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Sample file CONTENTS 3 ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ PROTOCULTURE ✾ PRESENTATION ........................................................................................................... 4 STAFF NEWS ANIME & MANGA NEWS: Japan / North America ............................................................... 5, 10 Claude J. Pelletier [CJP] — Publisher / Manager ANIME RELEASES (VHS / DVD) & PRODUCTS (Live-Action, Soundtracks, etc.) .......................... 6, 8 Miyako Matsuda [MM] — Editor / Translator MANGA RELEASES / MANGA SELECTION / MANGA NEWS .......................................................... 7 Martin Ouellette [MO] — Editor JAPANESE DVD (R2) RELEASES .............................................................................................. 9 NEW RELEASES ..................................................................................................................... 11 Contributing Editors Aaron K. Dawe, Asaka Dawe, Keith Dawe Kevin Lillard, Gerry Poulos, James S. Taylor REVIEWS BOOK ................................................................................................................................. 53 Layout LIVE-ACTION ........................................................................................................................ 54 The Safe House MANGA .............................................................................................................................. 56 Cover MODELS (& MODEL NEWS) ................................................................................................... 58 ANIME ................................................................................................................................. 65 Meitantei Holmes / Sherlock Hound © RAI • TMS Illustration provided by Pioneer Entertainment (USA), Inc Proofreading & Editing SPOTLIGHT: MIYAZAKI Hayao Dominique Durocher, Aaron & Keith Dawe The Man: Biography & Filmography .................................................................................. 17 Spirited Away (Overview, Characters, Synopsis & Review, Cultural Background) .................. 21 Printing Future Boy Conan (Overview, Characters, Synopses) .......................................................... 25 Transcontinental Printing • Metrolitho (www.metrolitho.ca) Movies: Nausicaa (1984) ................................................................................................. 29 Movies: Laputa, A Castle In The Sky (1986) ...................................................................... 32 Special Thanks Movies: My Neighbor Totoro (1988) ................................................................................. 33 Kristien Brada (TokyoPop), Jerry Chu (BEI), Jean- Movies: The Castle Of Cagliostro (1978) ........................................................................... 34 François Fortier (DP9), Danielle Garnier (Manga), Corey Henson (ADV), Chad Kime (Pioneer), Michael Movies: Kiki's Delivery Service (1989) ............................................................................... 34 Liu, Toshi Makiya (CD Japan), Nikaku Animart, Pierre Movies: Mimi O Sumaseba / Whisper Of The Heart (1995) ................................................. 35 Ouellette (DP9), Ardith Santiago (Digital Manga), Maki Movies: Porco Rosso (1992) ............................................................................................. 39 Terashima-Furuta (Production I.G.), Vincent Wilson, Movies: Mononoke Hime / Princess Mononoke (1997) ...................................................... 40 Nobu Yamamoto (BEI) Other Works: Famous Detective Holmes / Sherlock Hound (1981) ...................................... 41 SampleOther Works: On Your file Mark ............................................................................................. 42 SUBSCRIPTION Other Works: Shuna no Tabi ............................................................................................. 44 One year (6 issues): $30 US/Can (in Canada: add GST; in Other Works: Little Nemo ................................................................................................. 45 Québec add also PST), or $45 US overseas. 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Spoilers Warning: This magazine contains England: Esdevium (011 44 important plot details about several Japanese animation. Reader discretion is advised. 125226116). Legal deposit at the National Library of Quebec & National Library of Canada Printed in Canada ISSN 0835-9563 4 PRESENTATION ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ Spirited Away And The Power Of Fantasy. Spirited Away has become the biggest Japanese anime (and even Japanese film) industry success in its history and its wave will soon arrive in North America and abroad (in fact, it is already CREDITS playing in France and should start on U.S. screens on September 20th). As I also watched the super hit movie Harry ARTICLES: Agent Aika © 1997 Studio Fantasia / Bandai Visual. English language version ©1998 Studio Fantasia / Bandai Visual. Package layout Potter, based on the fantasy novels by J.K. Rowling, I begin to feel that today many children and adults from all over the ©1998 Central Park Media Corporation. All Rights Reserved. Akage no Ann © Nippon Animation Co., Ltd. Alps no Shojo Heidi © Zuiyo Enterprise / world are really seeking Fantasy. Especially after Sept. 11, I really believe that Fantasy has the power to save people, Apollo Films. Ayane High Kick ©1996 Nikkatsu Corp/Takahiro Okao. Package particularly children, who feel even more helpless when things are tough and reality is ugly. When children (and even ©1997 Central Park Media Corp. Battle Arena Toshinden © 1996 Takara Co., Ltd. Package©1996 CPM. Boogiepop Phantom © 2001 Kouhei Kadono adults) have to face too many hard realities and difficulties, they feel mentally stressed unless they have somewhere to • Mediaworks • Project Boogiepop. Packaging & Translation ©2001 The Right Stuf International. Gowcaizer ©1997 Gaga Pro / Urban Plant Ltd. escape to, at least, for a while. Kid heroes, like Harry and Chihiro, do have the power to make things better for stressed- Package © CPM. Graves Of The Fireflies ©1988 Akiyuki Nosaka / Shinchosha Co. Heisei Tanuki Gassen Ponpoko ©1994 Hatake Jimusho • out people. Some film makers (and anime creators) have their own way to express themselves and choose to show TNHG. Kaze No Tani No Nausicaa © Nibariki / Tokuma Shoten / Hakuhodo / Toei. Kiki’s Delivery Service © Eiko Kadono • Nibariki • Tokuma Shoten. “reality” instead, but when things are not so nice in reality and lunatics like Osama Ben Laden and his idiots from Al- Packaging & translation © Buena Vista Home Entertainment. Koya no Quaeda are on the loose, I think Fantasy is a very good way to forget for a while. Shonen Isamu © TMS. Kurenai no Buta / Porco Rosso © 1992 Nibariki • TNNG. Little Nemo: Adventures In Slumberland ©1992 Hemdale Pictures Corporation. Released by Hemdale Home Video (Cat.# 7139). Lupin III: As I watched Spirited Away and Harry Potter, I felt that both creators (Director Miyazaki and writer Rowling) seemed to The Castle Of Cagliostro