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Sample file CONTENTS 3 ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ PROTOCULTURE ✾ PRESENTATION ...... 4 STAFF NEWS & NEWS: ...... 5 Claude J. Pelletier [CJP] — Publisher / Manager ANIME & MANGA RELEASES ...... 6 Martin Ouellette [MO] — Editor-in-Chief PRODUCTS RELEASES ...... 8 Miyako Matsuda [MM] — Editor / Translator ANIME & MANGA NEWS: North America ...... 10 NEW RELEASES ...... 11 Contributing Editors Aaron K. Dawe, Asaka Dawe, Keith Dawe Kevin Lillard, James S. Taylor REVIEWS MODELS: ...... 40 Layout LIVE-ACTION ...... 42 The Safe House MANGA: Various (English & French) ...... 50 Cover ANIME (PA Picks & Capsule Reviews) ...... 52 Cover art courtesy of Entertainment, Inc. © , Inc. Distributed exclusively under SPOTLIGHTS license by Bandai Entertainment, Inc. English adaptation / BIG O (Overview, Character & Files, Model Review, Synopses) ...... 17 Package Design © 2001 Bandai Entertainment, Inc. (Part 3) Proofreading & Editing Samurai : The Motion Picture Overview ...... 22 The Safe House, Dominique Durocher Rurouni Kenshin (TV Series): Character Files ...... 23 Aaron & Keith Dawe Rurouni Kenshin (TV Series): Synopses (Episodes #33-94) ...... 25 HIDAMARI NO KI (The Tree Under The Sun) Color Separation & Linotronic Overview, Character Files, Synopses (Episodes #1-13) & Historical Context ...... 30 Typo Express, Inc. Printing ANIME WORLD Payette & Simms, Inc. : The Movie ...... 44 Special Thanks to Convention Reports: OhayoCon, KatsuCon, FanimeCon ...... 45 Jerry Chu (BEI), Jean-François Fortier (DP9), The Modern Japanese Music Database (Part 10) ...... 48 Danielle Garnier (Manga), Chad Kime (Pioneer), Sample file Michael Liu, Nikaku Animart, Pierre Ouellette (DP9), Mee-Lise Robinson (CPM), Ken Wiatrik ANIME STORIES (ADV), Vincent Wilson, Nobu Yamamoto (BEI) ...... 58 GEAR FIGHTER DENDOH ...... 59 THE CANDIDATE FOR GODDESS (aka PILOT CANDIDATES) ...... 63 SUBSCRIPTION HUNTER X HUNTER ...... 64 One year (6 issues): $30 US/Can (in Canada: add KOCHI KAME: THE MOVIE ...... 66 GST), or $45 US overseas. Send check/money- TONARI NO YAMADA-KIN (MY NEIGHBORS, THE YAMADAS) ...... 67 order to: Protoculture, P.O. Box 1433, Station B, URAYASU TEKKIN KAZOKU (SUPER RADICAL GAG FAMILY) ...... 69 Montreal, Qc., Canada, H3B 3L2.

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GEAR FIGHTER DENDOH (THE ELECTRIC KID): JAPAN’S NEW ANIME WAVE? Well, it seems that the Pokemon fever is calming down a bit (but it is still popular and it is still showing on TV). You may wonder what is Japan’s CREDITS Amon Saga © 1986 / Ten Production/ Tokuma most popular anime show in 2001? Well, I’d like to introduce you to the top rating anime show [it was No 1 in Shoten Co., Ltd./ T&M. English Version © 2001 Manga Entertain- ment. Link © Morning Star/ Sunrise/ WOWOW-TV/ Bandai March, but slipped to third position behind and Noir in May]: Gear Fighter Dendoh, by Studio Entertainment. Angel © 2000 / / Sunrise. “Dendoh” literally means “The Electric Kid” and two 11 year-old become its pilots to save Earth from the Committee. English Version © 2001 Co. © / Soeishinsha/ AIC/ Bandai. evil mecha empire Galfer. You may wonder “Why is this show so popular?” “Here-I-Come-To-Save-The- English Version © 2001 . Arch The Lad © 1999 Computer Entertainment. English Version © 2000 A.D. Vision, Day” stories have been presented so many times in the past, so what makes this show so attractive, aside from Inc. : The Movie © . English Version © Manga Entertainment. Boogiepop Phantom © 2000 Kouhei the cool mecha and ? I think it is the new heroine, named Vega, who is, in fact, the mother of one of the two Kadano/ Mediaworks • Project Boogiepop. 