Protoculture Addicts #50
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Sample file CONTENTS 3 ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ PROTOCULTURE ✾¯:paKu]- PRESENTATION ..................................................................................... 4 STAFF WHAT'S GOING ON? ANIME & MANGA NEWS ..................................................................................... 5 Publisher VIDEO & MANGA RELEASES .............................................................................. 8 Claude J. Pelletier PRODUCTS RELEASES (Domestic & Japanese LD, Live-Action, etc.) ....................... 10 NEW RELEASES ................................................................................................. 11 Editor-in-chief Martin Ouellette MODEL NEWS .................................................................................................. 32 Contributors Aaron & Keith Dawe, Sylvain Durand, REVIEWS Miyako Graham, Fred Patten, James S. Taylor CD .................................................................................................................. 16 Layout LIVE-ACTION MOVIES ....................................................................................... 17 The Safe House MODELS .......................................................................................................... 30 MANGA .......................................................................................................... 54 Cover Ghislain Barbe ANIME: PA'S PICK ............................................................................................. 55 ANIME ............................................................................................................. 56 Photography Frederick Schodt, Miyako Graham, Joy A. Kennelly Proofreading SPOTLIGHTS Dominique Durocher, The Safe House MACROSS 7 Overview ................................................................................................... 19 Translation Mecha Files ................................................................................................ 20 Miyako Graham Synopses .................................................................................................... 22 Color Separation & Linotronic Characters .................................................................................................. 28 Typo Express, Inc. ROBOTECH & CO. (Macross / Southern Cross / Mospeada, Etc.) ........................... 35 Printing Payette & Simms, Inc. ANIME WORLD Special Thanks to World Animation Celebration .......................................................................... 48 Martin Aziz, Jack Kim, Michael Liu Anecdotes From Mr. Hiroyuki Yamaga .............................................................. 50 Soichiro Yuasa and all our DP9 friends SampleU.S. / Japan Cartoonists file Symposium '98 ............................................................ 51 Anime Under Fire (Part 7) ................................................................................ 52 SUBSCRIPTION One year (6 issues): $30 US, $32.10 Can (GST in- cluded, add PST if ordering from Quebec), or $45 US ANIME STORIES BASTARD!! ....................................................................................................... 60 overseas. Make check or (preferably) money-order to: ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ P R O T O C U L T U R E DESERT ROSE ................................................................................................... 61 MONONOKE HIME ........................................................................................... 62 P.O. Box 1433, Station "B" Montréal, Qc., Canada, H3B 3L2 VOICE OF THE FREEDOM FIGHTER .............. 65 DISTRIBUTORS In Canada: Comic Emporium ((416) 597-9405), Cosmix PROTOCULTURE ADDICTS #50. May 1998. The Anime & Manga magazine. Published bimonthly ((514) 744-9494), HMV ((819) 569-8744), Snap! ((416) 588-4006). In U.S.A.: Anime Crash (NY: (212) 254-4670, by PROTOCULTURE Enr., P.O. Box 1433, Station B, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, H3B 3L2. Boston: (617) 491-8760, Providence: (401) 276-0533), FAX: (514) 527-0347. E-mail: [email protected]. Web: http://www.protoculture.qc.ca/PA Berkley Dist. (North: (510) 845-9851 or South: (310) 632- 8448), Books Nippan ((213) 891-9636), Chessex ((610) PROTOCULTURE ADDICTS is ©1998 by PROTOCULTURE ENR. The copyrights and trademarks 695-0523), Complete Strategist ((212) 685-3880), Dia- mentioned herein are the property of their respective owners. PROTOCULTURE ADDICTS mond ((410) 560-7100), Hobbies Hawaii ((808) 423- 0265), Inteleg ((610) 896-8177), Kinokuniya (NY: (212) acknowledges the creators and copyrights holders of the materials mentioned or pictured herein, 765-7766, SF: (415) 567-7625, Seattle: (206) 587-2477), and does not seek to infringe