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Sample file CONTENTS 3 ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ P r o t o c u l t u r e A d d i c t s # 8 7 December 2005 / January 2006. Published by Protoculture, P.O. Box 1433, Station B, Montreal, Qc, Canada, H3B 3L2. ANIME VOICES Letter From The Publisher ......................................................................................................... 4 E d i t o r i a l S t a f f Page Five Editorial ................................................................................................................... 5 [CM] – Publisher Christopher Macdonald Contributor Spotlight & Staff Lowlight ......................................................................................... 6 [CJP] – Editor-in-chief Claude J. Pelletier Letters ................................................................................................................................... 74 [email protected] Miyako Matsuda [MM] – Contributing Editor / Translator Julia Struthers-Jobin – Editor NEWS Bamboo Dong [BD] – Associate-Editor ANIME RELEASES (R1 DVDs) ...................................................................................................... 7 Jonathan Mays [JM] – Associate-Editor ANIME-RELATED PRODUCTS RELEASES (UMDs, CDs, Live-Action DVDs, Artbooks, Novels) .................. 9 C o n t r i b u t o r s MANGA RELEASES .................................................................................................................. 10 Zac Bertschy [ZB], Sean Broestl [SB], Robert Chase [RC], ANIME & MANGA NEWS: North America .................................................................................. 13 Briana Lawrence, Kevin Lillard, Therron Martin [TM], Evan Miller, ANIME & MANGA NEWS: Japan & International ........................................................................ 16 Carlo Santos [CS], James S. Taylor [JT], Steven Thach [ST] ANIME & MANGA NEWS: New Licenses .................................................................................... 19 A d v e r t i s i n g & B u s i n e s s I s s u e s Christopher Macdonald ([email protected]) SPOTLIGHTS P r i n t i n g GUUD EATING: A GLIMPSE AT HARÉ+GUU... THROUGH GUU’S LUNCH?! .......................................... 21 Payette & Simms (St-Lambert, Qc) LUCKY SEVEN: THE MINDS BEHIND JAPAN’S BIGGEST NEW HIT ....................................................... 22 C o v e r Cover used with the permission of Bandai Entertainment, Inc.. ANIME STORIES Eureka Seven © 2005 Bones / Project Eureka • MBS. Aquarion ................................................................................................................................. 24 S p e c i a l T h a n k s Honey & Clover ....................................................................................................................... 28 To Carron Allen, Jason Alnas, Denise Anker, Bob Brown, Loveless .................................................................................................................................. 31 Jerry Chu, Danielle Garnier, Lance Heiskell, Shawn Kleckner, Speed Grapher ....................................................................................................................... 34 Bill Lai, Osamu Maseba, Chris Oar, Rod Peters and Tamara Trinity Blood ............................................................................................................................ 37 Shumate for their help and support. And to Kyle Chang, Natalie Khor & Steven Thach for their help in producing this issue. ANIME WORLD S U B S C R I P T I O N One Year (6 issues): $30 US/Can (in Canada add $2.10 GST; in Convention Report: Anime Expo .............................................................................................. 39 Quebec add $4.41 GST & PST) or $45 US overseas. Send check The ModernSample Japanese Music file Database Part 33: FAQ 20: State Of The Arts ................................... 40 or money-order to: Protoculture, P.O.B. 1433, Stn B, Montreal, The Modern Japanese Music Database Part 34: FAQ 21: Rap ..................................................... 41 Qc, Canada, H3B 3L2. Payment by credit cards & PayPal avail- Interview: Kaleido Star ’s Dub Cast & Staff .................................................................................. 42 able from the web site: www.protoculture.ca/PA/PASub.htm. Anime Novels ......................................................................................................................... 44 D I S T R I B U T I O N The Otaku Generation ............................................................................................................. 46 In Canada: Cosmix ((514) 744-9494), Disticor ((905) 619-6565, The Big Shoujo Boom .............................................................................................................. 