2040 © JVC/ AIC. English Version © 1999 A.D. Vision, Inc. Buttobi CPU © pilots! As Gear Fighter Dendoh‘s story progresses, Vega becomes more and more attractive. Considering the age 1997 Kaoru Shintani/ Hakusensha/ Pineapple. English Version of Evangelion‘s heroine Misato Katsuragi, who’s 29, Vega is a bit older and is, in everyday , a housewife. © 2001 The Right Stuf International, Inc. © 1998- 1999 / / NHK/ NEP21. English Version © 2000 Pio- However, she is one of the most delicious characters that I have ever seen in Japanimation history. She is a neer Entertainment (USA) L.P. Dual! © 1999 AIC/ Pioneer LDC, Inc. English Version © Pioneer Entertainment (U.S.A) L.P. Escaflowne © warrior, a mother and the Princess of a ruined world. Who is her and the Earth people’s enemy? Her own 1996 Sunrise/ TX. English Version © 1999, 2000 Bandai Entertain- ment, Inc. Figures by Bandai Entertainment, Inc. Five Star Stories © brainwashed brother and uncle of Hokuto, one of Dendoh’s pilots. Her charm is not only physical (well, she is in 2001 Toys Press. Flint: The Time Detective © 1998 Nijihan. English Version © 2000 The Right Stuf International, Inc. a rather fetching leotard uniform...), for she also has a caring heart and the courage to defend her loved ones. © Sunrise. English Version © 2000 A.D. Vision, Inc. Gear Fighter Dendoh © Sunrise/ TV-. © Tatsunoko Pro- She shows many dimensions never seen in an anime character. So please enjoy our Gear Fighter Dendoh article duction/ Nippon Victor. English Version © 2000 A.D. Vision, Inc. and I hope this show will arrive soon in North America! Goddess Candidate © Yukiru Sugizaki/ Wani Books/ / Goddess Candidates Production Committee. (Anime Version) © 1995-96 Kenichi Sonoda/ Kodansha/ VAP/ TBS. English As for the North American TV releases, have you seen & enjoyed The Big-O? We introduced you to this show in Version © 2001 A.D. Vision, Inc. Hidamari No Ki © Tezuka Produc- tions/ VAP/ NTN. Hunter X Hunter © 1999 Yoshiro Togashi/ PA #62 and are very happy to see it released on North American TV. This time, we are giving you a more complete Shuueisha/ Fuji TV/ . Hyper Dolls © 1995 Shinpei Itoh. English Version © 1999 Studio IronCat. Kacho Oji/ coverage of this above standard show. © AIC/ Pioneer/ LDC. English Version © 2000 Pioneer entertainment (U.S.A) L.P. Kochi Kame: The Movie © Fuji-TV/ NAS/ Studio / Are you interested in genealogy? The late created The Tree Under The Sun, based on his great- Movie (New TOHO Cinema). © TV Tokyo/ Softx. English Version © 2000 A.D. Vision, Inc. Martian Successor Nadesico grandfather Ryoan’s own story (mixed with that of fictitious characters) which is set in the 1850-60’s. His origi- © TV TOKYO/ YOMIKO/ . English Version © 1999 A.D. Vision, Inc. Mobile Suit Wing © 1999 Sunrise/ Sotsu Agency/ ANB. nal manga version showed great humanism, but the anime version, made by Studio (X: The Movie), English Version © 1999 Bandai Entertainment, Inc. Models by Bandai Co., Ltd. © Sunrise. English Version © gives you even more with its wonderful craftsmanship. So many excellent anime shows to choose from! Aren’t AnimeVillage.com. Models by Bandai Co., Ltd. © 1993 AIC/ Pioneer LDC. English Version © 2000 Pioneer Entertainment (USA), we lucky?! Inc. Rancher © 2000 TECMO • CBC • • TMS-K. Eng- lish Version © 2000 A.D. Vision, Inc. My Neighbors, The Yamadas Miyako Matsuda © 1999 / Hata Office/ TGNHB. © . English Version © 2000 A.D. Vision, Inc. Pokemon © 1995, 1996 & 1998 / CREATURES/ GAME FREAK. 