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GOGAI! fig. 1: The Boy Who Wanted to Be a Bear © Dansk Tegnefilm 2 Aps / Les Armateurs / Carrère Group / France 3 Cinéma THIS ISSUE GOGAI! Don't &%# With The Scopedog | Scope- Be Beautiful's Beautiful Corner | Ka- Hooked on Manga | A declaration of Central Park Media's dog's inaugural address! Page 3 zuma Kodaka happenings! Page 7 love for the written word! Page 12 Industry Fanzine & Literary Review Cocoa-Colored Sanctuary | A creamy es- Ho Ho Ho Nihongo | Essential Japan- CPM Holiday Sale | Small print! Big sav- cape from December's cold! Page 4 ese... in English! Page 9 ing! While supplies last! Page 13 Editor: Peter Tatara His Boss: Newton Grant His Boss: John O'Donnell It Burns, Sempai, It Burns | Spotlight on Master the Jung Fu | Booyah! Booyah! Free Swag | Did you win? Did you? Did Special Thanks: Mike Lackey, the Animeniacs! Page 5 Booyah! Page 10 you? Did you? Page 14 Henry Lai, & Eddie Stemkowski [email protected] Tokyo News You Can Use | Well, not I Am Not A Doctor | Don't listen to a And much, much more in this month's centralparkmedia.com/animeu really, but it's a fun read! Page 6 single medical thing I say! Page 11 Gogai! Gogai! Gogai! Gogai! • December 2005 • Page 1 We're here! Where do we go? (Some thoughts on December and beyond) By Peter Tatara New York City just experienced its first Besides books and DVDs, there'll be a lot and New Year's, spend a few moments I'm serious about all these questions. snowfall of the year. Waking up, it was of changes in the way CPM appears and of your time thinking about Gogai! Go- Even that last one. CPM and I are com- magical to see the streets and skyscrap- communicates with fans (it's what those gai! and write whatever comments you mitted to making an experience that ers glistening white. Granted, it was in the know call B2C), and Gogai! Go- have to [email protected]. you'll enjoy, 'cause if you're not happy, something else plodding through the gai! is a part of that. We keep on grow- then we're not going to be smiling either. slush on the way to work. Regardless of ing, adding about five new individuals or I'm curious to know stuff like: Do you So, give it some thought. Gogai! Gogai! the weather outside, it's nice and temper- clubs every day, and we're proud we're actually read all of Gogai! Gogai! and exists for you. I've been pondering some ate in the CPM office, but the red and getting to be a big fish, but as Gogai! have you ever purchased from the store? experiments in '06, and I'd like to hear white caps placed atop various Hoshi- Gogai! expands we're looking at our What kind of exclusives and deals are what, if anything, you all feel. maru plushies on my desk tell us what pond and wondering about renovations. you looking for? If you're part of a club, time of year it is. Nani? There may be some changes in the how do you pass out the swag we send Of course, it's not 2006 yet, and as I way Gogai! Gogai! gets to you in 2006, over? Are there other types of articles or muse on about ethereal things, my in- Yet as the year's coming to a close, we're but before we make any changes, I want content you'd like to see? Should Gogai! box is filling with more work to do. Go- still moving full steam ahead here at to know what you all think. Gogai! be more focused on club-related gai! Gogai!'s December issue is stuffed CPM. We've got a number of big releases features or appeal to a wider anime full of news and notes about what's go- coming up in 2006 including Animation I created Gogai! Gogai! from four years audience? Do you like getting Gogai! ing on in the CPM office this month, so Runner Kuromi 2, Munto 2, and Armored of experience in a college anime club as Gogai! as a PDF? Would you prefer it if as you're relaxing over your holiday Trooper VOTOMS. We're also going to be well as the input of clubs throughout the all the content was instead viewable as a break, pour yourself some egg nog and cranking out manga at a rate of three or summer. I'm pleased with the current website online? Would you rather Go- learn what we at Central Park Media are four a month, so as you're preparing for state of things, but I'm tinkering, think- gai! Gogai! be something crazy like a running around