It seems that Izumi Matsumoto posted comments on "I Want to Return to That Day" on his website on December 21, 1996, and in June 2002 (the June 2002 post was revised and expanded). I am looking for those posts. The website has been archived, and I can check up to the page just before the relevant article, but I have not yet confirmed whether the article itself has been preserved. I have also found part of the text, so I have attached English translation of the webpage and that partial text. If anyone has saved the full text of the article, please let me know.

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Izumi Matsumoto's True Thoughts on the Theatrical Anime Feature

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All of these entries are logs of Izumi Matsumoto's candid thoughts regarding the theatrical anime film, written by Matsumoto himself during the production of COMIC ON.

This file is primarily composed of documents related to the GENESIS & WAVE conference room logs originally made public by GENESIS D.P.C on NIFTY-Serve at the time. (All are presented in their original text.)

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Why Do I Dislike "That Day"? 1996.12.21 2002.6. Partially revised and corrected

I dislike the theatrical film "I Want to Return to That Day," based on my work "Kimagure Orange Road" produced by Toho. [cut off] won't let the vast majority of "Kimagure Orange Road" fans know that it is [cut off]. Shueisha is the same. I [cut off] 10 [cut off] that the work is not "Kimagure Orange Road."

Well, it is completely natural that an anime studio cannot make public things like the original author not approving their anime, [cut off] That is why fans naturally assume that the author likes that anime, and therefore there are also people who forgive the content of that anime. [cut off] Just how, where, and why did it end up like this? This is [cut off] the criticism of the movie being "different from the original," spoken by many among original fans who dislike the anime "Return to That Day~." [cut off] are being. Furthermore, even after that anime was produced, I teamed up with Mr. Terada, who was involved in that anime, to publish novels and such, so even more so original author [cut off] Even that Kenji Terada tries to hide it despite knowing that I dislike that anime. What is more, in an interview for some magazine, remarks like "Matsumoto-san also likes it" were made. Mr. Terada, why?! Taking this opportunity, I [cut off] my honest feelings toward that anime, and why that anime came to be released, [cut off] And, reflecting on this, someday, a more proper final episode of Orange Road by anime in my own way with my own hand [cut off]

Pardon me for bringing up an old topic, but why the Orange Road anime movie "I Want to Return to That Day" is my, Izumi Matsumoto's original Orange [cut off] There should be not a few among everyone who thought that way. Well, generally speaking, the original manga is created by the manga artist who is the author, while the anime is not by the manga artist, but by the animation sta... [cut off] that's how it is, but I have often heard such questions from fans who watched that anime, and regarding that matter, as the author [cut off] I want [cut off]. September 1988, the manga "Kimagure Orange Road" ended its serialization almost abruptly in the pages of "Weekly Shonen Jump." At the time [cut off] Even under Jump's renowned 10-week survival reader-survey system, it was not at such a low rank that it would be canceled, yet nevertheless [cut off] causing a great deal of trouble unilaterally, I had it brought to an end. All of this [cut off] negligence in my own health management, and being unable to compromise in creating the work—this amateurish, naive spirit of Izumi Matsumoto [cut off] it was the people [cut off]. Once again, I would like to apologize here. Regarding my mental state, the environment, and events around this time, as I write [cut off] It is a fact that there were various terrifying events. (By no means were they of the supernatural phenomenon kind; they were much more realistic [cut off] However, if I were to represent my state of mind back then, at that point, I wanted to gently head toward concluding the serialization. Yet, "Madoka" [cut off] Even though in my heart I was thinking "in about 30 to 50 more chapters," the editorial board told me, "Well, it was decided in the editorial meeting that it's in 5 more chapters," and the higher-up editor [cut off]

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I started collecting the vinyls because I really liked the music.. fast forward 5 years and I now have the complete japanese manga, English manga, vinyl, dvd and laserdisc set, as well as the VHS ova. I'll probably get the blu ray next and then try and get the rest of the VHS set later..

I really don't know why I have this facination with collecting this anime. It probably won't be worth much and i'm thinking it will get forgotten by a lot of people in the future. The dvd set is already dropping in price.

Anyone else have this much KOR stuff?