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— JAPAN — JAPAN — JAPAN — JAPAN — JAPAN — JAPAN — 5th Osamu Tezuka Cultural Awards — Great Award: Kotobuki Shiriagari for In Deep Yajikita; Excellent Award: Okano ○○○○○○○○ Spring 2001 New Anime Shows: (www.kss- Reiko (artist, daughter-in-law of Osamu Tezuka) & Yumemakura Baku (writer) for Onmyo-Ji (The Incantation Mas- inc.co.jp/main/anime/comipa/story.html#tv); Commet- ter); Special Award: Maruyama (manga editor) for the great efforts that made lots of artists grow in the “Tokiwa san (www.tv-osaka.co.jp/comet/); CyberAdventure Apartment” (where Ishinomori Shotaro, Akatsuka Fujio, Chiba Tetsuya, etc., lived and worked). (Sources: ANN & WebDiver (www.takaratoys.co.jp/w_diver/); GeneShaft www.asahi.com/tezuka/) (www.geneshaft.com/); HajaKyosei G-Dangaioh 24th Japanese Academy Awards: Best movie: (other nominees were: White Out, Battle Royal, 15 (www.anime-int.com/hp/topics/new/dangaioh/); ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ Years-Old, The Face); Best Director: Junji Sakamoto (for The Face); Best Actor: Akira Terao (for After The Rain); Best HanaUkyou Maid-Tai/SteelAngel Kurumi F2; Mobile An- Supporting Actor: Koichi Sato (for Whiteout); Best Actress: (for Nagasaki Song); Best gel: Angelic Layer (www.clamp-net.com/mix/ Supporting Actress: Mieko Harada (for After The Rain & First Love). The Topic Awards went to the Morning Girls tpckaly.html); New Snow White Legend: Preyttia (actors) and Battle Royal (movie). The technical awards all went for After The Rain: late (Screenplay), (www..co.jp/drama_anime/pretia/ Yoshiro Muraki (Art), Shoji Ueda (Filming), Takeji Sano (Lighting). Best Foreign Film: Dancer In The Dark. We want to contents.html); Project (www.shogakukan.co.jp/ remind you that, contrary to Hollywood, only (paying) members of the Academy can be nominated, so very few arms/); Run-Dim (www.tv-tokyo.co.jp/run-dim.html); independent movies are in competition. Sister Princess; Sorceror Fighter Riui (www.wowow.co.jp/drama_anime/riui/contents.html); Detective Conan the Movie: Countdown to Heaven is the 5th theatrical movie release of the series. This time it’s the StarOcean EX; SuperGals: Kotobuki Ran (www.tv- story of a serial murderer, an escape from a skyscraper, and — at last! — the appearance of the true figure of the Black tokyo.co.jp/gals/); The Soul Taker (www.soultaker.net/ Organization! What is their purpose and who are they? The Black Organization is the very reason why Shinichi (Conan’s ); You Are Under Arrest TV2 (www.tbs.co.jp/taiho/); Zone true identity) became a kid in the first place. Don your deerstalker and hunt this one down! HINT: The film started Of the Enders: Dolores, I (www.nifty.ne.jp/rstation/sun- showing in Japanese theatres in April. (Source: Newtype April 2001) rise/zoe/zoe.htm). (Sources: Shoichi Takeuchi & Michael Liu). has