doing. your holiday break, CPM's burning the ing about what we could do better. To monthly TV show starring me as I go midnight oil to get it all done. this end, as we celebrate the holidays around inside CPM that you download? Also, all hail the Gogai! Gogai! mascot! Gogai! Gogai! • December 2005 • Page 2 Don't &%# With The Scopedog (Scopedog's Inaugural Address) By Scopedog Greetings fleshy Earth humans, my name in office. As CPM's explained to me, it is is ATM-09-ST Scopedog, and I'm your new now my job to issue edicts and pose for lord and master. You foolishly elected various photos until I'm ultimately de- me Gogai! Gogai!'s mascot last month, posed in some sort of coup rising out of and as such, you are now all my helpless the rabble. Until that day, though, I subjects. My reign, though, won't be all look forward to working with you to mindless torture and target practice. No, build a better future for humans and ro- I can be a kind and gentle mechanical bots (mostly robots) alike. overlord. For your knowledge, here's a little more about me. How can you contribute? Two ways. 1) I'm partial to motor oil with a hint of I'm 3.8 meters tall, weigh 6.6 tons, have spearmint. 2) Click over to www.central 14mm of armor around my belly, and parkmedia.com/votoms/ to learn more never leave home without a GAT-22 about my glorious exploits and pick up 30mm heavy machinegun, GAT-49min the entirety of Armored Trooper VOTOMS 50mm Pentatrooper, SAT-03 60mm solid for only $100. The humans at CPM tell shooter bazooka, SMAT-38 9-tube shoul- me when the thing hits stores, it'll cost der missile gunpod, and GAT-35 long $150, so if you pre-order, you can save gun. I like classical jazz. My favorite yourself some Earth money -- and invest color is violet. it in spearment-infused oil for a certain android dictator. It seems CPM's incom- Understood? Good. Looks like there petence has left me running out of space, fig. 2: Armored Trooper VOTOMS © 1983 Sunrise / 1/12 Scopedog courtesy Yamato Toys won't be a need for beatings my first day but you need fret not, I'll be back! Gogai! Gogai! • December 2005 • Page 3 Cocoa-Colored Sanctuary Cocoa-Colored Sanctuary By Joey Tripp of Animation Exclamation (A creamy escape from December's cold) December is the month of endless shop- ping and celebration. On the other hand, with party planning, battling the holiday rush, and cooking for family, it can be- come a stressful time of year. What bet- ter way to combat the stress than to re- lax with a warm blanket, your favorite anime or manga, and a homemade cup of hot cocoa? You can buy your hot co- coa mix at your local grocery store or make your own using the following recipe... 2 lb. box of powdered chocolate milk mix 1 lb. box of powdered sugar 11 oz. box of powdered coffee creamer 8 qt. container of powdered milk Mix all of these ingredients together and sift into a large bowl. After you make the mix, store it in a glass container with a lid. To make, add a 1/3 cup of mix to a mug of hot water; however, you can add more or less to suit your taste. fig. 3: A CPM mug filled with steamy cocoa Gogai! Gogai! • December 2005 • Page 4 It Burns, Sempai, It Burns! It Burns, Sempai, It Burns! An Interview with (Spotlight on the Animeniacs) Animeniacs's Alberto Principe CPM's spotlight is on Alberto Principe of You're in the military? always on the train from Sagamihara How does anime compare to American the Animeniacs this month. Let's see I was in the US Army, stationed in Camp train station to Shinjuku or wherever I animation? what makes him tick before he melts in Zama in Honshu for three years. felt like traveling. The military paid for I wish all cartoons were drawn up in the 400 tetrawatt bulb... my trips to Hiroshima and Kure. I want anime fashion, the level of detail is How often do you meet? to go back someday and work there for amazing and the stories are great. I How did Animeniacs come to be? Saturdays at 2030. a while If I can. I brought back lots of stopped watching most American car- Upon my return from Japan in 1997, I mini Mazinger Z toys to show my toons with my kids after getting into wanted to share my collection of all these When did you fall in love with anime? brother, some manga, a walking stick anime.