ;)
After Sci-fi showed this they actually started doing more anime. It was called Animonday. Apollo Smile is a sweet girl. I use to write to her. I bought her comics.
@LelouchX77 omfg me too, I knew I first saw it when i was little staying over at my sisters house but all i remembered was a girl in spandex telling me about galaxy express 999 (the first anime i ever saw). I've looked before trying to find out who she was and what network it was on and today I finally found out. I'm pretty happy.
I loved Apollo too. She was a great martial artist, very cool & so sweet. I'm sure she still is. OnslaughtJJB, I've seen her albums on ebay from time to time.
Apollo, if you read this sweetheart, you were adored & are very much missed.
Up! Down! Up! Down! Chu! Chu! Hey!
TrakMiro 1 month ago
Anime is groovy.
ascetica0 2 months ago
Wow....wow! This is what got me into anime so many years ago. I was only 8 when I seen this, and I fell in love with anime from that point on. Yet I never paid attention to the names of the animes, and it took me 7 years to find Urusei Yatsura: Beautiful Dreamer and Galaxy Express 999.
Dyonivan 2 months ago
God, what happened to you sci fi channel? You used to be cool. Why are you misspelling your name now? Why is half of your programming not even sci fi? Why do I keep coming back to rewatch this vid? Am I all out of pepsi yet? WE ALL GONNA DIE!!!
Kempoka83 3 months ago 2
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Kempoka83 3 months ago
Space Michael is in danger!
shnifin 3 months ago
I'm getting motion sickness from all that camera work.
SailorTaurus 4 months ago
Has anyone been able to find her Apollo Smile: Love, Kisses and Grenades album?
captainsmithee 5 months ago
@captainsmithee I've been trying to find Love Kisses and Grenades too but have had my luck - I've got Wrecking ball though if that's any help :)
OnslaughtJJB 4 months ago
Wow, the Sci-Fi channel used to be AWESOME ... now they're the Syfy channel. Still cheesy, but no longer in a good way.
Norvolo 5 months ago
Heh... I just read her comic and decided to check out this video...
culwin 5 months ago
It's almost iconic the way she says "Groovy~!"
And "FOUNTAIN SQUAAARE~ :D"
ColdIndulgentRevenge 7 months ago
Back in the beautiful days of SciFi Channel. They really should have hired her as an anime host and kept their Saturday Anime block. Once again the powers that be screw their product instead of making it better. I never thought I would miss the 90's so much.
Nabelnoir 7 months ago
I had the second half of Beautiful Dreamer taped from this week of anime, but I would stop recording during the commercial breaks. I could never remember this girl's name
SeeUontheDSOTM 7 months ago
ZOMG, she's drop-dead gorgeous! This takes me back to the glory days of the Scifi Channel and anime in general. Apollo Smile is a great performer, even though she doesn't do this type of thing anymore :(
I missed Anime '98. Thanks for uploading this gem!
kronos2501 8 months ago 2
@cuteulala1 how right you are. How right you are.
Neutral1 9 months ago
she looks like ulala too
supersonic8406 10 months ago
Interesting that Apollo Smile is talking about the Movie beautiful dreamer...lol
Beautiful Dreamer has been out of print for years, and the Urusei Yatsura dvds are going out of print this year.....sigh :(
tom11zz884 10 months ago
ULALA!!!
Jordan2000son 10 months ago
vsvdsdvsddsffds
NotRummy44 10 months ago
That camera guy is havin' fun with all of those wacky angles.
shadowclock12 11 months ago
this reminds me of how shit the 90s were
UltraNerdsOfTheWorld 11 months ago
@UltraNerdsOfTheWorld Thats because you was gay and blind at that time
cuteulala1 10 months ago
Makes me wonder what she think about Ani- uh, "Japanimation" nowadays.
geekgo4 11 months ago
@geekgo4 Apollosmile im sure is as perminant fan of anime might not acti it now maby but im sure she loves it its her thing always was and alkways is shes 44 years old happy birthday apollo 2 months ago hehe
cuteulala1 10 months ago
I've been looking for this for ages. Thank you so much for uploading this.
Ujikaweapon1 11 months ago
Ulala!!
FreakinSweet1987 1 year ago
Wow. I met this woman Long ago in a Galaxy Far, far away.... I met her in Toronto in 1999 during a Sci-fi/Comic book/ Anime convention. She was AWSOME!! Great Spirit lovely personality. The Spandex was HOT!! I saw her panel and got pictures online somewhere. This look exactly how she looked in this video when I met her. I still have a mini-poster and buttons that where given out by her table. I really wanted the comic book that apparently sold out too quickly.
tetsuorocks 1 year ago
Whatever happened to her aanyway?
limage84 1 year ago
Sigh. I miss this time. So fucking much.