begun! This is straight year of Digimon adventures, and the latest version has digi-volved was released in Japanese theatres on into Digimon Tamers, which began on April 1st, every Sunday on Fuji TV. The stage is West , Tokyo in 20XX with April 21. Co-produced by , the movie's origi- a controlled network. The Digimon show up and Takato Matsuda and his buddy Gilmon begin their adventure. Takato is nal version was shown dubbed in English with Japanese normally a quiet boy but very enthusiastic about Digimon. His friend Lee is half-Japanese on his mother’s side and . So, when it is released in North America, don’t Chinese on his father’s side, and he respects whatever the Digimon do. Luki is a prodigy who has won at Digimon card look for the English subtitled version: it doesn’t exist! competitions, but she’s very aggressive and abuses the Digimon as tools. Let’s Digi-enter this exciting new Digi-World! Director has been highly recognized I can’t Digi-wait. (Source: Newtype April 2001) (maybe even more here, in North America, than in Ja- Director Jun-ichi Sato, famous for his directing work on Sailor Moon as well as , is working on a new pan) for his high quality and popular works such as Jyubei series, The New Snow White Legend: Prettiea. Manga artist Kaori Naruse, along with Sato, has adapted her original Nin-pu Cho (The Scroll). Web page: manga, which is still going strong through the monthly manga magazine Asuka. It’s the story of a teenaged gal, Yumeno, http:www.hunterd.com/. (Source: Newtype May 2001) who becomes Prettiea, fighting the evil Queen who lets mishaps rain upon the earth. Queen , eat yer heart out! Matsumoto Leiji, after 19 years, sees another of his work Anime is produced by Hal Film Maker. (Source: Newtype April 2001) adapted into animation. Cosmo Warrior Zero will be shown Dr. Osamu Tezuka’s life work on DVD-ROM (http://www.tezuka-dvd.com). Kodansha has just released Osamu Tezuka this summer on TV Tokyo. (Source: Animeland #72). Manga Entire Collection DVD-ROM on March 30th for the price of ¥120, 000Sample (about $1000 US). It offersfile his life work: a manga collection of a mere 400 volumes. This DVD-ROM offers names, titles, genres, years, etc., to learn and possess MODEL NEWS all that Tezuka had accomplished during his lifetime. Included are a 50-page book and The of an Old Shizuoka Hobby Show News — First of all, let’s talk Man, which he drew when he was 16 years-old! A must for Tezuka fans! (Source: Newtype April 2001) Mobile Armors, shall we? Bandai will soon release a 1/ 550 RX-78GP03 Orchis Platform (the “Big Friggin’ White ’s Cutey Honey will come back as a 3D animation! The production will be done by Grio Company and the Thing” from Gundam 0083 ) plastic injection kit (it direction will be in the hands of (known for Pop Chaser, M-66, , Golden comes with a cute 1/550 AGX-04 Gerbera Tetra!). If this Boy and Blood: The Last Vampire)! Cutey Honey, created by Go Nagai 28 years ago!, has been a very popular is successful (these guys are REALLY insecure, aren’t manga and Mr. Nagai is also working on a new Cutey Honey manga series. Web page: http://www.griots.co.jp/. they?), an AMA-X2 Neue Ziel (OH YEAH!!!) and a MA- (Source: Newtype May 2001) 06 Val Walo might follow. For those who like their stuff Noir (Nowa-ru) is a recent late-night show on TV Tokyo. Mireille Bouquet is a professional