on their rights. All rights to articles/artwork revert to their respective Liberty Hobby (FL & GA: (800) 654-6229), Mangamania ((800) 626-4277), Nikaku Animart ((408) 971-2822), writers/artists upon publication. Contributors are responsible for their views which are not Planet Anime ((713) 523-7122), RPV ((714) 671-1270), necessarily those of PROTOCULTURE ADDICTS. No part of this magazine can be reproduced Wargame West ((505) 242-1773). In Australia: Jedko without permission from the publisher — except for review purposes. (011 61 3 9555 1022). In England: Esdevium (011 44 1252 26116), Hobbygames (011 44 1903 730998). In Mexico: Legal deposit at the National Library of Quebec & National Library of Canada Printed in Canada ISSN 0835-9563 Hector Santillan (011 52 5 664 2019). 4 PRESENTATION ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ This issue celebrates not only our fiftieth issue, but also our tenth anniversary. Our first, unofficial issue was released in November 1987 and our first real issue was released in Spring 1988. Ten years! It is incredible to see how we have evolved during this time and how the anime industry has devel- CREDITS oped since then too. And we witnessed it all... Bastard!! © 1992 Kazushi Hagiwara/ Shueisha/ Pioneer. Dark Cat © 1991 Naomi Kimura/ Asahi Sonorama/ We have decided to dedicate this issue to Robotech (and to its related shows like Mospeada, Southern Nikkatsu Corporation/ Agent 21. English Version © 1998 Kitty. Desert Rose © Kaoru Shintani/ Hakusensha/ TOEI Cross and, of course, Macross — and by extension Macross 7) because there lies our origin. One day my Video Co., Ltd. Dirty Pair Flash © Takachiho & Studio Nue/ SUNRISE. English Version © 1998 A.D.Vision, Inc. friend Alain Landry told me about this great show he was watching on an American TV channel. He con- Fire Emblem © 1996 Nintendo/ KSS. English Version © vinced me to look at it (“at 7 a.m. it’s better be good!”) and it was love at first sight. Robotech was a GREAT 1998 A.D.Vision, Inc. Flashback 2012 © 1986 BIG WEST/ Emotion. Gamera © 1995 Daei/ NTV Network/ Hakuhodo. show and, despite what some people might say today (young fans that know nothing about how the show English Version © 1997 A.D.Vision, Inc. Genesis Climber Mospeada © 1983 Tatsunoko Productions Co., Ltd. Eng- was produced), Carl Macek did a good job on it considering the time and the circumstances. I began reading lish Version © 1985 Harmony Gold U.S.A., Inc./ Tatsunoko the comics and talked about the show to other friends, and we started playing the Role-Playing Game. Productions Co., Ltd. Gold Digger © 1998 Fred Perry. Grey: Digital Target © 1997 Yoshihisa Tagami/ Tokuma Someday, I proposed to start a fanzine (I was already making one about science-fiction, Samizdat). Several Shoten/ Animage Video. English Version © 1997 Viz Com- munications, Inc. Inu-Yasha © 1998 Rumiko Takahashi/ people helped, at the beginning, to create the magazine: Alain Dubreuil (now a teacher; hey! Alain, if you’re Shogakukan, Inc. English Version © Viz Comics. Key The Metal Idol © 1994 Hiroaki Sato/ Pony Canyon/ Fuji TV/ reading this, give me a call sometimes!), Michel Gareau (went back to his military career), Jean Carrières FCC/ Studio Pierrot. English Version © Viz Communica- (now at DP9), Paul Berthiaume (now a dentist), and Yvon Maillé Jr. (now a Radio Shack manager) — just to tions, Inc. Kimera © 1996 Kazuma Kodaka/ Seiji Biblos/ TOHO/ Animate Film. English Version © 1997 TOHO In- name a few. We wish to thank them all (even those we have not named). ternational. Released By A.D.Vision, Inc. Macross 7 © BIG WEST/ Macross 7 Project. Macross II © 1992, 1993 BIG WEST/ Macross II Project. English Version © U.S. So, Protoculture Addicts (as the name indicates — it was a reference to Khyron’s addiction to protoculture’s Renditions/ L.A. Heroes. Macross Mech Graffiti © BIG leaves) began as a Robotech fanzine (the "Robotech fanzine of Quebec Quadrant" to be precise) in Novem- WEST/ Victor/ Emotion. Macross © 1982 BIG WEST/ Tatsunoko Prod. Macross Plus © BIG WEST/ Macross ber 1987. After one issue and some legal problems (only in America!), we “chose” to become the Official Plus Project. English Version © 1994/1995 Manga Enter- tainment, Inc. Megazone 23 © 1987 IDOL Co., Ltd./ Vic- Robotech fanzine (in fact it was the only way Harmony Gold would let us continue publishing). After our first tor Musical Industries, Inc. English Version © Streamline Pictures. Mobile Police Patlabor Comic © Masami Yuuki/ Official issue (April 1988), we decided to upgrade to a color cover in order to be distributed by Diamond (Fall Shogakukan, Inc. English Version © Viz Communications, ‘88). At that time, the regular staff was Alain Dubreuil, Michel Gareau and myself and we were incorporated Inc. Mononoke Hime © 1997 NIBARIKI/ NDG. Neon Gen- esis Evangelion