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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 # 7 8 September / October 2003. Published bimonthly by Protoculture, P.O. Box 1433, Station B, Montreal, Qc, ANIME VOICES Canada, H3B 3L2. Web: http://www.protoculture-mag.com Presentation ............................................................................................................................ 3 Letters ................................................................................................................................... 70 E d i t o r i a l S t a f f Claude J. Pelletier [CJP] – Publisher / Editor-in-chief [email protected] NEWS Miyako Matsuda [MM] – Editor / Translator ANIME & MANGA NEWS: Japan ................................................................................................. 5 Martin Ouellette [MO] – Editor ANIME RELEASES (VHS / R1 DVD) .......................................................................................... 6, 8 PRODUCTS RELEASES (Live-Action, Soundtracks) ......................................................................... 6 C o n t r i b u t i n g E d i t o r s MANGA RELEASES .................................................................................................................... 7 Aaron K. Dawe, Keith Dawe, Kevin Lillard, Brent P. MANGA SELECTION .................................................................................................................. 7 Newhall, Fred Patten, Gerry Poulos, James S. Taylor JAPANESE DVD (R2) RELEASES .................................................................................................. 9 P r o d u c t i o n A s s i s t a n t s ANIME & MANGA NEWS: North America .................................................................................... 9 Safe House (Layout), Dominique Durocher (Proofreading), NEW RELEASES ......................................................................................................................... 10 Aaron & Keith Dawe (Editing) P r i n t i n g REVIEWS Payette & Simms (St-Lambert, Qc) MANGA .................................................................................................................................. 16 BOOKS ................................................................................................................................... 18 S p e c i a l T h a n k s RELATED PRODUCTS (Books, Comics, CD Soundtracks, non-anime DVDs) ..................................... 19 To all our advertisers, all the companies that provide informa- MODELS .................................................................................................................................. 20 tion & screeners and all the people who give us their help & support. • Cover used with the permission of Bandai Entertain- LIVE-ACTION ............................................................................................................................ 34 ment. Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam © Sunrise • Sotsu Agency. ANIME ..................................................................................................................................... 53 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; SPOTLIGHTS in Quebec add $4.41 GST & PST), or $45 US overseas. Send ZETA GUNDAM check/money-order to: Protoculture, P.O. Box 1433, Station B, Montreal, Qc., Canada, H3B 3L2. Payment by credit cards Overview ........................................................................................................................... 21 available from the web site only: www.protoculture-mag.com/ Character Profiles ................................................................................................................. 22 PA/PASub.htm. 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Protoculture Addicts acknowledges the ANIME STORIES creators and copyrights holders of the materials mentioned or Heat Guy J ............................................................................................................................... 58 pictured herein, and does not seek to infringe on their rights. • Kiddy Grade ........................................................................................................................... 60 All rights to articles/artwork revert to their respective writers/ artists upon publication. • Contributors are responsible for their Macross Zero ........................................................................................................................... 62 views which are not necessarily those of Protoculture Addicts. Samurai Deeper Kyo ............................................................................................................... 64 • No part of this magazine can be reproduced without permis- Spiral ...................................................................................................................................... 66 sion from the publisher, except for review purposes • Spoilers Wolf’s Rain .............................................................................................................................. 68 Warning: This magazine contains important plot details about several Japanese animation. Readers discretion is advised. • Legal deposit at the National Library of Quebec & National Library of Canada • Printed in Canada • ISSN 0835-9563. MORE ON: WWW.PROTOCULTURE-MAG.COM 4 PRESENTATION ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ Director Yoshiyuki Tomino’s Gundam World, Facing Death In Anime Shows, And The “Z” Ladies. In this issue, we are presenting to you one of Director Yoshiyuki Tomino’s classic anime shows, Zeta Gundam, part of his long saga about CREDITS humanity trying to expand its boundaries in space. It is a story about the awakening of humanity, its advance into a ARTICLES: Captain Harlock © Leiji Matsumoto. Heatguy-J © 2002 Satelight higher stage, the “Newtype”. It is a long struggle with unspeakable pain for the characters that Yoshiyuki Tomino has / Heatguy-J Project. Kiddy Grade © gimik • GONZO / GOTT. Licensed by created. His theme is, it seems, “How can humans be awaken to create a better society and civilization?” Through his FUNimation Production Ltd. Macross Zero © 2002 Big West / Macross Zero Production Committee. Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam © Sunrise • Sotsu Agency. anime shows, Tomino has used struggles & wars as the background to show us how humans react in time of trial (and Nadia: Secret Of Blue Water ©1989 NHK / Sogo Vision / Toho. Robotech: how can humans endure that trial?) as if the revolutions and wars are like the labor-pains in order to reach the goal of a Southern Cross ©1995 Harmony Gold USA, Inc. / Tatsunoko Production Co., Ltd. Samurai Deeper Kyo © Akamine Kamijo • Kodansha / Project KYO. better world. All characters in the Gundam series unintentionally get involved in the swirl of destiny, wars, etc., and are Spiral — Suiri no Kizuna ©2002 Mizuno Eita / Enix • SME Works • Sotsu Agency • TV Tokyo. The Twelve Kingdoms ©2002 Fuyumi Ono • Kodansha / forced to fight. They get ripped to pieces physically and psychologically and watching them going through it is sometimes NHK • NEP 21 • Sogo Vision.