killer. She’s asked by e-mail a little bigger, how about a 1/144 HGUC RX-78GP03 to eliminate Yumura Kirika. Both women, being attacked by mysterious bandits, will end up friends. Of course, Mireille Orchis Platform! This is still under consideration, but became an assassin only to discover who murdered her parents, while Kirika lost all her memories. An interesting story the thing will be about a meter long. Now find the room written by Tsukimura Ryoe (Tenchi Muyo, El Hazard, Moldiver), directed by Mashimo Koichi (Tylor, ) and nicely to park this thing. By the way, the MSIA version of the designed by Kikuchi Yoko (Arc The Lad). (Source: Animeland #72). Orchis is coming soon, at ¥12,800... The Gundam 08TH Sai Yu Ki: The Movie (The Journey to the Occident), a very popular TV anime series, has been adapted into a full-length MS Team ‘s RGM-79[G] Ground Type is coming (with a theatrical release for the summer. The Shochiku Company is supporting the project. It’s a story of One Night on the way full complement of weapons, thank you) and the rumors to the Occident and a new enemy also appears. The occidental tourists still continue! Web pages: http://www.tv-tokyo.co.jp/ of a 1/35 MG AV-98 Ingram were true. This is saiyuki/index.html, http://www.pierrot.co.jp. (Source: Newtype April 2001) going to be one heck of a kit, with loads of options. A second kit, the 1/72 HG Faye’s Red The Magic Warrior Liui has been adapted as a TV anime from a novel by Ryo Mizuno, who also created Lodoss War. Tail, is in the works. Bandai will also release a 1/35 scale This show began broadcasting on Wowow-TV every Tuesday. Mr. Mizuno’s novel is still regularily published in Monthly RX-78-2 and MS-06S (Jumbo Grade?), but these are Dragon Magazine. It’s a story of the Magic Warrior Liui who trains himself as a wizard. He meets three women who supposed to be in pre-painted vinyl. We’ll see when they change his life in a multitude of ways. Mizuno’s new character, Liui, is literally a muscle-bound clod. In other words, he’s are released. And there are photos of a 1/12 scale MS- not overburdend by intelligence. Due to his low IQ, he solves problems with his muscular clout and he’s too stupid to 06 Zaku. That would be a little much... [Reported by know he’s stupid. Enjoy the new adventures of a dumbell… (Source: Newtype April 2001) Martin Ouellette]

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The last three columns are the duration (in minutes), the price (in $US), and the release date (street). MANGA RELEASES 7 ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ M A N G A S E L E C T I O N AKIRA BOOK 4 [400pg] GN DH 27.95 Sept. 19 AQUA KNIGHT VOL. 1. On the remote island of Faro, not far ANIME ART GALLERY : THE ART OF RANMA 1/2 [128pg] BK VIZ 24.95 July EXTRA VOL. 4 [manga anthology] 8-9 VIZ 4.95 July/Aug from the World’s Edge, a stormy night brings a visitor to the ANIMERICA VOL. 9 [magazine] 7-8 VIZ 4.95 July/Aug lighthouse keeper Arrabarus and his young son Ashika. When AQUA KNIGHT Part 3 5 (/5) VIZ 3.50 July AQUA KNIGHT VOL. 1 [232pg] GN VIZ 16.95 Aug they find a suit of armor washed up near the shore, they open AQUARIUM VOL. 1 [176pg] GN CPM 15.95 July it to reveal a beautiful woman, the Aqua Knight Ruliya of Perla, ASIAN CULT CINEMA [magazine] 32 6.00 Aug far off her intended course. For saving her life, Ruliya grants ASTRA 1-2 