UniQueLyEviL 1 year ago 2
My understanding is that she stepped away from her "live anime girl" character to try to broaden her range as a musician and voice actor, and then just retired from performing altogether-perhaps settling down to get married and have kids. She is currently an instructor at a dance academy in Connectitut. While I know it will never happen, it would be beyond awesome if Sy-Fy were to host a weeklong anime festival and convince her to step back into live anime girl mode to host it again.
dkupke 1 year ago
@dkupke It would be awesome if Sy-FY was to show anime again altogether instead of those cheesey SY-FY original movies.
I doubt that she would come back though.
tom11zz884 10 months ago
"GROOVY!"
-___- *sigh*
icarus313 1 year ago
@icarus313 Evil Dead?
MysteryEzekude 1 year ago
She is STILL better than MOST TV stars.
ScarletAmbition2008 1 year ago
this is embarrassing to watch
chafenhimer 1 year ago 2
DAT ASS
makotomikami 1 year ago
I met her at a con or 2, very nice gal! so sweet. ^__^ thanks for sharing!
MobiusBandwidth 1 year ago
LOL she acts just like Ulala too!
everything she says sounds like one of Ulala's Swinging Reports
Gaomon752 1 year ago
Lord, I remember this. I was in high school at the time, and anime was still so new and weird to me. Thanks for posting.
dkupke 1 year ago
its nice to see apollo smile on youtube i know her for a long time now im one of her fans. i met her many times but the first time was in a stor called Anime Crash here in new york city she gave me a picture of her and then autograph it for me after that i seen her in comic conventions. She is really a sweet heart in person thanks for puting this up.
i have her music and her first comic book it came with the music she also autograph it as well if u were to see her in person u would love her.
japan2021 1 year ago
can u believe shes 30 in this video
Stargrave 1 year ago
@Stargrave
Serious? Wow. She looks like she's 19.
GamertownUSA 1 year ago
I first met her at Dragon-con in 1998. She was awesome!!!!
haynes1776 1 year ago
She's... so... CUTE!!
makotomikami 1 year ago 9
thk dude plzz add more!!
Axelrlz 1 year ago
@Axelrlz i remember this video when it came on i think it was the weekday.
rmgreatest89 1 year ago
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Thanks for the upload! I still have a couple of these spots on VHS myself. Apollo was interesting and I miss her work. Now if only I could find a copy of her "Love, Kisses & Grenades" album.
coyoterose 1 year ago
Thanks for the upload! I still have a couple of these spots on VHS myself. Apollo was interesting and I miss her work. Now if only I could find a copy of her "Love, Kisses & Grenades" album.
coyoterose 1 year ago
holy shit! i remember this. this program is what got me into anime... was this the one that showed iria zeiram the animation?
Chemizon 1 year ago
Apollo Smile = Ulala from Space Channel 5 =D
Lock11811 1 year ago 20
I know Apollo divorced her husband but then she seemed to disappear...Where is she now?
gvgreco 1 year ago
I meet Apollo Smiles at Dragon Con in 1995 and 1998. She was a very nice person. As a fan I miss her. I have post card from her. Thank you share this video.
Artist Robert Clyde Allen
Co-President NC Rowan County Anime Group
MrArtist24 1 year ago
If you have heard or played space channel 5 before, the live action anime girl, Apollo Smile, is Ulala's voice in the video game.
nightsfangirl23415 1 year ago
It sort of frightens me how well I remember this, considering that it was 12 years ago.
michaelquackers 2 years ago
Yeah, and I was only 1 year old.
ZePomVerte 1 year ago
AHHHH MY DANCE TEACHER. LOL YEAH I GO TO THE DANCE CORNER TOOO. hey suz devil lol ik who u are but im not gonna say ur real name lol
Eatsleeptwilight 2 years ago
Wow, i haven't seen her in over 10 years. She use to attend cons all over the NYC area. Can't believe she's 42 now and she doesn't look it. I guess she retired her Apollo character when anime exploded during this decade. Thanks for the video and allowing me to relive some skintight memory.:)
nccodyssey 2 years ago 2
Met her at a con is 1997 where I was running back to my room and did not see her around the corner. Got an accidental handful of that chest... Good memories!
Reilansa 2 years ago
That white suit doesn't leave much to the imagination.
theboombody 2 years ago
OMG THIS IS MY DANCE TEACHERR!! hahahaha here at the dance corner in connecticut! omgg, apollo smile, gotta love herr!!<3
littlesuzdevil67 2 years ago 18
mine too.
navillusleahcim 2 years ago
@littlesuzdevil67 So I've read! Pretty unexpected!
MysteryEzekude 1 year ago
@littlesuzdevil67 Well, if you ever see her again, ask if she has ever considered reviving her Space Channel 5 character for the WII.
dkupke 5 months ago
@dkupke Something tells me she would be more than happy to do so, but unfortunately that's not really her decision to make (it's SEGA's).