50 www.disticor.com), Marché Clandestin ((514) 282-3930), ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ Montreal World Film Festival: Overview ..................................................................................... 52 Middleman Media ((416) 203-2926), Snap! ((416) 588-4006). In U.S.A.: Anime Nation ((727) 796-7561), Complete Strate- Montreal World Film Festival: Kamataki ..................................................................................... 53 gist ((212) 685-3880), Diamond ((410) 560-7100, Fantasia: Live-Action Manga: Dragon Head .............................................................................. 54 www.diamondcomics.com), FM International ((608) 271-7922), Fantasia: Live-Action Manga: Otakus In Love ............................................................................. 59 Kinokuniya (NY: (212) 765-7766, SF: (415) 567-7625, Seattle: (206) 587-2477), Made In Japan ((607) 484-2412), Nikaku Fantasia: Live-Action Manga: Tetsujin 28 ................................................................................... 60 Animart ((408) 971-2822), Right Stuf ((515) 252-6116), RPV Fantasia: Japanese Shorts ......................................................................................................... 61 ((714) 671-1270), Tower Records (www.towerrecords.com). In England: Esdevium (011 44 125226116). Protoculture Addicts is ©1987-2006 by Protoculture • The REVIEWS copyrights and trademarks mentioned herein are the property of LIVE-ACTION ............................................................................................................................ 62 their respective owners. Protoculture Addicts acknowledges the BOOKS ................................................................................................................................... 63 creators and copyrights holders of the materials mentioned or pictured herein, and does not seek to infringe on their rights • All MANGA .................................................................................................................................. 64 rights to articles/artwork revert to their respective writers/artists RELATED PRODUCTS (Anime CD Soundtracks, Video Games) ...................................................... 66 upon publication • Contributors are responsible for their views ANIME ..................................................................................................................................... 68 which are not necessarily those of Protoculture Addicts • No part of this magazine can be reproduced without permission from the publisher, except for review purposes • Spoilers Warning: This magazine contains important plot details about several Japanese MORE ON: WWW.PROTOCULTURE-MAG.COM animation. Readers discretion is advised • Legal deposit at the National Library of Quebec & National Library of Canada • Printed in Canada • ISSN 0835-9563. & WWW.ANIMENEWSNETWORK.COM 4 LETTER FROM THE PUBLISHER ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ Welcome to issue 87 of Protoculture Addicts. This issue marks the end of the first full year of CREDITS “Anime News Network’s Protoculture Addicts” and unfortunately the end of our bi-monthly schedule—for now at least. When we first re-launched Protoculture Addicts last year, we set certain ARTICLES: Aquarion © 2004 Shoji Kawamori • Satelight / Project Aquarion. Eureka Seven © 2005 Bones / goals for the magazine in terms of how we wanted to improve it over the first year. Project Eureka • MBS. Hare+Guu © Renjuro Kindaichi / SQUARE ENIX, Sotsu Agency, Shin-ei Doga, TV Tokyo. All Rights Reserved. Honey & Clover © Chika Umino • Unfortunately we didn’t meet those goals, and after six issues we were faced with a number of Shueisha / Hachi-Kuro Production Committee. Kaleido Star © Junichi Sato • HAL • GDH / Kaleido Stage • ADV tough choices. We could continue as we were, stop altogether, or work towards some major changes. Films. Loveless © Yun Kouga • Nanatsu no Tsuki. Speed Grapher © 2005 GONZO / TAP. Trinity Blood ©2000- While we’re very proud of the improvements that we’ve made to the magazine over this past year, 2005 Yoshida Sunao • Thores Shibamoto / Kadokawa we’re not satisfied with where we stand right now, or the pace of improvement, so continuing as Shoten • Trinity Blood Production Committee. REVIEWS: Area 88 © Kaoru Shintani / MF • 88 we were was out of the question. But as many like to say, “My momma didn’t raise no quitter.” Committee. Avenger Ó 2003-2005 Project Avenger. Bottle Fairy © Yuiko Tokumi x enterbrain / “Bottle Fairy” We’re committed to Protoculture Addicts, committed to improving this magazine and seeing it Production Committee / Geneon