CPM 2.95 July/Aug (#58-59): SECRETS 1-2 (/4) DH 2.99 July 11 / Aug. 8 young Ashika the privilege of being her squire — a mistake BLADE OF THE IMMORTAL: THE GATHERING [208pg] GN DH 15.95 August 15 she will come to regret. When the megalomaniac genius BLUE EYES * 1 WLP 3.50 July CARDCAPTOR SAKURA VOL. 4 [184pg] GN TP 9.95 Aug Alcantara steals a magical light sphere from Faro and kid- CARDCAPTOR SAKURA 18-19 TP 2.95 July/Aug naps Ashika, Ruliya must set off to rescue the boy and main- CERES CELESTIAL LEGEND 2 (/6) VIZ 3.25 July tain the delicate balance between the living and the dead. Viz CYBERWORLD PORTFOLIO [Masamune Shirow] DH 19.99 June 27 DARK ANGEL [Kia Asamiya] 27-28 CPM 2.95 July/Aug , story and art by Yukita Kishiro, b&w, 232 pages, DARK ANGEL VOL. 3 [Kia Asamiya, 176pg] GN CPM 15.95 Aug $16.95 US ($26.00 Can), avail. on 8/3/01. DIRTY PAIR (THE) : SIM HELL (“REMASTERED”) 3-4 (/4) DH 2.99 July 4 / Aug. 1 DOMU : A CHILD’S DREAM (2nd Ed.) [240pg] GN DH 17.95 August 8 BLUE EYES #1. This is the story of Tatsuya, a young man DRAGONBALL (BOOK 3) 14 (/14) VIZ 2.95 July working his way through love and sexual awakening. Maria, DRAGONBALL (BOOK 4) 1 (/10) VIZ 2.95 Aug DRAGONBALL Z (BOOK 4) 8 (/15) VIZ 2.95 July his childhood friend and teen love, is merely the first of a DRAGONBALL Z VOL. 5 [184pg] GN VIZ 12.95 July string of beautiful, bountiful (and incredibly large-breasted) EAGLE: MAKING OF AN ASIAN-AMERICAN PRESIDENT 18-19 VIZ 6.95 July/Aug women who seek to demonstrate their love to Tatsuya. Fully EL HAZARD: THE MAGNIFICENT WORLD PART 3 1-2 (/5) VIZ 2.95 July/Aug FLESH-COLORED HORROR [248pf] 1 C1 9.95 August Uncensored. White Lightning Productions, by Tohru FUTABA-KUN CHANGE! Vol. 6 6 IC 2.95 July Nishimaki, B&W, bimonthly, five-issue miniseries, $3.50 US, FUTABA-KUN CHANGE! Vol. 7 1 IC 2.95 Aug avail. in July. Adult manga. (www.wlpcomics.com/ 29-30 CPM 2.95 July/Aug G-FAN [magazine] 52 4.95 July blueeyes.html) [Ben Dunn] 12 (/12) AP 2.95 August ISLAND. Miho, a beautiful and intelligent young woman, trav- GUNDAM WING: EPISODE ZERO 5 (/8) VIZ 2.95 July/Aug GUNSMITH CATS: MISTER V 10-11 (/11) DH 3.50 July 18/Aug. 15 els to the mysterious Cheju island to become a teacher to its HOW TO DRAW MANGA [Compilation #1-4, 128pg] AP 17.95 July indigenous people. The land is full of old-world ideas and INU-YASHA: A FEUDAL FAIRY TALE PART 6 3-4 (/15) VIZ 2.95 July/Aug INU-YASHA: A FEUDAL FAIRY TALE VOL. 9 GN VIZ 15.95 Aug superstitions. While she laughs at the islanders’ customs, she ISLAND (THE) 1 TP 2.95 Aug learns their mysticism proves to be more than myth. She is JULINE VOL. 2 [168pg] GN TP 12.95 Aug attacked by demons and is only saved by a mysterious man KAZAN [Gaku Miyao, 188pg] 3-4 C1 9.95 July/Aug LA BLUE GIRL : THE MANGA 1 M18 2.95 Aug whose own intentions are in question. Although she survives, LODOSS WAR: CHRONICLES OF THE HEROIC KNIGHT 11-12 CPM 2.95 July/Aug she learns a balance has shifted between the natural and su- LODOSS WAR: DEEDLIT’S TALE 1 CPM 2.95 Aug LONE WOLF AND CUB VOL. 12-13 [304/320 pg] GN DH 9.95 Aug 29/Sept 26 pernatural worlds that she and this secretive man must re- MAGICAL POKÉMON JOURNEY PART 5 1-2 (/4) VIZ 4.95 July/Aug store in an evolving story where nothing is necessarily as it MAGICAL POKÉMON JOURNEY VOL. 3 [176pg] GN VIZ 13.95 Aug seems. ®, story by Youn In-Wan & art by Yang Il