That, and a Part 3 would need to somehow replace Space Michael, which would be quite awkward and slightly depressing. :(
SailorTaurus 4 months ago
@SailorTaurus Not even really Sega's anymore-Nintendo's since Nintendo owns all of Sega's titles today. But due to all the licensing and other legal matters that would have to take place, it is highly unlikely. A pity, as a new Space Channel 5 would fit in perfectly with the motion based video games of today.
dkupke 3 days ago
@littlesuzdevil67
If you kids misbehave, does she bust out the kung fu? Ha ha ha. Just kidding.
HammerOfTheSun 3 months ago
she's hot
NeoFeanor 2 years ago
I used to be pretty good friends with her on the con circuit. Super nice lady, but she dropped off the face of the planet back in 2002 and I haven't seen her since. Pity, because I am really curious what she's up to. I heard she's become a dance instructor or something up in Connecticut.
30secondstodrew 2 years ago
YES INDEED SHE IS!
Eatsleeptwilight 2 years ago
LOL! Awesome! Hey, tell her "Drew from New Hampshire" says hi. If she doesn't remember, call me "Purrr-boy". She should understand that reference.
30secondstodrew 2 years ago
@30secondstodrew i will but idk if we were suppose to know lol. im guessing she came to a small town in ct to get away from the madness and if we knew that might ruin things...
Eatsleeptwilight 2 years ago
Holy crap I hate the director for this. STOP MOVING THE CAMERA! Can anyone else believe she was already in her 30's here?
ChibiSabbath 2 years ago
Apollo is the Choreographer for the Musical my school is doing. It also turns out that she went to prom with my dad... it's a small world.
ajr22222 2 years ago
hey alex.
navillusleahcim 2 years ago
OMG I love Apollo Smile
okami138 2 years ago 7
live action Ulala :3
xiaoyuryu 2 years ago 3
OMG Thank you finding this! This pretty girl and this Anime week block was how I first discovered anime back when I was wee lad in 98!
Did Sci-Fi channel show any other anime movies/OVAs back then?
LelouchX77 2 years ago 9
i'm pretty sure they showed Vampire Hunter D, 8 Man After, Demon CIty Shinjuku and a few others too. Maybe Record of Lodoss War? It's been a while!
scotttopic 2 years ago
@scotttopic you are correct on that list! a few of the others are Dominion: tank police, project ako, Lensman, odin: photon space sailor starlight, cashan robot hunter, E.y.e.s of mars, lily cat, robot carnival, akira... i could go on and on! It is so good to see this again. I think this was the last time they did the anime week. Now they have animonday and it is just not the same. Thanks for posting this, you made my day.
texaswerewolf 1 year ago
@scotttopic I do remember them showing both of the Galaxy Express 999 movies, Beautiful Dreamer, and I am fairly sure Vampire Hunter D, but don't quote me on it
dkupke 1 year ago
@scotttopic
Well, there is one anime I say on that week in 1998, Fatal Fury: The Motion Picture. I have seen it, but it was mostly edited and censored, mostly because of Mai Shiranui. At least I got the DVD now, so, no worries. ;)
jason2anime 1 year ago
@scotttopic venus wars, dominion tank police, Green Legend Ran, akira, Galaxy Express 999....a few others
prede89 1 year ago
@scotttopic they did thats when i first saw vampire hunter d and 8 man after them was the days
ZEX606 10 months ago
@LelouchX77
After Sci-fi showed this they actually started doing more anime. It was called Animonday. Apollo Smile is a sweet girl. I use to write to her. I bought her comics.
bennyvision627782 1 year ago
@LelouchX77 omfg me too, I knew I first saw it when i was little staying over at my sisters house but all i remembered was a girl in spandex telling me about galaxy express 999 (the first anime i ever saw). I've looked before trying to find out who she was and what network it was on and today I finally found out. I'm pretty happy.
cyberrioter 7 months ago
If SEGA decides to make another Space Channel 5, I hope Apollo Smile reprises her role as Ulala. I can't imagine anyone else voicing her.
kereokacola 2 years ago
Yeah, we all know Ms Smile wants to voice Ulala again just as much as we want another SC5 game.
Phoenix507 2 years ago 4
I loved Apollo too. She was a great martial artist, very cool & so sweet. I'm sure she still is. OnslaughtJJB, I've seen her albums on ebay from time to time.
Apollo, if you read this sweetheart, you were adored & are very much missed.
Scottopic, thanks so much for uploading this!!!
kaneda57 2 years ago
I used to talk to her a lot years go but I have not heard from her in years.
ceecoursian 2 years ago
God I loved Apollo Smile, got her first album, but I can't find her albums Love Kisses and Grenades and Wrecking Ball anywhere, can someone help?
Thanks for uploading the video :)
OnslaughtJJB 2 years ago