With all due respect, your Advantage is not a 1994 as pictured in the Japanese catalogue. While the image is poor, the catalogue bicycle is clearly a road model with dual pivot brakes, while yours is a hybrid with cantilever brakes. I still maintain that it is a 1996 model, manufactured in late 1995. The most readily identifiable component on your bicycle is the Shimano Alivio crankset with the small chainring bolts that extend though the crankarm spider. This particular version appears to be the FC-MC14 version, introduced for the 1996 model year. If you check the back of the crankarms there will be a product number identifying the crankset and double alpha character date codes that will reveal the year and month of manufacture. Based on the serial number, I strongly suspect will date from late 1995 (i.e. TG to TL codes). BTW, don't believe what the forum says about posting pictures....