MAICO 2010 [184pg] 3-4 (/4) C1 9.95 July/Aug MARTIAN SUCCESSOR NADESICO 26 CPM 2.95 July Kyung, B&W, 48pg, $2.95 US, avail. in August. MAXION 20-21 CPM 2.95 July/Aug LODOSS WAR: DEEDLIT’S TALE #1. Deedlit and Parn join MECH DESTROYERSample file 3 IM 2.95 July 10-11 TP 2.95 July/Aug forces with a movement to free an oppressed village from MOEBIUS KLEIN 7 FB 2.95 Aug aristocratic overlords. They share a cottage near the village, NEON GENESIS EVANGELION BOOK 6 1-2 (/4) VIZ 3.50 July/Aug NO NEED FOR TENCHI PART 11 4 (/4) VIZ 3.50 July and their relationship grows and deepens. Also includes an NO NEED FOR TENCHI PART 12 1 (/6) VIZ 2.95 Aug interview with voice actress Lisa Oritiz! CPM Manga, story by OGENKI CLINIC VOL. 7 * 7 SF 2.95 July Ryo Mizuno & art by Setsuko Yoneyama (Endless Waltz shoujo OGENKI CLINIC VOL. 8 * 1 SF 2.95 Aug OH MY GODDESS! XI #1: BANPEI IN LOVE 1 (/2) DH 3.50 August 1 ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ series), B&W, 32 pages, $2.95, avail. on 08/31/01. ORIENTAL CINEMA [magazine] 20 5.95 July . While on vacation on a small island, young PEACH GIRL VOL. 2 [168pg] GN TP 9.95 Aug POKEMON ADVENTURES PART 5 1-2 (/4) VIZ 4.95 July/Aug Shiina Tamai dives under the water near an old shrine and POKEMON ADVENTURES VOL. 3 [224pg] GN VIZ 13.95 July discovers an unearthly starfish-like creature. She nearly POKEMON OREGAMI VOL. 3 [80pg] BK VIZ 9.95 Aug PRINCESS PRINCE [Tomoko Taniguchi] 10-11 CPM 2.95 July/Aug drowns but is rescued by the silent, wide-eyed little animal, PROTOCULTURE ADDICTS [magazine] 67 4.95 August who Shiina befriends and names Hoshimaru. To Shiina’s sur- PULP V0L. 5 [manga anthology] 8-9 VIZ 5.95 July/Aug prise and delight, the creature changes shape, lets Shiina stand RANMA 1/2 PART 10 4-5 (/11) VIZ 2.95 July/Aug SAILOR MOON VOL. 10 [168pg] GN TP 9.95 July on him, and the two fly off into the clouds. But what looks to SAILOR MOON 33-34 TP 2.95 July/Aug be a young girl’s ultimate soon takes a darker turn as TAIL 9-10 TP 2.95 July/Aug SARAI [194/204pg] 1-2 C1 9.95 July/Aug Shiina and Hoshimaru become entangled in a struggle be- SHADOW STAR [Mohiro Kitoh, 192 pg] GN DH 15.95 Sept. 5 tween rival extraterrestrial factions who battle in the skies SILENT MOBIUS: ADVENT 1-2 (/6) VIZ 3.25 July/Aug upon huge alien beasts called Shadow Dragons, with the fate SMILE VOL. 3 [shojo manga anthology] 8-9 TP 4.99 July/Aug SORCERER HUNTER VOL. 4 [196pg] GN TP 12.95 July of Earth hanging in the balance! Dark Horse, story & art by SORCERER HUNTER VOL. 5 [200pg] GN TP 12.95 Aug Mohiro Kitoh, SC, B&W, 192 pg, $15.95 US, avail. on 09/05/01. STRAIN VOL. 5 [216pg] GN VIZ 16.95 July SUPER MANGA BLAST! [manga anthology] 14-15 DH 4.99 July 25/Aug. 29 TOMIE [248pg] 2 (/2) C1 9.95 July LEGEND: UROTSUKIDOJI : RETURN OF THE CHOJIN 2-3 M18 2.95 July/Aug AP: Antarctic Press; C1: ComicsOne; CPM: Central Park Media Manga; VAMPIRE DAHLIA (THE) 3-4 (/6) IC 2.95 July/Aug DH: Dark Horse; EM: Eros MangaErotica (/ VAMPIRE PRINCESS YUI VOL. 1 [200pg] GN IC 17.95 Aug ); FB: Fanboy Comics; IC: Ironcat; IM: Image; M18: VAMPIRE PRINCESS YUI VOL. 2 6 IC 2.95 July Manga 18 (CPM); RX: Radio Comix; SF: Sexy Fruit (IC); TP: VAMPIRE PRINCESS YUI VOL. 3 1 IC 2.95 Aug Tokyopop.com (Mixx). GN: Graphic Novel. Prices are in $US. [238pg] 2-3 C1 9.95 July/Aug * Adult titles. Sources: Previews and publishers' press releases.